TNN | Sep 17, 2016,
Trichy: The Defence Research and Development Organisation is working on a wearable health monitoring system for soldiers, said P S Pandian, director-technology, DRDO, Bengaluru, explaining the varied scope of bio medical research for students.
Speaking at the inauguration of the instrumentation and control engineering department at the National Institute of Technology here on Friday, Pandian said that as long as we perform normal activities without much strain, we may not be able to identify or detect any serious health problem.
Gone are the days when we think about ailments affecting people in their 40s or 50s; even 20-year-olds with no such family medical history get diabetes and high blood pressure. A device that will keep track of a person’s health condition and send alerts much before an ailment becomes serious will help avoid crises. Such gadgets gain significance as they can save the lives of soldiers, he said.
Medical devices technologies have the potential to transform the world of healthcare as the internet did to the world of commerce. In future, people will be able to turn on tele-health products in their homes with a healthcare provider, acquire medical data and information and manage their wellness programme, said Pandian.
However, regular calibration, maintenance, testing and certification of the medical devices were needed on a regular basis to obtain the correct prognosis and treatment. He urged students to come forward and work on interdisciplinary areas to develop prototypes.
Pandian said the bio medical industry had grown in a big way and instrumentation and control engineering had become an integral part of our life. Citing the example of automated flight operations which mostly work on instrumentation, Pandian said the progress of control and instrumentation engineering was rapid and had vast scope in the future.
N Sivakumaran, head, ICE department, said students of the department need to work more on prototype developments in healthcare technology. The growth of electronics, electrical, mechanical, materials, computers, information technology and communications had led to a large number of medical devices being employed for health care purposes.
Advancements in computing and communications allowed for practices such as “telemedicine,” a system utilising the internet by which patients could be diagnosed and often treated by physicians from far away.
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Landour cantonment case: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar acts, notices soon
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | Jul 29, 2016,
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry is taking stock of the situation at Landour cantonment, Mussoorie, after a complaint by a serving officer alleged wrongdoing related to several prime properties at the hill station that he said may prove to be “bigger than the Adarsh Housing scam“.
Even as the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which received a complaint by the estate officer of a DRDO lab located in Landour alleging a scam, moved on the matter, asking for comments from all concerned departments, sources told ET that senior defence ministry officials are tackling the issue.
As part of a fact finding mission, a senior official of the department of defence estates visited Landour after an ET story that revealed that cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar met defence minister Manohar Parrikar regarding a property dispute over a holiday retreat.
Separately, a complaint by DRDO officer Y Ashok Babu had red flagged several commercial establishments (hotels) running in Landour allegedly without permissions, posing a security threat and eroding green cover, as reported by ET.
Sources said that the cantonment board is likely to send notices to several properties located at Landour, including some owned or being run by Tendulkar’s aide, businessman Sanjay Narang.
Also, a change of stance is unlikely on ‘Dahlia Bank’, a hill mansion owned by Narang which is at the center of a property dispute with the cantonment board and DRDO establishment Institute of Technology Management.
Tendulkar, who frequently stays at the mansion, met Parrikar with regard to this dispute.
Narang has denied allegations of wrongdoing, while Tendulkar said that he went for the meeting but denied any economic interests in Landour. In the complaint sent by Babu, a Scientist D posted at ITM in charge of works and estate, to the central bureau of investigation (CBI) and the CVC, allegations of “Illegal high investment commercial activities” have been levelled. These are against a dozen properties, including `Dahlia Bank’ that is owned by Tendulkar’s aide Sanjay Narang.
Intimation about the irregularities & illegalities deliberately incorporated in the pension case of shri A K Maini, voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & director LASTEC, Delhi (DRDO, MOD) submitted in may 2015 with the request not to sanction pension to him before removal of all irregularities & illegalities from the same
SPEED POST 09-06-2015
MOST URGENT AND MOST IMMEDIATE
To Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad- 211014
SUB:- Intimation about the irregularities & illegalities deliberately incorporated in the pension case of shri A K Maini, voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & director, LASTEC, Delhi (DRDO, MOD) submitted in may 2015 with the request not to sanction pension to him before removal of all irregularities & illegalities from the same
Respected sir, With extreme humility & guided solely by the public interest to save the public exchequer from illegal enhanced payment of pensionary benefits to shri A K Maini, voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & director LASTEC, Delhi, DRDO, MOD (voluntarily retired on 09-06-2014), the following irregularities & illegalities deliberately incorporated in the pension claim of shri A K Maini submitted in may 2015 to the office of your goodself are brought to your kind notice for immediate action in the form of to hold on the admitting the claim of pension to shri A K Maini submitted by the office of Director, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi pin-110054.
- No formal hometown declaration document has been submitted by shri A K Maini during his entire service in DRDO w e f 1978 to 09-06-2014.
- No entry of hometown declaration existed in the 2nd page of the service book of Maini for complete 20 years i.e. w e f 1978 to 1998.
- An entry declaring hometown at the address of Delhi was made by Maini in his own handwriting in 1999.
- An additional entry of changed hometown address at Jammu was again inserted later on by Maini in his own handwriting in different inks in his service book without mentioning the date of such insertion.
- No D.O. PART-II was published for the changed place of the hometown i.e. of Jammu.
- No correspondence exists in any official document of LASTEC, Delhi for obtaining permission of the competent authority for change of hometown of
- Both the entries of hometown in the service book of Maini were made by Maini himself in two (02) different inks at two different times and he miserably failed to submit cogent reasons for the same in response to the comments sought from him officially.
- Maini availed many times Hometown LTCs to Jammu i.e. at the changed place of Hometown inserted in his service book by himself without approval of the competent authority.
- This conduct of Maini was officially brought to the notice of DRDO HQ New Delhi & DRDO HQ referred the matter to the LAO (R&D), Sharma, at METCALFE House Civil Lines Delhi who gave 02 (two) conflicting advices as follows i.e. the advice – (01) to recover the entire amount of hometown LTCs availed by Maini during his entire service in DRDO with penal interest, the advice (02) to let go the pension papers of Maini without any recovery.
- Illegal special pay @ Rs 4,000 has been paid to Maini during his service as scientist ‘G’ in DRDO, MOD violating the extant rules in this regard.
- The illegally sanctioned & drawn special pay @ Rs 4,000 by Maini was illegally taken into account for fixation of pay when he was promoted to the post of scientist ‘H’ in DRDO on 01-07-2010.
- He has been illegally overpaid @ Rs 4,000 & allowances thereof during the entire period w e f 01-07-2010 to till his voluntary retirement on 09-06-2014.
- Accordingly he has been sanctioned more pension then his legitimate entitlement by the Director, LASTEC, Delhi due to wrong fixation of his basic pay as on 01-07-2010.
- Pension papers of Maini has been submitted to the ofiice of your goodself without effecting the recovery of the Hometown LTCs amount reimbursed to Maini & without withholding any amount from the entitlement of retirement gratuity to
- No formal or informal action has been taken against Maini either at the level of the O/O Director, LASTEC, Delhi or at the level of DRDO HQ New Dehi for the particular conduct of Maini with regard to 02 (two) different entries of Hometown declaration made by him in his own service book in his own handwriting in two different inks changing the Hometown without any authority.
- Maini has been lobbying in PCDA (p), Allahabad in last week to any how get issued PPO in his favour hurriedly without letting to know about the irregularities & illegalities deliberately incorporated in the pension claim submitted by O/O Director, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi pin-110054 to the O/O PCDA (P) Allahabad.
- The pension papers have been submitted on the date when officer in charge of the pension cell of the O/O Director, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi pin-110054 was present by affixing the earlier date (i.e. the date on which the officer-in-charge of the pension cell was on leave) then the actual date of signing the forwarding letter by some other officer.
- Maini submitted false annual immovable property returns every year in his entire service stating in writing that “He & members of his family did not have any immovable property”.
- Maini have been residing at Mayur Vihar,Phase- I Delhi,house belonging either to him or to the members of his family and he has been drawing HRA during his more than 36 years of service in the O/O Director, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi pin-110054 still he falsely submitted nil immovable property returns.
- This fact mentioned in point no 18 above was brought to the notice of the DRDO HQ by the whistle blower of the corruption and misconducts done by Maini but no action has been taken as yet by the DRDO HQ New Delhi in that regard.
- A proposal of vigilance clearance was submitted by the office of Director of vigilance & security, DRDO HQ,New Delhi to the O/O Director vigilance (MOD) disregarding the material facts mentioned in point no 18 & 19 above which led to issuance of wrong vigilance clearance to Maini by the office of Director ( vigilance) MOD under the O/O CVO of MOD.
- K D Nayak, DG (MED & CoS) holding the additional charge of DG (ECS) illegally pressurized & issued show cause notices to Director, LASTEC, Delhi & to Dy. Director (Admin) LASTEC for not turning the blind eye to the irregularities & illegalities pertaining to the pension claim of his Friend Maini and for not submitting the pension claims of Maini immediately to the O/O pcda (P) Allahabad irrespective of any irregularity & illegality. I, therefore, request your good self to kindly act swiftly &with utmost due diligence keeping in view the above mentioned material facts to protect the public interest. You are also requested to call for the concerned original pension fileof the LASTEC Delhi including the original note sheets containing the comments of the officer-in-charge of the pension cell of the O/O Director, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi pin-110054 which will spill all the beans.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal, 21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008 Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile 9411114879, e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com
LIFE SCIENCES IN DRDO HAS GOT GREAT POTENTIAL TO WORK TOWORD ACHEIVNG DEFENCE GOALS BUT THESE CROOKS DESTROYING DRDO OF ITS CAPABILITIES
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The Goel Story of DRDE: A stark example of Murky Underbelly of Nepotism and Opportunism in DRDO
Nepotism is the major killer of quality research in DRDO, either a scientist is a relative of the boss or he is good at fulfilling all vested interests of the boss to get undue favours and it is the sure shot opportunity to reach to top and spread venom further in the organization. Out of those opportunists, many could manage one or more bosses to get promotion to next ranks, there few crooks in DRDO who can able to mould themselves according to all type of bosses and they can go to any extent to get all undue benefits and eat away the system within. The great Scientist DR AK Singh is the best example till now, but let me introduce DR AK Goel whose crookedness will raise your hair. He is the modern shakuni of many dhuryodhanas of DRDE, the latest one is Dr. Loku, the great feku of gobar gas a.k.a bio toilet.
Let me introduce the humble beginning of Dr AK Goel, the great goel passed out from not so well known Haryana Agricultural University locally called HAU with a PhD in Agri. Microbiology a subject which has more relevance to plant pathology, n least relevant to any defence application. But you all know very well that to enter into life science research labs of DRDO you don’t need to pass any exam, with an interview you can become Sc ’B’. Now our Goel after joining DRDE as Sc ‘B’ being a natural crook have seen that nepotism is prevalent in DRDE during Er. K Sekhar as director started buttering him by fulfilling all wishes of tharki and alcoholic sekhar. All of a sudden the alcoholic sekhar got promoted to CC R&D but he wished to take his saaki along….. what next???? Khuda mehar baan to gadha pehalvaan” Our Goel told the drunkerd “Sir its a prestige issue if a CC’s humwaal sorry staff officer is just a newly promoted Sc ‘C’….. now the drunkard promised him that I will make you ‘D’.
His gang member Dr. Ilavzhagan (Illegal appointment of his wife T Bhanu fame) readily agreed to advertise a vacancy for Sc ‘D’ in bioinformatics. Now our great don’t have any experience in bioinformatics except searching internet for science papers so he requested to the alcoholic boss to fix the interview board with experts from HAU as expected he was directly selected for the post of Sc ‘D’ in bioinformatics without knowing ABCD of bioinformatics and unfortunately the other guy who appeared in the interview holding a post degree and a PhD in Bio informatics was kicked out. Now the real story starts, The great Goel without doing science has jumped from Sc B to D has proudly joined DIPAS at Delhi without even transferring his inventory and lab. He continued to being saaki of CC R&D. Mos interesting point is now all of a sudden even DIPAS felt Bioinformatics is no required so they conveniently transferred Sc ‘D’ Dr Goel to DRDO HQ within six months without even utilizing his great bioinformatics capabilities.
Now as staff officer of Sekhar, Goel started getting all undue benefits including weekly trip to Gwalior to meet his family, you all may get astonished our Goels many times Goel’s monthly travel expenses on Govt account to visit his family is more than his own salary. With his boss clout and timidnessof the then Director Raghavan he could able to keep students for him where as all other working scientist were deprived of helping hand, he enjoyed purchasing equipments and earn handful of money from DRDE even being posted at DRDO HQ, Our Goel is also expert in speculating in share market. With the help of his boss Sekhar LSRB was pressurised to grant research project to Jiwaji Univeristy on making fermented jamun drink which has nothing to do with defence or bio defence. He made his wife to get appointed as RA in that project illegally and both husband and wife siphoned off DRDO money conveniently during full tenure of the project. After one your of serving in HQ, he was again transferred to DRDE on public interest, now the Bioinformatics specialization which was initially at DIPAS is required in DRDE. Now came the era of dushyaasan in DRDE the great farzi paper producer Prof. MP. Kaushik (ChemPro scam fame) our Goel could effectively manage him too whom whole DRDE think only a lady can manage. Dr Goel got a super outstanding call for his outstanding contributions as saaki and his great manipulating abilities. No one knows what great services Dr Goel has done to Alcoholic and Tharki Sekhar, just 15 days before his retirement he himself sat in the assessment board and got him super outstanding promoted to Scientist- E. From scientist B to E in just 7 years!!!!! All hard working and patriotic scientists, learn something from his story, DRDO promotes these crooks and kick on your ass.
This great Goel story did not end here, here comes the era of Tuglak in DRDE, the great Dr. Lokendra Singh who is fooling whole country by farzi bio toilets which are nothing but Gobar Gas plants, even this tuglak wihsed a great saaki and manipulator and he knows Dr Goel is the best Choice so now he made him “Officer On Special Duty” in netaji estyle…. Dr Goel is running the show in DRDE as proxy director and he is soon going to get out standing promotion to Sc ‘F’…… I think AK Singh needs to learn more from this AK Goel.
I wonder if our honourable Rakha Mantri can able to do something to weed out these pests from DRDO before it is too late….. These crooks make whole system rotten generations after generations and real and patriotic scientists perish from the system.
LIFE SCIENCES IN DRDO HAS GOT GREAT POTENTIAL TO WORK TOWORD ACHEIVNG DEFENCE GOALS BUT THESE CROOKS DESTROYING DRDO OF ITS CAPABILITIES
New DRDO Chief Takes Over, Scientists Hail Appointment
By IANS Published: 29th May 2015 01:37 PM – The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Radar specialist S. Christopher took charge as the new director general of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its secretary at on Friday morning, with the appointment being welcomed by defence scientists and officials.
Christopher was on Thursday night appointed chief of the premier defence research agency for two years by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The DRDO was without a full-time chief for around four months ever since Avinash Chander was unceremoniously removed on January 31.
Christopher was heading the Bengaluru-based Centre for Airborne Systems and the project to develop an airborne early warning and control system before his new appointment.
Earlier, DRDO chief was also the scientific adviser to the defence minister, but the post has now been split.
Missile scientist G.S. Reddy was appointed as the scientific adviser to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for two years on Thursday night.
DRDO scientists and officials welcomed the appointment, saying that functional difficulties had cropped up due to the absence of a full-time DRDO chief.
“It is a welcome step; without a full-time chief cost DRDO in the last four months; impacted the work as coordination was suffering,” a senior DRDO official told IANS.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar recently said that the absence of a full-time DRDO chief was being compensated with more powers to cluster heads.
A DRDO official, however, maintained that it did not solve the problem.
“Coordination between clusters is needed for smooth running of things. That is where the problem was,” said an official aware of the developments.
A senior scientist, meanwhile, said that some tests also suffered due to lack of clear guidance.
“Some tests suffered because there was lack of clarity. There was no clear boss; it makes a lot of difference,” said the scientist.
Officials also appreciated the decision to split the post of DRDO chief to appoint a separate scientific adviser to the defence minister.
“The role of scientific adviser must extend beyond the DRDO. There are other departments, like ordnance factories, which also need to be focused upon. This is a good move,” a senior scientist told IANS.
“The DRDO chief and scientific adviser will have to work in close coordination though; a new structure is now expected to evolve,” the scientist added.
Christopher’s predecessor Chander held the posts of director general, DRDO, and scientific adviser to the defence minister, and secretary DRDO.
Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur was later given the additional charge of secretary DRDO.
Mathur retired on May 24.
Uncertainty dogs a leaderless DRDO
Ajai Shukla | New Delhi May 4, 2015 Last Updated at 00:38 IST – Business Standard
A sense of drift is palpable within the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), which has been without a leader for three months since the ouster of its widely respected chief, Avinash Chander, on January 31.
On that day, Defence Secretary R K Mathur was given additional charge of Chander’s post of Secretary, Defence R&D, for three months. That period expired on Thursday.
Mathur had held charge of only one of the three posts that Chander occupied – that of Secretary Defence R&D. The other two posts – Director General, DRDO, and Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri – have lain vacant for three months.
The defence ministry is not alone in having key positions without incumbents. There has been no Chief Information Commissioner since August 22, and no Chief Vigilance Commissioner since September 28.
Without a chief, there are problems in coordinating between the DRDO’s seven technology clusters, each relating to a specific subject – e.g. aeronautics, missiles or naval systems. While cluster heads. called directors general, can function independently within their clusters, major development projects involve several clusters.
Among the programmes suffering from this lack of leadership is the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project. While the DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Agency oversees the Tejas project, it has no authority over the four technology clusters that feed into the LCA project. That coordination was always facilitated by the DRDO chief, who personally oversaw the LCA programme.
Another problem, say senior DRDO scientists, is professional insecurity caused by Chander’s unceremonious removal. On November 28, the defence ministry had granted him an 18-month service extension to head the DRDO till May 31, 2016. Forty-five days later, that extension was withdrawn.
The insecurity is most obvious among junior scientists, most of whom looked to Chander as an icon of the DRDO’s successful missile programme. “With such an accomplished scientist removed so arbitrarily, what job security do we have?” wonders a young scientist bitterly. Nor is there any clarity about who might succeed Chander. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said while removing Chander, he wanted someone good from the DRDO who has the urge for development. Parrikar also stated he wanted a younger scientist to head DRDO.
With almost all the DRDO’s top scientists already on extension, or nearing the retirement age of 60, 11 of the DRDO’s 12 top scientists might soon retire.
Of these 12 “distinguished scientists”, the DRDO’s top rank, equivalent to a lieutenant general, six have already crossed 60 years and are serving on extensions. Another five are 59 years of age, knocking on the doors of retirement.
The only candidate who fits Parrikar’s twin conditions – being from the DRDO, and also young – is Satheesh Reddy, the highly regarded chief of Research Centre Imarat, a missile technology laboratory outside Hyderabad. Reddy is just 52 years old.
Even so, MoD sources do not rule out bringing in an outsider, possibly from the Atomic Energy Agency, to head the DRDO.
There is also speculation that the three hats the DRDO chief traditionally wore might be split into two or more posts. Opinion on this is divided. The Rama Rao Committee, which proposed reorganising the DRDO, recommended the three posts remain vested in a single person. The subsequent Naresh Chandra Committee recommended separation, though not trifurcation.
The departments of space and atomic energy, which are often held up as models the DRDO could emulate, centralise powers in a single chief. The chairman of the Space Commission also heads the Indian Space Research Organisation, while simultaneously advising the prime minister on space matters.
Compliant against the deliberate misconduct of Dr. A K Maini voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & Director of LASTEC, Delhi, DRDO, MOD.
To 12th April 2015 Hon’ble Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister,Room No -104, South Block,New Delhi-110011
Subject: Compliant against the deliberate misconduct of Dr. A K Maini voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & Director of LASTEC, Delhi, DRDO, MOD.
Sir,
Please find following informations of deliberate misconducts committed by Dr. A K Maini voluntarily retired scientist ‘H’ & Director of LASTEC, Delhi, DRDO, MOD.
- A K Maini had been submitting false “Nil” immovable returns in his entire service of 36 years rendered in DRDO as Group ‘A’ Gazette officer with effect from 1978 to 09-06-2014.
- Didn’t submit his permanent home town declaration during his entire service still he illegally availed Home town LTCs to Jammu many times.
- Made entry in his own handwriting on 02-12-1999 on the 2nd page of the 2nd volume of his service book about his permanent home town after 21 years from the date of his initial joining in DRDO in 1978.
- Deliberately made another entry about his Permanent Home Town after some years during his tenure of Directorship of LASTEC, Delhi (changing his earlier entered Pmt. Home Town) on the same 2nd page of the 2nd volume of his service Book, without formal submission of a request for change of his Permanent Home Town, with a clear motive to create confusion in his initial entry made on 02-12-1999.
- Changed his name from Anil Kumar to Anil Kumar Maini in official records without submitting any formal request in this regard & without undergoing the prescribed procedure in vogue.
- Even gave Laboratory Awards to those Scientists of LASTEC, Delhi in 2011 who were members of the Award Selection Committee of LASTEC, Delhi
- Even nominated ineligible officer of LASTEC, Delhi i.e. Smt. Sangeeta Talwar, Accounts Officer of LASTEC Delhi to represent LASTEC Delhi in the interview board of the CEPTEM, Delhi for the interviews of the candidates of admin and allied cadre who passed written examination of CEPTEM 06 since minimum level of nomination was SAO-II of DRDO. Proposal of eligible SAO-II of LASTEC Delhi was formally moved but Dr. A K Maini not only did not approve it but he pressurized his sub-ordinate officers to initiate new proposal so that he could nominate the ineligible favorite officer thereby snatching a rightful opportunity of the rightful claimant.
- Deliberately did not make routine transfers of the officials and officers of LASTEC Delhi during his tenure of directorship of LASTEC Delhi who was holding sensitive posting/appointments thereby directly violated the standing policy of the DOP&T and CVC. He even did not comply the express orders of the DRDO HQ issued from time to time in this regard thereby created opportunities for corruption and nepotism.
- Even made undue favor to the Amity University, Noida, UP, for his personal gain in the form of obtaining PhD from same University, which includes inviting the students of Amity university & its Chairman Dr. Ashok Chauhan as Chief Guest in the annual raising day of LASTEC Delhi in 2010 & giving them lunch and other hospitalities from the funds of the state exchequer besides breaching the security of METCALFE House Complex of Civil Lines Delhi.
- Even availed leave for repair of his House in Delhi still he submitted false Nil immovable property return for the same calendar year.
- Never formally intimated administration division of LASTEC Delhi about his local tours during the entire period of his directorship of LASTEC Delhi thereby showed himself present on duty even on those dates when he remained at his home for personal work/reasons etc. he thereby blocked the opportunity of the DDO of LASTEC Delhi to make his salary only for those days when he was either on duty or on sanctioned leave. This is evident also from the number of the days leave availed by him in immediate 03 preceding years before his elevation to the post of Director LASDTEC Delhi and the leave taken by him during the tenure of his Directorship of LASTEC Delhi.
- Castigated the legitimate powers of the senior most officer of admin cadre of DRDO posted in LASTEC Delhi by depriving him from opening the official DAK received from outside by instructing verbally the officer in-charge of Diary & dispatch section of LASTEC Delhi to send the official DAK received from outside to his personal assistant thereby creating an opportunity for himself to not to bring some official DAK in the records of LASTEC Delhi. this illegal practice is still being continued in LASTEC Delhi in addition to many other laboratories of DRDO to serve the vested interest of the directors of the LABs of DRDO.
- Even tacitly got issued repeat supply orders many times in succession at very short intervals for purchase of stores in LASTEC Delhi through his sub-ordinate officers by splitting the supply order to avoid sanction of the higher authorities of DRDO HQ during his entire tenure of Director of LASTEC Delhi.
- Even tacitly got issued supply orders in favor of those firms who were either in collusion with other suppliers/firms or which were fake firms.
- Even deliberately delayed in according his approvals to the projects Dr M N Ready Scientist ‘G’ of LASTEC Delhi which attracted audit objections which are still pending.
- Gave outstanding comments in the APRS of Shri Ghai, the then scientist ‘F’ & present scientist ‘G’ of LASTEC Delhi on extraneous considerations/ grounds simply because Shri Ghai mentioned the research done by him & by other scientist of LASTEC as joint research of him & of Son of Shri A K Maini. The outstanding comments given by Dr. A K Maini in the APAR of Shri Ghai on the above mentioned extraneous grounds begged promotion to the post of Scientist ‘G’ to Shri Ghai & other deserving scientist ‘F’ of LASTEC felt let down.
- A K Maini was instrumental to select Shri Amit Kumar Chawla office Assistant to the post of STA-B in LASTEC through LDCE by putting illegal pressure on the concerned selection committee constituted in LASTEC in 2011 although the diploma in Engg. Discipline awarded by Janaradan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur (deemed to be university) & obtained through distance education mode from the off campus study center of Delhi is not valid Diploma to make him eligible to the post of STA-B in DRDO through LDCE exam.
- A K Maini even approved illegal permission to Shri Amit Kumar Chawla to attend classes for study of LLB up 09:00 AM even on working days in an education institution which is not less than 15 kms away from the office campus of LASTEC delhi disregarding the fact that the working hours of LASTEC are 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM. This favor was extended to Shri Amit Chawla just because he was working in the secretariat of Dr. A K Maini.
- The above mentioned deliberate misconducts of Dr. A K Maini were not only deliberately overlooked by the vigilance officer of LASTEC Delhi but also by the director of vigilance and security of DRDO HQ New Delhi which paved the way for acceptance of his voluntary retirement from service but also it made him immune from any vigilance/disciplinary inquiry against his deliberate misconducts and illegal acts.
I therefore request you to kindly ensure conducting of discreet inquiry on each and every issue raised in this complain from a independent authority specifically dis-associating any scientist & technical officer of DRDO to bring the prima-facie guilty Dr. A K Maini to the book before he goes scot free by getting his pension & other retirement benefits since his pension case is still under scrutiny containing one of the misconduct of Dr. A K Maini mentioned above.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur,Dehradun-248008, Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com
Appeal for Justice -Dr. Rohidas Gopinath Taware Ex TO’B’, HEMRL, Pune
Modi ji make a separate department to handle DRDO’s cases, grievances, corruptions cases and lot of inputs are flowing to PMO
From:
Dr. Rohidas Gopinath Taware (Ex TO’B’, HEMRL,Pune) A- 11, Vijayraj Sankul,Near Medipoint Hospital, P. Road, Aundh, Pune- 411 007. M: 9423015022, Resi.: 020-2729888 Email : rohidas.taware@yahoo.com
To Date: 10th Dec. 2014 Hon’ble Shri. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Room No.152, PMO, South Block, New Delhi-110011.
Subject: ‘Appeal for Justice’.
Respected Sir,
Very humbly, I submit as under:
- I, Dr. Rohidas Gopinath Taware was working as a Group ‘A’ Gazetted officer with designation Technical Officer ‘B’ in High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune- 411021, DRDO, Ministry of Defence. My educational qualification is M.Sc., Ph.D., MBA, PGDEE (Post Graduate Diploma in Ecology and Environment). I have completed 27 years’ of satisfactory service in HEMRL. My entire service record is spotlessly clean.
I hail from a much respected family. My father was a Freedom Fighter and a brave soldier of Azad Hind Sena.
- I had submitted timely my grievances to Dr. A Subhananda Rao, Director, HEMRL, Pune regarding my harassment. But no cognizance was taken by him.
I made earnest ‘Appeal for Justice’ on 09.01.2008 to the Director of Personnel (DoP), DRDO, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi regarding my grievances along with supporting documents. I had written a letter on 04.05.2009 to DoP regarding my ‘Harassment by Ostracism’ in HEMRL, Pune. The DoP, too, did not take any cognizance of my grievances and harassment.
- Instead of considering the gravity of my grievances and harassment by ostracism, Dr. Arun Kumar, the Director of Personnel, all of a sudden, suspended me on 08.2009 by fax order. So, I lodged my protest on 26.08.2009 against the illegal suspension order issued by the DoP.
- There is a big conspiracy in DoP office of DRDO from my suspension to dismissal from the service. The Director, HEMRL gave false information to DoP that I was involved in “High-Handed Anti- Departmental Activities”, “the Laboratory has come to a stand still vulnerable position”, “the working of the Laboratory is badly dislocated” and “all officers are in demoralized state”.
The DoP office without any preliminary Inquiry proceeded against me and arranged for my suspension and further dismissal. Thus, the Director HEMRL and DoP joined hands against me and were bent upon to see that I was dismissed from service on 30.12.2010 for the reasons best known to them. The suspension to dismissal charges are not related to each other. Further, penalty of dismissal is horribly disproportionate to the charges leveled against me.
- The charges leveled against me for my dismissal like ‘tone and tenor of letter’ are trifling, false and fictitious.
- I wish to point out legal points regarding my suspension to dismissal which show that how the Principles of Natural Justice were blatantly violated.
- Two separate Memoranda, two separate Disciplinary Inquiries.
- Second Inquiry initiated for alleged misconduct during my suspension period when I was not on duty.
- Two separate Penalties simultaneously, First Minor & Second Major.
- Second penalty was awarded without cancelling first penalty.
- No revocation of suspension when first minor penalty was awarded.
- Second penalty of Dismissal awarded while under suspension.
- Both the penalties horribly disproportionate to the charges.
- All the orders from suspension to dismissal illegal. Approval from Rajya Raksha Mantri (RRM) taken instead of Raksha Mantri. Signatory to the orders not authorized under Art.77(2) of the Constitution.
- After dismissal order, I have done a lot of correspondence with the Competent Authority of DRDO for my illegal suspension, illegal punishments including my dismissal and for the settlement of Government dues i.e. rightful amount. But no cognizance was taken by them. This is also the intentionally harassment of me and my family.
- I had submitted ‘Appeal for Justice’ to the Competent Authority of the DRDO for my grievances and harassment. But instead of taking any cognizance, suitable action or giving any justice for the same, they have horribly punished me.
It means, ‘Asking for Justice is a Crime’ in DRDO! The Competent Authority of DRDO unnecessarily constrained me to file a various suits in the Hon’ble Courts for the Justice. After the dismissal order, I am jobless. I am highly qualified with 27 years well experienced officer from DRDO but disqualified for any service in the society because of my additional qualification is ‘Dismissal’ which was illegally and unauthorized awarded by the Competent Authority of DRDO. Hence, in all respect, this is very serious harassment and punishment for me.
- Sir, I have mentioned all the above irregularities and illegalities, involved in my suspension to dismissal, for your perusal please. I pray and request you to look in to the case and give me justice.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Place: Pune
Date: 10.12.2014 (Dr. R G Taware) Pune
Encl.: Copies of Noting Sheets &Orders : 13 pages
(Suspension to Dismissal)
Copy to,
Hon’ble Shri. Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister,Room No. 104, South Block,New Delhi -110011.
RTI-Tessy Thomas – VIP Security
To 27TH February 2015
Sh Satpal Chauhan
Joint Secretary (Admn), CPIO
Room No.194, North Block,
New Delhi -110 001
Hello,
kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of provision of categorized security to VVIPs/VIPs, other high dignitaries and individuals. Security is provided on the basis of comprehensive assessment of threat by the security agencies. There is a system of periodical review of the security provided to persons on the basis of threat inputs received from time to time. It is observed that Ms Tessy Thomas, Scientist H of DRDO, Hyderabad availing police security for last six years. It is very astonishing fact that she is the single case of DRDO in which individual getting such VIP treat without having any such achievement which can quote in international level. It is purely eye wash or politically motivated move of DRDO management. It is heard that Ms Tessy Thomas visiting Kuwait in next month participating some religious function.
- Provide the copy of request of Ms Tessy Thomas for police security from MHA.
- The exact date security provided to Ms Tessy Thomas by MHA
- How many times MHA periodical reviews the security allotment of Ms Tessy Thomas, whether they reported and recommended on the basis of threat inputs or simply continue the allotment without any review.
- Six year back she was mere Scientist F, that time there was more than 1000 Scientists F working in the organization. Provide the type of threat, is that individual’s family problem, is that communal angle, and is that scientific knowledge asset security.
- Provide the role of DRDO for recommending her for security necessity. The name of DRDO official who recommended to MHA.
- The case was approved by Sh A K Antony (Yes/No)
- The total amount spends on security of Ms Tessy Thomas by MHA or State government till date.
- Whether Ms Tessy Thomas get clearance from MHA for her Kuwait visit(Yes/No)
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“I am hearing this from you. It has come as a shock to me. I haven’t received any order from the government,” Chander told HT exclusively.
Mr.Chander – Honest scientists of DRDO shocked when you delayed result of scientist ‘H’ in 2013 and October when they seen the name of Ms Tessy Thomas who superseeded well deserved.
DRDO shocked when you made Ms Tessy Thomas as Director, ASL ignoring the deserve ones
DRDO scientists again shocked when you advertised tailor made post for Ms Tessy Thomas’s husband CMDR Saroj Patel and selected him and made director without fear of Government rules and GOD
DRDO honest scientist were shocked when you protected Dr A K Saxena after seeing all documentary evidences of corruption and instead to save the national interest punished honest scientists.
List is very long………………
So don’t pretend that you shocked to hear government decision, now your best friend is sitting in government hope he will going to give you more shocks.
Best of Luck