Bureau of Indian Standards was established on 1st April 1987. It is situated in Mohali, Punjab and resolves all the matters concerning Standardization, Certification, and Quality. Bureau of Indian Standards (Northern Regional Laboratory) offers Electrical Testing services of instruments [Inserted: in]like PVC Insulated Cables, Sort Firing Cables, Aerial Bunched Cable, etc. Under Chemical Testing services It Offers Food and Agricultural Products Testing like Biscuits, Milk Powder, etc., Metals & Alloys such as Steel & its Products, Tin Plate, etc., Under Building materials like Cement, Slag, Pipes, etc., Industrial & Fine Chemicals like Bleaching Powder, Zinc Sulfate, Rubber & Synthetic Rubber. Under Mechanical Testing services, it offers testing of materials like Ferrous, Alloy Bars, MS Wire, Copper, Non-Metal Products, Castings, MCI Pipe Fittings and others. Bureau of Indian Standards has been accredited with ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 in all their disciplines.