Abhinandan Mishra, Sunday Guardian: August 18, 2018 ‘Selecting a new DRDO chief has become like walking on a landmine’. The post of the chief of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been vacant for nearly three months now, courtesy the apparent pressure tactics being employed by various quarters—both from inside the government and […]
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 […]
‘Nirbhay failed due to use of recycled material’
Sumit Bhattacharjee – VISAKHAPATNAM, JULY 01, 2017 – THE HINDU Sub-sonic cruise missile will be ready by month end, says DRDO chief The fourth test of Nirbhay, the long rage sub-sonic cruise missile that is designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), failed on December 21 last year because of use […]
DRDO’s cause for Agni test delay under cloud
By Hemant Kumar Rout Published: 04th July 2016 BHUBANESWAR:The clarification of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the inordinate delay in test firing of India’s most potent and longest range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V has put a question mark on the competency of the premier arms research and development agency. DRDO Chief Selvin […]
Avinash Chander to continue as DRDO chief till May 2016
PTI | November 28, 2014, 19.11 pm IST New Delhi: India’s premier defence and research organisation DRDO’s chief Dr Avinash Chander was to retire on November 30 but will continue to occupy the position on a contractual basis till May 2016. “The President is pleased to retire Dr Avinash Chander, Secretary, Department of Defence Research […]
Incurring the DRDO’s rath
It should disturb us all gravely that a motorised battery-powered chariot is the level of “technology” the DRDO feels proud to pass on. 25-11-2014 SHIV AROOR @shivaroor I love this story. Everything about it numbs the brain. What I love best about it is that nobody could have made this up: An Indian military laboratory […]
Former DRDO chief sentenced to 3 weeks in jail
PTI Chennai, September 26, 2014 Hindustan Times Former DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat and another senior scientist were on Thursday sentenced to three weeks simple imprisonment by Madras High Court for committing contempt of court by disobeying its April 2009 order related to re-employment of a clerk in a school run by a wing of […]
dna exclusive: Scientist sues DRDO chief Avinash Chander for defamation
Pradip R Sagar Monday, 7 July 2014 – 10:07am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA A senior scientist in the country’s premier defence research organisation DRDO, who has highlighted various irregularities and malpractices in the organisation, has served legal notice to the DRDO chief Avinash Chander for allegedly defaming him for taking a […]
डीआरडीओ प्रमुख ने उठाए रक्षा बजट पर सवाल
महानिदेशक ने रक्षा बजट में रिसर्च एंड डेवलपमेंट से अधिक आयात को तवज्जो देने पर जताई चिंता हथियारों के सेंसर देश में ही बनाने की योजना देहरादून: तमाम रक्षा उपकरणों में सेंसर प्रणाली उसकी सटीकता को कई गुना बढ़ा देती है। अब तक सेंसर के लिए भारत फ्रांस व इजराइल समेत विभिन्न देशों पर निर्भर […]
DRDO tests positive for nepotism
dna 19.02.2014 VK Saraswat and defence minister’s former scientific advisor among accused Pradip R Sagar @pradiprsagar New Delhi: At least 10 top scientists of the country’s premier defence research agency, the DRDO, are accused of flouting rules and misusing their positions to recruit family members in the organisation. Among the accused are M Natarajan, former […]
