NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

IT STANDARDIZATION

Sukh Bir Singh

Bureau of Indian Standards
E mail : sbsingh@bis.org.in
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 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

• National Standards Body of India

1947 - Established as Indian Standards

Institution as a registered Society (ISI)

1986 – Became a Statutory Institution under

Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 to
promote Harmonious development of the
activities of Standardization, Marking and
Quality Certification of goods and attending
to connected matters in the Country.
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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

ACTIVITIES

• Standards Formulation
• Product Certification
• System Certification
• Testing
• Training
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 STANDARDS FORMULATION

• National Standards are formulated based on the

concept of Consensus by the Division Councils
and the Sectional Committees under it.

• There are 14 Division Councils presently

covering almost all the field of activities.

• The LITDC(Electronics & IT Division Council) is

responsible for formulation of Indian Standards in
Electronics & Information Technology field.

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ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DIVISION COUNCIL
(LITDC)

• Established as LTD in 1977 to give thrust

to Standardization in the field of
Electronic and Telecommunication
• In 2003 redesignated as LITD to formally
enlarge the scope to include Information
Technology
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 ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DIVISION COUNCIL
(LITDC)
• Presently 21 Sectional Committees under
LITD
• No. of standards formulated : 1471
- IS under Dual No. : 409
- IS technically equivalent : 578
to ISO/IEC
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 LITDC SECTIONAL COMMITTEES
LITD 1 Environmental Testing Procedures
LITD 2 Reliability of Electronic and electrical
components and equipment
LITD 3 Electromechanical components and
mechanical structures for electronic
equipment
LITD 4 Electron tubes and display devices
LITD 5 Semiconductor and other electronic
components and devises
LITD 6 Wires, cables, waveguides and accessories
LITD 7 Audio, video and Multimedia systems and
Equipment
LITD 8 Electronic measuring Instruments, Systems
and Accessories
LITD 9 Electromagnetic Compatibility
LITD 10 Power system Control and associated
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 LITDC SECTIONAL COMMITTEES
LITD 11 Fibre optics, Fibres, Cables and devices
LITD 12 Transmitting Equipment for Radio
Communication
LITD 13 Information and communication
technologies
LITD 14 Software and System Engineering
LITD 15 Data management System
LITD 16 Computer Hardware peripherals and
Identification cards
LITD 17 Information systems Security and
Biometrics
LITD 18 e-Governance
LITD 19 e-Learning
LITD 20 Indian Language Technologies 8
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LITD 21 e-Business Infrastructure
Standardization activity is a dynamic activity – should respond
to latest trends in the Technology and should fulfill needs of
various stakeholders.
ESTABLISH NEEDS
STAKE HOLDERS

IT Industry
Govt. Departments Cooperation of
Regulating all stakeholders. National
Authorities Development at Standards
Technology International Level
Users of
IT Services
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 PARTICIPATION IN
STANDARDIZTION ACTIVITY AT
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

• IEC
• ISO/IEC/ JTC 1

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 Committees HIERACHIES
COMMITTEE Structure
Technical Management Board TC : Technical
Committee
SC : Sub-committee
WG: Working Group
S : Secretariat
Ch : Chairman
P : Participating
member (active)
O : Observer member
C : Convenor
L : Liaison
E : Expert
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 Why be a member of a
committee?
• provides a direct opportunity to input the views
of the represented member country and so to
influence the content of the eventual publication
• ensures an opportunity to directly support
submitted views during subsequent discussions
• enhances understanding of the subject matter,
and so aids appropriate application, for example
in relation to local conventions and regulations
• offers valuable networking opportunities with
other committee participants
• facilitates first hand access to expertise
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 What are the risks if you don’t
participate?
• Standards will not be applicable to local conditions
• Absence of the required materials
• Absence of production or test equipment
• Solutions at odds with established local practices
potentially leading to
• difficulties (barriers) with exports and international
markets
• imported goods not being suitable in one way or
another
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 Participation in ISO/IEC Work

TCs and SCs corresponding to the

work of LITD

TCs and SCs P Member

IEC 42 17

ISO/IEC/JTC1 18 15

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ISO/IEC JTC 1 – Information Technology
• JTC 1 Sub-Committees and India’s Membership Status
JTC1/SC 2 Coded character sets P-Member
JTC1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
JTC1/SC 7 Software and system engineering P-Member
JTC1/SC 17 Cards and personal identification P-Member
JTC1/SC 22 Programming languages, their environments and
system software interfaces
JTC1/SC 23 Digital storage media for information interchange P-Member
JTC1/SC 24 Computer graphics, image processing and
environmental data representation
JTC1/SC 25 Interconnection of information technology equipment P-Member
JTC1/SC 27 IT Security techniques P-Member
JTC1/SC 28 Office equipment P-Member
JTC1/SC 29 Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information P-Member
JTC1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques P-Member
JTC1/SC 32 Data management and interchange P-Member
JTC1/SC 34 Document description and processing languages P-Member
JTC1/SC 35 User interfaces P-Member
JTC1/SC 36 Information technology for learning, education and training P-Member
JTC1/SC 37 Biometrics P-Member
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 IMPORTANT STANDARDS
PREPARED BY LITD
• LITD 1
IS:9000 series -Basic environmental testing
procedures
IS:9001 series - Guidance for environmental
testing
IS:9002 series- Equipment for environmental tests
for electronic and electrical items
IS:11000 series-Fire hazard testing
IS:13736 series-Classification of environmental
conditions/IEC 721
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 STANDARDS Contd…
• LITD 2
Standards on Reliability of Electronic and
electrical components and equipment
• LITD 4
Standards on Electron Tubes and Display devices
• LITD 5
Standards on Semiconductor and other Electronic
components and Devices
• LITD 6
Standards on Wires, Cables, Waveguides and
Accessories
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 STANDARDS Contd…
• LITD 7
Radio Communication (86 standards)
IS 15244,IS 15245 and IS 15377
Set top boxes (for Cable and DTH)
IS 616/IEC 60065 Safety requirements for main
operated electronic apparatus for household and
similar use
IS 4547, IS 10662 Monochrome & Colour TV
• LITD 9
Standards on EMI/EMC – All harmonized with
IEC Standards
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 STANDARDS Contd…
• LITD 14 – Standards on Software (45 standards)
All harmonised with ISO/IEC
• LITD 16 – Standards on Computer Hardware
IS 13252:2003/IEC 60950
Safety of IT equipment
IS 14202 series/ISO/IEC 7811 & 7816 series
Identification Cards
• LITD 17
IS/ISO/IEC 27001 – ISMS
IT Security , IT services (10 Standards) - All
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Indian IT industry is broadly categorized into :

IT Services and Software development

ITES BPO Sector
Hardware Segment
Software & ITES Sector
Aggregate revenue for 2005 – 06 has reached
US $ 29.4 billion.
Projected Growth 30% per annum for the next
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 Hardware Segment-
Challenges Domestic

• Electronic Components as well as finished

equipment industry} Rs 110,000 crores

• Expected to cross 3 lac crores by 2010

• 50% demand met by imports

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 Hardware Segment-
Challenges: Exports
• EU: Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Directive
• EU: Waste from Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Directive
• EU: Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive
• EU: Registration,Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
(REACH) Directive
• EU: Communication on Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

• US: Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC)

• Japan: Home appliances Recycling Law (HARL)

• Japan: Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilisation of
Resources (LPEUR)
• Japan: Green Purchasing Law (GPL) 22
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 Standardization-Challenges for
the industry & BIS
• Existing standards have to be revised
• Indian Standards have to be harmonised with
International Standards (ISO/IEC)
• Indian Standards to be prepared on Products
covering new/developing technologies
• Participation in International Standardization
activities
• Participation in ISO/IEC meetings and working
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INDUSTRY SHOULD COME FORWARD

• FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN

NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION WORK

• SUPPORT & COOPERATE IN

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION
ACTIVITY
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