Apart from its core mandate, i.e., dissemination of apex measurement traceability of various parameters on regular basis, Physico-Mechanical Metrology Division is also proactively engaged in performing metrology grade research in the frontier areas of metrology to upgrade the standards.

In order to support Indian Manufacturing Industries/Organization more than 1800 reports have been issued from the Division in the year 2020-21, providing apex measurement traceability to variousStrategic and Industrial Sectors, Major Private and Public Sectors Manufacturing Industries, Private and Government Research Organizations, NABL accredited and other Test and calibration laboratories etc.

Research outcomes in the form of high quality research articles are being published regularly in National and International peer reviewed journals on metrological R&D related to Physico-Mechanical parameters and on their applications.

The Division also provides need based consultancy/technical services to support Indian Industries and Institutionsin solving their challenging problems related to metrology and fulfilling their other metrological needs.

The Division also contributes significantly in conducting one-year Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) course on Precision Measurement and Quality Control (PMQC) imparting class room lectures along with hands-on laboratory experience to students for creating bank of trained man-power for Manufacturing Industries, Testing and Calibration laboratories, MSMEs, Entrepreneurs etc. under the CSIR skill development initiative program.

Programs are regularly conducted on specific parameter/disciplinestoprovide training toprofessionals from various Industries, NABL accredited labs, SAARC NMIs etc.

Lectures and various Lab based internships are also provided to B.Tech, M.Tech Trainees of other Institutions/Universities and PhD students.

(i) Ms. Kritika Anand has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Synthesis and characterization of Mn-based rare earth free permanent magnet materials”
(ii) Ms. Nithya Christopher has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Synthesis, characterization and property evaluation of rare earth free permanent magnet materials”
(iii) Mr. Rajeev Dwivedi, has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Study of Refractive Axicon Generated Beam Patterns for their Potential Applications”
(iv) Mr. Ravi kant has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis Title: “Ferroelectric Tunnel junction For Multistate Memory element”
(v) Mr. Vikas Narayan Thakur has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Design Development and Analysis of pressure standards and sensors”
(vi) Mr. Sahil Sharma has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Design, Development and Analysis of Instrumentation for Ultrasonic Characterization of Liquids”
(vii) Mr. Jasveer Singh has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Investigation of effective area and distortion coefficient of pneumatic piston gauges using cross-float and simulation techniques”
(viii) Mr. Arif Sanjid has successfully obtained PhD degree, Thesis title: “Computer simulated geometric from measurements on piston-cylinder assemblies of pressure standards”
(ix) Mr. Rahul Kumar, Thesis title: “Design, development and analysis of wireless pressure monitoring system”
(x) Umesh Pant has successfully obtained his Ph.D. degree entitled “Development and Realization of metal-carbon eutectic fixed points for high-temperature thermometry”

(1) Kritika Anand, Nithya Christopher and Nidhi Singh. “Influence of wheel speed and ageing on nanostructure and magnetic properties of Cr-doped MnBi magnetic material.” Applied Physics A, 126, 339, (2020). (April 2020); Impact factor: 1.810
(2) Nithya Christopher, Kritika Anand and Nidhi Singh. “Influence of cooling rate on the hard magnetic properties of Hf-Co-Fe-B melt-spun alloy.” Applied Physics A 126, no. 8 (2020): 1-8. (18 July 2020); Impact factor: 1.810
(3) Nithya Christopher, Kritika Anand and Nidhi Singh. “Enhancement of hard magnetic properties in rapidly quenched Zr-Co-Fe-B ribbons through vacuum annealing.” Journal of Solid State Communications 323: 114118 (2021). (20 Oct 2020); Impact factor: 1.521
(4) Nithya Christopher, Kritika Anand, A. K. Srivastava and Nidhi Singh. “Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and hard magnetic properties of Hf1.5Zr0.5Co10FeB melt-spun ribbons.” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2021) DOI: 10.1007/s10973-021-10553-4. (15 Feb 2021); Impact factor: 2.731
(5) Ehtesham, T. John, S. Yadav, H. K. Singh, G. Mandal, and N. Singh. Journey of Kilogram from Physical Constant to Universal Physical Constant (h) via Artefact: A Brief Review, MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India; Impact factor: 1.32
(6) Tribological Characterization of Ecodesigned Aluminium Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites, GirijaMoona, R. S. Walia, Vikas Rastogi and Rina Sharma, Indian Journal of Materials and Engineering Science, 27(1), 47-57, 2020
(7) Single crystal growth of l-tartaric acid and its characterization for optical applications Naghma Khan, N Vijayan, Kopal Shandilya, Ravinder Kumar, Anuj Krishna, Samridhi Chopra, Sudha Yadav, GirijaMoona, Mukesh Jewariya Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 (6), 4494-4502, 2020
(8) KEY COMPARISON Calibration of 1-D CMM artefacts: step gauges (EURAMET.L-K5.2016), Tim Coveney,….. Rina Sharma, GirijaMoona, Vinod Kumar……….., Metrologia, Volume 57, Number 1A, 2020
(9) Machinability Characterization of ecodesigned Hybrid Aluminium Composites, GirijaMoona, R. S. Walia, Vikas Rastogi and Rina Sharma, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 59, pp. 252-257, 2020
(10) Sulphamic acid: potential single crystal for nonlinear optical applications Ravinder Kumar, N Vijayan, Naghma Khan, ManjuKumari, MukeshJewariya, Ritu Srivastava Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 (17), 14271-14278, 2020
(11) Investigation of cerium oxide thin film thickness using THz spectroscopy for non-destructive measurement,SubhashNimanpure, Guruvandra Singh, Sudha Yadav, Preetam Singh, GirijaMoona, MukeshJewariya, Rina Sharma Journal of Optics, 1-5, 2020
(12) Synthesis growth and studies on optical, thermal and terahertz analyses of bulk size sodium acid phthalate single crystal: a metal–organic material for nonlinear optical applications ManjuKumari, N Vijayan, DebabrataNayak, MahakVij, PargamVashishtha, SubhashNimanpure, Govind Gupta, MukeshJewariya, RP Pant Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 1-9, 2020
(13) Growth and Characterization of Single Crystals of l-Histidine Hydrochloride Monohydrate for Nonlinear Optical Applications Sudha Yadav, Manju Kumari, DebabrataNayak, Sabyasachi Banerjee, Naghma Khan, SubhashNimanpure, GirijaMoona, Rina Sharma, Bhupendra K Sharma, Dibakar Roy Chowdhury, N Vijayan, MukeshJewariya Journal of Electronic Materials 49 (12), 7502-7508, 2020
(14) Progress Towards the Establishment of Various Redefinitions of SI Unit “Metre” at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory-India and its Realization Rina Sharma, GirijaMoona, MukeshJewariya MAPAN, 1-9, 2020
(15) Implementation of Monte Carlo Simulation in Evaluation of Uncertainty of Measurement of a Force Transducer, HarshvardhanChoudhary, GirijaMoona, D. Vaithiyanathan, and Harish Kumar, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, Vol. 59, pp. 271-276, 2021
(16) Final report on supplementary comparison on step heights standards (APMP.L-S7), Rina Sharma, GirijaMoona, AnusornTonmueanwai, JariyaBuajarern, Wang Shihua, Michael Matus, Takuma Doi and Kentaro Sugawara, Metrologia, Volume 58, Number 1A, 2021
(17) Investigation of cerium oxide thin film thickness using THz spectroscopy for non-destructive measurement, SubhashNimanpure, Guruvandra Singh, Sudha Yadav, Preetam Singh, GirijaMoona, MukeshJewariya, Rina Sharma, Journal of Optics 50 (1), 90-94 (2021)
(18) Estimation of Error in Distance, Length, and Angular Measurements Using CCD Pixel Counting Technique, Rajeev Dwivedi, Swati Gangwar, ShibuSaha, VK Jaiswal, RanjanaMehrotra, MukeshJewariya, Girija Monna, Rina Sharma, Parag Sharma, MAPAN, 1-6 (2021)
(19) Dynamic Optical Study of Flexible Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Paper Using Terahertz Spectroscopy SubhashNimanpure, Animesh Pandey, Guruvandra Singh, Satish Teotia, Sabyasachi Banerjee, SudhirHusale, BhanuPratap Singh, DibakarRoychowdhury, Manoj Kumar, Rina Sharma, MukeshJewariya, Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-7 (2021)
(20) Uncertainty Evaluation for Frequency Calibration of Helium–Neon Laser Head Using Monte Carlo Simulation GirijaMoona, M Jewariya, P Arora, R Sharma, MAPAN, 1-6 (2021)
(21) Elemental, Optical, and Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy Studies on Methyl p-Hydroxybenzoate Single Crystal for THz Applications DebabrataNayak, N Vijayan, ManjuKumari, PargamVashishtha, Sudha Yadav, MukeshJewariya, Dibakar Roy Chowdhury, Govind Gupta, RP Pant, Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-7 (2021)
(22) Investigation of dynamic optical study of Bi2Te3 topological insulators thin film based on MWCNT flexible paper using terahertz spectroscopy SubhashNimanpure, Animesh Pandey, Guruvandra Singh, BhanuPratap Singh, Dibakar Roy Chowdhury, Young UkJeong, Rina Sharma, SudhirHusale, MukeshJewariyaOptical Materials 121, 111490 (2021)
(23) “Theoretical Simulation for Evaluating Error in Irradiance Measurement using Optical Detectors having Different Cosine Responses”, Vijeta, R. K. Kapri, S. Saha, V. K. Jaiswal, P. Sharma, Published online in MAPAN- Journal of Metrological Society of India, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00486-6 (2021)
(24) “Estimation of Error in Distance, Length, and Angular Measurements Using CCD Pixel Counting Technique”, R. Dwivedi, S. Gangwar, S. Saha, V. K. Jaiswal, R. Mehrotra, M. Jewariya, G. Mona, R. Sharma and P. Sharma, MAPAN- Journal of Metrological Society of India, 36, 313 (2021)
(25) “Morphology-Directed Nanoscopic Energy Transfers in Plasmonic-Organic Hybrids”, K. Gambhir, P. Sharma, R. Mehrotra, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 88(1), 203 (2021)
(26) “Tunable phase of elliptical axicon for controlled spectral switching”, R. Dwivedi, P. Sharma, V. K. Jaiswal, R. Mehrotra, Optik, 237, 166734 (2021)
(27) “Development of LabVIEW Program Using SR400 Gated Photon Counter for Continuous Data Acquisition and Analysis”, R. K. Kapri, R. Dwivedi, P. K. Dubey, P. Sharma, MAPAN- Journal of Metrological Society of India, 36, 1 (2021)
(28) “Evolution of SI Base Unit Candela: Quantifying the Light Perception of Human Eye”, S. Saha, V. K. Jaiswal, P. Sharma and D. K. Aswal, MAPAN- Journal of Metrological Society of India, 35, 563 (2020)
(29) “Nucleic Acid Binding Mechanism of Flavone Derivative, riviciclib: Structural Analysis to Unveil Anticancer Potential”, B. Ray, R. Mehrotra, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 1;211:111990 (2020)
(30) Flexible and wearable capacitive pressure sensor for blood pressure monitoring, Bijender, Ashok Kumar, Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 33, 100434 (2021)
(31) Polarization controlled resistive switching in bulk ferroelectric ceramics: a universal phenomenon, Charanjeet, Vikas N Thakur, Ashok Kumar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 887, 161345 (2021)
(32) Flexible microhyperboloids facets giant sensitive ultra-low pressure sensor, S Kumar, Bijender, S Yadav, A Kumar, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical 328, 112767 (2021)
(33) Unravelling the Nature of Magneto-electric Coupling in Room Temperature Multiferroic Particulate (PbFe0.5Nb0.5O3) – (Co0.6Zn0.4Fe1.7Mn0.3O4) Composites, KrishnamayeeBhoi, H. S. Mohanty, Ravikant, Md. F. Abdullah, Dhiren K. Pradhan, S. Narendra Babu, A. K. Singh, P. N. Vishwakarma, A. Kumar, R. Thomas, Dillip K. Pradhan, Scientific Reports-Springer Nature, 11, 3149 (2021)
(34) Evaluation of effective area of air piston gauge with limitations in piston-cylinder dimension measurements, Vikas N Thakur, Felix Sharipov, Yuanchao Yang, Sandeep Kumar, Jokhan Ram, Omprakash, Harish Kumar, Rina Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Metrologia, 58 035004 (2021)
(35) Existence of Bipolar and Unipolar Resistive Switching in CaZrO3 Thin Film Device, M Asif, A Kumar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 859, 158373 (2021)
(36) One-Rupee Ultrasensitive Wearable Flexible Low-Pressure Sensor, Bijender, A Kumar, ACS Omega 5, 16944−16950 (2020)
(37) Low-Pressure Mechanical Switching of Ferroelectric Domains in PbZr0.48Ti0.52O3, G Vats, Ravikant, P Schönherr, A Kumar, J Seidel, Advanced Electronic Materials, 6, 2000523, (2020)
(38) Giant pressure sensitivity in piezo/ferro-electric ceramics, Vikas N. Thakur, Bhanu P. Singh, Sanjay Yadav, and Ashok Kumar, RSC Advances, 10, 9140 (2020)
(39) Enhanced functional properties of soft polymer-ceramic composites by swift heavy ion irradiation, Hari Mohanty, Saurabh Sharma, Ravikant, PawanKulriya, Ashok Kumar, Reji Thomas, Dillip Pradhan, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 24629-24642, (2019)
(40) Tin titanate—the hunt for a new ferroelectric Perovskite, J Gardner, Atul Thakre, Ashok Kumar and J F Scott, Rep. Prog. Phys. 82, 092501(2019)
(41) Ferroelectric-Dielectric Composite Pressure Sensor, VN Thakur, A Zafer, S Yadav, A Kumar, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 297, 111536 (2019)
(42) Highly-sensitive potassium-tantalum-niobium oxide humidity sensor, Ravikant, S Singh, G Gupta, S Yadav, PK Dubey, VN Ojha, A Kumar, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 295, 133, (2019).
(43) Structural transformations and physical properties of (1-x) Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-x BaTiO3 solid solutions near morphotropic phase boundary, H. S. Mohanty, T. Dam, Hitesh Borkar, Dhiren K Pradhan, K K Mishra, Ashok Kumar, BalaramSahoo, Pawan K Kulriya, C Cazorla, J F Scott and Dillip K Pradhan, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 075401 (2019)
(44) Exploring the Magnetoelectric Coupling at the Composite Interfaces of FE/FM/FE Heterostructures, Dhiren K. Pradhan, Shalini Kumari, Rama K. Vasudevan, EvgheniStrelcov, Venkata S. Puli, Dillip K. Pradhan, Ashok Kumar, J. Marty Gregg, A. K. Pradhan, Sergei V. Kalinin & Ram S. Katiyar, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 8, 17381 (2018)
(45) Bipolar resistive switching in PVDF and Graphene Oxide hetero-structure thin films, A Thakre, A Kumar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 722, 579 (2017).
(46) Experimental Evidence of Electronic Polarization in a Family of Photo-ferroelectrics, H Borkar, V Rao, M Tomar, V Gupta, JF Scott, A Kumar, RSC Adv. 7, 1284(2017) (I.F ~3.3)
(47) Experimental verification of the ab initio phase transition sequence in SrZrO3 and comparisons with SrHfO3 and SrSnO3, A Kumar, S Kumari, H Borkar, RS Katiyar, JF Scott, npj Computational Materials, 2 (2017)
(48) Novel optically active lead-free relaxor ferroelectric (Ba0. 6Bi0. 2Li0. 2) TiO3, H Borkar, V Rao, S Dutta, A Barvat, P Pal, M Tomar, V Gupta, JF Scott, A Kumar, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 28 (26), 265901(2016)
(49) Giant pyroelectric energy harvesting and a negative electrocaloric effect in multilayered nanostructures, G Vats, A Kumar, N Ortega, CR Bowen, RS Katiyar, Energy Environ. Sci. 9, 1335-1345 (2016)
(50) The Nature of Magnetoelectric Coupling in Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 –Pb(Fe,Ta)O3, Donald M. Evans, Marin Alexe, Alina Schilling, Ashok Kumar, Dilsom Sanchez, Nora Ortega, Ram S. Katiyar, James F. Scott, and James Marty Gregg, Adv. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501749, (2015).
(51) Neha Bura, Ankit Bhoriya, Deepa Yadav, Jasveer Singh, and Nita Dilawar Sharma Temperature-Dependent Phonon Behavior in Nanocrystalline Tm2O3: Fano Interference and Phonon Anharmonicity Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04250
(52) Girija Shankar Papanai, Jasveer Singh, Nita Dilawar and BipinGuptaTemperature dependent Raman scattering of directly grown twisted bilayer graphene film using LPCVD method, Carbon 177, February 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.02.083
(53) Influence of varying thermodynamic parameters on the structural behavior of nano-crystalline europium sesquioxide, Neha Bura, Deepa Yadav, Ankit Bhoriya, Jasveer Singh, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 856:158129, December 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.158129
(54) A Monte Carlo simulation investigation on the effect of the probability distribution of input quantities on the effective area of a pressure balance and its uncertainty, Jasveer Singh, A Kumaraswamidhas, Neha Bura, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Measurement, 172:108853 December 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108853
(55) Improved Measurement Capabilities in Pneumatic Pressure Measurements at NPLI Through Re-establishment of the Traceability Chain, Jasveer Singh, Om Prakash, Harish Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Nita Dilawar Sharma, MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, October 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s12647-020-00395-0
(56) Characterization of a standard pneumatic piston gauge using finite element simulation technique vs cross-float, theoretical and Monte Carlo approaches, Jasveer Singh, Lakshmi Annamalai Kumaraswamidhas, Neha Bura, Shanay Rab, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Advances in Engineering Software, October 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2020.102920
(57) Behaviour of Nano-crystalline Scandium Oxide under the Extreme Conditions, Neha Bura, Jasveer Singh, Deepa Yadav, Ankit Bhoriya, Nita Dilawar Sharma, 2019/9, EPSC, Volume 2019, Pages, EPSC-DPS2019-1451
(58) Effect of Annealing Temperature on Optical and Structural Properties of Solution Processed As2S3 Chalcogenide Glass Films, Hana Khan, Shama Islam, PrabhatK.Dwivedi, Nita Dilawar, Mushahid Husain, M.Zulfequar, Materials Today Proceedings, Volume 21, Part 4, (2020), Pages 2072-2078
(59) Phonon variations in nano-crystalline lutetium sesquioxide under the influence of varying temperature and pressure, Neha Bura, Deepa Yadav, Jasveer Singh, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 126, Issue 24 (2019), Pages 245901
(60) Self-aligned TiO2- Photo reduced graphene oxide hybrid surface for smart bandage application, Souradeep Roy, Alishba John, Shalini Nagabooshanam, Annu Mishra, Shikha Wadhwa, Ashish Mathur, Jagriti Narang, Jasveer Singh, Nita Dilawar, James Davis, Applied Surface Science, 488 (2019) 261-268
(61) Cauliflower‐shaped ternary nanocomposites with enhanced power and energy density for super capacitors Swati Chaudhary, A.B.V. Kiran Kumar, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Mukul Gupta, Int J Energy Res. 2019;1–15.
(62) Uncertainty Analysis of Distortion Coefficient of Piston Gauge Using Monte Carlo Method J. Singh1, L. A. Kumaraswamidhas, K. Kaushik, N. Bura and Nita D. Sharma, MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, DOI:10.1007/s12647-019-00305-z
(63) A comparative investigation of pressure distortion coefficient of a pneumatic piston gauge and its associated uncertainty using varied approaches, Jasveer Singh, L. A. Kumaraswamidhas, Nita Dilawar, November 2018 Accreditation and Quality Assurance, DOI: 10.1007/s00769-018-1355-3
(64) Contributions of National Standards on the growth of Barometric Pressure and Vacuum Industries, Ashok Kumar, Vikas Narayan Thakur, Afaqul Zafer, Nita Dilawar, Sanjay Yadav and D. K. Aswal November 2018, MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, DOI: 10.1007/s12647-018-0293-1
(65) Role of National Pressure and Vacuum Metrology in Indian Industrial Growth and Their Global Metrological Equivalence Sanjay Yadav, A. Zafer, A Kumar, Nita Dilawar Sharma, D. K. Aswal, June 2018, MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, DOI: 10.1007/s12647-018-0270-8
(66) Temperature dependent Raman investigation of multiwall carbon nanotubes, Nita Dilawar, Jasveer Singh, Aditi Vijay, April 2018, Journal of Applied Physics 123(15):155101, DOI: 10.1063/1.5020761
(67) Investigations of anharmonic effects via phonon mode variations in nanocrystalline Dy2O3, Gd2O3 and Y2O3, Nita Dilawar Sharma, Jasveer Singh, Aditi Vijay, K Samanta, S D Pandey, J of Raman Spectroscopy, DOI: 10.1002/jrs.5120
(68) Influence of growth temperature on laser molecular beam epitaxy and properties of GaN layers grown on c-plane sapphire, R Dixit, Prashant Tyagi, Sunil Singh Kushvaha, S Chockalingama, Brajesh Singh Yadav, Nita Dilawar Sharma, M. Senthil Kumar, Optical Materials, 66 (2017) 142-148 (April)
(69) Estimation of uncertainty of effective area of a pneumatic pressure reference standard using Monte Carlo method, Jasveer Singh, L A Kumaraswamidhas, Aditi Vijay, Ashok Kumar and Nita Dilawar Sharma, Indian J of Pure & Applied Physics, vol. 54, 755-764, (2016)
(70) Wet chemical etching induced stress relaxed nanostructures on polar & non-polar epitaxial GaN films, M Mishra, S Krishna, A Gundimeda, N Aggarwal, B Gahtori, Nita Dilawar, V V Aggarwal, M Singh, R Rakshit, Govind Gupta, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00380C
(71) Quantum confinement effect in low temperature grown homo-epitaxial GaN nanowall network by laser assisted molecular beam epitaxy, S.S. Kushvaha, Ch Ramesh, Prashant Tyagi Ajay Shukla, Brajesh S. Yadav, Nita Dilawar, K K Maurya, M. Senthil Kumar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.006
(72) Fabrication of non-polar GaN based highly responsive and fast UV photodetector, A Gundimeda, Shibin Krishna, N Aggarwal, Alka Sharma, Nita Dilawar, K KMaurya, S Husale, Govind Gupta, Applied Physics Letters USA, 110(10):103507, March 2017
(73) Pressure Induced Structural Transition Trends in Nano-Crystalline Rare Earth Sesquioxides: A Raman Investigation, Nita Dilawar, Jasveer Singh, Aditi Vijay, KausikSamanta, Sugandha Dogra and A K Bandyopadhyay, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120(21) • May 2016
(74) Epitaxial growth of high In-content In0.41Ga0.59N/GaN heterostructure on (11–20) Al2O3 substrate, Shibin Krishna, Neha Aggarwal, Monu Mishra, K.K. Maurya, Mandeep Kaur, Geetanjali Sehgal, Sukhveer Singh, Nita Dilawar, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Govind Gupta, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 658, 15 February 2016, Pages 470–475
(75) Correlation of growth temperature with stress, defect states and electronic structure in epitaxial GaN film grown on c-sapphire via Plasma MBE, Shibin Krishna, Neha Aggarwal, Monu Mishra, K. K. Maurya, Sandeep Singh, Nita Dilawar, Subramaniyam Nagarajan and Govind Gupta, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016,18, 8005-8014
(76) Rahul Kumar, P.K. Dubey, AfaqulZafer, Ashok Kumar and Sanjay Yadav, “Past, present and future of blood pressure measuring instruments and their calibration” Measurement, Volume 172, February 2021, 108845
(77) S. Sharma, S. Yadav and P. K. Dubey, “Continuous Wave Ultrasonic Interferometers with Relatively Higher Excitation are Inappropriate for Liquid Characterization”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, Online Aug 10, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-020-00389-y
(78) Manisha Singh, S P Sigh, P K Dubey, Rachana R, Shalini Mani, Deepshikha Yadav, Mugdha Agarwal, Shriya Agarwal, Vinayak Agarwal and Harleen Kaur, “Advent of Proteomic Tools For Diagnostic Biomarker Analysis in Alzheimer’s Disease” Current Protein and Peptide Science, 21(10), June 2020, DOI: 10.2174/1389203721666200615173213
(79) R. Kumar, P. K. Dubey, A. Zafer, A. Kumar and S. Yadav, “Development of Remote Wireless Environmental Conditions Measurement, Monitoring and Recording Device for Metrological and Other Scientific Applications”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, Online Feb 20, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-020-00368-3
(80) R. K. Kapri, K. Rathore, P. K. Dubey, R. Mehrotra and P. Sharma, “Optimization of Control Parameters of PMT-Based Photon Counting System”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, Online Nov 25, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00357-1
(81) S. Sharma, U. K. Mishra A. K. Saini and P. K. Dubey, “Accuracy Estimation of Propagation Velocity in Variable Path Ultrasonic Interferometer for Liquids” MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, 35, pages 19–24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00331-x
(82) S. Rab, S. Yadav, A. Zafer A. Haleem, P. K. Dubey, J. Singh, R. Kumar, R. Sharma and L. Kumar, “Comparison of Monte Carlo Simulation, Least Square Fitting and Calibration Factor Methods for the Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty Using Direct Pressure Indicating Devices”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, 34, pages305–315(2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00333-9
(83) Ravikant, Sheshamani Singh, Gaurav Gupta, Sanjay Yadav, P.K. Dubey, V.N. Ojha, Ashok Kumar, Highly-sensitive potassium-tantalum-niobium oxide humidity sensor, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 295 (2019) 133–140
(84) Sahil Sharma, Ujjwal K Mishra, Sanjay Yadav and P K Dubey, “Improved ultrasonic interferometer technique for propagation velocity and attenuation measurement in liquids” Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP, USA), 90, 045107 (2019); doi: 10.1063/1.5088762
(85) S. U. Dubey, P. K. Dubey S. Rajagopalan and S. J. Sharma, “Real-time implementation of Kalman filter to improve accuracy in the measurement of time of flight in an ultrasonic pulse-echo setup” Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP, USA), Vol. 90(2), 025105 (2019)
(86) Kritika Sharma, Shashank Singh and P. K Dubey, “Design of Low Cost Broadband Ultrasonic Pulser-Receiver”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, Vol. 32 (2), pp 95-100. (2017).DOI 10.1007/s12647-017-0208-6
(87) Anil Kumar, Harish Kumar, V. N. Ojha, Shakti Singh, Girija Moona, Satish, P. K. Dubey, H. K. Singh, Goutam Mandal and D. K. Aswal” National Physical Laboratory demonstrates 1 g Kibble balance: Linkage of macroscopic mass to Planck constant“, Current Science (India), Vol. 113(3), (2017)
(88) Julian Haller, Christian Koch, Rodrigo P B Costa-Felix, P K Dubey, G Durando, Yong Tae Kim, Masahiro Yoshioka, “Final report on key comparison CCAUV.U-K3.1”,Metrologia,Vol. 53(1A):09002 (January 2016). DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1A/09002
(89) P. K Dubey, Anshul Jain and Shashank Singh, “Improved and Automated Primary Ultrasonic Power Measurement Setup at CSIR-NPL, India”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India, Vol. 30 (4),pp. 231–237 (2015).http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12647-015-0150-4
(90) P. K. Dubey, and Shashank Singh, “High resolution vertical movement system for transducer and target separation in primary ultrasonic power measurement setup”, Measurement (Elsevier, UK), Vol. 76 pp. 201-208 (2015).DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2015.08.030
(91) P. K. Dubey, Yudhisther Kumar, Reeta Gupta, Anshul Jain and Chandrashekhar Gohiya, “Measurement of total ultrasonic power using thermal expansion and change in buoyancy of an absorbing target”, Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP, USA), Vol. 85(5), 054905(2014)
(92) A. Zafer, S. Saha, S. Yadav, S. K. Jaiswal and D. K. Aswal, “Feasible methods for g-measurement and uncertainty comparison with Monte Carlo method”, MAPAN- Journal of metrology society of India, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00457-x
(93) R. K. Sharma, S. Rab, L. Kumar, A. Zafer and S. Yadav, “Design and Development of an Indigenous Cross-Floating Pressure Calibration System up to 140 MPa”, MAPAN- Journal of metrology society of India, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00450-4
(94) S. Rab, M. Sanjid, A. Zafer, S. Yadav and A. Haleem, “Simulation of Kinematic Supports of Surfaces Plates for Optimum Flatness Tolerance”, MAPAN- Journal of metrology society of India, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00446-0
(95) S. Raba, S. Yadav, A. Haleem, A. Zafer, R. Sharma & L. Kumar, “Simulation Based Design Analysis of Pressure Chamber for Metrological Applications up to 200 MPa”, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, Volume 59, March 21, pp 202-205, http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/56513
(96) Zafer A., Yadav S., Sharma N.D., Kumar A., Aswal D. K., “Economic Impact Studies of Pressure and Vacuum Metrology at CSIR-NPL, India”, MAPAN- Journal of metrology society of India, Volume 34, Issue 4, pp 421–429, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00356-2
(97) Rab S., Yadav S., Sharma R. K, Kumar L., Gupta V. K, Zafer A. and Haleem A., “Development of Hydraulic Cross Floating Valve”, Review of Scientific Instrument, Volume 90, p. 085102, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5089953
(98) Rab S., Yadav S., Zafer A., Haleem A., Dubey P. K., Singh J., Kumar R., Sharma R. and Kumar L., “Comparison of Monte Carlo simulation, least square fitting and calibration factor methods for the evaluation of measurement uncertainty using direct pressure indicating devices”, MAPAN- Journal of metrology society of India, Volume 34, Issue 3, pp 305–315, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00333-9
(99) Rab S., Yadav S., Haleem A., Zafer A., Sharma R., Kumar L., “Design and simulation studies on the development of a high pressure cell upto 1.0 GPa for industrial and scientific metrological application”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 21, part 3, pp 1632-1636, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.11.272
(100) Zafer A. and Yadav S., “Design and development of strain gauge pressure transducer working in high pressure range of 500 MPa using autofrettage and finite element method”, International journal of precision engineering and manufacturing, Volume 19, Issue 06, pp 793-800, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-018-0095-y. N Garg, B S Chauhan, M Singh, Normative framework of noise mapping in India: Strategies, Implications and Challenges Ahead, Acoustic Australia, Acoustics Australia 49 (2021) 23-41.
(101) N Garg, B S Chauhan, M Singh, Realization and Dissemination of Unit Watt in Airborne Sound: Measurement Methodology, Sound Emission Regulations and Implications, MAPAN-J of Metrology Society of India, 35 (2020) 601-612.
(102) S Rab, S Yadav, N Garg, S Rajput and D K Aswal (2020) Evolution of Measurement System and SI Units in India. MAPAN-J of Metrology Society of India, 35, 475-490.
(103) N Garg and B S Chauhan (2020) Measurement Uncertainty in Vibration Calibration in Frequency Range of 5 Hz to 10 kHz. MAPAN-J of Metrology Society of India, 35, 397-405.
(104) A Varshney, N Garg, K S Nagla, T S Nair, S K Jaiswal, S Yadav and D K Aswal, Challenges in Sensor Technology for Industry 4.0 for Futuristic Metrological applications, MAPAN-J of Metrology Society of India., 36, 2021, 215-226.
(105) N Garg and M Singh, Measurement Uncertainty in primary calibration of accelerometer complex sensitivity at low frequencies, 2021, Published online in MAPAN-J of Metrology Society of India, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00454-0.
(106) Kumar, Prashant, Gaurav Purohit, Pramod Tanwar, Chitra Gautam, Kota Solomon Raju, “Real time, an IoT-based affordable air pollution monitoring for smart home.” In First International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Computational Intelligence, pp. 837-844. Springer, Singapore, 2020.
(107) Pearl Pullan, Chitra Gautam, Vandana Niranjan, “Air Quality Management System,” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON), Greater Noida, India, 2020, pp. 436-439, doi: 10.1109/GUCON48875.2020.9231233 (IEEE Xplore)
(108) Aseem Sindwani, Akhilesh Kumar, Chitra Gautam, Gaurav Purohit, Pramod Tanwar, “Prediction and Monitoring of stored food grains health using IoT Enable Nodes,” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON), Greater Noida, India, 2020, pp. 516-522, doi: 10.1109/GUCON48875.2020.9231104 (IEEE Xplore)
(109) Chitra Gautam, S K Masiul Islam, Shashikant Sadistap, Utpal Sarma, “Effect of Microwave Heat on the Nutritional Properties of Infected Red Kidney Beans” in IEEE Access, Vol. 6, Oct. 2018, Pg. 57137-57143
(110) Chitra Gautam, Shashikant Sadistap, Utpal Sarma, “Moisture Analysis Of Whole Mung Bean And Red Lentil By Domestic Microwave Oven” in International Journal Of Food And Nutritional Sciences, Vol 4(5), Oct-Dec 2015, pp. 38-41
(111) Kalpana Amba, Sunil Joshi, Chitra Gautam & Shashikant Sadistap, Embedded sensor system with wireless communication for Greenhouse (Paper in Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology: E, Network, Web & Security International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 14, Issue 3, April-2014, ISSN 0975-4172, pg. 21-26)
(112) Chitra Gautam, Shashikant Sadistap, Pankaj Kumar, K.S.N. Rao, LabVIEW Based Automatic Measuring System for Fresh Water Aquaculture Parameters (Paper in International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 5, Issue 2, February-2014, ISSN 2229-5518, pg. 1390-1394) S.K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav, A.K. Bandyopadhyay and R. Agarwal, “Global Water Flow Measurement and Calibration Facilities: Review of Methods and Instrumentations”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India. Vol. 27 (2), pp. 63-76 (2012)
(113) S.K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav, and R. Agarwal, “Multiple Weighing Based Method for Realizing Flow”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India. Vol. 30 (2), pp. 119-123 (2015)
(114) Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, Sanjay Yadav and Ravinder Agarwal, “Design and development of a Novel Water Flow Measurement System”, Measurement- Journal of International Measurement Confederation. Vol. 105, page nos. 120-129, (2017)
(115) Alok Jain, Sanjay Yadav, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, Mohammad Sikandar Azam, “Significance of Testing & Calibration and International Acceptance – A brief on Indian Scenario”, Research & Development in Material Science, Crimson Publishers, Vol. 5, Issue 3 , pp 1/3 -3/3, April 2018
(116) Anshul Varshney, N. Garg, K. S. Nagla, T. S. Nair, S. K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav and D. K. Aswal, “Challenges in Sensors Technology for Industry 4.0 for Futuristic Metrological Applications,” MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, April 2021(online), DOI: 10.1007/s12647-021-00453-1
(117) Afaqul Zafer, Shibu Saha, Sanjay Yadav, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal and Dinesh Kumar Aswal, “Feasible methods for g-measurement and uncertainty comparison with Monte Carlo method”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India. May 2021 (online) Vol. 36 (2), pp. 325-331 (2021)
(118) Shanay Rab, Sanjay Yadav, S.K. Jaiswal, Abid Haleem and D. K. Aswal, “Quality Infrastructure of National Metrology Institutes: A Comparative Study”, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 59 (4), pp. 285-303 (2021)
(119) S.K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav, A.K. Bandyopadhyay and R. Agarwal, “Global Water Flow Measurement and Calibration Facilities: Review of Methods and Instrumentations”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India. Vol. 27 (2), pp. 63-76 (2012)
(120) S.K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav, and R. Agarwal, “Multiple Weighing Based Method for Realizing Flow”, MAPAN – Journal of Metrology Society of India. Vol. 30 (2), pp. 119-123 (2015)
(121) Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, Sanjay Yadav and Ravinder Agarwal, “Design and development of a Novel Water Flow Measurement System”, Measurement- Journal of International Measurement Confederation. Vol. 105, page nos. 120-129, (2017)
(122) Shanay Rab, Sanjay Yadav, S.K Jaiswal, Abid Haleem and D. K. Aswal, “Quality Infrastructure of National Metrology Institutes: A Comparative Study”, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 59 (4), pp. 285-303 (2021)
(123) A Laconic Capitulation of High Pressure Metrology, S Rab, S Yadav, A Haleem, Measurement, 187:110226, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2021.110226
(124) Significance and implications of digital transformation in metrology in India, N.Garg, S. Rab, A.Varshney, S.K.Jaiswal and S.Yadav, Measurement: Sensors, Vol. 18, Dec 2021, 100248, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2021.100248
(125) Improved Model of Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) for Inclusive National Growth, Shanay Rab, Sanjay Yadav, Abid Haleem, S. K. Jaiswal and Dinesh K Aswal, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 80(9):790-799, Sep 2021
(126) U. Pant, H. Meena, D.D. Shivagan, “Development and Realization of Iron–Carbon Eutectic Fixed Point at NPLI”, Mapan – J. Metrol. Soc. India. Vol. 33 (3), p.p. 201–208(2018)
(127) U. Pant, H. Meena, G. Gupta, K. Bapna, D. D. Shivagan, “Determination of eutectic melting phase transition temperature of metal-carbon eutectic fixed points”, AIP Conf. Proc., Vol. 2115, p.p. 030029 (2019)
(128) U. Pant, H. Meena, G. Gupta, D.D. Shivagan, “Development and Long-Term Stability Assessment of Co–C Eutectic Fixed Point for Thermocouple Thermometry”, Int. J. Thermophys. Vol.40 (8), p.p. 1-14(2019)
(129) Babita, U. Pant, H. Meena, G. Gupta, K. Bapna and D. D. Shivagan, “Improved Realization of Ensemble of Triple Point of Water Cells at CSIR-NPL”, MAPAN- Journal of Metrology Society of India Vol. 36(3) p.p. 1-14 (2021)
(130) Umesh Pant, Hansraj Meena, Gaurav Gupta, Komal Bapna, D. D. Shivagan, “Development and Realization of Fe–C and Co–C Eutectic Fixed-Point Blackbodies for Radiation Thermometry at CSIR-NPL”, International Journal of Thermophysics 41(7) p.p. 1-15 (2020)
(131) Umesh Pant, Gaurav Gupta, Hansraj Meena, Ashish Bhatt, Komal Bapna & D. D. Shivagan, “Realization of ITS-90 Radiance Temperature Scale from 961.78 °C to 3000 °C at CSIR-NPL”, Mapan – Journal of Metrology Society of Vol., pp 1-11(2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-021-00507-4

(a) Book title: “Metrology for Inclusive Growth of India”, Ed. Dr. D. K. Aswal, Publisher: Springer, Singapore, 2020, ISBN 978-981-158872-3

(i) International Harmonizaion of Measurements Part I: International Measurement System (pp 37-82)
(ii) International Harmonizaion of Measurements Part II: International and National Dissemination Mechanisms System (pp 83-144)
(iii) Physico-Mechanical Metrology Part I: Impetus for Inclusive Industrial Growth (pp 237-252)
(iv) Physico-Mechanical Metrology Part II: Mass and Length Metrology (pp 253-306)
(v) Physico-Mechanical Metrology Part III: Thermal, Optical Radiation and Acoustic Metrology (pp307-376)
(vi) Physico-Mechanical Metrology Part IV: Thermal, Force, Pressure and Flow Metrology (pp377-456)
(vii) Human Resources in Metrology for Skill India (pp 985-1028)
(viii) CSIR-NPL: Growth Driver for Effective Implementation of National Policies (pp 1029-1076)
(ix) D K Aswal, R. Mehrotra, Sanjay Yadav, SSK Titus, S K Jaiswal, N. Garg, D D Shivagan, S G Aggarwal, V K Jaiswal, D K Mishra, A. Zafer and I. Elizabeth, Redefined SI units and glimpses of NPL metrological activities, CSIR-NPL and MSI, New Delhi, 2021. ISBN:978-93-5382-813-4

(b) Contribution to other Books /Chapters

(i) Govindan, Harish Kumar and Sanjay Yadav Advances in Mechanical and Materials Technology: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (Sub title: Select Proceedings of EMSME 2020) E book: ISSN2195-4356 Pages 1467 https://link.springer.com/book/9789811627934
(ii) Naveen Garg, Chitra Goutam, Sanjay Yadav, A Compendium on National Policy and Action Plan for Environmental Noise Management & Control in Metropolitan Cities of India, Publisher: CSIR-NPL and MSI, New Delhi, 2021
(iii) Sanjay Yadav, D. B. Singh, P. K. Arora and Harish Kumar, Proceedings of International Conference in Mechanical and Energy Technology, Publisher : Springer Singapore, 2020, ISSN 2190-3018 ISSN 2190-3026 (electronic) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2647-3

• Dr. Sanjay Yadav has been conferred APMP Award for Developing Economies (2020) for his distinguished contribution in the field of metrology.
• Recently Dr. SSK Titus has been elected as Chair, Technical Committee (TC) for in APMP region.
• Dr. Naveen Garg was awarded Prestigious International Prize by Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) Secretariat, Japan: “APMP Iizuka Young Metrologist Prize for Developing Economies, DEN” on 29th November, 2017 at 33rd Asia Pacific Metrology Programme General Assembly organized at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
• Dr. Sanjay Yadav has been elected as Member MO, TC6, TC11, International Confederation of Measurement (IMEKO), Hungary in 2021.
• Chairman, Composition of Appeal Committee, Legal Metrology, MoCA, Delhi (2021).
• Chairman, Committee for Safeguarding Impartiality, Legal Metrology, MoCA, Delhi (2021).
• Member, CCM, WGM and WGPV, BIPM, BIPM, France, Consultative Committee of Mass Related Quantities (CCM), May 2021.
• Member, Governing Council, FCRI. Palakkad, Kerala, For 2 years from April 2021.
• Member, National Advisory Committee, Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Mechanical and Energy Technologies (ICMET-2021) held during October 28-29, 2021, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India.
• Four Best Oral Paper Award: 7th National Conference on ‘Advances in Metrology’ (AdMet 2021): Sensors & Advance Materials for Measurement & Quality Improvement; held on 5-6th March, 2021, organized by Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, New Delhi-110058, India.
  • Bushra Ehtesham, Thomas John, and Nidhi Singh; Limitation of artifact based definition of kilogram, its redefinition and realization using Kibble balance; AdMet 2021.
  • Priyanka Jain, Sachin Kumar, Satish, Jyotsana Mandal, Nidhi Singh, J.C.Biswas and A.K.Saxena; Determination of Inductance through Capacitance using commercial LCR meters; AdMet 2021.
• Best Paper Award has also been presented at NIT, Jalandhar.
• Best Poster Award for presenting poster in AdMet-2021for the research study in Length and Dimensional Metrology Section.
• Mr. Kunal Vaibhav from NIT, Kurukshetra worked as M. Tech scholar under the guidance of Dr Naveen Garg received the Best Paper Award for presenting the paper entitled “Development of Smartphone App for Environmental Noise Measurements” at International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, CIMS 2020, 09-11th October, 2020 at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.
• Mr. Umesh Pant from CSIR-NPL, SRF, under the guidance of Dr D. D. Shivagan received the Best Paper Award for presenting the paper entitled “Determination of Eutectic Melting Phase Transition Temperature of Metal-Carbon Eutectic Fixed Points” at DAE-SSPS (2018).
• Mr. Ashish Bhatt, research student, under the guidance of Dr. D. D. Shivagan received the Best Poster Award for his paper titled “Development and Realization Ni-C Fixed Point for High Temperature Thermometry” presented at 10th International Conference on “Advances in Metrology – 2020”