August 2009

Vol 29 No 8

In This IssueMBT Arjun Tank

handed over to the Indian Army

v MBT Arjun Tank handed over to the Indian Army

vUnmanned Ground Vehicle on BMP II Vehicle Platform

v Centre of Excellence for Radio and Satcom

v Biotechnology Laboratory-cum-transit Facility

v Manpower Development Activities

nWorkshop on Quality and Reliability

nPXE, Chandipur

nHEMRL, Pune

v Higher Qualification Obtained

v Personnel News

Promotions-■ CFEES, Delhi

■ DRDO HQrs

■ DMRL, Hyderabad

■ LRDE, Bangalore

■ RAC, Delhi

■ SAG, Delhi

■ SSPL, Delhi

v Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts

MBT Arjun, the state-of-the-art Main Battle Tank designed and developed by Combat Vehivles Research & Development Establshment (CVRDE), Avadi, achieved a significant milestone on 25 May 2009 when 16 tanks were handed over to the Indian Army towards formation of the first Arjun regiment. It was flagged-off by Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, Distinguished Scientists & Chief Controller Research & Development (NS&ACE) in a function held at Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi. Dr Pillai in his speech emphasised the advantage of indigenous efforts in defence technology and the mission of the nation to achieve 70 per cent self-reliance in defence technologies which can be achieved with synergy of designers, producers, and the users.

Shri S Sundaresh, Director, CVRDE; Lt Gen D Bhardwaj, VSM, DGMF; Shri S Chandrasekar, NDC, Addl. DGOF (AV); Shri R Shankar, Director,

DCV&E; and Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, CC R&D (NS & ACE) at the handing over function

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Lt Gen D Bhardwaj, VSM, DGMF during his address, appreciated the capabilities and perseverance of all the agencies–CVRDE/DRDO, HVF, Ordnance Factories, DGQA, PSU, private institutions and the users that made Arjun tank a reality. He exuded confidence in the Indian MBT in his speech, stating, that the Arjun Tank has proved to

the world that India cannot be ignored in the defence technology domain. The Arjun Tank is equipped with the state-of-the-art technologies and ranks among the world’s finest main battle tanks. He confidently said that it will dominate any future battle field. The Indian Army is proud to be equipped with the Arjun Tank.

Unmanned Ground Vehicle on BMP II Vehicle Platform

The first prototype of Unmanned Ground Vehicle on BMP II (Namica) vehicle platform has

been developed by Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment, Avadi, Chennai. The prototype consists of Drive-by-Wire (DBW) system which includes electromechanical actuators and drives for the driver interfaces such as acceleration, brake, gear shifting, steering, clutch, parking brake, etc. The DBW system is controlled by a PXI-based controller in the remote vehicle and receives commands on wireless LAN from a lab view-based GUI located in the base station. The position feedbacks from the encoders on the steering actuators and from limit switches on the gear shift levers are obtained at the base station for accurate control. The clutching and gear shifting operations have been combined in the

GUI, rendering the advantages of an automatic transmission to the conventional power- pack. Remote switching on the engine is also built in the controller. The unmanned BMP was demonstrated to Dr A Sivathanu PIllai, Distinguished Scientist, and Chief Controller Research & Development (NS &ACE), on 25 May 2009.

The signals from the engine, like engine rpm, vehicle speed, etc are

acquired by a data acquisition card and displayed in the GUI. The electromechanical actuators for the BMP II have been designed in such a way that the driver’s accessibility to all the control pedals is not affected. The

reverse effect on the actuators due to the manual override was considered during the

design and selection of electromechanical actuators.

Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, DS & CC R&D (NS & ACE) witnessing the first demonstration of the Unmanned BMP II

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New Facilities

The mandate of Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) is to boost the availability of fresh food items through local farmers by developing suitable technologies through R&D programmes. There is deployment of troops on sensitive borders of Ladakh even up to 22,000 feet altitude. Ladakh remains landlocked from November to May and during this period, a large quantity of processed and dehydrated vegetables and fruits are supplied to the Army from the plains, adding to the air transportation cost enormously.

Dr W Selvamurthy, Chief Guest laid the foundation of DIHAR’s Biotech Labo ra to ry -cum Transit Facility at Chandigarh on 24 June 2009 in the presence of Dr Shashi Bala Singh, Director, DIHAR. Lt Gen MS Bhuttar, VSM, Chief of Staff, Western Command, who was the Guest of Honour, lauded DIHAR’s

research and development activities and anticipated that this new facility will further strengthen DIHAR’s technologies for the benefit of the Army and Civil population in Ladakh.

Other dignitaries present at the function included Dr RB Srivastava, Director Life Sciences, DRDO HQrs; Dr RN Sarwade, Director, Snow and Avalanche

Study Establishment; Dr Satish Kumar, Director, Terminal Ballistic

Research Laboratory; Shri Abhay Kumar CCE

(N), Shri SN Raina, ACDA; senior Army Officers especially Col GPS Sandhu, Commander ‘N’ Area; Col TS Sachdeva, Director

RVS, HQ Western Command; Col Lamba

C/o 603 ASC Batallion, Col Surinder Singh, 42

MVH, Scientists from PGI, Punjab University, SASE, TBRL,

and media persons.

The technical building for Satellite-based activities SIDAC re-christened as CERS (Center of Excellence for Radio & Satcom) was inaugurated by Shri M Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, DG, DRDO & Secretary, Deptt of Defence R&D on 29 May 2009. All employees of DEAL participated in the inauguration ceremony. The centre is located in Technical Area III of DEAL Campus. By co-locating the activities in the areas of software-defined radio, satellite communication and satellite-based surveillance, a better synergy will be generated and an excellent atmosphere will be provided to the scientists to carry out R&D in these pioneering areas.

Biotechnology Laboratory-cum-Transit Facility

Centre of Excellence for Radio & Satcom

Shri M Natarajan SA to RM inaugurating CERS

Manpower Development Activities

Courses/Seminars

ITR, Chandipur

The Quality Assurance Division of Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur, organised a workshop on Quality and Reliability on 23 June 2009 for the benefit of Range Community. About 50 participants from various DRDO labs/estts attended the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to focus on the journey of establishment from the present Quality Management System as per ISO 9001 Standard to Total Quality Management and reliability prediction and estimation in the test range. The interactive sessions on JAM (Just-a-Minute), Quiz on Quality and case studies were also conducted during the workshop.

National Symposium on Acosutics

26-28 November 2009

Research Centre Imarat and the Acoustical Society of India are jointly organising a National Symposium on Acoustics at the Research Centre Imarat during 26-28 November 2009. The areas to be covered during the symposium are : Physical and engineering acoustics, applied acoustics, ultrasonics, random vibration and signal processing, quieter technologies, acosutic signal processing technologies, noise and vibration measurement analysis and control, thermo-acoustics, vibro acoustics, medical and bio-acoustics, etc. An exhibition during the Conference is planned. Priority will be given to display of acoustics/shock/vibration equipment/products highlighting the indigenous and international technology developments. Further details can be obtained from :

The DirectorResearch Centre ImaratHyderabad - 500 069email : nsa2009rci@gmail.comTel : 91-40-24306258

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Inaugural Session of the workshop in progress

Courses/Seminars...

PXE, Chandipur

A CEP course on Safety Management in DRDO Labs was organised by the Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE), Chandipur during 22-26 June 2009. The objective of the course was to improve the safety awareness and to create an accident-free working environment. The major focus of the course was on safety management, explosive safety during storage and transportaion, ocupational safety and health, fire protection, role and purpose of safety audit, acident reporting and investigation, safety regulation, range safety and industrial safety. About 34 participants from various DRDO labs/estts. attended the course. Shri V Anguswamy, Joint Director (Range Support Division) graced the function and Shri UC Das, Sci D was the Course Director.

HEMRL, Pune

A one-week CEP course on Advances in Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) Technology was organised by High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune, during 22-26 June 2009. The CEP course was inaugurated by Dr CL Dhamejani, Director, VRDE. Dr A Subhananda Rao, Outstanding Scientist and Director HEMRL presided over the inaugural function. The course covered all aspects of ERA technology from its inception to realisation of prototype leading to adaptation on tanks. A total of 18 lectures were organised in the course. Recent developments in the areas of high explosives with an emphasis on shock and impact sensitivity, armour materials, shaped charge warheads and KE projectiles were covered. Dynamic evaluation of ERA and adaptation on tanks were also discussed.

About 25 participants from users, quality assurance, academic and R&D establishments/units like Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre (MIRC), Ahmednagar; Directorate General of Mechanised Forces (DGMF), New Delhi; and Armoured Core Centre and School (ACCS), Ahmednagar; CQA (A), Pune and CQA (ME), Pune; Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM), Hyderabad; DMRL, Hyderabad; CVRDE, Chennai, and ARDE, Pune, participated in the course. The valedictory function was graced by Maj Gen (Retd) D Kapil, AVSM, former Director, ARDE. Dr A Subhananda Rao, Outstanding Scientist & Director, HEMRL presided over the valedictory function. Shri A Apparao, Sci G was Course Director and Shri SG Sundaram, Sci E was the Course Coordinator.

Dr CL Dhamejani, Director, VRDE releasing proceedings Also seen in the photograph Dr A Subhananda Rao, Outstanding Scientist &

Director HEMRL (to the left) & Shri A Apparao, Sc’G’ & Course Director (to the right)

Higher Qualification Obtained

ASL, Hyderabad

Shri N Manickam, Sci G, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, obtained PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, for his thesis entitled, Modelling and analysis of inter joint tolerance to minimise nose- tip deviation for multi-sections launch vehicle.

Shri Suresh Kumar, Sci D, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad, obtained PhD in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,

for his thesis entitled, Preparation and characterization of continuous fibre-reinforced multi-directional C-SiC composites using liquid silicon infiltration methods.

LRDE, Bangalore

Smt T Shobha, Sci C, Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore, has been awarded PhD in Chemistry for her thesis entitled,Studies on the electrochemical synthesis and characterisation of new energy materials from Bangalore University, Bangalore.

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PERSONNEL NEWS

PROMOTIONS

Some DRDO Scientists have been proimoted from Sci F to Sci G wef 01 July 2009. Biodatas of some of the promotees highlighting their contributions in DRDO have been reported in this issue while profiles of some of the other promotees would be reported in the subsequent issues of the DRDO Newsletter.

Promotion to Scientist G

CFEES, Delhi

Shri Purbendu Chatterjee joined DRDO in 1981 as Sci B. He obtained Advanced Diploma in Fire Engineering from National Fire Service College, Nagpur.

His main areas of work have been in the fields of Fire Safety and Disaster Management.

For the past four years, he is heading Technical Management and Human Resource Development. His area of specialisation include imparting training in fire fighting, arson investigation, fire safety advice / auditing coupled with standardisation of fire safety equipment. Besides, he has also been In-charge, Fire Safety Operations during first Agni launch and also the first engineer to be a member of Indian Expedition to Antarctica. He has also been an active member to DRDO’s earthquake search and rescue operation at Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat. He has been awarded Fire Service Medal for Meritorious Service in 1984 and President’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service in 2008. He is a Life Member of professional societies like Institution of Fire Engineers (India), Institute of Chemist (India), Indian Science Congress Association, and Administrative Staff College of India.

DRDO HQrs: Dte of Planning & Coordination

Dr Arvind Bharati, obtained BE (Met. Engg.) from University of Roorkee, Roorkee in 1980, MTech (Met. Engg.) from IIT Kanpur in 1982 and PhD (Met. Engg.) from University of Roorkee in 1994. He joined Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, in 1982 and worked

till September 2002 on different projects. At DRDO HQrs, he is responsible for the formulation of XI Five-Year Plan and project management policies, monitoring of DRDO Projects, and interaction with outside agencies He has to his credit five International patents and about 60 papers and reports.

He has received many awards and honours, viz., National Research and Development Corporations Independence Day Cash Award of Rs. 50,000/- for invention, 1996; Indian Junior Chamber’s Ten Outstanding Young Indians, 1996, United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organisation Award, (Gold Medal), 1997, etc. He is member of various professional societies viz., Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India); Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals Indian Laser Association, Member, Commission IV on Laser and EB Welding of Welding Research Institute; Academic Council; School of Laser Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Laser Processing Expert; Processing Group of MRSI; Online expert, Laser Material Processing in TIFAC; Member, Executive Committee, He was Visiting Scientist at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany during May-July 1999 and October-December 1992.

DRDO HQrs : SA to CNS

Shri B Lalmohan, SA to CNS, obtained his BSc (Engg) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from College of Engineering Trivandrum (University of Kerala) in 1971 and DIIT in Computer Science from IIT Bombay in 1977. He joined NPOL, Kochi, as JSA-II in 1972.

During his tenure at NPOL (till 2004), he contributed towards the development of several sonar systems for the Indian Navy such as frigate sonar APSOH, its advanced version HUMSA, and the submarine sonar Panchendriya, for which he received commendations from SA to RM. He was instrumental in establishing NPOL’s Information Technology (IT) division, Electronic Design Automation (E-CAD) facility,

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and also the DRDO-Cochin University Computer Centre. After being appointed as SA to CNS in 2005, Shri Lalmohan was responsible for establishing an effective link between DRDO and Indian Navy. He was also instrumental in commencing new developmental projects through RCI Hyderabad, CAIR, Bangalore, and R&DE (Engrs), Pune. He is a fellow of IETE and has several technical publication to his credit.

DMRL, Hyderabad

Shri A Anand Rao graduated in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Osmania University in 1979 and obtained MTech. in Industrial Engineering and Management (IE&M) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, in 1987. He joined DMRL as Sci

B in 1980 through UPSC and was associated with Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG) since then.

He is responsible for establishing Advanced Machining technologies and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining facilities at DMRL; was involved in component design and development for aerospace, bio-medical and defence applications, established batch production process for shape charge liners, acetabular cups and brake piston Insulators, etc. He is also associated with development of blades and vanes for Kaveri engine and components for PTAE.

He has also provided mechanical engineering support to various ongoing projects in the Laboratory. He has been awarded the Agni Award for Excellence in Self-Reliance in 2007.

Dr N Vyaghreswara Rao, obtained his MSc (Mathematics) from Andhra University in 1971; MTech (Computer Science & Engineering) from Osmania University with first rank, and PhD in Computer Science from JNTU, Hyderabad in January 2008. He made significant contributions in

the field of system simulations of missile trajectories for projects Prithvi and Nag. He joined DMRL in January, 1987. Since then, he is attached with modelling and simulation group. His contributions include modelling

and simulation of construction of 3-D structure from 2-D microstructure images of material, alignment of particles in the presence of magnetic field, and penetration mechanics. In addition he is significantly contributed to setting up of a computer Simulation centre at DMRL.

He has more than 25 publications to his credit. He is a senior member of IEEE and associated with IEEE Hyderabad section, since its inception in 1984. He was associated with the organization of many International/National conferences conducted by IEEE and DRDO labs in Hyderabad. As a recognition for his services, he was given the Best Volunteer Award in 1997, for the IEEE region.

Shri S Balasubramaniam, graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Kerala University, Calicut, in 1971 and obtained ME in Mechanical Engineering from University College of Engineering, Osmania University in 1984. He joined

ARDE, Pune, as Assistant Foreman in March 1973 and in October 1976 appointed as Junior Scientific Officer in ERDL (Now HEMRL), Pune through UPSC.

He is presently the Head of Powder Processing Division at DMRL He has established Warm Isostatic Pressing Technology for HE powder component for TBRL, Chandigarh. Has also made significant contributions by developing nearnet shape technologies for DRDL, Hyderabad, and Liquid Propulsion System Centre (LPSC), Trivandrum; besides longstanding contributions for ADA Bangalore, HAL, Lucknow and IGCAR, Kalpakkam. He has also been responsible for planning and procurement of a large size hot isostatic press. He has published several technical reports and papers on P/M (HIP) Technology.

He is the recipient of Group Technology Award – 2005 for development of components through P/M HIP Processing. On two ocasions, he received the Best P/M Product Award Certificate from Powder Metallurgy Association of India. He is the Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) and

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Life Member of Powder Metallurgy Association of India, and Magnetic Society of India.

Dr TK Nandy Head, Titanium Alloy Group, DMRL, has been primarily involved in the development of high temperature titanium alloys for gas turbine and aerospace applications. He extensively worked on the development of titanium aluminide alloys, which was a major success in terms

of establishing component fabrication technology of a complex alloy and fundamental research. Besides, he was involved in a collaborative activity with Ecole des Mines and SNECMA, France in the development of titanium base intermetallic alloys. The joint work resulted in alloys with excellent high temperature properties and a patent was awarded. He was involved in an Indo-US Project that carried out a detailed mechanical behaviour evaluation of O phase. Recently Titanium Alloy Group undertook major project related to development of a near alpha titanium alloy for gas turbine engines (DMR 253). This activity involved extensive collaboration with outside agencies such as Midhani, HAL, GTRE, RCMA, and CRI and the project successfully achieved numerous milestones

Dr Nandy was the Chairman of Materials Recommendation Subcommittee (titanium alloys) for Kaveri Marine engine. Currently, he is leading a collaborative activity with AFRL, USA, on the characterization and development of boron-modified titanium alloys that has yielded some very promising results. Development of shape memory alloys for aerospace application is another area wherein he has contributed significantly by standardising the melting technology of shape memory alloys at laboratory scale. He has published about 60 papers in international journals and 12 technical reports as in-house publications.

Dr T Rajasekharan obtained his PhD in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai and did Post-doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) fuer Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, and at the ETH, Zurich,

Switzerland. He has several pioneering publications in the area with two of these published in the journal - Nature. One of those papers answered the controversial question of whether quasi crystalline materials are just twined cubic crystals and the other was on the rapid pressurisation of a liquid alloy. He subsequently worked on developing applications for high temperature superconductors. Among his several publications in the area, those on the development of a new process called the Infiltration Growth (IG) process are being extensively cited in the literature. The IG process is considered today the best for the fabrication of bulk superconductor products by international reviewers.

He has developed metal-matrix composite materials for use as electronic packaging materials and the product has been evaluated and found acceptable for space applications. He has also developed expertise in the sol-gel processing and in rapid prototyping of ceramic materials and refractory metals. His current interest is in the development of Al-based metal-matrix composites loaded with sub-micron sized ceramic reinforcements - an area that combines his expertise in sol-gel processing with the experience in the area of metal matrix composite materials.

He was a recipient of the National Science Talent Search Scholarship during his studies. He was awarded the MRSI Medal in 1999 for his contributions in Materials Research.

INMAS, Delhi

Dr BS Dwarakanath joined INMAS in May 1994. He obtained his Master’s degree in Physics and PhD in Biophysics from Banaglore University. Before joining INMAS, he served at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore.

A Fellow of the Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists, Dr Dwarakanath has been the recipient of awards from the International Congress of Radiation Research, Society for Cancer Research and Communication, and Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists for his contributions in the areas of Radiation Biology and Cancer Biology, besides the

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Technology Group Award from DRDO. He was the past Vice President of Indian Association for Radiation Biology and currently the Vice President of Cytometry Society India. He has more than 150 publications and contributions in journals, books, and monographs. His current areas of interest include metabolic cell signalling, experimental oncology, and biological radioprotection. LRDE, Bangalore

Shri BV Ramesh obtained his BE (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from Mysore University in 1975, MTech (Integrated Electronic Circuits & System) from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai in 1985. Since 1977, he has been working at LRDE, and has

contributed in the area of Microelectronics, Microwave Integrated Circuits, MMICs, Printed Antennas, Solid state power Amplifiers, Transmit/Receive Modules for various Radar projects. He has made significant contributions in the Long-range Active Aperture Array Radar for the Air Defence System. Presently, he is heading the Technology Division responsible for the development of Active Antenna Array Unit and RF subsystems for various Phased Array Radar programme. He is also the Project Director for the Project LSTAR (Long-range Solid State Active Phase Array Radar).

He has presented many technical papers in international and national conferences, symposia. He is the recipient of many awards including the Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award in 2008, contribution to DRDO Commendation Certificate in 1989 for IGMDP.

Shri SS Nagaraj obtained his BE (Electronics and Communications) from Govt BDT College of Engineering, University of Mysore in 1982 and MTech (Electronics) from KREC, Surathkal, in 1986. He joined LRDE in 1987. He has been working in the area of Active Aperture Radars, Passive Phased

Array Radars, Radar Signal Processing and Imaging

Radars. He has been responsible for developing Signal Processor for Rajendra-I and II Phased Array Radar. He has made significant contributions in integrating Rajendra-I Radar with Akash Weapon system. He was instrumental in the development Long-range Tracking Radar for AD Program for defense against ballistic missiles. He is instrumental in integrating this Radar with AD weapon system and exploiting its capabilities to detect and track satellites, AGNI, GSLV, PSLV, etc. He was responsible for design and development the Signal Processor for SCAN imaging Radar. Currently, he is the Project Director for Primary Radar for Airborn Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Programme.

He has published many technical papers in International Radar symposia. He is the recipient of DRDO Technology Group Award - 2002; Path breaking Technology Award- 2006; and Lab Directors Special Award - 1994.

Shri V Varadarajan obtained his MSc (Material Science) from the University of Madras in 1982 and MTech (Laser and Electro Optical Engineering) from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Madras, Chennai, in 1984 with distinction and first rank.

He joined LRDE in August 1984. He is the Head of Microelectronics and Printed Circuits Facility of LRDE and responsible for the development of Microwave Integrated Circuits, Printed Circuits and Plating & surface finishing requirements for LRDE projects. He has been working in the development of special purpose fine line printed circuits for strategic applications. He has established a state-of-the-art printed circuit design and multilayer PCB fabrication facility at LRDE.

He was responsible for the development of large size Microstrip Antenna Arrays which have been successfully used in radars like BFSR-SR, Rohini, Revathi, Bharani and Aslesha. He spearheaded the development of PCB based interconnection system for Phase Control Modules in large size Phased Array Antennas for radar projects. This system has been implemented successfully in Weapon-locating

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Radar and Battery-level radar III projects. He was also responsible for the development of processes for Gold plating of 4 metre long microwave components required for 3-D radar projects. Technologies of the processes developed have been transferred to the indigenous industry to cater for bulk production requirements.

He has received the Technology Group Award - 2003 for Indigenous development and realisation of Microstrip Array technology in X Band, establishing technology and production base for volume requirement of BFSR-SR. He has also been awarded the Silicon Medal-2008 and Commendation Certificate by SA to RM for his contributions in the development of special purpose printed circuits and plating processes for radar applications.

He is a Lifetime Fellow Member of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, member of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), Indian Chapter and member of Society of Electronic Engineers.

NSTL, Visakhapatnam

Shri S Balasubramanian obtained his BE (Mechanical) from Alagappa University , Karaikudi (Tamil NadU) in 1972 and ME (Mechanical) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1988. He joined NSTL, Visakhapatnam, in 1981 as Sci B.

He has been associated with the development of lightweight Torpedo Launcher and pneumatic system for heavyweight Torpedo Launcher and Torpedo Advanced light (TAL Mk I) which is under induction into Services. Presently, he is working in the development of Varunastra (Heavy- weight Torpedo) and Advanced Light Weight Torpedo (TAL Mk II).

He is the recipient of AGNI Award for Excellence in Self-Reliance in 2002 and Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award-2002. He is the member of Indian Society for Non-destructive testing.

RAC, Delhi

Shri RK Jain, Director RAC obtained his MPhil in Operational Research from Delhi University. He started his career as Sci B at Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses (ISSA) Delhi, on 21 March, 1984. He joined PEACE (Personnel Assessment Centre,

DRDO) now CEPTAM (Centre For Personnel Talent Management, DRDO) in July 2001 and worked on the Centralised Recruitment Scheme. He revised guidelines for Local and Central Assessments, developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for the smooth functioning of the Establishments and brought in transparency in the system and assessment processes. He joined RAC on 11 July 2003, where he made significant contributions in streamlining all the activities related to recruitment and assessment of scientists. He has been able to realise his initiations in RAC for CCTV, various software including online registration by candidates for induction, videoconferencing, holding workshops and seminars both at National and International level, S&T Project ATSPM, etc.

He has been instrumental in accelerating the process of various recruitment schemes through scientific techniques and innovations. He is responsible for more than 50 publications which include 37 Technical Reports, Chapters in 5 Books, Monographs and published/presented more than 10 papers. His scientific initiatives in recruitment and assessment in DRDO have been commended SA to RM on the occasion of Science Day Celebration.

He was also honored with Scientist of the Year Award in 2006 for his unique contributions. He has made significant contributions in the field of simulation and wargaming and was mainly responsible for the development of a theatre level Naval Wargame-Sagar. On his unique achievement for successful installation of this wargame and user appreciations including Chief of Naval Staff; Minister of State for Defence, he was conferred with DRDO Technology Award in 1995.

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SAG, Delhi

Shri Jagdish Prasad, Fellow (Life) IETE 084601 obtained his BSc.(Hons.) and MSc.(Physics)-Electronics degree from Meerut University in 1971 and Agra University in 1973, respectively. Thereafter, he joined Geological Survey of India, as Assistant

Geophysist (Instrumentation) where he designed Geo-prospecting instrument based on low frequency Radio waves for mineral resources. In 1981, he joined DRDO as Sci B at DLRL Hyderabad, and came on transfer to SAG in 1988. He has worked on ECCM systems. He has developed spread spectrum (frequency hopping and direct sequence) communication systems. He was Dy Project Leader of Project ‘Development of Electro-Optic Interception System for Tactical Band Frequency Hopped Radio’ He was Project Director of project ‘Development of a Reception & Analysis Platform for Satellite Signals’. He has created Satellite Earth Stations (Receive only) for (1) C, Ext-C, Ku band, (2) Ka band.

He has presented/published numerous papers in national / international symposium/ seminars and national journals in the area of radio frequency carrier modulation identification, detection of signal in unknown scenario, math model of voltage-controlled oscillators, and reviewed papers on : Security Algorithms for Terrestrial Digital Mobile Communication System, Emerging Trends in Mobile Communication and Satellite Mobile Communications Technology-Trends, etc.

His areas of interest includes: Fixed and mobile Satellite communication, Digital Mobile Communication (GSM/CDMA 2000), Wireless in Local Loop (WLL), HF/VHF and Microwave Communication, Cognitive /Software Defined Radio and Global Personal Communication etc. He is heading Communication Wing for the last few years at SAG.

SSPL, Delhi

Shri V Dhar obtained his BSc and MSc in Physics from I.I.T.Kharagpur (1972 and 1974 respectively), and Ph.D fom IISc Bangalore in 1981 respectively. He joined the Plasma Physics Programme at PRLAhmedabad in 1982 (which is now Institute of Plasma Research).

In 1983, he joined SSPL, Delhi. He has 40 publications in international journals.

His current research interests includes: Characterization of semiconductors, development of infrared detectors and systems, and molecular beam epitaxy of HgCdTe.

He has received many awards/honours viz., Young Scientist Award of SSPL (1988), Technology Group Award SSPL (2006) for CZT Technology, Delivered Science Day oration entitled, Different Approaches to the Bionic Eye in SSPL in 2009, Listed in Marquis Who’s Who, nominated in 2002 and 2003 for American Association for Advancement of Science, and invited to write a chapter for Online Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering.

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LRDE has been awarded the Best Performance Organisation amongst Central Government Establishments under Pay Roll Savings Scheme of National Savings for 2008-09 with a monthly deposit of Rs.1,16,000/- by National Savings Institute, Govt of India, Ministry of Finance, Bangalore Regional Centre on 15 July 2009.

DRDO Laboratory Awarded

Pay role savings day celebration in progress

Visitors to DRDO Labs/Estts

CVRDE, Avadi, Chennai

Lt Gen PC Katoch, UYSM, AVSM, SC, DG-Information Systems on 25 May 2009.

Cmde V Ajit Kumar, Addl. Director, DMDE & Mrs Inderjit Kumar, Dir (Fin), on 25 May 2009

DEAL, Dehradun

Dr. PS Goel, Chairman, RAC, Delhi, on 5 June 2009.

DIHAR, Leh

Dr PS Goel,Chairman, RAC on his Leh visit 6 July 2009.

MTRDC, Bangalore

Dr D Banerjee, CC R&D (AMS) & DS on 08.07.2009

LRDE, Bangalore

AVM Shankar Mani, VM, VSM, Director LCA (I) PMT ADA on 3 June 2009.

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Cmde V Ajit Kumar, Addl. Director, DMDE and Mrs Inderjit Kumar, Dir (Fin), DRDL being briefed on CVRDE products

Chairman, RAC interacting with DIHAR Director and scientists

Dr D Banerjee showing keen interest in the activities of MTRDC

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