BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS, Mumbai Branch Office -II organized a Training and Sensitization Programme for district level officials about Indian Standards at Ratnagiri Collectorate Office on 24 December on the occasion of National Consumers Rights Day. The Programme was arranged by the Ratnagiri District Administration.

Ratnagiri Additional District Collector Shubhangi Sathe presided over the meet and spoke about the importance of standardization, manufacturing and procurement of quality goods by Government officials.

Chief Vigilance Officer Ratnagiri, Dr Jyotsana Padiyar, Asst Commissioner FDA Ratnagiri, Dinanath Rausaheb Shinde, Dy Executive Engineer PWD Ratnagiri,  A E Apraj, Dy E.O. Education department, ShChaudhari Gopal,  were present during the awareness programme.

More than 52 officials from PWD, Police, Revenue, DSO, Electricity, Rural Development Department, Dept of fisheries, Animal Husbandary, Agriculture, Woman and Child Welfare, Social Welfare Department, Water Supply, Legal Metrology , participated in the awareness programme across various state government departments.

Deputy Director BIS, Mumbai Branch office -II  Shri Nishikant Singh welcomed the gathering and gave a brief description about the objective of the program and importance of Indian Standards in improving quality of goods and services.