What is the full form of ISI

(i) ISI: Indian Standards Institute

ISI mark is a certification mark for industrial products in India. It is the most popular and recognized certification mark in Indian subcontinent. This mark ensures that the product confirms to the Indian standards mentioned by Indian Standard Institute. ISI is now known as BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). It checks the quality and standard of every product and provides them certification mark. ISI mark is mandatory for certifying products to be sold in India.

General products with ISI marks

• LPG Cylinders
• Electrical equipment
• Packaged foods and drinking water
• Thermometers
• Kitchen appliances and equipment
• Packaged Grocery items etc.

Abuses of ISI marks

There are many products with fake ISI marks in market. They use ISI marks on the product without actually getting certified. So, you must be very careful to choose the products.

Fake ISI marks features

Fake ISI marks don't carry the mandatory 7 digit license number.

There is an IS number on the top of the ISI mark which signifies the number of the Indian standard for the particular product.

(ii) ISI: Inter-Service Intelligence

ISI is an intelligence agency in Pakistan. It is headquartered in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is a premier intelligence service, responsible for providing intelligence assessment and national security in Pakistan.

History

After the independence, two intelligence agencies are created in Pakistan: IB (Intelligence Bureau) and MI (Military Intelligence). But after the weak performance of these two agencies, ISI was created.

(iii) ISI: Indian Statistical Institute

Indian Statistical Institute is a university located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has other branches in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. There are may courses offered by this university like Statistics, Computer Science, and Mathematics. This university is approved by UGC, NAAC and AIU.

This is a list of various courses offered by this university:

• Bachelors of Statistics (Honors)
• Master of Statistics
• Bachelor of Mathematics (Honors)
• Master of Mathematics
• Master of Technology in Computer Science
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)