Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) New Delhi, which is one of the earliest CSIR laboratories that was set up around the time of independence and its 75th year coincides with the 75th year of India's independence.
About:
The CSIR- National Physical Laboratory of India, situated in New Delhi, is the measurement standards laboratory of India.
It maintains standards of SI units in India and calibrates the national standards of weights and measures.
It was one of the earliest national laboratories set up under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of NPL on 4 January 1947.
K. S. Krishnan was the first Director of the laboratory.
Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND) or Indian reference materials are reference materials developed by NPL which derive their traceability from National Standards.
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