Nov 27, 2018 | 21:26 IST | ANI =TIMESNOWNEWS.COM Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Nirmala Sitharaman opined that there is keenness among a lot of young minds to come back to India from abroad owing to the growth of startups in the country. New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday pulled up the […]
Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy appointed DRDO Chief
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 25, 2018 The post had been vacant since May after the then Chief Dr. S. Christopher stepped down The Government on Saturday appointed eminent scientist Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy as the Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The top post of the DRDO had been vacant since May after […]
Exclusive: Defence research at risk due to delay in filling key posts
By Pradip R Sagar August 04, 2018 THE WEEK The Narendra Modi government has undone one of its own major defence sector reforms. Soon after it had come to power, the Modi government had bifurcated the posts of the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and of scientific adviser to the defence […]
Nirmala Sitharaman likely to back J Manjula as next DRDO chief
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau|Jul 21, 2018, With the race for the next head of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) heating up, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman is believed to be putting her weight behind a surprise candidate — Jillelamudi Manjula, the first woman director general of the body. Government sources said that though Manjula […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Foreign nations have shown interest in Akash missile: DRDO
PTI|May 19, 2018 The Economic Times Defence COIMBATORE: Several countries have evinced interest in procuring the indigenously developed Akash missile, a top Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official said here today. There is a growing demand for the Akash, an all-weather medium-range surface-to-air missile, and many nations have shown interest in it, DRDO Chairman […]
ALL IS NOT WELL WITH DRDO FUNCTIONING
Wednesday, 09 May 2018 | PNS | Dehradun In a big goof up which puts up a question mark over the functioning of country’s premier institute involved in research in the field of defence, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), an official posted as Estate Manager in Dehradun has been transferred to a position […]
