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8.5.3 Special Meet/Awareness Programmes for university faculty and students. Brief description on
Radiation Facilities special meet/awareness programmes is as follows.

There has been an accelerated growth in the (i) Special Meet for ‘Calibration and Testing
application of ionising radiation technologies in the Radiological Laboratories’
fields of medicine, industry and basic research in the AERB and National Accreditation Board for
country. With the increased beneficial use of radiation Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) jointly
sources, there is concern about the harmful effects of reached an agreement towards streamlining the
radiation if not used properly. Apart from effective accreditation process of radiological measuring and
regulatory controls in place, AERB primarily focuses testing laboratories for calibration and testing purposes.
on enhancing awareness amongst stakeholders on safe In order to apprise the concerned stakeholders, AERB
use of radiation sources. Towards this, AERB routinely arranged Special Meet for ‘Calibration and Testing of
conducts special meet/awareness programmes for a wide Radiological Laboratories’ on March 26, 2019 at its HQ
variety of audience with specific objective of spreading in Mumbai. The programme was attended by delegates
the importance of radiation safety. These include the from various private calibration and testing laboratories,
radiation workers, safety personnel, manufacturers/ experts from NABL and DAE units viz. BARC, BRIT &
suppliers of equipment/ sources, personnel from industry, RRCAT.

Dr. Avijit Das, Director, NABL giving Special Remarks on the
Dr. A. U. Sonawane, Head, DRAC, delivering Welcome Address
Occasion

Participants Interacting with Panelists during the Session

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