Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 31: BIS Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office (JKBO) organized a two-day capsule course for Quality Control Personnel (QCP) of cement industry.
The program attended by technical persons of all cement industries of Kashmir region, started with welcome address by Pankaj Atri (Joint Director, BIS JKBO) in which he said that the main objective of the course is capacity building of industry so as to raise the quality ecosystem of our country.
He added, through this program, QCP will be imparted training on requirements, methods of sampling and tests of different types of cements, e-Portal of BIS for online effective operations of ISI Mark licenses and BIS guidelines for effective implementation of Conformity Assessment Schemes. He urged the participants to best utilize this tailor-made training program to harness their knowledge and testing skills.
Later, Niraj Mishra, Assistant Director JKBO, gave presentation on Cement Chemistry, covering different types of cements based on their chemical compositions and applications, various cement manufacturing processes and control points for quality production. He also detailed about the requirements and test methods prescribed in Indian Standards for OPC along with its Product Manual. It was followed by demonstration of e-BIS portal, Know your Standards webpage and BIS Care App by Joint Director, JKBO.
During the 2-day training, the participants visited the lab of M/s Khyber Industries Private Limited Khonmoh, a leading manufacturer of OPC in the region, where chemical and physical testing of cement were discussed and demonstrated to them.
In the program, the Quality Control personnel shared their experiences on manufacturing and testing of cement.
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