A Monthly Bulletin of Defence Research NEWSLETTER and Development Organisation ISSN: 0971-4391 www.drdo.gov.in JANUARY 2019 | VOLUME 39 | ISSUE 1 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES NUCLEAR CAPABLE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE BALLISTIC MISSILE AGNI-V TOT >> p05 DRDO SERIES >> p20 FOCUS >> p07 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES >> p22 EVENTS >> p09 VISITS >> p23 DRDO Newsletter JANUARY 2019 VOLUME 39 | ISSUE 1 CONTENTS ISSN: 0971-4391 COVER STORY 04 Nuclear Capable Agni-V tested Successfully TOT 05 DFRL Inked five LAToTs with Industry CAIR Hands Over SDPS Solutions to Cabinet Secretariat DRDO NEWSLETTER WISHES ITS READERS A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2019 2 JANUARY 2019 www.drdo.gov.in DRDO NEWSLETTER INFRA DEVELOPMENT 06 HRD ACTIVITIES 12 FOCUS 07 PERSONNEL NEWS 18 EVENTS 09 DRDO SERIES 20 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 22 VISITS 23 39th Year of Publication Editor-in-Chief: Dr Alka Suri Website: https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/pub/ newsletter/ Managing Editor: B Nityanand Editor: Manoj Kumar Please mail your feedback at: Editorial Assistance: Biak Tangpua [email protected] Multimedia: RK Bhatnagar Printing: SK Gupta, Hans Kumar Contact: 011-23902403; 23902474 Distribution: Tapesh Sinha, RP Singh Fax: 011-23819151 LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS Ahmednagar: Lt Col. AK Singh, Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE); Ambernath: Dr Susan Titus, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL); Chandipur: Shri Santosh Munda, Integrated Test Range (ITR); Bengaluru: Shri Subbukutti S, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE); Smt MR Bhuvaneswari, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS); Smt Faheema AGJ, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR); Ms Tripty Rani Bose, Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC); Smt Josephine Nirmala M, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE); Shri Kiran G, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE); Shri Venkatesh Prabhu, Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE); Dr Vishal Kesari, Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC); Chandigarh: Dr HS Gusain, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE); Dr Prince Sharma, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL); Chennai: Shri PD Jayaram, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE); Dehradun: Shri Abhai Mishra, Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL); Shri JP Singh, Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE); Delhi: Shri Ashutosh Bhatnagar, Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM); Dr Dipti Prasad, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS); Dr Dolly Bansal, Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR); Shri Navin Soni, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS); Shri Anurag Pathak, Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA); Dr Indu Gupta, Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC); Ms Noopur Shrotriya, Scientific Analysis Group (SAG); Dr Rupesh Kumar Chaubey, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL);Gwalior: Shri RK Srivastava, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE); Haldwani: Dr Atul Grover, Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER); Hyderabad: Shri Hemant Kumar, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL); Shri Pramod K Jha, Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS); Dr JK Rai, Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG); Ms Bidisha Lahiri, Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS); Shri ARC Murthy, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL); Dr Manoj Kumar Jain, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL); Dr K Nageswara Rao, Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL); Shri Lalith Shankar, Research Centre Imarat (RCI); Jagdalpur: Dr Gaurav Agnihotri, SF Complex (SFC); Jodhpur: Shri Ravindra Kumar, Defence Laboratory (DL); Kanpur: Shri AK Singh, Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE); Kochi: Shri S Radhakrishnan, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL); Leh: Dr Dorjey Angchok, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR); Mussoorie: Dr Gopa B Choudhury, Institute of Technology Management (ITM); Mysuru: Dr M Palmurugan and Shri NV Nagraj, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL); Panagrah: Shri Anjan Kumar Das, DRDO Integration Centre (DIC); Pune: Dr (Mrs) JA Kanetkar, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE); Dr Vijay Pattar, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT); Shri AM Devale, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL); Shri SS Arole, Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&DE (E)]; Tezpur: Dr Jayshree Das, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL); Visakhapatnam: Dr (Mrs) V Vijaya Sudha, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) www.drdo.gov.in JANUARY 2019 3 COVER STORY NUCLEAR CAPABLE AGNI-V TESTED SUCCESSFULLY gni-V, the long-range presence of scientists from DRDO and successfully achieved. This launch surface-to-surface nuclear other associated officials. comes after a series of successful Acapable ballistic missile, was Seventeen metres tall, two metres launches of the missile. The missile also successfully launched from a canister wide Agni-V is a three stage missile has advantages of higher reliability, from a road mobile launcher at the capable of carrying 1.5 tonne of nuclear longer shelf life, less maintenance and Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of warheads. Unlike other missiles of the enhanced mobility, and would further Odisha on 10 December 2018. series, Agni-V is the most-advanced strengthen the country’s deterrence The launch operations were in terms of navigation and guidance, capability developed indigenously by carried out and monitored by the warhead and engine. assiduous efforts of DRDO scientists. Strategic Forces Command (SFC) in All the mission objectives were 4 JANUARY 2019 www.drdo.gov.in TOT DRDO NEWSLETTER DFRL INKED FIVE LATOT WITH INDUSTRY efence Food Research handed over the LAToT documents to The technologies transferred Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru, the representatives of the industries. included: Instant Dal Curry by Freeze Dsigned Licensing Agreement Dr Anil Dutt Semwal, Director, Thaw Dehydration to Nidhi Food for Transfer of Technology (LAToT) Defence Food Research Laboratory, Products, Puttur; Puff and Service for transfer of food technologies Mysuru, was present on the occasion. Chapaties to Little Chef Cafe, Pune; with four Micro Small and Medium In his address Dr AK Singh Edible Cutlery to MRIST Lab Pvt Ltd, Enterprises (MSME) and Small and requested industry partners to make Mysuru and Edulis Cutlery Pvt Ltd, Medium Enterprises (SME) on 16 use of DFRL technological know how Bengaluru. November 2018. Dr AK Singh, OS to provide nutritional security in the and Director General (Life Sciences), country. CAIR HANDS OVER SDPS SOLUTIONS TO CABINET SECRETARIAT he Secure Desktop Processing DRDO laboratory, handed over SDPS definition and refinement was done in System (SDPS) solutions solutions to the Cabinet Secretariat for association with the users in multiple Tprovide immutable and their standalone document processing iterations. integrity preserving secure editing and for network access including The handing over marked the platform for creating, reading, Internet. formal release of the product by editing and sharing of sensitive data. The solutions have been DRDO to the Cabinet Secretariat. Center for Artificial Intelligence and architectured and developed by Robotics (CAIR), a Bengaluru-based the CAIR team, while the product www.drdo.gov.in JANUARY 2019 5 INFRA DEVELOPMENT RAKSHA MANTRI LaUNCHES MISSION RAKSHA GYAN SHAKTI aksha Mantri Smt Nirmala and creation of Intellectual Property. applications. Sitharaman formally launched Smt Sitharaman highlighted that while As part of the ongoing initiatives to R‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’, India has always been a knowledge enhance self-reliance in defence, the on 27 November 2018. The event hub since ancient times, however, due Department of Defence Production showcased salient inventions and to lack of awareness on modern legal has instituted a new framework titled innovations achieved by DRDO, framework for protection of IP rights, ‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’, which Defence Public Sector Undertakings our knowledge and creativity have often aims to provide a boost to the IPR (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factories (OFs), not been utilised to its full potential. culture in indigenous defence industry. which have resulted in successful filing Delivering the keynote address, The Directorate General of Quality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Secretary Defence Production Dr Ajay Assurance (DGQA) has been entrusted applications. Smt Sitharaman also Kumar highlighted the need to migrate with the responsibility of coordinating felicitated some of the scientists, who from the culture of seeking Transfer of and implementing the programme. The invented and innovated useful products Technology (ToT) from foreign sources event brought out that the end objective for the nation. A panel discussion was to generating Intellectual Property in of ‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’ is to held with participation of Chairman India, to achieve the goal of self-reliance inculcate IP culture in Indian defence and Managing Directors of all DPSUs in Defence sector. manufacturing ecosystem. to formulate a strategy for the future in The IPR has emerged as a key The event was attended by Secretary, this regard. ingredient of an ecosystem which Department of Defence R&D and While addressing the audience, stimulates innovation and ingenuity. Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Raksha Mantri lauded the efforts of The IP Facilitation Cell in the senior officers of the three Services, Department of Defence