ALEPH INDIA - STANDARDIZATION (SCIENTIFIC) DIVISION

INTRODUCTION

British rule in India was the most traumatic period for the Indian economy, almost bringing it to its knees. Indian Economy faced tremendous problems in developing the proper infrastructure. By taking this into consideration, the existing Government decided to form a committee of a few members who all decided to work on the quality of goods and recognized that there should be a body that can monitor the quality of products, can protect end consumers from getting cheap products. This led to the establishment of the organization "Indian Standard Institute," which focused on standardization development.

Standardization is a METHOD of establishing and implementing rules/standards in a methodical manner for an article/specific activity for the benefits and with the cooperation of all parties involved for the present and future sustained development of the economy and industry while taking functional conditions and safety requirements into consideration.

Aleph INDIA - Standardization (Scientific) Division is entrusted with the Formulation of National Standards and the development of the Standards.

Our Standardization division is dedicated to :-

• To perform its jobs to the best of its ability to help the corporates to formulate the standards and develop the standards in line with the International Standards.
• To achieve social and economic development.
• To enhance International competitiveness of products and services.
• To safeguard the interest of consumers.

ACTIVITIES

The main activity of the Standardization (Scientific) Division is to support and guide the industry to formulate the Standards.

The tasks relate to this division is as follows :-

• Assist the industry in the formulation of New Standards
• Study of International quality management practice and standards
• Work in close corporation with the Govt agencies to update and revise the existing Standards.

Major sectors covered under the Standards formulation Division

• Chemicals
• Civil Engineering
• Electronics and Information Technology
• Electrotechnical
• Food and Agriculture
• Mechanical Engineering
• Management and Systems
• Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Petroleum Coal and Related Products
• Production & General Engineering
• Services Sector Department
• Transport Engineering
• Textile
• Water Resources

The Process of Standards Formulation in India

1. In India, standardization begins with submitting a proposal to BIS. Any organization like the Ministry of the Central Government, State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, consumer organizations, industrial units, industry-associations, professional bodies, and members of the Bureau and members of its technical committees can request BIS for establishing, revising, amending, or canceling an existing standard by giving written request.
2. Division Council investigates the proposal.
3. After investigating the proposal, if Division Council feels the need that the proposed proposal is beneficial for the consumer, then Division Council shall assign the drafted proposal task to a technical committee or appoint a new technical committee.
4. The technical committee, while investigating, keeps in view national priorities, national development, technical need, consumer health and safety etc.
5. The technical committee finalized the drafted standard giving due consideration to the comments that may be received. And for final approval, submit the proposal to the Chairman of the Division Council.

How ALEPH INDIA work on Standardization?

1. Project Initiation - Project opening can begin with the request received from a manufacture who wants to cover his product under the Indian standards, in case Indian Standards for that product category is unavailable till date. The first step is to obtain the product's technical specifications along with a physical sample (in specific cases) so that we can begin preparing parameters that are required to be included in standards for that specific product category.
2. Mobilize Action - After getting the product's technical details or physical sample, whichever is possible, our management and Engineers team organize the meeting to perform a thorough examination of the product's scope, features, specifications, and other relevant information. Proper planning and investigation are done.
3. Drafting Standards - After studying and investigating all the features, the standard of a particular product/specific subject is drafted.
4. Scrutiny - The drafted standard proposal is forwarded to the BIS. They will scrutiny the proposal for which a separate team of experts and engineers will be formulated to do the further examination for the request received.
5. Final Approval - If BIS finds the proposal satisfactory, then BIS grants the approval for the proposal and standard formulation will be initiated.
6. Publish - At last but not least, BIS publishes the standard, and further actions for its successful implementation are taken by the respective department officers.