Survey of India
1. The national survey and mapping organization of the country, set
up in 1967.
2. It has been assigned the role of India as principal mapping agency
and
3. It Has the special responsibility to ensure that India's domain is
explored and mapped for providing basemaps for experience
and integrated development.
4. It has prepared maps for the civilian and defence purposes
5. Its maps are considered as a standard reference for the
geographic features of the country.
6. It scrutinizes and certified the external boundaries of India and
coastlines on maps produced by other agencies and private
publishers.
7. It has the responsibility of demarcation of borders and external
boundaries of India etc.
Vision and Mission of the survey of India
To take a leadership role to provide user-focused,
reliable cost-effective and
quality geospatial data information
and intelligence for fulfilling the requirements of national security,
new information markets, and national development.
The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
1. SERC is an apex body under the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) established in 1978.
2. it is composed of scientists and technologists from different
universities national laboratories, industries etc.
Objectives of SERC
Promotion of research in newly emerging areas of Science and
Engineering in multidisciplinary fields.
Promotion of general resource capability in appropriate sectors
of Science and Engineering.
To encourage R&D activities among the youth and young
scientists.
To encourage scientists from relatively small and less endowed
Universities and Institutions.
Activities and Functions of SERC
Providing project support in challenging areas to scientists and
technologists.
To give SERC fellowships. To setup research support facilities.
To conduct training programs for young scientists.
It provides funds for R&D activities to scientists and technologists
Technology development board
1. Technology development board (TDB) was established in 1996 under
the Technology Development Board act, 1995.
2. TDB encourages Enterprises for taking up Technology oriented
products.
Objectives and functions
It provides equity capital and loans to industrial concerns
Financial assistance to Institutions involved in the development
and commercial application of indigenous technology or in the
adaptation of technologies imported from abroad.
It promotes innovation culture through contract and cooperation
between industry and research institutions.
Provides an interface with scheduled commercial banks and
financial Institutions for leveraging funds.
It helps in the emergence of the new generation of
entrepreneurs.
Promotion of innovative ideas from small enterprises even if it
has the risk of failure.
To invest in core technological strength for enabling Indian
industries to compete and become a global player.
Vision and Mission
To strengthen the technology development commercialization in
selected sectors by supporting the development of technology in
industries with short, medium and long-term risk horizon.
increasing capital productivity through improved technological
inputs in basic infrastructure
Providing technological support in export driving areas for
quality improvement and value addition of exports.
Providing technical support to selected small-scale sectors which
are dependent on high technology development.
National Accreditation Board for Testing and
Calibration Laboratories (NABL)
1. Established under the Quality Council of India in 1988 as an
autonomous body for providing accreditation services.
2. Accreditation refers to third-party attestation
3. Objective of providing the government and industry associations
with a scheme for third-party assessment of quality and technical
competence of the testing and calibration laboratories.
Vision
The vision of NABL is to be the world's leading accreditation body
and to enhance the stake holders confidence and its services.
Mission
To strengthen the accreditation system across the globe to
provide high quality, value driven services, creating awareness
among the stakeholders
Salient features of NABL
NABL provides the laboratory aggregation services to the testing
and calibration laboratories in accordance with ISO/ IEC 17025:
2005 and ISO 15189: 2012 for medical laboratories.
NABL provides these services in a non-discriminatory manner to
all testing and calibration laboratories in India and abroad
Users get access to the information about the accredited
laboratories from the web-based directory of NABL accredited
Laboratories.
