Dr. Jitendra Singh released a Special Postage Stamp commemorating the 75th Platinum Jubilee year of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) -National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
It is one of the earliest CSIR laboratories that was set up during independence that the celebration coincides with the 75th year of India’s independence.
The foundation of NPL was laid by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 4th January 1947.
The main building of the laboratory was formally opened by Late Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 21st January 1950.