Dr. Sanjay Yadav , former Chief Scientist and Head Physico-Mechanical Metrology Division & Professor-AcSIR, Faculty of Physical Sciences at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL). Presently, he is Vice President, Metrology Society of India, New Delhi and Vice President, Ultrasonic Society of India, New Delhi India. He has also contributed in several national and international advisory boards / committees like IMEKO, APMP, BIPM, BIS, NCERT and FCRI etc. Prior to joining CSIR-NPL, India, he has worked for more than 7 years as a Project Officer in the Science and Technology Department, Haryana Government for the implementation of various rural development programmes. He has more than 450 research publications to his credit in national and international journals of repute, books, monographs, reports, conferences, seminars, workshops. He has also contributed in the participation of various international key comparisons viz. APMP. M.P. K13 (50–500 MPa) 2011–2015, CCM.P-K13 (50–500 MPa) 2009–2012, CCM.P-K8 (50–500 MPa) 1997, APLAC Interlaboratory comparison (0–50 MPa), 1998, APMP.M. P-K7 (10–100 MPa), 2002, CCM.P-K7 (10–100 MPa), 2004. He has also coordinated seven proficiency-testing programmes sponsored by NABL, India for Indian-accredited pressure laboratories. He is the recipient of research scholarships from the Ministry of Home Affairs, India (1986); CSIR, India (1988); Col. G.N. Bajpayee Award of Institution of Engineers, India (1989); Commendation Certificates from Haryana Government (1991 & 1992); JICA Fellowship of JAPAN (1998); Commendation Certificates from SASO, Saudi Arabia (2003) and APMP Awards for Developing Economies (2020). He is also qualified Assessor for laboratory accreditation as per ISO/IEC 17025 (2017). He is also working (since last 6 years) as Chief Editor of MAPAN: The Journal of Metrology Society of India. He is a Fellow member of MSI, USI, ISOI, Vigyan Bharti, etc. He has visited LNE, France (1998, 2014); NMIJ, AIST, Japan (1998–1999) and NMCL, SASO, Saudi Arabia, 2003; KIM-LIPI, Indonesia, 2014; BSB, Bhutan, 2016 and SIRIM, Malaysia, 2017 on official deputations. Specialties: He has significantly contributed to the field of pressure and ultrasonic metrology, establishment of national pressure standards, dissemination of national practical pressure scale to users, interlaboratory comparisons, proficiency testing programme and key comparisons, biomedical instrumentation, ultrasonic transducers and instrumentation systems.
Dr. Shanay Rab is joining an academic university as a faculty in London, United Kingdom. He has also served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Delhi, India. He is a Mechanical Engineer, obtained his M.Tech from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad with specialization in Machine Design. He has obtained his doctorate degree from CSIR-National Physical Laboratory and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi India in the area of pressure metrology and mechanical system design. He has published several scientific research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include, Machine Design, Pressure/Force metrology, Quality Infrastructure, Finite Element Analysis and Additive Manufacturing. He is also actively involved in science communication.
