- The MoU was signed to establish ‘BIS Standardization Chair Professor’ at IIT Roorkee.
- This will be the first Standardization Chair of BIS which will be set up in an academic institution.
- It will also support financially to IIT Roorkee.
- It will be an R&D center and will grant training in Standardization and Conformity Assessment.
- It will establish standards on crucial areas like IIT’s BlockChain applications for e-governance.
- It will focus on standardization and conformity assessment, especially in civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and earthquake engineering.
- Static Part:
- HQ of BIS: Manak Bhawan, Old Delhi
- Director-General of BIS: Pramod Kumar Tiwari
Question:
a. IIT Roorkee
b. IIT Bombay
c. IIT Madras
d. IIT Kharagpur