Accreditation

ICAR-CIRCOT has been granted accreditation for its Quality Management System as per IS/ISO 9001:2015 from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the following Scope for three years with effect from 28 June, 2023 to 11 June, 2026

Research and development of post – harvest technologies and machinery for better utilization of cotton, other textile fibres and their by-products
Quality evaluation and improvement of Indian cottons and their value added products
Technology transfer, Agri-business incubation training and consultancy in the field of cotton technology

The ISO implementation of the institute is managed by two committees i.e. ISO Management Committee & Steering Committee comprising following members

Constitution of the Management Committee (MC) is as follows:

Sr.No.	Name	Designation	Portfolio
1	Dr. S. K. Shukla	Director	Chairman
2	Dr. ASM Raja	Pr. Scientist & Head, QEID	Management Representative (MR)
3	Dr. N. Shanmugam	Head, MPD	Member
4	Dr. D. M. Kadam	Head, TTD	Member
5	Dr. A. K. Bharimalla	Principal Scientist, ETTD & I/C ITMU & ABI	Member
6	Dr. V. G. Arude	Principal Scientist, MPD	Member
7	Dr. A Arputharaj	Senior Scientist, CBPD	Deputy MR & Member Secretary

The Management Committee shall be supported by the Quality Management Team (QMT) comprising of Nodal Officers from each Division / Section as follows:

Sr.No.	Name of Officer	Designation	Division/Section
1	Dr. N Vigneshwaran	Principal Scientist	Education/CBPD
2	Dr. P . S. Deshmukh	Principal Scientist	ETTD
3	Dr. C Sunderamoorthy	Principal Scientist	TTD/PME
4	Dr. Krishna Prasad	Senior Scientist	MPD
5	Dr. T. Senthilkumar	Senior Scientist	MPD / HRD Nodal Officer
6	Dr. Manoj Kumar	Scientist & Quality Manager for ISO 17025:2017	CBPD
7	Mr. B. R. Pawar	CTO	QEID
8	Mrs. P. S. Nirhali	ACTO	I/C Test House
9	Mr. S. V. Kokane	ACTO	I/C Security & Housekeeping
10	Mrs. P. R. Mhatre	Sr. Technical Officer	I/C Library
11	Mrs. T. P. Mokal	Administrative Officer	Admin I

The Steering Committee for Implementation of ISO 9001:2015 for CIRCOT shall comprise of the Management Representative, the Secretary and all the 20 Nodal Officers of the Quality Management Team.

ICAR- CIRCOT is committed to undertake basic and strategic research on quality assessment, processing and development of value added products from cotton and its agro-residues. The institute is committed to skill development and business incubation services in its mandated areas and functions as referral laboratory for cotton fibres. The Institute strives for the satisfaction of its stakeholders through

Undertaking innovative research projects and provide business incubation facilities
Technology commercialisation, training and testing services
Continual improvement of systems and processes.

ISO-IEC 17025:2017 Certificate

ICAR- CIRCOT is an accredited laboratory under ISO 17025:2017 by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for the period of two years from 02 March 2022 to 1st March 2024 for both Mechanical and Chemical field with the following scope.

ISO-IEC 17025:2017 Scope