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S es s i o n 2 with respective ministries/departments
such as Indian Certification for Medical
Accreditation & Devices (ICMED) Scheme, India Good

Certification - Assuring Agricultural Practices Certification Scheme,
Certification Scheme for AYUSH Products,
Quality & Facilitating Trade India Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Points Certification Scheme, Voluntary
The Session was chaired by Mr. Shyam Bang and Certification Scheme for Lead Safe Paints,
the key speakers of the Session were Mr. Rajesh etc.
Maheshwari, CEO, NABCB and Ms. Poonam
Gupta, Assistant Director, NABCB. • Such voluntary certifications ensure
significant reduction in the trading of
sub-standard products/devices of doubtful
The key discussion areas during the Session origins, enhanced consumer protection,
were: brings down the substantial time and
cost-run to obtain globally accepted quality
• Conformity Assessment activities certification for Indian companies
includes testing, calibration, inspection,
certification of management systems,
persons, products, processes and services,
provision of proficiency testing, production
of reference materials, validation and
verification – ISO/IEC 17000

• Members shall ensure, whenever
possible, that results of conformity
assessment procedures in other Members
are accepted, adequate and enduring
technical competence of the relevant
conformity assessment bodies in the
exporting Member, so that confidence in
the continued reliability of their conformity
assessment results can exist; in this regard,
verified compliance, for instance through
accreditation, with relevant guides or Left to right: Ms. Poonam Gupta, Assistant Director,
recommendations issued by international NABCB; Mr. Shyam Bang, Chairman, NABCB and FICCI
standardizing bodies shall be taken into Task Force on Manufacturing Excellence and Mr. Rajesh
account as an indication of adequate Maheshwari, CEO, NABCB
technical competence

• NABCB and NABL together form part of
international system of accreditation and
equivalence operated under the aegis of
the International Accreditation Forum (for
Certification Bodies) and International
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Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (for
Inspection Bodies and Laboratories)

• The Session also highlighted some of the
voluntary certification in various segments

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