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21/05/22 19:30 PM IST

World Metrology Day 2022

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  • CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi in association with Metrology Society of India (MSI) organized the World Metrology Day on 20th May 2022 to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention on 20th May 1875.
  • Theme- “Metrology in the Digital Era”
About WMD 
  • The theme for World Metrology Day 2022 was “Metrology in the Digital Era”, announced jointly by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML).
  • India’s first Robotic Mass Comparator was also inaugurated during this event.
  • Robotic mass comparator is a unique facility and state-of-art facility that serves both the fundamental research and highly accurate automatic measurement in mass.
  • The automation will help in significant reduction and potential elimination of manual handling risks and ensure highest accuracy in weights calibration.
  • It brings many benefits to the scientist, metrologists, industries and all the stakeholders throughout the country.  
Historical Background 
  • World Metrology Day is an annual celebration of the signature of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations.
  • The Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal applications.
  • The original aim of the Metre Convention – the worldwide uniformity of measurement – remains as important today as it was in 1875.
Source-PIB 

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