By Shaurya Karanbir Gurung, ET Bureau|Nov 27, 2018 NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) should introspect to make themselves more “nimble” towards innovation, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here today, while stressing on having an Intellectual Property cell in the defence ministry for sharing innovative ideas with manufacturers. Sitharaman made the remarks […]
DefExpo 2018: Policy paralysis during Congress rule had affected defence preparedness, PM Modi says
B Sivakumar | TNN | Updated: Apr 12, 2018, 13:21 IST HIGHLIGHTS The Prime Minister was speaking at the defence expo in Chennai. Modi said policy paralysis would not happen anymore. The PM launched IDEX , a portal for startups to deal with the defence production department. CHENNAI: India is set to move faster in […]
DRDO has much to answer for its poor performance
By Dinesh Kumar | Chandigarh | 21 January, 2018 – Sunday Gaurdian On paper the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) comes across as formidable. It is currently engaged in about 70 projects that include making almost every major conventional weapon system and platform that major military powers are already manufacturing. From rifles and machine […]
‘Army Takes a Day to Reach where PLA Can Rush In’
By Express News Service Published: 28th April 2015 06:00 AM NEW DELHI: Commenting on poor border roads connectivity, a Parliamentary panel has said that in the event of a war, the Army will take more than 24 hours to reach a border area where the Chinese PLA can arrive at in two or three hours. […]
DRDO’s Good days are coming
DRDO’s Good days are coming – Dadagiri of DRDO scientists who are looking administration & HR of DRDO and passage of time they piled up hundreds of court cases and created lot of grievances and frustration among honest devoted officials. The incompetency of handling administrative, HR, recruitment and promotion matters one of the major reason […]
Why do people want to go private organizations? Is it because they do good work and they are rewarded? Do you have any method of incentives for good work done by scientists? Please elaborate – (CC R&D HR)
As per the reply in Parliament ( LOK SABHA) against UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 596, ANSWERED ON 09.12.2013, the total 487 scientists left from DRDO from 2008 to 30th November 2013. Scientist B- 289, Scientist C- 152, Scientist D – 26, Scientist E- 13, Scientist F – 7. Why they left – Financial reasons – very […]
Ten key DRDO projects delayed: Arun Jaitley
PTI | Jul 18, 2014, 02.44 PM IST NEW DELHI: Ten major projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), including the LCA Tejas aircraft and several key missile programmes, have been delayed due to various reasons, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Giving details of DRDO’s delayed projects, defence minister Arun Jaitley said […]
Campus Recruitment by PS Banks Now Unconstitutional – What About Illegality Already Committed ?
by – Danendra Jain <dkjain49709@gmail.com>AllBankingSolutions.com This refers to Mumbai High court judgement pronounced in a case related to Central Bank of India . The Bombay high court has held that its ( bank’s ) recruitment policy, which allows campus recruitment/interview method for appointment of officers against permanent vacancies on regular basis, was illegal and unconstitutional. Bank […]
Desi defence showpieces powered by videshi parts
Rajat Pandit, TNN Jan 13, 2014, 01.39AM IST NEW DELHI: The Tejas light combat aircraft, 30 years in the making, is just 60% indigenous as of now. The story of the indigenous Arjun main battle tank is even worse. First sanctioned in May 1974, 55% of the tank is still made of imported parts. This […]
Zero for DRDO
Bharat Karnad | 26th Apr 2013 – Deccan Chronicle The Indian Air Force has been clever over the years in a petty sort of way. Short-range or medium-range combat aircraft and so on are uniquely IAF nomenclature; no other Air Force has such categories. In the age of aerial tankers, describing warplanes by their radii of action […]
