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Congratulations – Sh Avinash Chander for taking charge as DRDO HEAD

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AVINASH CHANDER
AVINASH CHANDER

Hope you will take DRDO to fly high, with output of products which are extreme essential to our defence and a step towards self-reliance.

As per current scenario of DRDO, it is only possible, if you will able to weed out corrupt and incompetent senior officials from DRDO.

Waiting and watching for your honest steps.

 

With warm regards

Prabhu Dandriyal
www.corruptionindrdo.com
 

Mr. Avinash Chander obtained B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi)  in Electrical Engineering in 1972 and M.S. (Spatial Information Tech.), JNTU, Hyderabad. . Mr. Avinash Chander, Distinguished Scientist is the Director of Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad and an eminent scientist in the field of Missiles.

Mr. Chander joined DRDO in August 1972.  A leader in missile technology, he is the Chief Designer of Long Range Missiles System.  He has the unique achievement of delivering and deploying three weapon systems viz., A1, A2 and A3.  He is currently the Programme Director for the Agni Missile Programme.  His latest achievement is the successful development of 3000 kms range Agni-III Missile which is under induction.

AWARDS & HONOURS:

DRDO Scientist of the year 1989 – Awarded by Dr. PV. Narasimha Rao, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.

Astronautical Society of India Award for the year 1997 in the field of Rocketry –

Awarded by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India.

AGNI Self-Reliance Award in 1999 – Awarded by Sri Atal Behari Vajpayee, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.

Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 2000.

DRDO Award for the year 2007 for Path Breaking Research /Outstanding Technology Development – Awarded by Hon’ble Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of  India

Outstanding Technologist Award 2008 by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.

DRDO Technology Leadership Award 2008 – Awarded by Dr. A.K. Anthony, Hon’ble Defence Minister of India.

 

 

Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineers & Convenor, Sub-Committee of Aerospace Section.

Fellow, System Society of India.

Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.

Fellow & Vice-President, Astronautical Society of India.

Chairman – INSARM & ISAMPE, Hyderabad Chapter.

 
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Oldies of DRDO cling on to their jobs post retirement

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 Gautam Datt   |   MAIL TODAY  |   New Delhi, October 25, 2012 

P.S. Krishnan and Avinash Chander.

Dozens of top scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are working on extended tenures despite the government disfavouring the policy of retaining officers or specialists after their retirement.

According to guidelines, tenures can be extended only in “exceptional circumstances”. The DRDO, however, justifies the extensions, saying only valued experts whose replacements are not easy to find are given the privilege.

In response to an RTI query, sought by Rajeev Chauhan of Meerut, the DRDO released a list of 37 scientists – 12 of them in the distinguished category – who are working on extended tenures. This was disclosed only after the intervention of the chief information commissioner following an appeal.

Defence scientists retire at the age of 60. The department of personnel and training (DoPT) rules for extension of specialists in the medical and scientific fields mention the problems in giving such experts extra tenure.

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“Not only does the next man miss promotion but often several people miss consequential promotions all along the hierarchy,” the department noted.

Keeping this in mind, procedures were evolved to ensure that extensions to the superannuating scientists are resorted to only in really exceptional circumstances, the guidelines said.

The main conditions are that the “retiring specialist should not just be one of the outstanding officers but is really head and shoulders above the rest, or the other specialists are not ripe enough to take over the job”. The DRDO, however, claims that while it largely adheres to the DoPT rules, they are not strictly applicable to the strategic community which also includes ISRO and atomic energy.

Sources said the DRDO has 7,000 scientists out of which extension to 37-odd experts is “minuscule”. The DRDO follows merit- based flexible complementing scheme for promotions which is not linked to availability of vacancies, they said. They feel that most people at 60 are still active and gain substantial wealth of experience in highly specialised areas that needs to be tapped.

Some big names are on extended terms and are vital to the success of their respective programmes.

Topping the list is Avinash Chander, chief controller of missiles and strategic system, who is steering the long range strategic missiles programme.

The list of 37 scientists includes 12 distinguished scientists, 13 scientists “H” and remaining 12 scientists “G”. While detractors allege that extensions indicate a system of favouritism, the DRDO says every case passes through two expert panels which approve the move.

According to govt guidelines, tenures can be extended only in exceptional circumstances.

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Letter from A L S & Admin Asstt.s DRDO HQRs

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Kind Attention: Dr V K Saraswat, SA to RM

                         : Prof. S K Salwan, Chairman Inquiry Committee

                         : Sh Avinash Chander, CCR&D(MSS), Member Inquiry Committee

Letter from A L S & Admin Asstt.s DRDO HQRs

Dear Shri Dandriyal Ji,

Namashkar,

We appreciate your efforts to bring out website relating to DRDO. We congratulate you for good work initiated.

We have also gone through the letters speaking about DOP. This is to bring in your notice that this DOP is very helping to juniors like us. Anybody can meet him and get his difficulties removed.

Certain senior persons like CC’s are not very happy because of his positive attitude towards junior officers. Dr. Neelam Bhalla, Sc. F is also blaming and complaining against him for not getting promotion and also for her transfer done by higher authorities. We came to know that DOP’s daughter has been the gold medalist form Delhi University. Since we are in HQRs and we know DOPs behavior towards us that is why we informed you. Rest you know better what to do.

We will request you to keep the momento so that objective is achieved

With regards,

Yours sincerely

A L S & Admin Asstt.s

DRDO HQRs

The above letter I have received on 4th June by ordinary post.

My friends of ALS & Admin DRDO, thanks for your appreciation and encouragement of my humble effort to improve the work atmosphere of DRDO.

I have been and born and brought in DRDO  environment, I have witnessed the drastic downfall of DRDO working environment. DRDS and DRTC laid down the path of corruption and nepotism. The whole workforce of DRDO turned un-productive by imported NRI’s who were inducted time to time in DRDO main stream.  They simply used their management skills to give direction to HR and technical force to engage in corruption and nepotism, so the One Lakh Corers infrastructure and the mighty Thirty Thousand scientific and Technical manpower may become unproductive and remain busy with day to day survival affairs like rat race of promotions & awards etc.

I am not fighting with any individual of DRDO  official but you people just think if your deserving daughter and son was also an eligible candidate for the Scientist B and Dr Arun Kumar misused his power and did all kind of manipulation to give appointment to his daughter. Because of his act, your son/daughter was deprived to get appointment and then what was your reaction. Please think of other eligible candidates who were more deserving and needier then corrupt Arun Kumar’s daughter.

  1. The sanction list of 129 posts of scientist B was not having stream of Environment Biology.
  2.  Arun Kumar tried to get consent from Director DRDE that environment biology candidate can be adjusted in Biotechnology but the fax massage I have seen that shows negative comments of Director, DRDE.
  3. Then he tried to get same advice from Director DIPAS but he also refused by fax but by pressure he wrote few lines in his own handwriting that with some minor course it can be consider. But it was all fake comments.
  4. You can see the list and marks of eligible candidates they are far better. The screening committee was designed and approved by Arun Kumar.
  5. The Board was design and approved by Arun Kumar and the best part of the board was the faculty of Environmental Biology was the board member. The honorable Supreme Court had already passed the order if the faculty or guide of any candidate is board member the selection of such candidate is invalid.
  6. If you people see the whole process of Arun Kumar’s Daughter’s selection even lay man can sense the manipulations.
  7. If you people check the seniority of Scientist C you will find now Arun Kumar forged the roll and put her daughter qualification as MSc Biotechnology. If everything is fine then what is the reason to forge the seniority role.
  8. The helpfulness of Arun Kumar, I have observed in the case of Dharmender Kumar, but the corruption behind the scene you people not want to see.
  9.  Prof. S K Salwan who is chairman of committee investigating the DOP, Arun Kumar case is made chairman of ‘NAGARATANAM’ project having annual budget of Rs. 80 Lakhs and having monthly salary of Rs. 1 Lakh. He is favoring Arun Kumar with the help of SA to RM
  10. As Arun kumar helped Prof. S K Salwan in getting this job how can he make a impartial inquiry of his case. Other person member of inquiry Avinash Chander was made CCR&D(MSS) so he is also helping him.
  11. The officer V P Pande, Jt. Dir, DOP is given direction by DOP to manipulate the case file of DOP’s daughter, extension file and Dharmender’s case.
  12. Prof. S. K. Salwan is staying at DRDO Guest house at Development Enclave in Delhi Cantt, Where SA to RM is also staying. There Prof. S. K. Salwan is staying along with his mentally retarded only son. His son is taken care by DRDO guest house staff and in return he is helping to dilute the DOP’s daughter case inquiry.

Now my friends of DRDO if you know any above information is wrong then please send me the correct information and advise me and help me to expose the corrupt official of DRDO,  so that DRDO may take a new shape of productive hand of Indian Defence and we will be proud as part of  country’s asset.

Regards

 Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal                                                                                                    21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,         E-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com ,  prabhu@dandriyal.com Website – www.corruptionindrdo.com

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