National Test House to focus on AI-driven testing facilities: Pralhad Joshi

New Delhi, September 10 (PTI) Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the National Test House will focus on AI -oriented test facilities on Wednesday and discover new boundaries such as hydrogen energy, smart materials and advanced electronics.

National Test House (NTH) is a leading scientific institution specializing in test, calibration, evaluation and quality assurance of engineering materials and finished products.

While addressing the celebrations of the 114th Foundation Day, the Minister said that the test house modernized the operations with digital initiatives.

The laboratory data automation system (LDAs) minimizes manual errors, reduces the return time and allows quality tests to be completed faster, thus increasing capacity and efficiency. In addition, a new mobile application will enable industry and consumers to access NTH’s laboratory services and regulate interactions with stakeholders.

Joshi, NTH’nin 2024-25 tested in 45,926 sample with more than 60 percent growth in the sample tests and an increase of 49.89 percent in income, he said. La44.45 Crore in 2024-25 LaThe previous year is 29.66 Crore.

Founded in 1911 as a Government Test Building, NTH, which was founded in Alipore, Kalcutta, said that India has become the oldest and most reliable institution under test, certificate and quality assurance.

The Minister has also opened the latest technology test facilities aimed at strengthening India’s industrial ecosystem and providing ready -made services for the future.

These include an electric vehicle test facility in NTH (ER), Calcutta, NTH (NR), Drone Test Facility in Ghazabad, and NTH (NR), and chemical test laboratory in Ghazabad.

The Minister also published the first drone certificates to the two Indian manufacturers and marked a new section in the drone certificate in the country.

NTH also, solar panels, wind turbines and renewable energy equipment to improve the certification and test to improve the National Solar Institute (NISE) and the National Wind Energy Institute (NIWE) by supporting the agreement zapti (Mo) and power financing company (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) (PFC) supported (PFC) to promote its promotion (PFC). sector.