Government floated 25 questions to DRDO with intention to improve DRDO
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To 11th March 2015
Hon’ble Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister, Room No -104, South Block, New Delhi-110011
SUBJECT: Regarding 25 questions asked by government for improving DRDO.
Sir,
Government is putting his whole heartedly efforts to improve the DRDO in the interest of defence preparedness and properly utilization of govt. fund as well as the turning DRDO in delivering mode. Government floated 25 questions to understand the DRDO problems that why after spending so huge amount not able to deliver single 100% indigenous system.
Unfortunately, government is seeking answer from those who are the responsible for gutted DRDO in this stage. How can they accept their incompetency, they are not so generous because they were not even take seriously KARGIL WAR failures. The Gen Malik openly told the country “We had one or two incidents particularly on the weapon-locating radar. If the DRDO had not come in the way we would have got them before the Kargil war and that would have definitely reduced our casualties,” he told Karan Thapar on Devil’s Advocate programme on CNN-IBN.
One question out of 25 questiosn is – What DRDO is doing to make quality scientific manpower pool larger than what is available, to make it much more competent and qualitative, and what kind of facilities and infrastructure DRDO provide to scientific community including their pay, facilities and other things? – Action CC R&D (HR)
I don’t know what DRDO submitted against this question but yesterday I have received a good real analytical input from one of DRDO establishment ACEM, Nashik. Which can an eye opener for Ministry of Defence to see the real cause of DRDO failure?
Although the received letter is not having sign but as per sources all information are true and it can be verified by not from GM but from each and every officials/ employees of ACEM.
It is requested that listen the voice of young scientists although they are serving for their livelihood but same time want to contribute to nation with their full knowledge and ability but unfortunately DRDO management is rotten that the young scientists simply wasting their energy and time.
With hope our great IITan Shri Parrikar ji will this issue with honest and eligible scientists and use the scientific potential in right direction.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal 21-Sunderwala, Raipur, DehradunPh 0135 2787750, Mobile 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com
Dear friends please go through the parliament question 789 asked by Hon Shri Nishikant Dubey and others regarding DRDO projects. Our Hon Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar answered the question as a same way like Ex defence Minister Sh A K Anthony because both only read the paper supplied by Dr. J.P. Singh, Scientist ‘G’ Director of Parliamentary Affairs. As a matter of fact Dr. J.P. Sigh is highly qualified scientist of DRDO with M.Sc. (Physics), MLISC and Ph.D. but since several years he is posted at DRDO HQ and looking after Parliamentary Affairs in DRDO. Dr. J.P. Singh was promoted as Scientist ‘G’ wef 01 July 2012 and having seniority no. 346 among all Scientist ‘G’ of DRDO as seniority roll as on November 2013, still by superseding all his seniors he was appointed as Director, Dte of Parliamentary Affairs , DRDO HQ with blessings of his God Father.
You all be happy to see the answer same old story repeating since last 15 years friends we have great hope from Shri Manohar Parrikar because he is IIT’ans but without investigating the answer supplied by Dr. J.P. Sigh he state read same way like Sh A K Anthony.
It is requested that to our Defence Minister please see the answers earlier given by Sh A K Anthony on same matter. Also request don’t believe the reply given by Dr. J.P. Sigh some time he also not know the real facts, he only does galvanizing the inputs. We want to see the difference between technical qualified politician with other one. It will the great loss for our country if DRDO incompetent scientists are able to bluff the technical sound person like Parrikar ji.
ANSWERED ON 27.02.2015
DRDO PROJECTS
789 . Dubey Shri Nishikant
Innocent Shri Senguttuvan, Shri BalasubramaniamKumar, Shri Kunwar Sarvesh
Shri Sultan Ahmed Ramachandran Shri Krishnan Narayanasamy
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-
(a) whether several projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are lagging behind schedule and if so, the details thereof and the reasons for delay in completion of these projects, project-wise;
(b) the details of funds required, budget allocated, released and utilized by the DRDO for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, project-wise;
(c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government for completion of such projects;
(d) whether DRDO proposes to open Centre of Excellence in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether the Government proposes to change the policy relating to the appointment of scientists in DRDO to meet the shortage if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)
(a) & (b): Project-wise details regarding original and revised date of completion, sanctioned cost, expenditure made during last three years and current year along with reasons for delay in completion of major ongoing projects of DRDO is attached at Annexure `A`.
(c): The following corrective/remedial measures have been taken/being taken to complete ongoing projects in-time.
# Consortium approach is being used for design, development and fabrication of critical components
# Three-tier project monitoring approach has been instituted in the major projects.
# Project Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC) and Project Appraisal and Review Committee (PARC) meetings are held regularly to monitor the progress of ongoing projects.
# Concurrent engineering approach has been adopted in technology intensive projects to minimize time-lag between development and productionisation of the systems.
# Information Technology and modern management techniques are being applied.
# Encouraging joint funding by users to ensure their commitment towards earliest completion.
# Promoting synergy and better co-ordination among User Services, DRDO and production agencies through cluster meetings.
(d) Yes, Madam. DRDO has already established seven Centers of Excellence in various disciplines and taken initiative to establish the following four more Centers in the areas of interest to defence.
# Bi-nodal Center of Propulsion Technologies (CoPT) at IIT, Bombay.
# Jagdish Chandra Bose Center for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
# Joint Advanced Technology Center (JATC) at IIT, Delhi.
# Center for Advanced Materials & Electromagnetics (CAMEL) at IIT, Jodhpur.
(e) No, Madam. The present policy relating to appointment of scientists in DRDO is functioning effectively. However, there is shortage of scientists in DRDO as there has been no increase of scientific manpower since 2001 while a number of projects have grown multifold in terms of size and technological complexity over the past fifteen years. DRDO has initiated a Cabinet Note for augmentation of manpower by 1316 posts (1260 scientists and 56 works cadre Officers). These are proposed to be filled in phased manner in three recruitment years.
ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 7th Mar 2015
Vital defence projects that have been taken up by the country’s premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) over the last several years, do not show any signs of completion despite thousands of crores of taxpayers’ money spent on them.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, while detailing the nine major DRDO projects that have not been able to meet their deadlines, stated in Parliament that Rs 16,708 crore have been spent on these projects that were scheduled to be completed years ago.
Some of these projects, such as the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, Phase II, which was expected to be completed by December 2008, has now been pushed to the end of this month. The government had sanctioned Rs 5,777 crore for this project. The first of the LCAs, which was conceived in 1983, was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in January this year by Parrikar, 32 years after the project started.
Similarly, the probable date of completion of the Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA, Navy) Phase I, which was expected to be completed by March 2010, is under revision. One of the reasons submitted by the Defence Minister for the delay is that “technology challenges have been significantly higher than originally anticipated”. The sanctioned cost of this project is Rs 1,714.98 crore
The probable date of completion of another much talked about project, Aero Engine Kaveri, which was supposed to be completed by December 1996, is also under revision. Sources within DRDO claim that the project, for which the government had sanctioned Rs 2,839 crore, is likely to be shelved
The Air Borne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) System, for which the government has sanctioned Rs 2,275 crore, is running four years behind the probable date of completion. It was supposed to be handed over to the IAF in October 2011. This has now been postponed to December 2015.
Another crucial project, Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM), which was allotted Rs 2,606.02 crore is also running four years behind its completion date. It was supposed to be completed by May 2011, but the DRDO has now promised to finish it by December 2015.
The helicopter version third generation anti tank guided missile, whose promised date of completion was December 2010, is now expected to be completed by January 2018. Air-to-air missile Astra too is running four years behind its scheduled date of completion and is expected to be ready by December 2016.
The project on the dual colour missile approach warning system for fighter aircraft and advanced lightweight torpedo, which were to be completed by the DRDO in 2013, are now likely to be executed by the latter part of 2015. For the financial year 2013-14, a total of Rs 10,610.17 crore was allocated to DRDO, of which Rs 5,552.57 crore was in revenue and Rs 5,057.60 crore was in capital.
A senior official with the DRDO stated that the “culture” of promoting scientists who are unable to complete their projects on time, instead of reprimanding them is a big factor behind the delays that have become synonymous with DRDO.
“The practice of seeking extensions for a project, one after another, has been condoned by successive Defence Ministers. Why would a scientist want to complete his project on time if he knows that even if he does not complete it on time, the project will be extended and he will continue to work on the same project? Scientists who retire are given extensions because they have been working on a project, so they would naturally want the project to go on and on,” the official stated.
According to Parrikar, the government has taken many corrective measures to complete the ongoing projects on time like three-tier project monitoring and constituting a Project Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC). However, DRDO officials claimed that he was only repeating what has been said by Defence Ministers who came before him.
“Consortium approach, three-tier project monitoring approach, Project Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC) and Project Appraisal and Review Committee (PARC) have been there in the DRDO for the last 10-15 years. There is no new remedy which Parrikar has tried to suggest,” the official claimed.
Comments –
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, while detailing the delay in nine major DRDO projects vide Parliament question No 789 by Hon MP Nishikant Dubey from BJP and answered on 27 Feb 2015. As Per annexure ‘A; serial No 3 Aero Engine Kaveri, DRDo answer was technical bla bla the real delay reason the incompetent, corrupt, immoral scientist led the project.
Mr. T Mohan Rao, Director GTRE who was picked up by the Karnataka police during a raid on a high-end spa cum-massage parlour in Jaya-mahal on 11th May 2011 at 11 PM with the Mr V N Narayan, Agent Israeli firm ILN Technologies Inc.
T Mohana Rao is Director of the Gas Turbine Research institute (GTRE), a DRDO wing involved in the manufacture of Kaveri, India’s first indigenous jet engine for LCA Tejas. According to the police, Mohana Rao had claimed at the time of the arrest, “I have come to fix an appointment for
my wife for tomorrow.” Mohana Rao also allegedly lied to the police that he was a consultant with aeronautics space research and was a resident of Vimanapura in HAL. In 2008, Mohana
Rao and the GTRE team were awarded the Dr V M Ghatge national award for his outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace technology. Mohana Rao is also chairperson of the Bangalore branch of Aeronautical Society of India and the Chairperson of the township advisory committee of C V Raman Nagar, where most DRDO personnel live.
This is the tip of Ice the berg, Sh Avinash Chander down fall because of his immoral act to made Ms Tessy Thamos firstly Distinguished scientist ignoring lot of deserving scientists and after that made him Director, ASL again ignoring deserve candidates and finally made her husband CMDR S K Patel incompetent man recruited and appointed as director QRS violated all norms.
These types of cases are real reasons of
delaying in DRDO mission oriented projects.
shiva the destroyer • 14 hours ago
only solution to such kind of delays and carelessness is privatisation of DRDO…
Author: Pradip R Sagar
Published Date: Mar 8, 2015 6:00 AM
Last Updated: Mar 8, 2015 5:10 AM
A 25 years old Junior Research Fellow has filed a complaint against D Majumdar, additional director of DIPAS, of making sexual advances.
NEW DELHI: After well known environmental scientist Dr R K Pachauri faces allegations of sexual harassment by his junior woman colleague, a senior scientist of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),the country’s premier defence research body, too is facing similar charges by a junior researcher.
A 25 year old Junior Research Fellow has accused 59 year old Dr D Majumdar, the additional director of the DRDO’s Delhi based Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), of sexually harassing her. Taking cognizance of the woman’s complaint, Majumdar has been shunted out in ‘public interest’ following the recommendations of a high level committee, which was set up by the DRDO, to look into the allegations
According to official sources, the woman, who joined DIPAS in December last year, filed a complaint with the head of the organisation in February. In her complaint to Dr Shashi Bala Singh, Director, DIPAS, the woman accused Majumdar of making sexual advances towards her and she also sought her transfer from the particular group of Ergonomics. The woman alleged that Majumdar used to sexually harass her on his office premises. Over 40 other fellow researchers also came in support of the woman complainant and gave their representation against Majumdar. Subsequently her complaint was forwarded to the DRDO headquarters and a five member committee headed by Hina Gokhale, Director HRD of the DRDO, was formed to look into the allegations, as per the Vishakha Guidelines formulated by the Supreme Court.
Majumdar, who is retiring by the end of 2015, has been transferred to a Gwalior based laboratory where he has been directed to report by March 16. When contacted, Majumdar defended himself and said that the allegation was a conspiracy. “I completely denied such allegations and it is a conspiracy to defame me. Surprisingly, hours after appearing before the committee on March 3, I received my transfer orders from the headquarters,” said Majumdar, Scientist G of the DRDO, which is equivalent to a Joint Secretary rank officer. While deposing before the committee, he reportedly handed over six testimonials from junior scientists in his favour.
However, the complainant didn’t comment. When contacted, Dr. Shashi Bala Singh said, “I will not be able to make any comment on it. Please contact my headquarters.”
But DRDO Spokesperson Ravi Gupta said, “We (DRDO) follows strict regulations, whenever such allegations come out in the department. Since in this matter, a committee is already constituted and looking into the matter, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on its proceedings.”
Experiment with Controversies DIPAS was recently in the news for carrying out a study for faster deployment of troops for high altitude operations in case of war like situation, which was rubbished by the Indian Army. In fact, army severely criticised the methods adopted by the DIPAS scientists to collect data sample for its study. DIPAS was set up after the Indo China war in 1962 with the thrust area identification of high altitude physiology, nutrition and biochemistry of human in and also with the urgent need felt for ergonomic assessment of workstations and machine interface. The laboratory carries out various researches and studies to look into the aspect of high altitude warfare.
To 7th March 2015
Sh A. M. Manichan,
Under Secretary (IC-IV), CPIO,
Ministry of Defence,
Department of Defence,
Sena Bhavan, New Delhi
Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in respect of letter of PMO ID No PMO/PMP/14/00047194 dated 09/01/2015 forwarded to Defence Secretary for action as appropriate on my letter dated 28/10/2014 regarding Prof Dr M P Kaushik , Ex Director, DRDE, DRDO, Gwalior role on purchase of ICAD Chempro100i Make: Environics, Quantity- 999 costing approx 100 crores.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun -248008
0135- 2787750, 9411114879,
prabhudoon@gmail.com www.corruptionindrdo.com
Enclosed

Registration Number MODEF/R/2015/60592
To Date 4th March 2015
Shri R K Mathur,
Defence Secretary & Defence R&D,
101-A, South Block,
New Delhi-110011
Subject: DRDO DMC
Sir,
Tomorrow you are going to chair DRDO DMC and it will be great experience for DRDO stalwart. After termination of contractual appoint of Sh Avinash Chander, DRDO top management was really shocked and disturbed, not for national interest but due to shaking of their equations which they build with passage of time.
It was so sudden that they don’t have time to rebuilt equations; as a result day by day all dirt of DRDO coming out and DRDO management is in chaos.
Sir, every day I am receiving lot of evidences of corrupt practices from all DRDO establishments and request you to kindly depute some agency who can analyze the data/ evidences, so we can contribute to Honorable Prime Minister Modi ji’s mission of Swatch Bharat, corruption free India.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal, 21-Sunderwala, Raipur,
Dehradun-248008
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com

To Date 3rd March 2015
Shri R K Mathur,
Defence Secretary & Defence R&D,
101-A, South Block,
New Delhi-110011
Subject: Corruption Complaints Status against Dr A K Saxena, Director, DMSRDE,DRDO, Kanpur & other officials working with him (Complaints during period from 29/11/2013 to 11/06/2014)
Sir,
Your early needful action in this matter required. The all honest DRDO officials are waiting the decision so they can feel the difference of new fare governance.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal, 21-Sunderwala, Raipur,
Dehradun-248008
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com


Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of misusing of Government vehicles by Dr M R Bhutiyani Director, Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL), Delhi. It is observed that since last month Dr M R Bhutiyani, Director, DTRL, DRDO continuously misusing the three officials vehicles of DTRL for his daughter marriage program. Today (28th Feb 2015) morning around 7:45 AM he used staff car for his family & relative. I would like to appreciate Sh Sunil Dhar, Sc F and Col Harsh for not cooperating Dr M R Bhutiyani, Director, DTRL, for manipulations in official car/ vehicles log books.
Note matter is related to corruption allegation and for proof the photograph is enclosed of DTRL vehicle where Saturday 21st Feb 2015 the Army jawan doing duty since morning, ferrying Tandoor, Karahis (Halwai Utensils) for Dr MR Bhutiyani, Sc G, Director, DTRL, DRDO daughter marriage
Registration Number MODEF/R/2015/60522

