Table 4.
List of the Division Councils of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) responsible for development of Indian Standards [25]
| S. no | Technical division | Technical committees | Published standards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Civil engineering department (CED) | 36 | 1806 |
| 2 | Chemical department (CHD) | 25 | 1819 |
| 3 | Electrotechnical department (ETD) | 44 | 1707 |
| 4 | Food and agriculture department (FAD) | 26 | 2081 |
| 5 | Electronics and information technology department (LTD) | 32 | 1738 |
| 6 | Mechanical engineering department (MED) | 28 | 1341 |
| 7 | Medical equipment and hospital planning department (MHD) | 20 | 1348 |
| 8 | Management and systems department (MSD) | 12 | 420 |
| 9 | Metallurgical engineering department (MTD) | 20 | 1656 |
| 10 | Petroleum, coal and related products department (PCD) | 15 | 1445 |
| 11 | Production and general engineering department (PGD) | 24 | 2446 |
| 12 | Service sector department-I (SSD-I) | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Service sector department-II (SSD-II) | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Transport engineering department (TED) | 18 | 1153 |
| 15 | Textile department (TXD) | 26 | 1309 |
| 16 | Water resources department (WRD) | 17 | 449 |
| Total | 344 | 20718 | |