By Pradip R Sagar May 02, 2018 18:29 IST – THE WEEK With the tenure of S. Christopher, current chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), coming to an end later this month, the race for the top post in the country’s premier defence research organisation has begun. Christopher, who was given a […]
DRDO’s cruise missile project Nirbhay on verge of closure
By Hemant Kumar Rout | Express News Service | Published: 23rd December 2016 BHUBANESWAR: Once a pride for Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s own cruise missile project Nirbhay is on the verge of closure. A highly placed source told ‘The New Indian Express’ that the project is likely to be closed as the […]
DRDO goes young with Modi
By Pradip R Sagar Published: 02 Oct 2016 The Sunday Standard NEW DELHI: In order to weed out the dead woods, country’s premier defence research agency Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is often faced criticism for its tardy performance, is looking for young scientist to head one of its laboratory. It was Prime […]
50% of Rafale deal value will be invested in India: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
By MEERA MOHANTY & Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 11 May, 2015, 07.04AM IST NEW DELHI: Terrorists, irrespective of wherever they may be operating from, should be neutralised using all types of methods, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told ET in an exclusive interview. He elaborated that “neutralisation” doesn’t necessarily mean killing terrorists but making them […]
Parrikar to separate roles of DRDO chief and scientific advisor
Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi| Updated: Mar 21, 2015 00:53 IST Defence minister Manohar Parrikar has decided to bifurcate the job of secretary (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and scientific advisor (SA) to the minister with the latter now expected to oversee research and development and push the DRDO to a world class level […]
Agni 5 Launch ‘Best Farewell Gift’, Outgoing DRDO Chief Avinash Chander Tells NDTV
WHEELER ISLAND: Speaking from Wheeler Island to NDTV after the successful launch of Agni 5, the outgoing Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Avinash Chander assured the country that the missile was now in a “deliverable configuration”. On his last day in office, he said he was feeling “elated and happy […]
DRDO chief invokes Vedas to explain intel importance
Written by Vijaita Singh | New Delhi | Posted: December 24, 2014 2:19 am Indian Express The country’s scientist and DRDO chief Avinash Chander on Tuesday invoked mythology to explain the importance of intelligence network, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited Karna’s birth in Mahabharata to suggest “genetic science” existed in India even in […]
Modi government removes DRDO chief to infuse young talent
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, November 28, 2014 | UPDATED 18:31 IST The Narendra Modi government on Friday sacked Dr Avinash Chander as chief of the prestigious Defence Research and Development Organisation, asking him to retire with immediate effect. Friday was the last day in office for Dr Chander, India’s senior most missile scientist and scientific advisor to the Defence […]
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 […]
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 […]
