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Consumer Awareness Programme from Raipur and nearby cities. Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma,
Jt. Director, NABCB, briefed the participants about the
significance of Voluntary Standards, Technical Regulations,
NABCB, in its process to educate consumers and consumer Complaint Handling Process and the measures to be taken
organizations in small cities about Quality of Products and into consideration while lodging consumer complaints. Ms.
Services, organised Consumer Awareness Programmes in Chinmayi Salooja, Accreditation Officer, NABCB, educated the
partnership with Consumer Coordination Council (CCC) at participants about the role of Accreditation and Product and
Raipur on 29th Nov 2019. The programme was inaugurated Systems Certification for assuring quality.
by Shri Amarjeet Bhagat, Minister for Food &Civil Supply and
Consumer Protection, Chhattisgarh. He urged the consumers to
be well informed. He requested the consumers to come forward
and register complaints as it is necessary to improve the system.
He assured that government would take strong measures to
implement Consumer Protection.
The programme was attended by approx. 120 social and
consumer activists representing Consumer organizations

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NABCB delegation attends the programme for personnel certification bodies during the
meetings. NABCB also signed the Mutual Recognition
annual meetings of IAF and ILAC in Arrangement (MRA) of the International Accreditation Forum

Frankfurt, Germany (IAF) for its accreditation programme based on international
standard, ISO/IEC 17024 (Conformity assessment - General
requirements for bodies operating certification of persons which
IAF – ILAC Joint Annual Meeting was held in Frankfurt, Germany specifies criteria for the operation of a Personnel Certification
from 21st - 30th October 2019. The delegation from NABCB Bodies). Mr. Rajesh Maheshwari, CEO, NABCB, received the
consisted of Mr. Rajesh Maheshwari, CEO, Mr Mrutunjay Jena, certificate from IAF Chair.
Director and Dr Aparna Dhawan, Jt Director.
Dr. Aparna Dhawan attended the joint meeting for ILAC
The meetings of various working groups on Management Marketing and Communications Committee and IAF
Systems Certification, Certification of persons, Product, Medical Communications and Marketing as the APAC CPC Chair. During
Devices, and GHG, meetings of task force on competence of the meeting members analysed marketing strategies, reviewed
AB assessors were attended by NABCB delegation. NABCB informative materials, case study videos for World Accreditation
also secured international equivalence for its accreditation Day 2020 theme.

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