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 […]
Defence secretary R K Mathur’s additional charge as DRDO chief extended
An order by the DoPT said Mathur would now hold the additional charge as secretary of DRDO till May 24. By: Express News Service | Published on:May 6, 2015 12:46 am Buying itself more time to choose a full-time head for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the government Tuesday extended the tenure of […]
Bio-toilets Fail to Flush out Open Defecation in Bhadrak
By Express News Service Published: 23rd August 2014 09:05 AM BALASORE: The much-touted bio-toilets are lying defunct in Bhadrak district for over a year as technical details of construction of the toilets are neither available with District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) nor its State counterpart. The bio-toilets were installed by Defence Research and Development […]
Jairam Ramesh’s pet project ‘Bio-toilet’ stands abandoned in Odisha
By Hemant Kumar Rout – BALASORE/BHADRAK Published: 14th August 2012 11:45 AM Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Rameshs’s ‘India Dream’ to free the country – the rural populace in particular – from open defecation, seems to have faced a setback with people unwilling to use DRDO made Bio-toilets raising a […]
Manohar Parrikar tells DRDO to focues on core areas; says not to take up new projects
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 26 Mar, 2015, 04.52AM IST NEW DELHI: Most of the military systems it develops face time delays and cost escalation but ironically the one thing that the Defence Research and Development Organisation is considered good at by the armed forces – constructing buildings and executing civil works – is […]
Perform or perish
by Harsh Pant Wednesday, 4 February 2015 dna The Modi government has done the right thing by jolting an ossified bureaucracy India’s ossified bureaucracy is being shuffled like never before. The most recent development in this realm has been the rather dramatic sacking of Sujatha Singh from the post of the Foreign Secretary and the […]
‘Sacking Not a Good Word to Hear After 42 Years’, India’s Agni Man Says
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/sacking-not-a-good-word-to-hear-after-42-years-india-s-agni-man-says/355104 Top scientist Avinash Chander, who was recently ousted as chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO has said the termination of his contract was “totally unexpected” and that he was taken by “surprise” by the swift move of the government. “Sacking is not a good word to hear after 42 years […]
DRDO chief sacked within 2 months of new contract
Indiatoday.in PTI New Delhi, January 13, 2015 | UPDATED 21:48 IST The government on Tuesday removed Chief of top defence research organisation Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “approved the termination” of the contract of Avinash Chander with effect […]
DRDO Chief and Architect of Agni Missiles Avinash Chander Sacked
NDTV-All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: January 13, 2015 21:50 IST NEW DELHI: The government today removed the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “approved the termination” of the […]
DRDO Chief Avinash Chander sacked 15 months ahead of his contract term
IBN Live – Jan 13, 2015 at 08:58pm IST New Delhi: Government on Tuesday removed Chief of top defence research organisation Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “approved the termination” of the contract of Avinash Chander with effect from January […]
Boots, Bullets, Rifles: All In Short Supply For Army
Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Written by Suparna Singh | Updated: December 23, 2014 15:54 IST – NDTV NEW DELHI: The army is running low on ammunition, soldiers posted to freezing places like Siachen and Leh don’t have boots or mosquito nets, and India has failed for over a decade to produce an assault rifle […]
