- Former Director General of DRDO VS Arunachalam passed away.
- He was also the former scientific advisor to the defense minister under five prime ministers and the founder-chairman of the Bengaluru-based think tank Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP).
- Arunachalam’s distinguished career spanned Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), National Aeronautical Laboratory and Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory.
Defense Research and Development Organization
- DRDO is the R&D wing of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, which aims to empower India with state-of-the-art defense technologies and achieve self-reliance in critical defense technologies and systems by equipping our armed forces with state-of-the-art defense technologies.
- State-of-the-art weapon systems and equipment as per the requirements laid down by the three services.
- DRDO was formed in 1958 by merging the then already functioning Technical Development Establishment (TDE) and Directorate of Technical Development and Production (DTDP) of the Indian Army with the Defense Science Organization (DSO).
- DRDO was then a small organization with 10 establishments or laboratories.
- Dr. Sameer V Kamat is the current Secretary DDR&D and Chairman Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).