 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 13: Today, BIS, Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office organized an Exposure visit for students of Govt. Higher Secondary School Tikri, Udhampur at 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.
Students were apprised about the role of BIS in protecting the rights of consumers through standards and Conformity Assessment. The ISI Mark Scheme provides third-party guarantee of product quality, safety and reliability to the consumers. The process of Standards Formulation, Product certification, Hallmarking and System Certification, Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme, Compulsory Registration Scheme, Testing & Calibration Services and International Activities were explained to the students through power point presentation. The students also learnt to download the Indian Standards through BIS e-portal 'Know Your Standards'. They showed keen interest in BIS activities.
After the interactive session, students visited M/s Sabas Foods India Pvt. Ltd., Birpur, Bari Brahmana where Packaged Drinking Water was processing and quality testing were shown and explained. They appreciated BIS initiative of organizing such exposure visits. |
