National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
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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).
Abbreviation | NABL |
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Predecessor | NCTCF[1] |
Merged into | Quality Council of India |
Formation | 1988; 36 years ago (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 |
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.