BIS Standardization Chair Professorship

About

BIS Standardization Chair Professorship was established in 2024, with an endowment from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India established under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services.

The creation of a BIS Standardization Chair is for research & development, teaching and training in the field of Standardization and Conformity Assessment in the country with focus on the areas of civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, earthquake engineering, development and management of water resources and renewable energy projects, infrastructure development, medical biotechnology & nanotechnology, biomaterials, etc. 

Benefits

• The selected incumbent will occupy the Chair for a period of three years. A monthly top-up salary and an annual research grant will be provided, with the quantum of support being proportional to the faculty’s position.
• The Chair Associate Professor/Professor will be required to submit a brief annual report to the Director, IISc on the research activities conducted with the financial support received.

Activities

The BIS Standardization Chair Professor is expected to provide leadership in one, or more, of the following areas:

• Coordinating R&D efforts towards development of standards and inputs to the drafts of new Indian Standards or revision/ amendment of Indian Standards or are of relevance to Conformity Assessment Schemes of the Bureau.
• Identifying and facilitating the integration of existing R&D project outputs with standards, as may be relevant.
• Undertaking review of Indian Standards involving thorough analysis of technical developments that have taken place in the product/ processes/ practices/ use or application/ testing/ input materials, the international standards available, etc., relevant to the standard under review.
• Preparation of handbooks/literature/ case studies on implementation of Indian Standards and Conformity Assessment.
• Sensitizing and strengthening participation of the faculty /professors of IISc in standards formulation activities of the Bureau.
• Promoting the integration of lndian Standards in course curricula of IISc and for initiating short term course on standardization in IISc.
• Organization of BIS-IISc joint seminars, conferences, workshops, symposia or lectures on topics of Standardization and Conformity Assessment of common interest for dissemination of knowledge. At least one lecture to be given by the Chair Professor every year at an event organized by the Bureau. 
• Designing and executing short-term capacity-building programmes and training programmes on Standardization and Conformity Assessment.
• Exchange with incubation centres in IISc for promoting how standards can encourage/ facilitate innovation.