A Monthly Bulletin of Defence Research nEWSLETTER and Development Organisation
www.drdo.gov.in june 2018 | volume 38 | issue 6
Raksha Mantri presents drdo awards
Innovation >> p08 Focus>> p14 Tot >> p09 Visits>> p24 events>> p10 Drdo in press>> p27 june 2018 Volume 38 | Issue 6 Contents ISSN: 0971-4391 Cover story 04 Raksha Mantri reiterated Indigenization of Defence Equipment
Innovation 08 ToT 09
DRDO Robotics & Unmanned System Exposition Events 10
Infra Development 13
Focus 14
Hrd activities 17
Social activities 23
Visits 24
DRDO SERIES 25 DRDO in press 27 Down the Memory 28 Lane
2 june 2018 www.drdo.gov.in DRDO newsletter Defence Research & Development Organisation nEWSLETTER ISSN: 0971-4391 From the desk of the chairman 37th Year of Publication Editor-in-Chief: Dr Alka Suri Managing Editor: B Nityanand; Editor: Manoj Kumar Editorial Assistance: Biak Tangpua and Naresh Dr S Christopher Multimedia: RK Bhatnagar CHAIRMAN Printing: SK Gupta, Hans Kumar; Distribution: Tapesh Sinha, RP Singh For feedback, please contact: [email protected] Defence Research & Development Organisation Tel: 011-23902403; 23902474; Fax: 011-23819151 & Local Correspondents SECRETARY Ahmednagar: Lt Col. AK Singh, Vehicles Research & Development Department of Defence Research & Development Establishment (VRDE); Ambernath: Dr Susan Titus, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL); Balasore/Chandipur: Shri Santosh Munda, Integrated Test Range (ITR); Dr AK Sannigrahi, Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE); Bengaluru: Shri Subbukutti S, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE); Smt MR Dear friends, Bhuvaneswari, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS); Smt Faheema AGJ, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR); Ms Tripty Rani The show goes on, characters change. Each one of us in this great Bose, Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC); Smt Josephine Nirmala M, Defence Avionics Research Establishment organisation, play our part and move on. What the organisation (DARE); Shri Kiran G, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE); has achieved, name, fame and reputation is the result of dedication Shri KM Veerabhadra, Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE); Dr Vishal Kesari, Microwave Tube Research & Development put in by each one of us. We are duty bound to ensure that DRDO Centre (MTRDC); Chandigarh: Dr HS Gusain, Snow & Avalanche Study attains greater heights in the time to come. Remember “Nothing is Establishment (SASE); Chennai: Shri PD Jayaram, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE); Dehradun: Shri Impossible”. Abhai Mishra, Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL); Shri JP Singh, Instruments Research & Development Establishment The month gone by saw many important events. “DRDO Awards” (IRDE); Delhi: Shri Ashutosh Bhatnagar, Centre for Personnel Talent recognised the hard and exemplary work put in by our scientists. Management (CEPTAM); Dr Rajendra Singh, Centre for Fire, Explosive These torch bearers are the future of DRDO and the guiding light for & Environment Safety (CFEES); Dr Dipti Prasad, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS); Dr Dolly Bansal, Defence Institute others to emulate. Keep up the good job. ‘NavRachna’ saw the best of Psychological Research (DIPR); Shri Navin Soni, Institute of Nuclear of the best ideas emerging. This is the beginning of our relentless Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS); Shri Anurag Pathak, Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA); Dr Indu Gupta, Laser Science & efforts to get new, dynamic, implementable and futuristic ideas Technology Centre (LASTEC); Ms Noopur Shrotriya, Scientific Analysis for use by our defence forces. The curtain comes down on DRDO Group (SAG); Dr Rupesh Kumar Chaubey, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL); Gwalior: Shri RK Srivastava, Defence R&D Establishment Robotics and Unmanned System Exposition (DRUSE) with eye- (DRDE); Haldwani: Dr Atul Grover, Defence Institute of Bio-Energy opener entries pan-India students. My complements for smooth Research (DIBER); Hyderabad: Shri Hemant Kumar, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL); Shri Pramod K Jha, Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS); conduct of such a mega event. “Young Scientist Meet” as usual was Dr JK Rai, Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG); bubbling with young confidence, with sparkles in the eyes of all our Shri JP Singh, Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS); youngsters. A major milestone was achieved with the life extension Shri ARC Murthy, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL); Dr Manoj Kumar Jain, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory and indigenous sub-systems trials of BrahMos missile . Kudos to (DMRL); Dr K Nageswara Rao, Defence Research & Development the well deserving team. A major and commendable effort was the Laboratory (DRDL); Shri N Venkatesh, Research Centre Imarat (RCI); Jagdalpur: Dr Gaurav Agnihotri, SF Complex (SFC); Jodhpur: Shri release of the “DRDO Product Portfolio” by the DPI in a very short Ravindra Kumar, Defence Laboratory (DL); Kanpur: Shri AK Singh, time-span. My complements to the Director, Directorate of Public Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE); Kochi: Shri S Radhakrishnan, Naval Physical & Interface (DPI), and his team for the job done very well. Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL); Leh: Dr Dorjey Angchok, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR); Mussoorie: Dr Gopa Friends, ‘Media’ plays an important role in creating awareness B Choudhury, Institute of Technology Management (ITM); Mysuru: about an organisation and maintain its reputation. I expect each Dr M Palmurugan and Shri NV Nagraj, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL); Pune: Dr (Mrs) JA Kanetkar, Armament Research one of you to forward your achievements, important activities and Development Establishment (ARDE); Dr Vijay Pattar, Defence shaping the future of technology, to DPI, duly vetted by your cluster Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT); Shri AM Devale, High head, for forwarding to media. The nation should know that we are Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL); Shri SS Arole, Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&DE (E)]; Tezpur: working 24x7, leaving no stone unturned, to provide best to our Dr Jayshree Das, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL); Visakhapatnam: defence forces. Wishing you all a satisfying time ahead. Dr (Mrs) V Vijaya Sudha, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL)
Cover: RM presenting Titanium Trophy to Director DMSRDE, Kanpur Jai Hind.
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Hon’ble Raksha Mantri presenting Silicon Trophy 2016 to Dr BK Das, Director, Integrated Test Range
on’ble Raksha Mantri (RM) Smt Sitharaman said, “DRDO has been Dr Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre former SA Smt Nirmala Sitharaman making steady progress and probably to RM, Secretary DDR&D, and DG, Hreiterated indigenization of talking less where they actually should DRDO who received DRDO Lifetime the defence equipment if India was to be talking a lot more about their Achievement Award-2016, and the be a manufacturing hub for Defence achievements”. She enunciated the SA to RM, DS and DG (Missiles and products. Indigenization has got to be on ‘Make in India’ in her statement, and Strategic Systems) Dr G Satheesh Reddy the top of the agenda as manufacturing called upon every stakeholders to who received Technology Leadership cannot be done continuously and actively participate in the campaign. Award- 2016. constantly with borrowed technology Raksha Mantri gave the awards Dr S Christopher, Chairman DRDO, and hence that is where DRDO’s to various DRDO scientists for their and Secretary DDR&D e-launched the Research and Development plays a very outstanding contributions. Some of the NavRachna and released DRDO@60 critical role, she said. RM was speaking prominent awardees included: Dr VK Portfolio on the occasion. The function at the DRDO Awards 2016 and 2017 Saraswat, former SA to RM, Secretary also witnessed handing over of Ceremony held at DRDO Bhavan on 14 Department of Defence R&D (DDR&D), technologies developed by DRDO to May 2018. and DG, DRDO who received DRDO three firms. Dr Christopher, in his Congratulating all the awardees, Lifetime Achievement Award-2017; address, shared the success story and
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posited the achievements of DRDO DRDO also celebrated National Laboratory (TBRL), delivered talks on in the recent past and encouraged Technology Day on the occasion. Two “The Emerging Defence Technologies scientists to continue the good work. invited speakers, Shri Nitin Sharma, and Research Initiatives in DRDO”, He congratulated the awardees and Scientific Analysis Group (SAG) and and “Shakti-98: My Experiences and reminded them to always keep the Dr Manjit Singh, DS and Director Chronology”, respectively. team-spirit alive. Terminal Ballistics Research The Awardees
Award Year 2016 Year 2017
DRDO Lifetime Achievement Dr Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre, former Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, former SA Award SA to RM, Secretary, DD R&D, and DG to RM, Secretary, DD R&D, and DG DRDO DRDO Technology Leadership Award Dr CP Ramanarayanan, DS & DG Dr P Sivakumar, DS and Director (Aeronautical Systems) Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE) Dr G Satheesh Reddy, DS & DG (MSS), and SA to RM Dr Ashim Kumar Mukhopadhyay, OS, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) Scientist of the Year Award Shri Patrick D’Silva, Sc ‘G’, Defence Dr Kandikattu Siva Kumar, Sc ‘G’, Research & Development Laboratory Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DRDL) (DMRL) Dr Manju Lata Gupta, Sc ‘G’, Smt Sunita Devi Jena, Sc ‘G’, Defence Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Research & Development Laboratory Sciences (INMAS) (DRDL) Dr Madhusudan Pal, Sc ‘F’, Defence Dr Rahul Bhattacharya, Sc ‘G’, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences Research & Development Establishment (DIPAS) (DRDE) Ms Navneet Gaba, Sc ‘F’, Scientific Shri Sudhir Khare, Sc ‘G’, Instruments Analysis Group(SAG) Research & Development Establishment Dr Dev Vrat Kamboj, Sc ‘F’, (IRDE) Defence Research & Development Shri RD Misal, Sc ‘G’, Aerial Delivery Establishment (DRDE) Research and Development Establishment Shri PVS Ganesh Kumar, Sc ‘G’, (ADRDE) Naval Science Technological Laboratory Shri S Pazhanikumar, Sc ‘F’, Combat (NSTL) Vehicles Research & Development Estt. Shri Sanjay Chaudhuri, Sc ‘F’, (CVRDE) Vehicles Research Development Dr Manu Korulla, Sc ‘G’, Naval Science Establishment (VRDE) & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) Shri VK Dixit, Sc ‘G’, Armament Shri Dilip Yammanuru, Sc ‘G’, Research & Development Establishment Aeronautical Development Establishment (ARDE) (ADE) Dr Vemuri Madhu, Sc ‘G’, Defence Shri Saumendra Nath Datta, Sc ‘F’, Metallurgical Research Laboratory Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (DMRL) (CHESS) Shri Anindya Biswas, Sc ‘G’, Dr Manmohan Parida, Sc ‘G’, Defence Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) Shri YST Raju, Sc ‘G’, Combat Shri Praveen Kumar Srivastava, Sc ‘F’, Vehicles Research and Development Snow & Avalanche Study Estt (SASE) Establishment (CVRDE) Dr Gurudutta Gangenahalli, Sc ‘G’, Shri BS Reddy, Sc/Engg ‘G’, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Aeronautical Development Agency Sciences (INMAS) (ADA)
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Award Year 2016 Year 2017 Scientist of the Year Award Shri Jaikumar Venkatraman, Dr SC Bhattacharyya, Sc ‘G’, Advanced Sc ‘G’, Electronics & Radar Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM) Development Establishment (LRDE) R Venugopal, Sc ‘G’, Advanced Systems Shri APVS Prasad, Sc ‘G’, Laboratory (ASL) Aeronautical Development Smt U Jeya Santhi, Sc ‘G’, System Establishment (ADE) Planning Implementation Centre (SPIC) Smt R Sheena Rani, Sc ‘G’, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) Academy Excellence Award Prof SR Chakravarthy, IIT, Chennai Prof V Ramgopal Rao, IIT, Delhi Best Techno Managerial Shri Ajay Singh, Chief Executive, Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal, Sc ‘G’ Services/ DCW&E, DRDO HQ and his team & Director, Extramural Research & Intellectual Property Rights (ER&IPR), Popular Science Shri Gopal Bhushan, Sc ‘G’ and Communication Award Director, Defence Scientific Information DRDO HQ and his team and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) Shri Manish Bhardwaj, Sc ‘G’ and and his team Director, Directorate of Public Interface (DPI) and his team Silicon Trophy Integrated Test Range (ITR) Centre for Air Borne System (CABS)
Titanium Trophy Defence Materials & Store Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE) DRDO Award for Path Breaking Dr Seema Vinayak, Sc ‘G’ and Dr Suman Roy Choudhary, Sc ‘G’, Research/Outstanding Dr Renu Tyagi, Sc ‘G’, Solid State Naval Materials Research Laboratory Technology Development Physics Laboratory (SSPL), and their (NMRL), and his team team Smt V Prameela, OS, Defence Research Shri Faisal Khalid, Sc ‘F’, Naval & Development Laboratory (DRDL) Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), and his team Agni Award for Excellence in Dr Manjit Singh, DS, and Shri MH Rahaman, DS & former DG, Self-Reliance Director,Terminal Ballistic Research Technology Management (TM) and his Laboratory (TBRL) and his Team team Shri M Raghavendra Rao, Sc ‘G’, Dr Shailendra Vasant Gade, OS, Defence Research & Development Armament Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) and his team Establishment (ARDE) and his team , Sc ‘G’, Shri MW Trikande Dr Binay Kumar Das, OS and Director Vehicles Research & Development Integrated Test Range (ITR) and his team Establishment (VRDE) and his team Shri S Ramakrishnan, Sc ‘F’, Shri Sushil Raina, Sc ‘G’, Microwave Electronics & Radar Development Tube Research & Development Centre Establishment (LRDE) and his team (MTRDC) and his team Shri MV Rajasekhar, Sc ‘F’, Shri P Jayapal, OS and Chief Executive, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), and Centre for Military Airworthiness & Shri Prashant T Rojatkar, Sc ‘G’, Certification (CEMILAC) and his team Armament Research & Development Dr Manoj Gupta, OS, High Energy Establishment(ARDE) and their team Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) Shri VS Radha Krishna, Sc ‘G’, and his team Defence Electronics Research Shri SM Bhave, Sc ‘G’, Naval Science & Laboratory (DLRL) and his team Technological Laboratory (NSTL) and his Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, OS team and Director, Naval Physical and Ms Shashikala Sinha, Sc ‘G’, Research Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), and Centre Imarat (RCI) and her team his team
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Award Year 2016 Year 2017
DRDO Award for Performance Shri A Joseph, OS, Defence Research Dr RS Pundir, OS and Director, Defence Excellence & Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL) his team and his team Shri M Ugender Reddy, OS, Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and his team Shri KPS Murthy, OS, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) and his team Shri Rajiv Narang, Sc ‘G’, Centre for Fire, Explosives and Environment Safety (CFEES) and his team Special Award for Strategic Shri Arun Agarwal, Sc ‘G’, Terminal Shri PK Mehta, DS & DG (ACE), Contribution Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials and his team (ACEM) and his team Shri Vishnu Chandra Jha, Sc ‘G’, Shri Amod Mathur, Sc ‘G’, System System Planning Implementation Planning Implementation Centre (SPIC) Centre (SPIC) and his team and his team Defence Technology M/s Jain Agro Food Products Pvt. M/s Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd and Absorption Award Ltd and M/s Amado Tools M/s M/s Lakshmi Machine Technologies SMPP and M/s Tirven Industries & Engineering Industries Ltd and M/s Pvt. Ltd. Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd. Defence Technology Spin-Off Research & Development Defence Food Research Laboratory Award Establishment (Engineers), (DFRL) and Defence Bioengineering and Gas Turbine Research Establishment Electro-medical Laboratory (GTRE) (DEBEL) and Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS)
Best Innovation/Futuristic Smt D Anuradha, Sc ‘F’, Electronics Shri Anup Lal Shah, Sc ’G’, Centre for Development & Radar Development Establishment High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS) (LRDE) and her team DRDO Newsletter congratulates all the awardees.
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DRDO Robotics & Unmanned System Exposition As part of its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, DRDO organised DRDO Robotics and Unmanned System Exposition (DRUSE) for Indian engineering students. The exposition is an open platform to popularize and synergise the national talent in the areas of robotics and unmanned systems for defence applications. The competition focuses on generating innovative ideas and novel concepts for development of robotics and unmanned systems for some of the challenging operational requirements and needs of the Indian armed forces. Around 1088 proposals were received and screened at 1st level for Smt Manimozhi Theodore taking keen interest in models made by the students plagiarism, quality of proposals in innovations in the area of Robotics. Delhi were also present. terms of scope, relation of problem The event was inaugurated by Prof. The two-day event bring to view being addresses to the selected themes, BR Mehta, Dean (R&D), IIT Delhi. presentations by students along with clarity of solution offered, innovation, The occasion was graced by Shri M demonstration of various working originality and reliability. After 1st level H Rahman, former DG (HR&TM), models. The students came up with of screening, 162 teams were declared DRDO and Director Joint Advance lot of innovative ideas. Top five teams qualified on 31 January 2018 for the 2nd Technology Centre, Shri RK Jain, Sc from North Zone were selected for final level of screening planned at six zonal ‘G’, LASTEC, and the Chairman of round of screening. centres to facilitate wide participation Screening Committee. Senior scientists from engineering students all over the from R&DE (E) and Professors from IIT country. SOUTH ZONE DRUSE The 2nd level screening for 30 qualified proposals was carried out by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) during 28-29 March 2018. Out of the 30 teams, five teams were selected for 3rd level screening. Smt Manimozhi Theodore, Director, CAIR, distributed certificates and cheques to all the 30 teams.
NORTH ZONE DRUSE Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) organized North Zone DRUSE during 31 March and 1 April 2018 at IIT Delhi. Thirty teams from various engineering colleges of North Zone participated and showcased their Students with their model at IIT Delhi
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NORTH-EAST ZONE DRUSE Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), Tezpur, in coordination with Research and Development Establishment Engineers [R&DE(E)], Pune, organised the 2nd level screening for DRUSE NE zone at IIT Guwahati on 6 April, 2018. The event was inaugurated by Shri MH Rahman, former DG HR, DRDO. A total of 13 teams from various technical institutes of North-East region participated in the event. DRUSE at IIT Guwahati
tot DFRL Signs LAToT with M/s BTW India
efence Food Research the agreement on 24 April 2018 at Shelf-stable No Preservative Laboratory, Mysuru, signed DFRL, Mysuru. Chapaties are processed in retort Licensing Agreement for Transfer D The technology is essentially based amenable special flexible polymeric of Technology (LAToT) for Retort on three important critical factors, films to achieve commercial sterility. Processed Ready-to-Eat Foods and namely, packaging systems, processing The product is in ready-to-eat form and Shelf-Stable No Preservative Chapaties schedule and the requirement of could be warmed up by dipping the pack with M/s BTW India, New Delhi. product recipes. The process schedule in hot water or keeping the same on hot Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Director, has been optimized for various food plate before consumption. The shelf- DFRL and Mr Harvind Sharma, Head products with respect to compositions life of the product is 12 months under (Operations), M/s BTW India, signed as well as volume. ambient storage condition.
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National Technology Day National Technology Day (NTD) is celebrated every year on 11th May to commemorate successful nuclear tests conducted at Pokhran, Rajasthan, on 11 May 1998. Defence Science Forum (DSF) celebrated the day at Bhagvantham Auditorium, Metcalfe House, Delhi, by organising National Technology Day Oration on “The Challenges and Opportunities in Waste Management in India” by Dr Ajay Pradhan, Chairman National Solid Waste Association of India. Shri AK Singh, Convenor DSF, elucidated history of India’s technological innovations and many others, as a viable approach in for ANURAG in Design of Seeker excellence and described the day as tackling the problems of waste in India. Components”. Smt Uma Gupta, Sc a quest for scientific temperament, Shri GH Kumara, Sc ‘E’, Gas Turbine ‘F’, gave NTD oration on “Big Data technological creativity and integration Research Establishment (GTRE), Analytics: A Disruptive Technology”. of science, society and industry. Bengaluru; Shri Yashpal Singh, She was presented NTD Oration Medal In his informative oration Dr Ajay Sc ‘F’, Terminal Ballistics Research and Certificate by the Chief Guest. Pradhan emphasised the need to reduce, Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh; Shri reuse and recycle waste and said that Amit Prabhat Singh Yadav, Sc ‘D’, Solid DEBEL, BENGALURU the responsibility not only lies with the State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), Delhi, Dr Sanchita Sil, Sc ‘D’, delivered an government but with the citizens also. presented their papers on “Design of oration titled “Raman Spectroscopy: He lamented that waste infrastructure, High Speed Gearbox Components and Challenges and Opportunities’’. She waste management technology, waste High Speed Test Rig”, “Development gave an introductory brief on the policy and consultant engineer on waste of Advanced Concrete Penetration evolution of Raman Spectroscopy after management are almost negligible. Warhead Technology”, “Design and the discovery of Raman Effect in 1928 He exhorted DRDO to take up this Development of L-band Digitally and highlighted the potential of Raman opportunity and use their expertise in controlled MMIC Phase Shifter for spectroscopy in materials and biology. filling the technology gap needed for Radar System using G7S Technology of She explained her contribution in this the waste management. He also said GAETEC”, respectively. field towards using this tool in detection that it is imperative to sensitise, make The following DRDO labs also of NBC agents. She was presented awareness about management of waste celebrated NTD: NTD Oration by Dr UK Singh, OS and Director, DEBEL. in order to make the Swachh Bharat ANURAG, hyderabad Abhiyan a success. Speaking about the waste Shri Yogesh Kumar Verma, Project management, Dr Ajay Pradhan Director, AESA Seeker, Program AD, reminded that everyone shares an equal was the Chief Guest on the occasion and responsibility and should segregate gave a talk on “Design and Development waste and believe in the concept of of RF Seeker and Opportunities considering waste a resource. Dr Ajay Pradhan also highlighted some of the sustainable approaches in solid waste like strengthening urban institutions, incorporation of informal sector in mainstream, incentives and disincentives, PPP model, etc., and suggested that bio-methanation, among
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DL, Jodhpur INMAS, Delhi NPOL, Kochi Dr SR Vadera, Director, DLJ, in his Dr Paban Kumar Agrawala, Sc ‘E’, Shri G Vijay Gopal, Sc ‘E’, delivered address emphasised on converting the delivered NTD oration on “Development the technology day oration on functionality of the products into its of Radiation Countermeasure Agents: ‘Sound and Vision”, elaborating the operationality. A technical exhibition a Novel Approach” on 10 May 2018 technologies and challenges in the area was organized for the general public at INMAS Delhi. He highlighted the of acoustic imaging, and opportunities exhibiting items and technologies contributions of INMAS in conducting in using imaging sonars for underwater developed by DLJ. Forty working research and development in nuclear and surveillance. Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, science models prepared by 143 students radiological eventuality management OS and Director, NPOL, presented the from various schools of Jodhpur were including protection, decontamination, NTD medal to the technology day orator. also displayed in the exhibition. The and decorporation of radioactivity. Dr G As part of the celebration, an invited three best models were awarded. Athithan, DS and DG, Micro Electronic talk on “Leveraging Technology for the Technology Day Oration was delivered Devices & Computational Systems Real World” by Shri G Vijayaraghavan, by Dr Prashant Vashishtha, Sc ‘F’, on (MED, CoS & CS), DRDO, presented CEO, Techno Park, and former Planning ‘Indigenous Development of Chaff’. NTD oration medal and certificate to Dr Board member of Kerala was also Dr Vashishtha was presented NTD Agrawala. organized. The informative talk focused Oration Medal and Certificate. on the significance of S&T innovations in India and their applications for societal missions
ITR, Chandipur Dr BK Das, OS and Director ITR, DRL, Tezpur inaugurated the programme. In his Dr Vanlalhmuaka, Sc ‘E’, delivered inaugural address, Dr Das highlighted RCI, Hyderabad NTD oration on “Scope of CRISPR- the importance of technology in modern based Technology for Control of Vector life and encouraged all scientists, Shri K Sambasiva Rao, Sc ‘D’, Borne Diseases and Agricultural Pest.” technologists to be more creative delivered NTD oration on ‘’Development His talk covered various methods for and innovative in their approach in of Electronic Beam Switching Antenna’’ combating vector-borne diseases of both addition to their normal assignment. for long range data link applications. human and agricultural crops. Science Shri Pradipta Roy, Sc ‘E’, presented Prof. (Dr) K Senthil Kumar, MIT, Anna exhibition and quiz competition were the oration on “Real Time Visibility University, Guest of Honour, highlighted organised for senior secondary science Enhancement of Foggy Videos for Range current trends in UAVs and its role students. Over 50 students participated Tracking Applications” for which he was in disaster management and societal in this event. presented with a DRDO commendation applications. Shri MV Gowtama, CMD, Dr BJ Gogoi, Sc ‘E’, and Dr S Sharma, certificate. Prizes were also distributed BEL, Chief Guest, spoke about need for Sc ‘C’, also delivered talks on “Products among employees being winners in the better interaction between DRDO and and Technology of DRDO and DRL”, competitions organized on the occasion BEL. Shri BHVS Narayana Murthy, OS respectively. of NTD. & Director, presided over the function.
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Raising day celebration
ANURAG, hyderabad
dvanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG), AHyderabad, celebrated its Raising Day on 4 May 2018. Dr G Athithan, DS and DG (MED, CoS & CS), was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Dr (Smt) Mala Iyengar, IFA (R&D) and Dr RK Sharma, DS and Director, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) were the Guests of Honour. The program began with lighting of lamp and invocation song. It was followed by addresses by Shri K Santeppa, Associate Director, Dr JVR Sagar, Director, ANURAG, and the Chief Guest. Cultural programme was organized with performances by employees and their children. Lab-level DRDO Awards Arjun MBT Mk-II, Arjun ARRV, Arjun The employees who have rendered and Cash Awards were distributed for Catapult and about the upcoming 25 years of outstanding services were the commendable performance for the AFV and aircraft projects. He also felicitated with mementoes. Lab awards year 2017. Mementos were distributed appreciated the cooperation rendered were distributed on this occasion. Prizes to employees who completed 20 and by the family members of CVRDE. were also distributed for the winners in 25 years of service. Awards were also Cultural programme was conducted sports and cultural activities. distributed for innovative idea contest. by the officers and staffs of CVRDE.
CVRDE, chennai ombat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment C(CVRDE), Chennai, celebrated DRDO diamond Jubilee and its Raising Day on 17 and 18 April 2018 in a grand manner. As part of diamond jubilee, cultural programs were organized by inviting Tamil Nadu Nattupura Kalaigal artists. CVRDE employees, retired officers and staffs attended the function. Shri P Prince Paul, Vice Chairman, Works Committee welcomed the gathering. Dr P Sivakumar, DS and Director, CVRDE, delivered the Raising Day message and spelt out the achievements of CVRDE in 2017. He highlighted the major milestones of CVRDE such as development of
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Dr Christopher inaugurates Young Scientists Forum, Hyderabad Region oung Scientists Forum, Hyderabad Region was Yinaugurated by Dr S Christopher, Chairman, DRDO and Secretary, DD R&D at Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad on 15 April 2018. Dr Tessy Thomas, DS and Director, ASL, expressed that the forum would provide a platform to the young scientists to share their knowledge and contribute towards achieving organizational goals. Dr S Christopher delivered the inaugural address. Presentation on DRDO@60 was given by Ms Priyanka, Sc ‘D’, INMAS and Ms Nupur, Sc ‘C’, SAG. Chairman DRDO lays Foundation Stone of SUVIDA r S Christopher, Chairman, DRDO and Secretary, DDDR&D laid the foundation stone of Supercomputing and Visualization Centre for Defence Applications (SUVIDA) at Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG), Hyderabad, on 15 April 2018. The multi Peta FLOPS facility would meet the futuristic high performance computing requirements of DRDO. Dr G Athithan, DG (MED CoS&CS), Shri PK Mehta, DG (ACE), Shri Sudhir Gupta, DG (TM) and other dignitaries including Directors of Hyderabad-based DRDO labs were present on the occasion. DTRL Renovated Building inaugurated enovated building of the Defence Terrain Research Laboratory R(DTRL) was formally inaugurated by DG (ACE) Shri PK Mehta. Maj Gen Girish Kumar, VSM, Surveyor Gen of India, and Shri Gagan Inder Wadhwa, CCE (R&D), Delhi, along with Dr MR Bhutiyani, Director, DTRL were present on the occasion.
www.drdo.gov.in june 2018 13 Focus GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor Technology: Epi wafers & Devices This column covers the pathbreaking and successful projects and programmes of the DRDO.
allium Nitride (GaN)-based this technology, a project entitled its capability of scaling up for volume High Electron Mobility AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility production and low manufacturing cost. GTransistor (HEMT) technology Transistors: Material and Device A specially designed MOCVD reactor is revolutionizing the modern defence Technology Development (BALRAM) was established and a production RF and electronic warfare systems. was undertaken by Solid State Physics worthy GaN HEMT epi-wafer growth The capability of AlGaN/GaN HEMT Laboratory (SSPL) as a first step towards technology was developed with to deliver high power, high frequency, achieving long term self-reliance sustained R&D efforts. high linearity, high efficiency and high in GaN-based material, high power A variety of crystalline substrate temperature performance renders devices/MMICs for RF applications. options, namely, Sapphire, SiC and it the most sought after device for SSPL evolved process control and Si, were explored for growing the applications in advanced radars, data characterization methodologies, desired epitaxial hetero-structures. links, satcoms, etc. Particularly for besides, timely development of However, the technology development RF power applications, GaN-based facilities for (a) epi-wafer growth and was finally confined on SiC due to its HEMT technology offers a significant characterization, (b) device simulation, least mismatch in lattice constant and advantage over the existing gallium (c) device fabrication and (d) DC, RF thermal expansion coefficient with GaN. arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave and load pull measurement etc. Further, a high thermal conductivity of Integrated Circuits (MMICs). This is SiC renders it most suitable for high primarily due to the capability of GaN TECHNOLOGY power RF applications. devices to operate at higher voltages DEVELOPMENT owing to very high breakdown fields The main challenges in developing associated with them. Additionally, EPI-Wafer Growth Technology the GaN HEMT material technology the GaN devices offer much higher included achieving the desired 2D AlGaN/GaN hetero-structures impedance resulting in the requirement electron density and mobility with having a two dimensional (2D) electron of less complex matching networks in reduced dislocation density and control gas with a high electron density of ~1013 RF power amplifier integrated circuits. over impurities acting as deep electron cm-2 and electron mobility of ~2000 cm-2 On the whole, GaN technology results traps. Other crucial requirements for V-1s-1 are required for fabrication of high in minimizing the sizes of RF ICs by AlGaN/GaN HEMT structure included performance HEMT devices. A typical a factor of ten or even higher over the (a) the growth of high resistivity GaN competing RF technologies. Moreover, GaN HEMT hetero-structures consists buffer layer, (b) precisely controlled the low current operation aided with of a multilayer hetero-epitaxial structure 1 nm AlN exclusion layer with sharp a higher efficiency results in power with strict control over composition as interfaces and (c) growth of crack saving and reduced costs for cooling well as thicknesses at nanometer scale. free AlGaN layers with step flow the system. Therefore, the GaN-based The desired smoothness/abruptness morphology while maintaining power amplifiers constitute the heart of of various interfaces at sub-nanometer minimum particulate generation during present day transceiver (T/R) modules level requires atomic scale control growth. The indigenous GaN HEMT in AESA (Active Electronically Scanned over growth process. Metal Organic materials technology is matured and Array) radars and communication Chemical Vapour Deposition (MDCVD) device quality epi-wafers are regularly systems. was selected for developing AlGaN/GaN produced for fabrication of Power To harness the potential of HEMT epi-wafer growth process for HEMT devices and MMICs.
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Power HEMT Device power HEMT technology. Optimum 43 GHz, respectively. In order to achieve fabrication, RF and Power passivation mitigates the well-known high performance for a given AlGaN/ Characterization phenomena of current collapse and GaN HEMT, features holding the I-V knee walkout. Reduced current maximum importance are high off-state Development of HEMT device collapse and knee walk-out results into breakdown voltage, current recovery, fabrication technology involves a large higher output power density and long low gate and buffer leakage and low number of unit processes that are term device reliability in GaN HEMTs. on-state resistance. Optimization of integrated to realize the devices with The process of GaN HEMT surface these features through simulations, reliable and reproducible performance. passivation was optimized for current process technology development and The first tryst with GaN power device recovery and achieving high breakdown characterization was achieved. development involved generation of voltage. complete technological know-how ab The main technology breakthrough initio. RF measurements on GaN HEMT included the control over breakdown involving high power densities voltage and knee walkout after device The design of Process Evaluation require development of a thorough surface passivation through the Vehicles (PEVs) for process development understanding of the complexities incorporation of field plates over gates. and assessment was the first step. therein. Specialized measurement set- The technology has been developed on Suitable Process Control Monitor up and methodologies were developed 75 mm AlGaN/GaN on SiC substrates. (PCM) structures were incorporated for for this purpose. A dedicated load pull Depletion mode HEMT devices with a strict monitoring of the fabrication system was assembled in-house and peak drain current density of 1 A/ process. Unit processes like formation is now being utilized regularly. As the mm, peak DC trans-conductance of of ohmic and Schottky metal contacts, power devices in general are oscillating ~230 mS/mm and extrapolated power device passivation, dry etching for and need special measurement output of 5-6 W/mm for small periphery contact-formation/device-isolation, techniques, a stabilization network was devices have been achieved. plated air bridge interconnection for designed and fabricated to carry out the reduced parasitic, etc., were successfully measurements. Post Project Developments developed and integrated. Devices fabricated with gate length Packaged devices with gate width Surface passivation is one of the of 0.4 µm and 0.25 µm demonstrated of up to 2.4 mm were measured to give most important processes in GaN the cut-off frequencies of 33 GHz and saturated output power of 7-8 W in S and C bands. The in-house developed bias tees have enabled the on-wafer load pull measurement of large periphery devices. The 3 mm devices in fish bone configuration could be measured to deliver a saturated output power of 15 W. The enhancement of breakdown voltage by incorporating field plates, increased the device operating voltage suitability up to 50 V from 28 V operation. Also with field plates, due to reduction in peak electric field, the availability of active electron taps between gate and drain reduces drastically resulting in minimum current collapse and knee walkout. The in-house fabricated field plated devices have successfully delivered an output RF power density ~5 W/mm at 28 V and ~10 W/mm at 50 V operation Complete cycle from material growth to Device fabrication and packaging developed at SSPL up to 6 GHz.
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uniformity and process repeatability has been established over a large numbers of runs. The achieved material characteristics are comparable to the state-of-the-art in material technology. The current status of achieved power density is ~10 W/mm at 50 V and breakdown voltage greater than 150 V with field plate integration and is comparable with state-of-the-art device technology for S band applications. 30 Finger, 3 mm GaN HEMT device delivering 15 W power CURRENT STATUS AND WAY FORWARD AlGaN/GaN HEMT epi-wafers grown are being used for device fabrication. Currently further advancement in material technology is under process for growth of iron and carbon doped buffer-based hetero- structures for further higher breakdown voltage operation in X band and beyond. FE-SEM image of fabricated GaN HEMT with gate and source field Apart from this, growth technology GAN TECHNOLOGY FOR process drift and their control. The PRODUCTION production process is now established to deliver discrete HEMTs in S/C band. A Complete process sequence of completely processed GaN HEMT wafer GaN HEMT device fabrication has fabricated at GAETEC was released in been established at GAETEC. This 2017. involved establishing all unit processes on production systems and their ACHIEVEMENTS integration. The main challenge in AlGaN/GaN HEMT EPI-wafers transferring and establishing any have been developed on SiC substrates, process on production system is the achieving mobility >2000 cm-2 V-1s1 identification of critical factors causing with 2o density of ~1013 cm-2. On-wafer
1.7-2.1 GHz 10W Linear Power Amplifier is being upgraded to 4” diameter. The device process technology for 0.7 µm GaN HEMT has been stabilized and established for production at GAETEC. Using the indigenously developed 0.7 μm gate GaN HEMT discrete device, a 1.7-2.1 GHz 10 W linear power amplifier circuit is successfully designed, fabricated, assembled and tested for the desired performance. The amplifier can be used in the chain as driver amplifier to feed higher capacity power amplifiers. The development for 0.25 µm technology for X band applications is at advanced stage along with passive components. This will enable speedy development of GaN-based MMICs with applications up Processed GaN HEMT wafer was released by Shri Arun Jaitely, the then Raksha Mantri to X band.
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Courses on Communication & Presentation Skills two-day off-campus course on ADRDE, who in his inaugural address, Skills, etc. Apart from lectures, several “Communication & Presentation deliberated upon the effectiveness of exercises were also conducted during the ASkills for DRTC” was conducted the communication and presentation training programme. The participants by Institute of Technology Management skills for personal as well as professional were allotted different management (ITM), Mussoorie at Aerial Delivery success. topics, which were prepared and Research and Development (ADRDE), The course comprised lectures presented by them on the second day. Agra, from 22 to 23 March 2018. on Introduction to Communication A similar course was also Twenty-nine DRTC Officials of ADRDE and Interpersonal Relationship, organised by Defence Materials and attended the course. Assertive Communication Guidelines Stores Research and Development The course was inaugurated by and Exercise, Power of Non-Verbal Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur, Shri Arun Kumar Saxena, Director, Communication, Effective Presentation during 19-20 March 2018.
Course on Participative Project Management for DRTC Personnel three-day course on The CEP included topics covering participants. There were a series of “Participative Project all the stages of project life cycle such presentations and interactive sessions AManagement for DRTC as pre-project activities, execution and focusing on various aspects of project Personnel” was conducted by Centre closure to other support areas such management in the context of DRDO for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics as procurement, stores and project and the roles and expectations from the (CAIR), Bengaluru, under DRDO’s accounts and finance, etc. DRTC personnel in various areas. Continuing Education Programme Twenty-four DRTC personnel (CEP) during 18-20 April 2018. attended the CEP as registered
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Workshop on SAMEEKSHA Web Portal half-day workshop on Program Analysis Tools help in develop better Quality Software that SAMEEKSHA (Software detecting vulnerabilities in the program, promises to be more stable, perform AAssurance Made Effective by which can be missed by the compiler. optimally and also have reduced Knowledge Sharing) Web Portal was These tools not only aid in discovering security vulnerabilities. SAMEEKSHA conducted on 24 April 2018 at CAIR. vulnerabilities earlier in the program Web Portal is web interface to the SMAKEESHA is a centralized compute development cycle but also suggest SAMEEKSHA facility. infrastructure comprising of Automated possible remedial code corrections Forty-one personnel attended the Program Analysis Tools, extended automatically. Thus a combination of workshop. to scientists’ desktops over the CAIR error detection and a possible correction backbone network. enables programmer/developer to DRDO Web coordinators’ Meet efence Scientific Information participants and briefed them about the all DRDO labs are equal stakeholders in and Documentation Centre programme. He also briefed them about this effort and therefore must do their D(DESIDOC), Delhi, organised a the current status of the DRDO website. bid as expected from them. meeting of the DRDO Web Coordinators Dr Alka Suri, Director, DESIDOC, Topics covered during the meeting on 5 April 2018. Sixty-five delegates Chaired the meeting and presented the included: Inputs/suggestions/feedback from various DRDO labs/estts and vision of Chairman DRDO on making related to technology and content for Directorates from DRDO HQ attended DRDO globally visible through DRDO revamped DRDO website, issues of the meeting. Dr Rajeev Vij, Sc ‘G’, website and how DESIDOC is trying to labs/estts related to website content, convener of the meeting, welcomed the meet with his aspiration. She said that etc.
Training-cum-User Awareness Programme ESIDOC organized 5th ADRDE and DRDE participated in the purpose of this programme. Training-cum-User Awareness programme. Dr Alka Suri, Director, DESIDOC, DProgramme at ADRDE, Agra Shri Vivek Agarwal, Sc ‘F’, ADRDE informed the participants about the on 7 May 2018 for increasing users’ welcomed the participants and gave new initiatives taken by the centre awareness of the publications and an overview of the programme. to augment the information services information services provided by the Smt Alka Bansal, Sc ‘F’, DESIDOC, and future roadmap of DESIDOC. Centre. Seventy scientists/officers from briefed the participants about the Shri AK Saxena, Director, ADRDE,
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appreciated DESIDOC’s efforts in Shri Sudhanshu Bhushan, Sc ‘E’; being provided by the DESIDOC. conducting such awareness programmes Shri Nishant Kumar, Sc ‘D’; and Special lectures from E-Journals’ and asked participants to optimally use Shri Yogesh Modi, Sc ‘D’, briefed publishers to train the participants the DESIDOC services. Smt Sumati the participants about the various regarding e-journals’ access and use Sharma, Sc ‘F’; Smt Alka Bansal, publications and information services were also organised by DESIDOC. Capacity building programmes or the defence personnel deployed were nominated by the army units and accompanied by new development of in Leh and Siachen sector, Defence were very highly enthusiastic to learn new agro-animal technologies, DIHAR FInstitute of High Altitude Research novel techniques whereby they can regularly conducts such capacity (DIHAR), Leh, organized four capacity produce fresh foods within their unit building programme and is being building programmes (three in Leh and premise all round the year, even during sought after by every army units in the one in Siachen sector) pertaining to cold winter months in greenhouses. Ladakh sector. unit greening, vegetable cultivation and Due to the frequent movement greenhouse management. The trainees of personnel in and out of this sector
YOGA CERTIFICATE COURSE For Armed Forces mparting yoga training for Programme, DIPAS organized a one- Twenty-Seven participants from maintaining good health of soldiers month Yoga Certificate Course with Army, Navy, Paramilitary Forces Iin different adverse environmental monitoring of physiological responses of underwent the training course, which conditions is an important activity participants from 5 April to 4 May 2018 included theory and practical classes, of Defence Institute of Physiology in collaboration with Central Council taken by eminent faculty members and and Allied Sciences (DIPAS). To for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy experts from reputed institutions, with continue this as a Skill Developmental (CCRYN), Ministry of AYUSH. Audio-visual demonstrations.
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While introducing the participants Pranayama, Concept of Mudras, bath and hydrotherapy followed by a on yoga and yoga practices, they Bandhas and Meditation, were given as theory session. were exposed to basic principles and doing is learning. Physiological monitoring revealed physiology of yogic practices, Diet, The Participants also visited improvement in blood pressure, heart Health and Hygiene, and Yoga for Naturopathy Hospital and were given rate, lung functions, muscular strength, Wellness. Practical demonstrations on demonstration of various naturopathy body flexibility, body composition and Loosening Exercises, Yoga shatkarmas treatment and techniques of mud bath, cognitive functions. /cleansing process, Yogasanas, oil massage, mud pack therapy, steam
Hindi Workshop one-day Hindi workshop was organised by Defence AMetallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, on 5 April, 2018. Shri Satyapal Singh, Sc ‘G’, Secretary & Convener, Official Language Implementation Committee (OLIC), welcomed the participants. Smt Kaushalya, Assistant Director, Hindi Teaching Scheme, explained various articles and sub-articles of Rajbhasha implementation programme and familiarized the participants with incentive schemes of Rajbhasha implementation.
20 june 2018 www.drdo.gov.in HRD ACTIVITIES DRDO newsletter Course on Turbochargers as Turbine Research the participants about the importance NERC, USA, with vast experience in Establishment (GTRE), of turbocharger. Shri Kishore Prasad, design, development and production of GBengaluru, under the aegis of Sc ‘G’, mentioned about the various turbochargers were the key speakers. Gas Turbine Enabling Technologies topics and expertise of CONCEPT Turbocharger end users and combat (GATET) initiative, organised a Special NERC in the field of turbocharger vehicle certifying members were part Interest Group Course on Turbochargers development. Shri Kishore Kumar, of the course along with various DRDO during 19-23 March 2018. Sc ‘D’, explained turbocharger activities and public sector units. Turbo match Shri Debabrata Roy, Director, GTRE, in GTRE. software demonstration was also inaugurated the course and briefed A team of experts from CONCEPT conducted during the course.
Orientation Course for Retiring Employees aval Physical and Oceanographic from an active service life to an equally The topics covered during the Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, fulfilling retired life. course included: Psycho-sociological Norganized a two-day orientation Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, OS and aspects of retired life, healthcare in course INCREON (IN-house Course for Director, NPOL, inaugurated the course old age, Pension Pay Order (PPO) Retiring Employees of NPOL) during and cited many living examples of and pensionary benefits, planning 14-15 March 2018. The objective of successful people with commendable for judicious post retirement fund the course was to prepare the retiring achievements in their post retirement management, etc. Fifteen participants employees make a smooth transition life. attended the course.
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Personnel news Appointment automotive system, assembly of turret Awards and weapon system, integration as a Director, CVRDE tank and its field evaluation before issue. MRSI Medal This resulted in free-flow production Shri V Balamurugan, and operationalization of two regiments Dr AR James, Sc ‘F’, Sc ‘G’, has been (124) Arjun Mk I. During the course, he Defence Metallurgical appointed as successfully coordinated and completed Research Laboratory Director, Combat various major activities such as medium (DMRL) has been Vehicles Research fording demonstration, conduct of conferred MRSI Medal and Development Accelerated Usage Cum Reliability in recognition of his Establishment Trials (AUCRT) on two selected contributions to the field of Materials (CVRDE), Chennai, production tanks and comparative Science and Engineering by the Materials Research Society of India, wef from 1 May trials. Under his leadership, a third Bengaluru. 2018. Prior to this, he was working as party auditing of Arjun by expert tank Addl Director (Arjun). manufacturer from outside India was GS Tendolkar Award Shri Balamurugan obtained his completed successfully involving DRDO Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical labs, HVF, DGQA and the user for both Dr Manoj Kumar Jain, Engineering from College of design and trials. He was instrumental Sc ‘G’, DMRL, and Engineering, Guindy in 1984, Master’s in transfer of AHSP of Arjun MBT Mk co-authors have been in Industrial Metallurgy from Indian I to DGQA. conferred the GS Institute of Technology, Madras in 1987, As Project Director, Arjun MBT Mk Tendolkar Award for and Master’s in Business Administration II, he was instrumental in interacting their paper presented in in Technology Management from with the users for finalisation of the International Conference on Powder Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, upgrades and ensured fast track Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Trichy,in 1999. He had a brief stint as decision-making through Arjun Core and 44th Annual Technical Meeting Management Trainee at Steel Authority Committee. He extensively coordinated of Powder Metallurgy Association of of India Ltd (SAIL) before joining for the successful DRDO and the user’s India (PMAI) held at CIDCO Exhibition DRDO as Sc ‘B’ in CVRDE in 1987. Centre, Navi Mumbai. trials of Arjun MBT Mk II resulting in He has more than three decades Indian Army obtaining AON from DAC of experience in the development for two regiments of Arjun MBT Mk II. Life Fellow of IIPE programme of Arjun Main Battle Tank As Additional Director (ToT), he (MBT) wherein he played an active role Shri Srinivas Rao in the Pre-Production Series (PPS) of was instrumental in coordinating Nandam, Sc ‘E’, DMRL, Arjun with focus on establishing the and conducting of ToT of CCPT and has been elected as produceability and development of other products. He also spearheaded Life Fellow of the production agencies. He guided and formulation of trial directives and its Indian Institute of developed BHEL, Bhopal, as one of the successful conduct on various products Production Engineers production agencies as part of the PPS such as Arjun MBT Mk I, Arjun MBT (IIPE), Bengaluru, programme. He successfully engaged Mk II, 400 hp powerpack for BMP II, for his contributions in the field of major research institutions, viz., Welding 1000 hp engine for T72, IAVS systems, Manufacturing Engineering. Research Institute (WRI) and Central etc. Manufacturing Technology Institute He is the recipient of the Lab Scientist National NDT Award (CMTI), in developing production of the Year Award, Lab Technology documents during this phase. As Project Group Award, and DRDO Performance Dr Sony Punnose, Sc ‘E’, leader Arjun, he contributed immensely Excellence Award. He has also received DMRL, received National towards transfer of technology of Commander’s Commendation Card Non–Destructive Testing Arjun to various stakeholders such as in recognition to his devotion to duty/ (NDT) Award under Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) DGQA, distinguished service. He is a member the R&D Category-2017 EME and the users. He also provided of the Society of Automotive Engineers in recognition of her technical expertise and guidance (India) and the Indian Institute of contributions towards R&D in the field during the production of hull and Welding. He has guided more than 10 of Non-Destructive Engineering by the turret structures, assembly of chassis student projects. ISNT, Chennai.
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Higher ed PhD (Chemistry) by Savitribai Phule (DIAT) Deemed Pune University, Pune for the thesis University, Pune, for Qualification entitled “Development and Studies on the thesis entitled Acquired High Density, High Performance Casta- “Studies on Twin ble Plastic Bonded Explosive (PBX’) Screw Continuous Shri Parikshit Formulations.” Mixing and Rheology Premchand Vadhe, of Concentrated Sc ‘E’, High Energy Shri Ganesh Shankar Dombe, Suspension for Materials Research Sc ‘E’, HEMRL, has been awarded the Application in Composite Propellants.” Laboratory (HEMRL), PhD (Applied Chemistry) by Defence Pune has been award- Institute of Advanced Technology Social Activities Green Bharat Programme s a part of Green Bharat Programme, Defence AMetallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, organised a tree plantation programme by planting the saplings in the area opposite to the entrance of Powder Processing Group (PPG) building. The campaign was led by Dr Vikas Kumar, OS and Director, DMRL, along with officers and staff of who enthusiastically participated in the programme.
CAIR organised Blood Donation Camp entre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru, Ccelebrated Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar’s 127th Jayanthi by organising a blood donation camp with Bangalore Medical Service Trust, Rotary Bangalore Blood Bank. Forty CAIR employees and their family members donated blood. Rotary Blood Bank thanked all the donors, volunteers, management for helping the blood donation camp.
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CAIR, Bengaluru A team from Advanced Defence Technology Centre (ADTeC), Acquisition, Technology and Logistic Agency, Ministry of Defence, Japan, visited Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) on 16 and 17 April 2018 for technical discussion. There was a briefing by Director, CAIR followed by demonstration of technologies developed by CAIR. DARE, Bengaluru AVM MSJ Pai, VM, Commandant, AVM MSJ Pai, VM, Commandant (SDI), AF, being briefed at DARE Software Development Institute (SDI), AF, visited the facilities at DARE on 4 April 2018 and different project teams gave an overview of the projects. DIHAR, Leh Vice Admiral AR Karve, PVSM, AVSM, FoC-in-C (S), visited Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) Leh on 20 April 2018. He was briefed about the various R&D activities and services being extended by DIHAR to the 14 Corps and local population. DL, Jodhpur Lt Gen RK Jagga, AVSM, VSM, GOC HQ 12 Corps, visited Defence Laboratory (DL) on 11 May 2018. Lt Gen RK Jagga, AVSM, VSM, GOC HQ 12 Corps, being briefed about DLJ technology Lt Gen Jagga discussed the specific requirements of Armed Forces stationed at the Thar Desert and discussed their issues related to water purification and desalination, soil stabilisation, Camouflage Patterns software and PCM Cool Vest technologies. DLRL, Hyderabad Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, AVSM, NM, DG (Naval Operations), visited Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), at its ELSEC campus on 23 April 2018. Dr Anil Kumar Singh, OS and Director, DLRL briefed the visitor about the various technical activities, ongoing projects, achievements and infrastructure of the laboratory. Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, being briefed about DLRL technology
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DRDO Harnessing Science for Peace & Security- XXVI Chapter 3: over TO SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (1970–1982) The article is 28th in the Series of extracts of the monograph, “Defence Research & Development Organisation: 1958-1982”, by Shri RP Shenoy, former Director of Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE).
HEADQUARTERS Headquarters, as spelled out by the as planning and preparation of REORGANISATION Scientific Adviser, was one of support budget, interacting with Ministry to the laboratories who would be for foreign exchange allocation, and In December 1971, the Functional the backbone of the Organisation ensuring progressive allocation to Chart of the DRDO Headquarters was and monitor their performance for the laboratories, processing papers published. It got first revision in May rendering service. The functional chart on procurement of stores sent by the 1973 with the strengthening of the as well as the duties and responsibilities laboratories for approvals at DRDO Headquarters by the appointment of of the three Chief Controllers, one Joint Headquarters at Delhi, planning and an additional Chief Controller (R&D), Secretary, and the directorates under implementation of civil construction re-designation of the Chief Scientist each of them were laid out in detail. The to meet residential and laboratory as Chief Controller (R&D) and with a Scientific Adviser also stipulated that needs, security and vigilance. Three Joint Secretary working full time for the three Chief Controllers and the Joint Committees were formed for taking the DRDO. In his communication to the Secretary would not only be responsible decisions on all important technical DRDO the Scientific Adviser stated, “... for the activities in their own areas and administrative matters and they the needs of the Defence Services are but will work as a team and help each would meet periodically to review the getting more and more sophisticated other in all important, technical, progress made in the major areas of day-by-day. But the resources placed at scientific, personnel and administrative activities. The Technical Committee the disposal of the Defence Research & matters”. The three Chief Controllers, ‘A’ consisting of the SA to RM, three Development Organisation are limited. the Joint Secretary and the Director CCR&Ds, Joint Secretary, and Director In order to optimise the resources, of Administration reported directly to of Administration would meet every the R&D Headquarters has to play the Scientific Adviser. The distribution alternate Monday to consider all policy a significant role in the process of of responsibilities and duties of the and important matters. Technical analysis and decision-making and in the three Chief Controllers was such that Committee ‘B’ with SA to RM, three allocation of tasks. It has also to monitor one Chief Controller had the technical CCR&Ds, Director of Administration, progress and remove difficulties of directorates and the laboratories/ Director of Personnel and other laboratories/establishments and assist establishments primarily oriented to technical directors (on need basis) these in all possible ways to speed up Army projects under his jurisdiction, the would review the progress on all the progress of assigned tasks. It has to second one had technical directorates important projects, consider all other systematically analyse the need and to and laboratories oriented to Naval technical and administrative matters delegate authority to the laboratories/ and Air Force tasks, while the third related to specific projects, and would establishments in various matters and Chief Controller had the Headquarters need detailed consideration at higher to review the manner in which the directorates and laboratories involved/ levels. delegated authority is being used so that working in applied sciences and the The third committee called the corrective action where necessary can be Directorate of Personnel. The duties of Capital Equipment and Procurement taken with quickly on time. In addition, the Joint Secretary were to interact with Committee, would comprise the three the Headquarters must periodically the Ministry and pilot the paper work CCR&Ds, Director of Administration, forecast technological development for all schemes and proposals requiring and technical directors (on need basis). areas, collect, collate and disseminate Government approval /sanction. He The work of the Committee was to information so that development was to be associated from the early scrutinize the need for the procurement programmes are consistent with stages of the proposals. The Director of of all stores requiring foreign exchange, current and future trends and do not Administration had the responsibility capital equipment and creation of significantly fall behind.” The role of on all administrative matters such major facilities. The duties of the
www.drdo.gov.in june 2018 25 DRDO SERIES technical directors at the Headquarters respect of extending the financial from negligible to significant. In the were divided into four broad categories- powers of the heads of the laboratories. case of the governing council dedicated general duties, staff functions, technical It was later found that in effect it to one laboratory and the activities of functions and line functions. In the reduced the correspondence between the laboratory led to new processes, category of technical functions, the work the laboratories and the Headquarters materials and devices, the impact was, involved arranging and reporting on by about 25 per cent to 30 per cent. by and large, significant. However, for prototype trials of equipment/ systems equipment-oriented laboratories, the developed by the laboratories, keeping contribution of the governing councils a watch and progressing development- STORES PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES was negligible. Most of their input and to-production and induction into decisions came out of the development services of equipment to safeguard The procedure followed for the panel meetings where DRDO interacted R&D interests, and writing position purchase of test equipment, machinery, with the User and associated production papers in their field on various subjects, or any other sophisticated facility that agencies. Similarly in the case of upgrading these from time-to-time and governing councils constituted for anticipating advancing technologies and would enhance the capability of the techniques. These three Committees laboratory was antediluvian because multiple institutions, the contributions would synergise the capabilities of the the Government rules that were were not significant. In the light of top management to resolve difficult applied, were by and large framed by these it was decided to discontinue issues. The reorganisation laid in clear the colonial rulers at the beginning of the practice of constituting governing terms the duties and responsibilities the 20th century. The expansion of the councils for DRDO laboratories. with little or no overlap up to the infrastructure in the thrust areas was Instead, the development panels and level of Headquarters directors so hampered by the elaborate procedure the Project Steering Committees were that confusion was minimised and of the Government which required found to be better and true mechanisms accountability was enhanced. It was as many as 82 complicated and time- for monitoring and reviewing the work effective in reducing the delays within consuming steps involving diverse carried out by the laboratories. the DRDO. However, the technical agencies like the DGTD (Director functions of writing position papers on General of Technical Development), IMPACT ON THE various subjects was, by and large, not DGS&D (Director General of Supplies ORGANISATION carried out by the technical directors and Disposal), India Supply Mission, with the exception of a few. Department of Electronics, and so on. Four years to the day, on 1st July In view of the enormous administrative 1974, Dr BD Nag Chaudhuri moved DELEGATION OF POWERS burden that would be imposed on out of South Block where he had TO THE LABORATORIES DRDO if it took over procurement from been the Scientific Adviser to Raksha DGS&D, it was decided not to disturb Mantri, and donned the mantle of As the laboratories were well spread the present arrangement. However, an academician by becoming the out geographically and these also dealt in special cases recommended by the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru with a wide spectrum of science and Organisation, DGS&D was persuaded to University in Delhi. In that short period, technology fields, the Scientific Adviser permit DRDO to purchase directly. The he set the DRDO for the new direction expressed that there should be more uncertainties and delays in procurement or vision of contemporary system autonomy than hitherto by delegating of equipment/machinery, either from development for the Services. He more powers to them. This measure indigenous sources or foreign imports, created the department of personnel to would cut out considerable paper work continued throughout the 1970s. look into the problems of recruitment, on matters which could be dealt at the promotions and career prospects of laboratory level. Thus in June 1971, GOVERNING COUNCILS the personnel and initiated a sequence the Defence R&D Organisation issued of actions which would ultimately take letters enumerating the delegation of Governing councils had been DRDO out of the purview of UPSC. He financial powers to establishments/ constituted in the 1960s for the also decentralised the decision process laboratories. In some cases, these laboratories with participation from by initiating the delegation of powers of orders enhanced the powers of the academies and industry to provide the Scientific Adviser to the Directors of heads of the laboratories to the extent independent expert opinion on technical the laboratories. held by the Scientific Adviser and in as well as other matters to the scientists others additional powers earlier held by of the laboratories. The contributions the Scientific Adviser were delegated and the impact of the governing councils down. Similar action was taken in on the laboratories varied considerably To be continued...
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Former Prime Minister Shri Chandra Sekhar with then SA to RM Dr VS Arunachalam.
Shri Chandra Sekhar being briefed about DRDO products by Dr VS Arunachalam.
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