Dr Kamat is a Helpless Head of DRDO because during his one-year extension he is not able to preforms his responsibilities given by GOI. Like first and most important task was to implementing Dr Raghwan Committee recommendations why because he has not had the charisma to convenience his colleges the clear massage of PMO vision […]
Nirmala Sitaraman gave more teeth to corrupt DRDO
Latest step taken to enhance financial powers of DRDO officials without fixing the accountbility and ignoring all the .corruption complaints, right from Dr V K Sarswat to various, C C R&D, DG, like Dr K D Nayak, Dr Selvamurthy, Dr Guru Prasad, Director s like Dr.A K Saxena, Dr Lokendra Singh big Drama of Bio […]
One killed, one injured in fire explosion at HEMRL
Prateek Goyal – Wednesday, 20 June 2018 – Sakal Times Pune: One person died and another was injured in a major fire accident at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory of DRDO on Tuesday. Sources confirmed that the accident occurred in building No. 16 of HEMRL at around 3 pm. The deceased worker was identified as Laxmikant […]
One killed in fire at Pune DRDO lab
HEMRL is one of the oldest laboratories of the DRDO. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published: June 20, 2018 One contract worker died and another was seriously injured in a fire involving explosive material at the High Energy Material Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), at Pashan in […]
Railways Mull Rs 6,250 Cr Replacement To Flawed Bio-Toilets–After Spending Rs 1,620 Cr
IndiaSpend Team, June 18, 2018 Mumbai: Having spent nearly Rs 1,370 crore on 136,985 railway bio-toilets–criticised for being “no better than septic tanks”–and after earmarking Rs 250 crore to install bio-toilets on remaining trains by March 2019, the railway ministry is now considering “upgraded” vacuum bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 6,250 crore. “We have […]
‘Can’t fight tomorrow’s war with yesterday’s weapons, incorporate AI’: DG Artillery
Several scientists from the Armament Cluster of the DRDO, representatives of the industry and students are attending the conference in Armament Technology in Pashan, Pune. Written by Sushant Kulkarni | Pune | June 9, 2018 – The Indian Express “Tomorrow’s wars can’t be fought with yesterday’s technology,” said Lieutenant General P K Srivastava, Director General […]
As S Christopher completes term, DRDO to remain headless for 3 months
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau|Updated: May 29, 2018 NEW DELHI: The Defence Research And Development Organisation (DRDO) could stay headless for as many as three months with the government failing to find a replacement for incumbent Selvin Christopher who retired on Monday. Efforts till late to grant him another extension in service could have delayed […]
Nepotism – Never ended Business of DRDO
Some scientists from IRDE, DRDO, Dehradun raised voice against the Recruitment Assessment Centre (RAC), DRDO for unethical practice in conducting assessment of scientists Grade scientist C to E. Recently the interview was held from 15 May to 19 May 2018. Dr A K Gupta was core member, so he was in the board for all […]
DRDO whistle-blowers seek Sitharaman’s intervention
Abhinandan Mishra May 26, 2018 – Sunday Guardian Live Arun Jaitley had ordered action against two senior scientists in a case in DRDO. Whistle-blowers and scientists working with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking her intervention in an alleged corruption case within the DRDO. Sitharaman’s predecessor […]
Army whistleblower alleges harassment
Prateek Goyal – Saturday, May 26, 2018, 8:12 PM Sakal Times “According to sources in Army, Dubey was shunted for reporting the security breach to Army Headquarters and CBI” Pune: In a classic case of harassment of a whistleblower, who had exposed a security breach, the office of an Army officer was sealed on the […]
DRDO needs a major overhaul: House Panel
DRDO needs a major overhaul: House Panel https://www.deccanherald.com/national/drdo-needs-major-overhaul-house-panel-671487.html … @deccanherald A parliamentary panel, which examined the issue of preparedness of the country’s armed forces, defence production and requirement, has taken a dim view of the functioning of Defence Research and Development Organisation and felt it needs a “major overhaul”. DRDO is the premier institution in defence […]
