Abhishek Sharan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, July 04, 2014
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun a criminal misconduct probe against a senior scientist who was part of a team involved in the development of India’s indigenous main battle tank Arjun, for allegedly seeking and accepting Rs. 1.5 lakh from a machinery supplier.
The agency has lodged a Preliminary Enquiry (PE), according to which the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) scientist allegedly took the money in September 2012 from the consultant of a private firm supplying a tank component — steel track links— to approve its quality after its inspection by him, said a CBI source.
“The firm had bagged the supply order from the Defence Ordinance Factory for developing assembly-forged steel track links. After the product was ready, the scientist was called for inspection,” said the source. The scientist allegedly asked for a bribe of Rs. 1.5 lakh to “give a satisfactory report”. The source said, “The scientist accepted the bribe, which amounted to criminal misconduct.”
On being contacted, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)’s spokesperson Ravi Gupta said, “ Let the law take its own course. Let the truth come out.”
Live India | Written on 22 Jun, 2014 at 14:18 in Crime, India
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, unknown assailants stabbed the Assistant Director of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the old city area here today .
The victim scientist, identified as Satyapathi was rushed to Hyderabad’s Osmania Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
More details awaited
In DRDO Directors’ Conference 2010, above mentioned view was unopposed accepted by almost all top brasses of DRDO.
Then to defy DOPT guidelines of FCS (Flexible Complementing Scheme) DRDO started to assign scientists, the admin allied and other non technical jobs as full time. Like Administration, Stores, Library, Conservancy, Works, Security, Motor Transport, etc.
As a result, now you see the chaos created by these incompetent scientists everywhere in DRDO. The number of court cases increased multifold. More than hundreds cases are running in various judiciary bodies all over the India. It can be verified by the amount spending by DRDO after 2010 onward.
Now scientists are running after these non scientific assignments because they witnessed in last several years the promotion jumps of scientists who are engaged in sundry work.
Interestingly, senior scientists who enjoyed these non scientific assignments are also able to pitch their after retirement assignments as consultants on contracts, etc. or members/chairman post of various committees where there are no age limits boundaries.
Recently, scientists also established one more area in the recruitment of admin assistant process for the interview board CEPTAM asked for admin rep. In LASTEC, Dr. A K Maini turned down the name of Sh. Prakash Singh, Senior Administrative Officer -II the single available official for required demand. Instead he sent the name of Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, ineligible for said interview board member as Admin Rep.
Second example that for the same recruitment of admin assistant process for the interview board, Jodhpur, CEPTAM asked for admin rep from DEAL Dehradun. The Director, DEAL, Sh. R C Agarwal proposed the name of his staff officer Sh. Vipin Kaushik, Scientist ‘F’ instead of Sh. K K Mishra, Joint Director, Administration.
There are several examples recently of Sh. Ashok Gupta, Technical Officer ‘C’ INMAS, DRDO who got deputation appointment of Senior Administrative Officer -I through UPSC in SSPL then shifted to DRDO Hqrs., DRDO. This foolish act shows DRDO situation is really very pitiable. How can a technical officer who is recruited for technical job avails the arbitration being a technical person got certified by Director, INMAS and concurrence by DRDO Hqrs that he did administrative /stores assignments.
Government of India has looked in to this DRDO rules manipulation game because these manipulations are a major cause of unproductiveness of this white elephant.
Sh. Narendra Modi ji, Honorable Prime Minister when asked about Indo-Pak relations he said “Talks get lost in the noise of bomb blasts.” It was a simple and effective way to convey the message to our neighbor.
Since 1999, when DRDO credentials were on stake due to the exposure of its strength in KARGIL WAR, the then Genral Malik openly criticized the role of DRDO.
DRDO planned to create a thunderous noise to divert the attention of the government and common people of India by simply launching missiles. After smelling the effect, it started missile launching roughly at the interval of fortnights with different variant of missiles like Prithvi, I, II, III, Akash, Agni I, II, III, IV, V, IV Nag, Trishul and ………….
All the developed nations have demonstrated the ability to analyze the failures and incorporated the corrective measures and are able to sell and generate revenue out of their research.
DRDO, however justifies the failures and with thunderous noise tries to divert the attention of government and common people of India who in turn pay crores and crores rupees for the development of missiles.
No practical data showed on photographs of missile launching or hitting the target has been shown to the nation. DRDO always released the launching flight scene but never demonstrated the kill probability. Why the matter of fact as per sources that last month Sh. Avinash Chandra witnessed the target hitting of a 100 KW laser Aditya which was suppose to hit moving targets. It was not able to hit static target, in fact it missed it by meters. The case of 20 KW Coil laser is also an example that without delivering the required output project main 16.58 Cr. equipment was mysteriously burned in fire accident but surprisingly DRDO announced that the project was successful and a successful completion letter from under secretary, MOD, Mr. Deb was put in project file to fool the government and common men of India who are paying the money for their misadventure. And the best part of this is that he project leader Dr. R K Tyagi got scientist of the year award from DRDO.
In 1991 Gulf war, Americans demonstrated the capability of Patriot missile’s hitting and intercepting the Scud missile and the scene was witnessed across the globe.
Can SA to RM demonstrate the same capability to our new Prime Minister Sh. Modi Ji? It will help him plan the defence preparedness to secure the boundary.
DRDO by far has a hidden agenda of launching a missile in every fortnight just to divert the attention of the government and common people of India from the rampant corruption of DRDO misappropriation of funds, misinterpretation of rules, the common practices noticed by the CGDA in special audit of DRDO.
Since the KARGIL WAR, incompetency has flourished in DRDO and has created a void as a result. Those who were supposed to retire from active service have managed during UPA government two to even three extensions with promotions ignoring Honorable Supreme Court and violating DoPT guidelines.
They are involved with 1000 crores of programs (of course without any end result) the commission/omission does not permit them to lose the extra income and perks and they are blessed by the competent authorities.
India has voted for a strong government in the centre and expecting new government will sense the weaker points and fix the accountability of DRDO. The government will look what was the compulsion of previous governments or in which circumstance they gave such unprecedented extension to such selected group of people like
Dr A S Pillai, CC&D, CEO, Brahmos touching 67 years CCR&D since 13th Sep. 1999.
Dr. SK Vasudeva, Ex Director, SPIC, DRDO after three successive extensions now working in contract
Sh Avinash Chander, SA to RM, DG, DRDO, Secretary, DRD presently in second extension and after November 2014 on contractual appointment.
5 Top DRDO senior officials are in second extension
Few directors of Labs are on second extension
And 60 to 62 years extension countless in DRDO
Extension business has created a vacuum in DRDO Hqrs. and if it continues probably there won’t be manpower available from active service to head the Lab and shoulder the responsibility of DRDO’s plan of action. “Here at present nobody is responsible for any outcome”
To 28 May 2014
Sh Subandhu Basu,
US (SM-I), CPIO,
Room no. 23, North Block,
New Delh -110001
Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of Recent Supreme Court Judgment dated 9 January 2014 on CIVIL APPEAL NO. 192 of 2014
Major General H.M. Singh, VSM- AppellantVersusUnion of India and Anr.- Respondents
The proceedings recorded by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet while rejecting the appellants claim for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General are also being set out below:
Point No 8. The orders issued by the Department of Personnel and Training lay down that while extension could be granted in exceptional circumstances, there can be no promotion during the period of such extension. These orders apply to the civilian establishment. The instructions which apply to the Defence forces permit extension in service only if the exigencies so demand. DRDO is mainly civilian, and the Rules, as mentioned above, do not permit promotion on extension.
Please provide the copy orders of Department of Personnel and Training rules related to extension of civilian establishment beyond the service of 60 years
Please provide the orders of Department of Personnel and Training rules related to extension of civilian establishment beyond the service of 62 years
Please provide the copy of above mentioned issued orders of Department of Personnel and Training rules related to extension “there can be no promotion during the period of such extension.”
Apparently some officials in the United States consulates in India do not seem to have received the memo about sanctions against Indian entities like the Defence Research and Development Organisation, Indian Space Research Organisation, etc, which were imposed immediately after the May 1998 Pokhran nuclear explosions, being lifted years ago.
Or, still lurking in the shadows of the US State Department are non-proliferation ayatollahs who have not forgiven India for its nuclear tests and are totally opposed to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
These could be the only possible explanations why visa applications of some of the DRDO delegation members were rejected or delayed, which almost made them, miss the official launch last week of the DRDO-developed Explosive Detection Kit in Washington, which was a historic reverse technology transfer by India to the US.
But what is ironical here is that the leading research scientists from DRDO who had applied for visas and were part of the delegation slated to attend the official launch of the EDK had developed and were now transferring a technology that was going to save the continued killing of US troops from IEDs.
This visa issue had gotten so embarrassing that former Defence Secretary William Cohen, now a member of the US-India Business Council’s board of directors, who was presiding along with Ambassador Nirupama Rao at the launch, had to prevail upon Secretary of State John F Kerry and get the visas okayed.
Obviously, not wanting this visa issue to colour the growing Indo-US defence relationship, which he has been promoting assiduously, Cohen said at the outset of the launch that ‘we tend to accentuate the negative in our relationship with India over the years,’ but acknowledged that ‘this most recent snafu about getting visas cleared,’ didn’t help.
Cohen said, ‘We complain about Indian bureaucracy frequently and we only have to look at the mirror and see what happened to American bureaucracy.
‘And thanks to the activities of Secretary Kerry, who at least tried to rectify the errors that we made,’ he said.
In welcoming the DRDO delegation, Cohen said, ‘So we apologize for your delay and I know as a frequent traveller what it means to get off a plane after flying 14 hours and to come directly to a meeting such as this.’
‘So, we are honoured that you are here, embarrassed that we somehow forced you to delay your trip and not give you enough time to rest before coming.’
DRDO Director General Dr Avinash Chander, Dr S Radhakrishnan, Director, Services Interaction and Technology Acquisition, DRDO, Dr S Sunderesh, Chief Controller, R & D, DRDO, Dr Reny M Roy, Scientist at DRDO who lead the team that develop the EDK, and others, immediately from the airport after dumping their baggage at the hotel, had to rush to the US Chamber of Commerce building where hundreds of administration officials, defence industry representatives and fellow scientists had assembled for the official launch.
Aziz Haniffa in Washington, DC
Website inputs
Historic reverse technology transfer by India to the US
US Company details
As per available records of Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485 USA in Internet is following
Crowe And Company, LLC
975 Bacons Bridge Road
Summerville, SC 29485
Phone: (843) 991-6759Company Contacts – Fay CroweBusiness InformationWebsite: crowderscustomizing.comLocation Type – Single LocationState of Incorporation South CarolinaYear Established 2007
Annual Revenue Estimate 100000
Employees 2
SIC Code 8742, Management Consulting ServicesNAICS Code 541613, Marketing Consulting ServicesBusiness Categories Distribution Channels Consultants in Summerville, SCDistribution channels consultantManagement Consulting ServicesMs Reny M Roy, DRDO Sceintist and Sh Satish R Nayak visited the M/s Crowe and Company on May 2010, Question is how and what they evaluate above US firm – GOD KNOWS
To 15th May 2014
Honorable Defence Minister
Room -104, South Block
New Delhi – 110011
Subject: Officers on Extension holding responsible post in DRDO are Breach of National Security
For quite some it is practice in DRDO to continue officer on extension as director of Lab/Establishment.
For extension the DOPT guideline (FR 56 d) summarize the capability of scientist should of international stature with credits achieved with patents and papers published in international journals.
Unfortunately in DRDO top brass cooked the extension requirement to suit the incompetent scientists.
When the incompetent scientist manages the extension he does not bother towards constitutional provisions, his priority is set solely to encourage corruption / nepotism so that as early he reimburse his dues incurred towards getting extension. (CAG or special audit easily can differentiate the way of budget spend by scientist before and after extension)
As example Sh R C Agarwal, Director, DEAL, DRDO, Dehradun on second extension in service without any of international stature, no patents, no papers published in international journals, no expertise in any field which was recognized by any apex body (Joined as Charge man and promoted to Scientist H), and has failed to prevent atrocity on fellow SC/ST officials even though vide DRDO Hqrs Letter No DOP/ 01/ 00008/ DEAL/ M/01 dated 12th March 2014 clearly issued DG, DRDO directives not harass member of weaker section SC/ST/OBC.
For reference the case of Sh Jagdish Kumar, Technical Officer ‘C’, DEAL, DRDO, Dehradun is enclosed herewith.
It is requested to honor the constitution of India, please take appropriate action to protect the rights of weaker section SC/ST/OBC.
DRDO Hqrs Letter No DOP/ 01/ 00008/ DEAL/ M/01 dated 12th March 2014
Sh Jagdish Kumar, TO C, DEAL’s letter to Director, DEAL dated 8th May 2014
Copy to
Chairman, The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Government of India, 5th Floor, Loknayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi 110003 Telephone (011) 2462 0435. Fax (011) 2462 5378.
Sh Avinash Chander, DG, DRDO, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi – 110011
EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE SECURITY BREACHES By The Way, I Dropped It India’s defence data could be an open secret. Ask the NTRO bosses who lost their laptops. SAIKAT DATTA – OUTLOOK INDIA.COM
MAGAZINE | AUG 30, 2010
The Agni missile: India’s nuclear delivery mechanism could well be in enemy knowledge
In 2006, Ravind Sistala was one among a clutch of scientists on deputation from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) in New Delhi. Set up in the aftermath of the 1999 Kargil War, NTRO was meant to be a single technical intelligence facility to keep watch on India’s hostile neighbours. It was also supposed to issue warning signals to those manning India’s missile systems and nuclear warheads in real time so that they could retaliate in case of a possible enemy strike. Sistala’s was a crucial job. The fortysomething was the centre director of NTRO’s missile monitoring division, a position that called for high levels of responsibility and secrecy. But very few within India’s security apparatus are aware, even today, that Sistala was involved in one of the biggest security breaches in India’s post-Independence history. He compromised a Rs 1,850-crore intelligence-gathering programme that had key linkages to India’s growing nuclear arsenal and missile systems. Unencrypted ‘Top Secret’ data pertaining to these was stored on Sistala’s Hewlett-Packard laptop (given to him by NTRO) which disappeared mysteriously while he was on his way to the Delhi airport in early 2006. Did the information-packed computer fall into the wrong hands? Was it stolen by an enemy agent? Even today, no one knows where the laptop is. If still in enemy hands, it has the potential to inflict immense damage.
Ideally, such a security leak should have set alarm bells ringing and occasioned a swift and thorough investigation by the IB, RAW and Delhi Police. But rather than give the incident the attention and inquiry it deserved, a small but extremely powerful group of people—comprising a PMO official, DRDO scientists on deputation to NTRO and intelligence officials—helped Sistala escape any indictment by holding just an in house inquiry, which unearthed little. The missing laptop forgotten, Sistala continued as the head of the sensitive missile programme for another two years, and then returned to the DRDO.
Two years after the Sistala episode, another security breach took place in the NTRO. Arun Dixit, the centre director of the organisation’s atomic explosion division (AED), lost his laptop somewhere in Washington DC during an official trip to the US with the NTRO chairman. The laptop was crammed with top secret data on India’s intelligence on the nuclear weapons programmes of several countries, including Pakistan, China and North Korea. But like in Sistala’s case, the powerful lobby of defence scientists once again scuttled a thorough investigation. The leak was buried and kept out of the files. Dixit too escaped any scrutiny and still serves in the NTRO in the very same post.
Lost Laptops And Their ‘X’ Files
Place Delhi
Year 2006
Official Involved Ravind Sistala
Designation Centre Director (missile monitoring division)
Organisation National Technical Research Organisation
Incident Laptop goes missing from his car
Secret Data Lost
Presentations on Indian efforts to monitor missiles of neighboring countries
Details on the capabilities of the nuclear delivery systems of Pakistan and China
Response options available to India’s nuclear forces (Strategic Forces Command)
Deployment of radars to counter incoming missiles
Vulnerable points in India’s air defence network
Action taken None. Laptop not recovered. Official transferred to DRDO in a more sensitive position.
***
Place Washington DC
Year 2008
Official Involved Arun Dixit
Designation Centre Director (atomic devices division)
Organisation NTRO
Secret Data Lost
Defence nuclear programmes of neighbouring countries
Nuclear proliferation in Asia
Dirty bombs being made in neighbouring countries
Action taken None. Laptop not recovered. After probe, errant official retained in the same organisation.
***
Place Delhi
Year 2003
Organisation Defence Research and Development Organisation
Incident 53 computers go missing; later found with hard disks removed
Secret Data Lost
Secret coding of all communication used by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the defence forces, and the paramilitary forces, including Border Security Force
Logs of intercepted Pakistani communications
Action taken Case still unsolved. None of the hard disks have been recovered. DRDO has practically closed the case.
SistalaandDixitclearly violated OSA,butescaped. They were also liableto 14 years’imprisonment.
The NTRO was set up in the summer of ’03. A year earlier, a Group of Ministers had handpicked RAW special secretary R.S. Bedi to set up the new intelligence outfit. Bedi started the process by setting up an office in room no. 326, Sardar Patel Bhavan, in the heart of Delhi, on March 29, 2003. The organisation was formally notified in July.
Set up to plug gaps in India’s security establishment post the Kargil debacle, the NTRO’s charter eventually went much beyond the mere act of gathering intelligence. It became a key element within the security apparatus, hitting headlines recently when Outlook reported its ability to pluck GSM phone calls off the air. Bedi had served in RAW’s Aviation Research Centre, which monitored the missile and atomic programmes of neighbours. NTRO took on this responsibility after it came into being.
NTRO’s task thus was to monitor and gather intelligence on all missile programmes in the region and convey the data in real time to the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), a special military organisation that mans India’s nuclear arsenal and would deploy it in the event of a nuclear war. The SFC would also, based on NTRO data, periodically review and upgrade its positioning of nuclear missiles, and coordinate with the defence forces in launching a counter-strike against any nuclear threat.
This called for a credible linkage between a vast and intricate network of ground-based radars, satellites, secret command codes and SFC’s nuclear arsenal. NTRO’s missile monitoring division established these linkages and set up an early warning network for the SFC. Sistala had a key role in creating these linkages and as such had access to the most sensitive data on India’s capabilities, response time and secret codes. Naturally enough, all these details were part of the presentations, notes, documents, files and folders—all marked ‘Top Secret’—he had on the laptop he was given by the NTRO. Standard rules mandate that a laptop given by the organisation cannot be taken home or used to connect to the Internet. But these being early days for NTRO, Sistala was travelling around the country making presentations to security officials, beginning with then NSA M.K. Narayanan to the three service chiefs, the SFC commander, the intelligence chiefs and other top DRDO scientists who were to work on the technological aspects of the project.
This is the time his laptop went missing. Shockingly, NTRO buried the episode in no time. A preliminary inquiry was ordered to be carried out by Brigadier Anil Malhotra, its counter-intelligence official, but it was quickly wound up. By this time, Bedi had retired from NTRO. A powerful lobby of defence scientists, led by R. Chidambaram, the principal scientific advisor to the government, had already determined his successor: DRDO scientist K.V.S.S. Prasad Rao. Rao had no previous experience in intelligence but he had served as the staff officer to Chidambaram for several years. Sistala, also from the DRDO, got a much-needed reprieve from the ongoing inquiry. He continued with the missile monitoring division for two more years before returning to the DRDO to work on air defence radars.
Outlook’s attempts to elicit an official comment from NTRO via a detailed questionnaire sent a week before going to print met with silence. Phone calls and text messages to NTRO chairman Prasad Rao, its advisor P.V. Kumar, Sistala and Dixit evoked no response either. DRDO, in a cryptic response to an Outlook query, said it wasn’t aware of any lapses by Sistala at NTRO.
Such security breaches are nothing new for the clique that still lords it over DRDO and NTRO. In Oct ’03, 53 computers were stolen one night from two DRDO labs—the Systems Analysis Group and the Institute for Systems Analysis and Studies—in Metcalfe House in Delhi. The computer carcasses were found later, but the hard disks had been removed. They contained secret encryption codes and communications of the army, navy, air force and all central police organisations. Till date, no DRDO scientist has been blamed. Many have even been promoted. A police investigation made no headway, while an internal inquiry remains alive on paper even though many of its members have retired.
It’s also ironical that while many other officials have been prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) on flimsy and concocted cases (see following story), Sistala and Dixit have escaped, despite being in clear violation of the OSA. In fact, since the leaks were related to India’s nuclear defence as well as secret codes, they could easily have attracted a penalty of 14 years’ imprisonment. Instead, the duo has continued in their careers. Should India’s intelligence agencies really be allowed to operate without even a modicum of accountability?
It is very interesting case of VRS of Dr Anil Kumar Maini, Director, Lastec , where senior DRDO scientists are busy for managing extension per extension 60 ke 62 aur 62 ke bad 64 aur 64 ke bad 65 and so on.
But other hand like Dr Anil Kumar Maini, Director, Lastec silently quitting before 8 months of his superannuation
Dr Anil Kumar Maini, Director, Lastec, DRDO was the main accused in complaint of Sh Prakash Singh, SAO –II and DRDO sacked Sh Prakash Singh with comments “Sh Prakash Singh was sacked the allegation leveled by him was baseless”
Defence Minister A K Antony reinstated Sh Prakash Singh and ordered CBI intervention but Dr Anil Kumar Maini’s case was in pipeline with CVO, MoD.
Dr Anil Kumar Maini, Director, Lastec, DRDO was submitted his VRS paper silently and got sanction by competent authority and leaving DRDO on 31st May 2014. Dr A K Singh extended his all efforts to arrange farzi vigilance clearance like in the case of top corrupt DRDO official Dr W Selvamurhty’s vigilance clearance. The local DRDO vigilance cell’s vigilance clearance was put with pension paper and till date Dr W Selvamurthy not got vigilance clearance from CVO, MoD. As everyone knows that CVO, MoD raised note sheet with request of action against 10 top DRDO officials from CBI and Defence Minister A K Antony approved, so how can Dr W Selvamurthy got vigilance clearance from CVO, MoD at the time of his superannuation.
Exclusive: Whistleblower DRDO officer sacked for highlighting corruption Gautam Datt | Mail Today | New Delhi, November 3, 2012
However, reliable sources said Singh was ‘punished’ for highlighting widespread corruption in DRDO. The officer had filed a complaint with the CBI against three senior functionaries: Manas Kumar Mandal Technology Centre) and Dr Arun Kumar (director, personnel, at the headquarters). The CBI referred his complaint to the vigilance department of DRDO.
‘Punished for highlighting corruption?’ DRDO officer ‘who knew too much’ sacked – By GAUTAM DATT – 2 November 2012 mail online India
But the DRDO inquiry dismissed the charges of irregularities levelled against the three officials and recommended disciplinary action against Singh for making false complaints.
Defence Minister A K Antony defends former Defence Research and Development Organisation employee – PUBLISHED: 22:28 GMT, 24 May 2013 mail online India
Singh was forced to go on premature retirement last year for alleging that his boss A.K. Maini had indulged in malpractices in the recruitment process. He had forwarded the complaint to the CBI
To 12th April 2014
Sh A K Antony
Defence Minister
Room -104, South Block
New Delhi – 110011
Subject: Implementation of Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) Rules with letter and spirit
Honorable Sir,
DRDO has misused, manipulated and override the Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) guide lines issued by DoPT, GOI.
Guidelines – DOPT after 5th,CPC issued comprehensive instructions on FCS in OM No.2/41/97-PIC dated 9.11.98. These have been further reviewed in the light of 6th CPC instructions and modified FCS guidelines issued in OM NO. AB 14017/37/2008-Estt.(RR) dated l0th September, 2010
OM No. AB-14017/36/2011-Estt(RR) dated 21st September 2012 – “FCS should be rigorous with due emphasis on evaluation of scientific and technical knowledge so that only scientists who have to their credit demonstrable achievements or higher level of technical merit are recommended for promotion.”
DRDO Hqrs, however, manipulated the forgoing rules and cleared/ recommended as outstanding to several scientists who are totally engaged in administrative/managerial /sundry tasks/ jobs/ assignments and due to proximity of top officials.
The ultimate looser is the real scientist who are giving their 100% time and efforts, the organization and the poor tax payers of India. This has further encouraged the growing incompetency and real talent leave the organization.
The Key post holder Dr A K Singh, DOP,DRDO is the leading example of violation of Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) guide lines. He joined as scientist ‘B’ in 1988 and did science upto 2004 got two promotion in average time. Since 2004 he is out of scientific work and due to proximity with CC R&D HR as staff officer ( 2004- 2006) managed out of turn promotion superseded lot of devotional scientists. He also managed the post of Director CEPTAM (Non technical assignment) 2007-2010. Then got post Director HRD(2010 – 2013) again (Non technical assignment) and managed out of turn promotion superseded hundreds of devotional scientists who deserves as per FCS and has credit demonstrable achievements or higher level of technical merit. But DRDO top bosses are great and override the Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) guide lines issued by DoPT, GOI and blessed and honored Dr A K Singh with Scientist ‘G’ post. He is now working as DOP,DRDO again (Full time non technical assignment) and sure about to get scientist ‘H’ promotion with hope to supersede 283 scientists as his current seniority roll no is 284.
Similarly one more example of violation of Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) guide lines in mid level Sh Ashok Sharma, Scientist ‘D’ of INMAS, DRDO working as works officer (full time non technical assignment) got outstanding call for promotion of scientist ‘E’ in only three years and ready to superseded 962 scientists as his seniority number is 963.
This is the tip of ice berg and such anti national activity encourage in DRDO has enhance the growing incompetence and has derailed the real goal of DRDO to support and strengthen the defence preparedness of India.
I request you to kindly give appropriate directives to DG DRDO for Implementation of Flexible Complimenting Scheme (FCS) Rules with letter and spirit.
