Back राष्ट्रीय परीक्षण और अंशशोधन प्रयोगशाला प्रत्यायन बोर्ड Hindi Национальный совет по аккредитации испытательных и калибровочных лабораторий Russian சோதனை மற்றும் அளவுத்திருத்த ஆய்வகங்களுக்கான தேசிய அங்கீகார வாரியம் Tamil
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| Abbreviation | NABL |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | NCTCF[1] |
| Merged into | Quality Council of India |
| Formation | 1988 |
| Founders | Department of Science and Technology (India) |
| Type | Autonomous |
| Purpose | Accreditation services |
Professional title | NABL |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon |
| Location | |
Region served | Pan India, International |
| Services | Accreditation Services |
Key people | N. Venkateswaran (CEO) |
Main organ | Governing Body |
| Affiliations | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) Government of India |
Staff | 100-200 |
| Website | nablindia |
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) provides accreditation to Conformity Assessment Bodies (Laboratories) in India. NABL Schemes include Accreditation (Recognition) of Technical competence of testing, calibration, medical testing laboratories, Proficiency testing providers (PTP) & Reference Material Producers (RMP) for a specific scope following ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 15189, ISO/IEC 17043[2] & ISO 17034:2016[3] Standards. It has Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC), International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).
NABL is a constituent board of Quality Council of India which is an autonomous body setup under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.[4]
NABL provides accreditation in all major fields of Science and Engineering such as Biological, Chemical, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Fluid-Flow, Non-Destructive, Photometry, Radiological, Thermal & Forensics disciplines under testing facilities and Electro-Technical, Mechanical, Fluid Flow, Thermal, Optical & Radiological disciplines under Calibration facilities. In the field of Medical Testing laboratories accreditation is granted in Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Haematology & Immunohaematology, Microbiology & Serology, Histopathology, Cytopathology, Genetics, Nuclear Medicine (In-vitro tests only) disciplines. In addition, NABL offers accreditation for Proficiency testing providers & Reference Material producers for which it has APAC and ILAC MRA.
- ^ Chandra (1988). "National Measurement System in India". 1988 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements. pp. 257–258. doi:10.1109/CPEM.1988.671284. S2CID 109948339.
- ^ "ISO/IEC 17043:2010". www.iso.org. 17 March 2010.
- ^ "ISO 17034:2016". www.iso.org.
- ^ Yadav S, Mandal G, et al. (11 May 2021). "75th Foundation Day of CSIR-National Physical Laboratory: Celebration of Achievements in Metrology for National Growth". MAPAN-Journal Metrology Society of India. 36 (1): 1–32. doi:10.1007/s12647-021-00442-4. PMC 8110472.