Strengthening Standards: IIT Palakkad and BIS Organized Orientation Programme on ‘Standardization and the BIS Chapter Initiative’
IIT Palakkad, in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Kochi, organized an orientation programme on ‘Standardization and the BIS Chapter Initiative with focus on faculty sensitization and student orientation’ as part of the MoU signed between IIT Palakkad and BIS Headquarters, New Delhi. The MoU was established with the primary objective of strengthening India’s standardization ecosystem through knowledge, innovation, and collaboration.
The event featured an inaugural address by Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Director of IIT Palakkad, who announced the upcoming establishment of an IIT Palakkad BIS Chapter. “Plan to establish a Centre of Excellence in Standardization, Testing, and Conformity Assessment at IIT Palakkad,” said the Director. With the support of BIS, IIT Palakkad shall explore introducing standardization-related teaching modules into academic curricula. Through this partnership, we aim to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and practical standardization with a strong academic foundation and research-driven culture. At a time when technology is advancing faster than ever, standards and standardization have become powerful drivers of quality, safety, innovation, and global competitiveness. The partnership will be further strengthened through faculty consultancy and the use of IIT Palakkad’s laboratory facilities to support BIS conformity assessment schemes, he added.
The programme included a keynote address by Narender Reddy Beesu, Head, Kochi BO, BIS, and presentations by Neha Yadav, Sc E/Director, SCMD, BIS; Hemalatha Panicker, Sc E/Director, Kochi BO, BIS; Manikandan K, Head IT Dept, BIS; and Tejas Mahale, Sc C/Dep. Director, BIS. Coordinated by Nodal Faculty Dr. M. Sabarimalai Manikandan, the event concluded with an open house and group discussion to define the roadmap for future collaborative initiatives between the two institutions.
