World Standards Day marked with awareness workshops in Kalaburagi

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Hubballi Branch Office, successful collaboration with the Department of Industries and Commerce (DIC), District Industries Centre (DIC), and the Kalyana Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCI), organised a World Standards Day-2025 Stakeholders Conclave and ZED–LEAN Awareness Workshops nether the Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Scheme astatine KKCCI Auditorium successful Kalaburagi connected Saturday.

Inaugurating the event, Minister for Small Scale Industries and Public Enterprises Sharanabasappa Darshanapur reaffirmed the State government’s committedness to concern maturation successful the Kalyana Karnataka region. He said the authorities was extending peculiar subsidies and facilities to beforehand MSMEs, ample and mega industries, and had established a dedicated MSME Directorate to guarantee faster and much inclusive growth.

Abdul Azeem, Joint Director, DIC Kalaburagi, outlined the objectives of the RAMP scheme, a World Bank-supported inaugural to boost MSME competitiveness done innovation, marketplace expansion, exertion adoption, and sustainability.

P.N. Murali, Scientist-E and Head of BIS Hubballi, stressed the value of Partnerships for the Goals (SDG-17) and called for person collaboration betwixt standards bodies, industry, and academia. Tushar Sharma, Scientist-D, work retired a associated connection from ISO, IEC, and ITU highlighting their shared committedness to planetary prime standards.

A method league by Ashutosh Agrawal, scientist-B, focused connected BIS standards implementation and outreach activities successful the Kalaburagi region. Later, Swarupan Das, Deputy Director and Head of the National Productivity Council (NPC), Bengaluru, conducted an consciousness league connected ZED and LEAN initiatives, explaining however they heighten MSME efficiency, quality, and competitiveness.

Presiding implicit the conclave, Sharanabasappa M. Pappa, president of KKCCI, said that the ZED and LEAN initiatives would empower MSMEs successful the portion to amended productivity and align with planetary champion practices.

The programme saw progressive information from representatives of respective concern associations, including Shashikanth B. Patil, Shivraj V. Inginshetty, Abhijeet R. Padashetty, Chandrashekhar Kobal, Bhimashankar B. Patil, and Ravindra Mukka, among others.