Dr. N. Venkateswaran

Chief Executive Officer, NABCB

Mr. N Venkateswaran holds Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Madurai Kamaraj University and Master of Science (M.S.) in Quality Management from BITS Pilani.,

He has about 30 years of working experience, out of which about 10 years from Industries (Power plant, Motor) and 20 years in Accreditation body. He has sound knowledge of management system, accreditation process, and its implementation. He can prepare policy papers on accreditation as inputs to Government/ regulators. As CEO (NABL), he was instrumental in signing MoUs with various Government / Regulators such as FSSAI, EIC, APEDA for Integrated assessment and with DGAQA, AERB and industry associations like EEPC, CREDAI. He has the capability to lead new strategic initiatives like Gunvatta Yatra, Manthan, Disha with clear output.

He is also knowledgeable in QCO’s, regulations/guidelines of various regulatory bodies/ Government departments. He is member of various national and international committees related to conformity assessment standards. He is also trainer / faculty for various conformity assessment standards.

Mr. Venkateswaran is Chair of the ILAC Accreditation Committee and also Member of Executive Council of APAC and ILAC. He is an APAC Lead Evaluator   and evaluated various Accreditation Bodies in other economies such as USA,Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Malaysia.

Mr. Venkateswaran has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) from 24 September 2025.