CPRI has established a specialized cybersecurity testing laboratory to conduct conformance and product development testing of devices that communicate using the IEC 60870-5-101 and IEC 60870-5-104 protocols. Testing is performed in accordance with the companion standards IEC 60870-5-601 and IEC 60870-5-604. Devices can be evaluated as either slave or master devices for protocol conformance. The division also tests security extensions for these protocols in accordance with IEC 60870-5-7, applying IEC 62351-3 and IEC 62351-5. Conformance testing follows the test cases described in IEC 62351-100-3 and IEC 62351-100-1 respectively.

This is India’s first independent, third-party test laboratory with NABL accreditation under the ISO/IEC 17025 quality system to provide these services. Such testing is mandatory for suppliers of devices including RTUs and FRTUs under Ministry of Power orders dated 8 June 2021, 24 December 2021 and 6 August 2025.

Laboratory Contact Details

Shree Shivkumar V 
Head of the Division Smart Grid Research Laboratory 
Central Power Research Institute 
Prof. Sir C V Raman Road,  
PB No. 8066, Sadashivanagar PO, Bengaluru – 560080  
Email:      shiva[at]cpri[dot]in / sgrl-cpri[at]cpri[dot]in 
Phone: 9945430826/+91-80-22072465

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