1. 1 1 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IT STANDARDIZATION Sukh Bir Singh Bureau of Indian Standards E mail : sbsingh@bis.org.in

2. 2 2 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.

3. 3 3 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACTIVITIES Standards Formulation Product Certification System Certification Testing Training

4. 4 4 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.

5. 5 5 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

6. 6 6 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

7. 7 7 LITDC SECTIONAL COMMITTEES LITD 1Environmental Testing Procedures LITD 2Reliability of Electronic and electrical components and equipment LITD 3 Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment LITD 4Electron 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 9Electromagnetic Compatibility LITD 10 Power system Control and associated Communications

8. 8 8 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 17Information systems Security and Biometrics LITD 18 e-Governance LITD 19e-Learning LITD 20Indian Language Technologies LITD 21e-Business Infrastructure

9. 9 9 National Standards  IT Industry  Govt. Departments  Regulating Authorities  Technology  Users of IT Services Standardization activity is a dynamic activity – should respond to latest trends in the Technology and should fulfill needs of various stakeholders.  Cooperation of all stakeholders.  Development at International Level STAKE HOLDERS ESTABLISH NEEDS

10. 10 PARTICIPATION IN STANDARDIZTION ACTIVITY AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IEC ISO/IEC/ JTC 1

11. 11 COMMITTEE HIERACHIES 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 Technical Management Board Committees Structure

12. 12 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 Why be a member of a committee?

13. 13 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 What are the risks if you don’t participate?

14. 14 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 –

15. 15 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

16. 16 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

17. 17 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

18. 18 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

19. 19 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 harmonised with ISO/IEC

20. 20  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 five years Indian IT industry is broadly categorized into :

21. 21 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

22. 22 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)

23. 23 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 groups.

24. 24 INDUSTRY SHOULD COME FORWARD FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION WORK SUPPORT & COOPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITY

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