In the ongoing years, the scope of the laboratory started increasing and it was felt to have a separate setup of laboratory and therefore, the facility was shifted to present location in Sahibabad in year 1973.

Finally, the foundation laying ceremony of Central Laboratory was done by Shri C. Subramanium, Union Minister of Industrial Development & Science and Technology and President of ISI in 24th March 1973, at Industrial Area, Site 4, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201010. Central Laboratory was among those laboratories which had established their competency by getting NABL accreditation as per ISO/IEC Guide 24 in 1997- 98 in 1995.

Now, with the increased certification activity, Central laboratory have developed testing facility of around 700 verities of products which includes the products of Mechanical, Electrical, chemical, microbiological and Referral Assay

About of Central Lab

• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Chemical
• Microbiology
• RAL

Major Testing Sections in Mechanical Lab:

• Toy Section
• Footwear Section
• Medical Section
• Helmet Section
• Cylinder Section
• Gas Stove Section
• Metal and Steel Section
• Sanitary & Utensils Section
• PVC/UPVC section
• Plywood Section
• Domestic Cooker and Fire Fighting Section
• Rubber Products Section
• Containers, Bottles & Miscellaneous Products Testing Section
• Building Material Section

Major Testing Sections in Electrical Lab:

• Energy Meter Section
• Domestic Appliances Section
• Cables Section
• Wiring accessories Section
• Electric Toys Section
• Geyser Testing Section
• Motor and fans Section

Major Testing Sections in Chemical Lab:

• Steels and steel products
• Cements (PPC, PSC, OPC, WPC etc)
• Food products such as:
• Dairy Products (Skimmed Milk powders, Milk Powder, Infant Milk formula, Dairy whitener etc)
• Biscuits and Cattle feed.
• Processed cereal based complementary foods
• Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)
• Containers of PDW
• Paints
• Kraft Papers, MICR Papers
• Other Miscellaneous items

Major Testing Sections in Microbiology Lab:

• Dairy Products (Skimmed Milk powders, Milk Powder, Infant Milk formula, Dairy whitener etc)
• Biscuits and Cattle feed.
• Processed cereal based complementary foods
• Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)

Major Testing Sections in Microbiology Lab:

• Testing of hallmarked gold jewellery/artefacts as per IS 1417:2016

Total Human Resources:

• Permanent Testing Persons: 19
• Contract Testing Person: 23
• Technicians: 04
• Others: 09

NEW INITIATIVES:

Modernization of Lab:

Helmet Testing: Helmet testing section have been modernized with the latest available test equipment across the world and developed State of Art testing facility for testing of Helmets of two wheeler riders as per IS 4151:2015.

New Testing Facilities:

State of art Testing facility have been developed with the latest available equipment and infrastructure in the following areas:

• Electrical and Non-Electrical Toys
• Medical Testing (Coverall, Face shield, thermometer, gloves, surgical blade, mask etc)
• Safety footwear
• Energy Meter

Regular Ongoing Activities:

• Upgradation/completion of Testing facilities as per Indian Standards
• Expansion and Renovation of all Testing Sections

Major Events:

Started training programme for Quality control personals from Industrial and successfully completed following programmes:

• Certificate course on Assaying and Hallmarking.
• Certificate Course for Quality Control Personnel in Mechanical Testing.
• Exposure Visit of BIS officers at CL to understand the Laboratory Activity.
• Successfully registered as Skill India Training Centrefor Certificate Course on Assaying and Hallmarking as per IS 1417:2016.
• Training for Certificate Course on Assaying and Hallmarking as per IS 1417:2016 from 1st March 2021 to 3rd April 2021.
• Started training programme for industrial persons.

Other Activities:

Central Laboratory is regularly celebrating Hindi Pakhwara, Swacchta Pakhwara, BIS Foundation Day, Vigilance Awareness Weeketc

Last Updated on January 24, 2022