Jalandhar, Feb 28: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office, on Thursday organized a seminar and Manak Manthan focusing on Hand Tool Standards.
According to an official statement issued here, the discussion centred around the Indian Standard on Combination Side Cutting Plier (IS 3650) at The Maya Hotel in Jalandhar, Punjab. The aim was to gather insights from manufacturers in the related industry and discuss standard provisions, considering both technical specifications and user perspectives.
The program was facilitated by a team of officers from the Bureau of Indian Standards, including representatives from New Delhi and the Jammu and Kashmir branch offices.
Tilak Raj, Director and Head of BIS JKBO, welcomed the participants and provided an overview of the program. He highlighted BIS’s efforts to engage stakeholders at the grassroots level to enhance national standards and expand their accessibility to end-users.
Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Scientist F & Head of the Production and General Engineering Department, elaborated on the program objectives and shared insights into the Hand Tools industry across different regions of the country, emphasizing the significance of the Make in India initiative.
P K Verma & Amit Kumar from CIHT Jalandhar and Shri Pankaj from IAHT Ludhiana outlined the testing facilities and other initiatives undertaken by their respective institutes for the Hand Tools Industries.
BIS officials provided detailed explanations of the standardization process and the procedure for providing suggestions and becoming members of various technical committees. Niraj Mishra, Assistant Director BIS, JKBO, conducted thorough deliberations on all clauses of the standard (IS 3650) with industry representatives. Several technical and editorial comments were received during the discussions, which will be forwarded to the relevant technical committee for further consideration.
Finally, various features of the BIS website, such as Know Your Standards, BIS website, and BIS Care App, were demonstrated. The sessions were made interactive through open-house discussions involving participants from over 40 different industries in Jalandhar.
