 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 10: Today, Bureau of Indian Standards - Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office organized an Exposure visit of students of Govt. Polytechnic for Women - Jammu to its branch office and a factory at Bari Brahmana. The objective of the visit was to make students quality conscious by giving them exposure to BIS Certified Manufacturing Unit.
Nisha Bura, Joint Director, JKBO outlined the program objective and gave an overview of working of BIS activities. She talked about the role of BIS in protecting the rights of consumers through standards and Conformity Assessment. BIS Conformity Assessment Schemes provide third-party guarantee of product quality, safety, reliability and sustainability to the consumers. She requested the students to best utilize this opportunity through active participation. She also briefed about the objectives of the standards club and various competitions on Quality and Standards to be conducted in each standard club.
Later, Bura gave detailed presentation on Standards Formulation, Product certification, Hallmarking and System Certification, Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme, Compulsory Registration Scheme, Testing & Calibration Services and International Activities. She also demonstrated e-BIS portal, Know Your Standards webpage through which Indian Standards can be downloaded FREE OF COST. She informed about Mandatory ISI mark certification of 381 products done by Government through QCOs to build the Quality Ecosystem in the country. The list includes cement, household electrical goods, LPG cylinders, domestic LPG gas stoves, air-conditioner, structural steel, helmets for 2-wheelers, toys, footwears, compounded cattle feed etc.
Pankaj Atri, Joint Director, JKBO demonstrated BIS Care App through which information on Indian Standards, authenticity of ISI marked of products and Hallmarked jewellery can be easily assessed and complaints can also be registered.
After the interactive session, students visited M/s Sabas Foods India Pvt. Ltd., Birpur, Bari Brahmana where Packaged Drinking Water processing and quality testing were shown and explained. |
