CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -CIPM is a supreme international committee, which is responsible for Development and Implementation of Weight and Measures globally. Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta is among 18 members worldwide from different countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), with diplomatic representatives of some 40 countries, meets every six years to consider reform. The conference selects 18 scientists who form the International Committee for Weights and Measures that governs the bureau.

Detailed explanation-3: -General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is the highest intergovernmental international organization created as diplomatic treaty called Meter Convention signed on 20th May 1875 in Paris.

Detailed explanation-4: -The SI was established in 1960 by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM, Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures). The CGPM is the international authority that ensures wide dissemination of the SI and modifies the SI as necessary to reflect the latest advances in science and technology.

Detailed explanation-5: -An International Committee of Weights and Measures, composed of 18 scientists elected by the conference, meets annually to monitor worldwide uniformity in units of measure.