Bis: In-space Drafting Bis Standard For Private Space Cos | Bengaluru News - Times of India
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Bengaluru: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has begun work on creating standards that private space tech players will be recommended to follow in procurement, manufacturing and operations. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) is part of a committee set up by BIS , which will also have other stakeholders. “As part of the committee set up for creation of these standards, IN-SPACe is drafting the standards that will be submitted to the BIS which will then go through a process of vetting it and then introducing them,” said IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka. Once this is notified, he said, it would be recommended by the BIS that private industries follow these standards. The objective is that the industries should have access to these standards, which as on date aren’t available to them as these are internal Isro standards. “It is expected that the industries would follow this for their own good, but these will only be recommended at the m