By ET Bureau | 28 May, 2015, 09.30PM IST
After a gap of several months, DRDO has finally got a new leadership with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar pushing through a new concept to divide the top post into two parts.
After a gap of several months, DRDO has finally got a new leadership with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar pushing through a new concept to divide the top post into two parts.
The government on Thursday appointed S Christopher who heads the centre for airborne systems as the new Director General of DRDO with the rank of a secretary.
Splitting the top post, the government also appointed the younger GS Reddy – a missile scientist – as the scientific advisor to the defence minister. Reddy will directly report to Parrikar and will be the pointsman for the minister for defence research projects.
Both top officials have got a term for 2 years, though Reddy is expected to continue after that and would be a contender for top job of DG DRDO.
The new appointments come after DRDO chief Avinash Chander was removed from his post in January with Parrikar saying that the government wants to have a new, younger leadership for the organisation.
The splitting of the post ks first among a series of structural changes that are expected at DRDO in coming months.
It is still not clear how the responsibilities will be divided among the two as the ministry has not come out with a detailed notification.
Both officials are expected to be based in Delhi.
It is the uncorrupted, dedicated and hard work that has made them super personalities!!!
May God Bless them to express their potentialities!!!
Since they are persons who carry with pride their responsibilities!!!
They never evade their opportunities !!!
It is the uncorrupted, dedicated that has made them super personalities!!!
May God Bless them to express their potentialities!!!
Since they are persons who carry with pride their responsibilities!!!
They never evade their opportunities !!!
Congratulations to the esteemed Officials. It is hightime for the DRDO officials to regain the lost confidence of the DRTC Technical Officers – on the other side DRDO say that DRTC Technical Officers are the back bone of DRDO as a lip sympathy – Once the promotions are effected with due approval of the competant authority / as per the DRTC statutory rules, can any organisation declare promotions infructuous enmasse from 1.1.2006 to 2012 following the withdrawal of Grade Pay 4800, the service rendered in the withdrawn Grade Pay of 4800 where it will reflect – residency period from one grade to another grade (DOP & T guidelines 24.3.2009) RRs are not modified in DRDO – growth of Career Progression for DRTC Technical Officers curtailed by adopting step mother treatment.
What is the difference between ending the extensions and giving extension to a specific person??? As per my knowledge, Dr. C is retiring on 31st July 15..now govt has given extension to him…can somebody explain how this extension is different from extensions of other senior scientist??? No govt. is really interested in changing/reforming DRDO…This is just old wine in new bottle…