ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 31st Jan 2015 – The Sunday Guardian Questions are being raised by critics in the bureaucracy over the induction of the former chief of Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) V.K. Saraswat as a full time member of the newly constituted NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Ayog. Saraswat, who was […]
Missile boss axe swivels glare on rot
SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Jan. 14: The sacking of Avinash Chander as the country’s top defence technocrat yesterday has brought back into focus allegations of murky deals with international arms lobbies, corruption and nepotism, professional jealousies at the top and a failure to deliver usable and accurate weapons. The rot had institutionalised itself over the […]
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 […]
Former DRDO chief sentenced to 3 weeks imprisonment in contempt case
India Today.in New Delhi, September 25, 2014 Former DRDO chief V K Saraswat and another senior scientist were on Thursday sentenced to three weeks simple imprisonment by Madras High Court for contempt of court. They had disobeyed its April 2009 order related to re-employment of a clerk in a school run by a wing of […]
Avinash Chander is new DRDO chief
– The Hindu -NEW DELHI, June 1, 2013 Avinash Chander, the man behind Agni series of missiles, was on Friday appointed as the new Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Director-General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He will also hold the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. He succeeds V. […]
DRDO director Saraswat to retire
DC | 28th Apr 2013 Hyderabad: Not many are aware that Dr V.K. Saraswat, director general, Defence Research and Development Organisation and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, is superannuating on May 31 because of a clause which says that the appointment is for a period of four years or till 64 years of age, […]
Govt not to extend DRDO chief’s tenure
ByJosy Joseph, TNN | Mar 13, 2013, 04.14 AM IST NEW DELHI: A high profile campaign mounted to ensure an extension for the Defence Research and Development Organisation chief has failed to impress the government and it has decided not to extend the tenure of V K Saraswat, who is set to retire in May. […]
Punished for highlighting corruption?’ DRDO officer ‘who knew too much’ sacked
By GAUTAM DATT PUBLISHED: 20:51 GMT, 2 November 2012 Mail Today The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday took the unprecedented action of sacking an officer who claimed to be a whistleblower. Senior administrative officer Prakash Singh, posted at the Defence Science Centre at Metcalfe House in North Delhi, was served with compulsory […]
Defence audit raises questions about scientific adviser’s grants
The CGDA has pointed out several infirmities in the grants sanctioned by V.K. Saraswat. ABHINANDAN MISHRA NEW DELHI | 6th Oct 2012 – The Sunday Gaurdian he Comptroller General of Defence Audit (CGDA) has raised questions about certain research grants and aids given by the Defence Minister’s Scientific Adviser, V.K. Saraswat, to undeserving societies headed […]
Secret audit reveals DRDO irregularities
Secret audit reveals DRDO irregularities TNN Aug 14, 2012, 03.14AM IST NEW DELHI: A confidential internal audit ordered by the defence ministry has found several financial and other irregularities in the functioning of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which has a network of 50 labs and an annual budget of over Rs 10,500 […]
