- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India that functions under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.
- The institutions included some prominent NITs, Government and Private Engineering colleges from different states across the country.
- The MoU will enable the partner institutions to participate in standardisation activities by associating with the technical committees of BIS at the national and international level, getting infrastructure support for relevant R&D projects, jointly organising events on Standardisation and Conformity Assessment, exchanging publications, introducing standardisation curricula in academics, exploring a Centre of Excellence for Standardisation, testing, and Conformity Assessment, and sharing laboratory facilities.
- BIS Director General Pramod Kumar Tiwari said that the MoUs with these esteemed academic institutions will bolster and enrich the standards formulation activities.
Question:
Q.1 How many institutions did BIS sign MoUs with for fostering collaboration in standardisation and conformity assessment on August 5, 2023?a. 25
b. 30
c. 40
d. 35
