Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC)

Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC) is set up under Central Motor Vehicles Rules - Technical Standing Committee (CMVR - TSC) by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Dept. of Road Transport & Highways) [MoRT&H (DoRT&H)] in the year 1997 to review the safety in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles.

The Composition of the AISC is as under

• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Department of Road Transport & Highways) [MoRT&H (DoRT&H)]
• Ministry of Heavy Industries (Department of Heavy Industry) [MoHI (DHI)]
• Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (Office of the Development Commissioner, MSME)
• The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
• Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT)
• The International Centre for Automotive Technology (iCAT)
• Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP)
• Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE)
• Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
• Tractor Manufacturers Association (TMA)
• Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA)
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Director, ARAI is the ex-officio Chairman of AISC. ARAI is the secretariat to AISC and Mr. Vikram Tandon, Dy. General Manager, is Member Secretary.