ICAR-CIFRI organized NABL Laboratory Assessor’s Training Programme

17^th – 21^st January 2023, Barrackpore

ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore organized Laboratory Assessor’s Training programme from January 17-21, 2023 at Barrackpore, Kolkata.

The training was conducted by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) to create trained manpower who can manage NABL accreditation in reference to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in different laboratories at ICAR institutes.

Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFR, in his inaugural address, stressed that NABL accreditation is a must for quality and standard.

22 scientists from participated in the 5 days training programme.

The training imparted different aspects of accreditation processes, interpretation of accreditation criteria, management system requirements, accreditation body operations & regulations, assessment techniques, exercises and case studies.

Dr. S.K. Nag, Principal Scientist and Head-of-Division (I/C) as Nodal Officer and Dr. Vikram Singh, Senior Scientist, IP&TM unit and Training Coordinator from ICAR coordinated the programme.

(Source: ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore)