National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL)

Abbreviation	NABL
Predecessor	NCTCF[1]
Merged into	Quality Council of India
Formation	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Founders	Department of Science and Technology (India)
Type	Autonomous
Purpose	Accreditation services
Professional title	NABL
Headquarters	Gurgaon
Location	India
Region served	Pan India, International
Services	Accreditation Services
Key people	N. Venkateswaran (CEO)
Main organ	Governing Body
Affiliations	Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) Government of India
Staff	100-200
Website	nablindia.org

National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) provides accreditation to Conformity Assessment Bodies (Laboratories) in India. NABL Schemes include Accreditation (Recognition) of Technical competence of testing, calibration, medical testing laboratories, Proficiency testing providers (PTP) & Reference Material Producers (RMP) for a specific scope following ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 15189, ISO/IEC 17043^[2] & ISO 17034:2016^[3] Standards. It has Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC), International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

NABL is a constituent board of Quality Council of India which is an autonomous body setup under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.^[4]

NABL provides accreditation in all major fields of Science and Engineering such as Biological, Chemical, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Fluid-Flow, Non-Destructive, Photometry, Radiological, Thermal & Forensics disciplines under testing facilities and Electro-Technical, Mechanical, Fluid Flow, Thermal, Optical & Radiological disciplines under Calibration facilities. In the field of Medical Testing laboratories accreditation is granted in Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Haematology & Immunohaematology, Microbiology & Serology, Histopathology, Cytopathology, Genetics, Nuclear Medicine (In-vitro tests only) disciplines. In addition, NABL offers accreditation for Proficiency testing providers & Reference Material producers for which it has APAC and ILAC MRA.