ISI Mark (Indian Standards Institute) | Bangalore Consulting Company

ISI Mark (Indian Standards Institute) | Bangalore Consulting Company

The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) Standard Mark (ISI Mark) is a quality mark. It gives the confidence to the customer and generally the organized purchase prefers products with ISI Mark. BIS carries out enforcement activity to curb the misuse of standard mark or its imitation by unscrupulous traders and manufacturers not holding valid BIS license.   Such action also helps consumers from being misled about quality of products that are marked with the BIS Standard Mark. Enforcement raids, which include search and seizure operations are carried out against traders and manufacturers on the basis of intelligence collected regarding misuse of the Standard Mark and where required, prosecution cases are filed in court of law.

STANDARD MARK

Licences to use the standard Mark, the familiar Mark, on large number of products are granted to manufacturers under the Certification Mark Scheme operated under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. The Standard Mark for every product is unique and is notified in the Gazette of India.

LICENCE NUMBER

Licence number (a seven digit number, represented as CM/L --------) is also given along with the Standard Mark. This helps in identifying the unit which has manufactured the product at a specific location.

WHAT DOES IT CONVEY?

Conveys that the product carrying the Mark conforms to the relevant Indian Standard certified by BIS.

Product Certification

The Product Certification Scheme of BIS aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the customer. Presence of ISI certification mark, known as Standard Mark, on a product is an assurance of conformity to the specifications. The conformity is ensured by regular surveillance of the licensee's performance by surprise inspections and testing of samples, drawn both from the market and factory. The manufacturer is permitted to self certify the licensed products after ascertaining its conformity to the Standard. Through its surveillance operations, the Bureau maintains a close vigil on the quality of certified goods.

Management Systems Certification Scheme (MSCS)

·         Bureau of Indian Standards has been operating Management Systems Certification Scheme since 1991 under BIS Act, 1986 and Rules & Regulations framed there under.

·         Initially, BIS started the scheme with Quality Management System Certification (IS/ISO 9001) and over the years it has gradually expanded its activities to various other Management Systems.

·         NABCB, QCI has accredited Quality Management System Certification Schemes and Environmental Management System Certification Schemes of BIS.

·         The Management Systems Certification Department at HQS New Delhi is the policy making department which also coordinates the Systems Certification activities from the country in a uniform and impartial manner as per ISO/IEC 17021.