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1. A monthly house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 33 No.5 ■ May 2013
The intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)
Agni 2, was successfully flight tested on 7 April 2013 by
the Indian Armed Forces from the Wheeler’s island off the
coast of Odisha.
The two-stage vehicle, launched from a mobile
launcher, met all the mission objectives. Radars and
electro-optical tracking systems located along the flight
path tracked and monitored the parameters of the
vehicle. Two ships located near the target point in the
Bay of Bengal witnessed the final event. The launch
operations were witnessed by the DRDO scientists
led by the Project Director Shri D Lakshminarayana.
Programme Director, Shri Avinash Chander,
Distinguished Scientist (DS) and Chief Controller
(CC) R&D (MSS), guided the teams during the
operations.
Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to
Raksha Mantri (SA to RM), Secretary, Deptartment
of Defence R&D and DG DRDO and the top brass of
the user command were also present during the test
firing. The testing was done as part of the regular
exercise of the armed forces. Dr VG Sekaran,
DS and Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory
(ASL), Hyderabad; Shri MVKV Prasad, Director,
Interim Test Range (ITR), Chandipur; Shri Manjit
Singh, Director, Terminal Ballistics Research
Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh along with
other top DRDO scientists were also present.
Shri AK Antony, hon’ble Raksha Mantri
congratulated the DRDO scientists and
Armed Forces on the successful launch
of the missile.
Successful User Flight Test of Agni 2

2. 2 May 2013
India successfully launches BrahMos Missile from Underwater
The submarine-launched version of BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired on
20 March 2013 from a submerged platform in the Bay of
Bengal off the coast Visakhapatnam.
Creating history, the missile took off vertically from
the submerged platform for its full range of 290 km.
Following a pre-defined trajectory, the missile emerged
from underwater, took a turn towards the designated
target meeting all mission objectives. All the telemetry
and tracking stations, including Indian naval ships
positioned throughout the flight path, confirmed the
pin-point accuracy of the mission. BrahMos, installed
vertically in a modular launcher in the pressure hull of
the submarine, will increase the ‘offensive power’ of the
vessel without compromising on its ‘defensive power’.
This new variant of the supersonic cruise missile will
add more fire power to the Navy’s underwater weapon
delivery capabilities.
Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and MD BrahMos said
that “BrahMos is fully ready for fitment in P 75 (I) of
Indian Navy in vertical launch configuration which will
make the platform one of the most powerful weapon
platform in the world.”
Congratulating the team, Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat,
SAtoRM,termeditasyetanotherlandmarktechnological
breakthrough and a significant step towards boosting
India’s military strength.
Raksha Mantri Shri AK Antony congratulated DRDO
and Russian scientists along with members from Indian
Navy associated with the project for successful test
launch of BrahMos from underwater platform and said,
“It is a wonderful achievement and proud moment for
India.”
The naval variant of BrahMos has already proved its
mettle in both vertical and inclined launch configurations
frommovingwarships.Themissilehasbeensuccessfully
inducted in number of frontline Indian Navy warships
and will be deployed in other future surface ships.
Raising/Foundation Day Celebration
DEAL, Dehradun
Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL),
Dehradun, celebrated its Annual Day on 23rd
February
2013 with full fervour. Many sports events were
organised to mark the event. Shri RC Agarwal, Director,
DEAL, inaugurated the function. A cultural programme
by DEAL employees was also organised.
ITM , Mussoorie
Institute of Technology Management (ITM),
Mussoorie, celebrated its 52nd
Foundation Day on 3
March 2013. Cultural and sports events were organised
during 26 February to 3 March 2013. Dr SB Singh,
Director, ITM, awarded the meritorious employees of
the institute. He also released in-house Hindi magazine,
Srijan, on the occasion.
Shri RC Agarwal lighting the lamp Release of Srijan

3. 3May 2013
The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Hyderabad
Branch, organised an International Conference and
Exhibition on Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) during
16-17 March 2013 at Hyderabad. Shri MM Pallam Raju,
hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development,
Government of India, was the Chief Guest of the
inaugural function. Shri GM Rao, President AeSI and
Chairman, GMR Group and Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM
and Chairman, AeSI, Hyderabad Branch, were also
present during the inaugural function. Distinguished
fraternity from the international aerospace domain and
from the Government of India, aerospace industries,
and premier scientific establishments both in India and
abroad were part of the Conference.
Shri MM Pallam Raju, in his inaugural address,
stressed on design and development in all areas of
aerospace and the efforts needed to meet the challenges
in the rapidly growing aviation sector of the world. He
laudedtheeffortsofAeSIforspearheadingandorganising
the International Conference on Regional Transport
Aircraft and congratulated all the AeSI awardees for
the year 2012. Dr SK
Chaudhuri, OS and
Director, Research
Centre Imarat
(RCI), Hyderabad,
and the Chairman
of the Organising
Committee, welcomed
all the participants.
Dr VK Saraswat, in
his opening remarks
highlighted the key
challenges faced by
the Indian Regional
Transport Aircraft
Project and exhorted
AeSI to bring together
the research centres,
aviation industries, airports, airlines, manufacturers and
policy drivers to discuss the key issues collectively for
providing single window solutions. Dr S Christopher,
DS and Director, Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS),
Bengaluru, delivered the Neelkantan Memorial Lecture
on the Past, Present and Future of the Aeroborne
Surveillance Systems in India. Prof. V Adimurthy, Dean
R&D, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, delivered the Prof. Satish
Dhawan Memorial Lecture on the Literary Visions for
Future Technologies.
Dr VK Saraswat inaugurated the exhibition
showcasing the technologies and areas for the major
aircraft and aviation industries in India and abroad and
the opportunities for international collaboration. Many
leading aerospace industries and academic institutes
participated in the exhibition and displayed their products
and achievements. The Biren Roy Trust Lecture on the
Indigenous Aero Engine Development was delivered
by Dr K Tamilmani, DS and CC R&D (Aero), which
was followed by a Presentation by the Safran Group,
International Conference and Exhibition on Regional
Transport Aircraft
Dr Saraswat (third from left) addressing the participants during the conference

4. 4 May 2013
Defence Science Forum (DSF)
organised DRDO Oration on Delhi
Metro: Engineering and Management
Challenges by Shri Mangu Singh,
Managing Director, DMRC, on 20
March 2013 at Dr Bhagavantham
Auditorium, Metcalfe House, Delhi.
Shri Mangu Singh, enriched
the audience, with his ideas and
thoughts during his educative and
illuminating oration. He talked about
the successful Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) of Delhi Metro. He
shared his experience in rail-based
DRDO Oration by MD, DMRC
transportation projects, planning and
execution, procurement of works
and services for mega projects on
design-and-built basis, multilateral
funding agencies, development of bid
documents for metro projects on PPP
basis, management of concession
contracts, etc.
Dr Manas K Mandal, OS and CC
R&D (LS), DRDO HQ, presented
memento to Shri Mangu Singh
on behalf of DSF. Dr Rajeev Vij,
Secretary, DSF, proposed the vote of
thanks.
France, on the expertise and long-term partnership
with India. The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Lecture on
Quality and Safety Management System was delivered
by Mrs Harpreet A De Singh, Head QSM and GM-CS,
Air India.
Dr Kota Harinarayana, Dr DS Kothari Chair
Professor, delivered the keynote address on the
Enhanced Regional Air Transportation in India—Issues,
Challenges and Opportunities. Shri SK Jha, Managing
Director (Accessories), HAL, Lucknow, delivered the
second keynote address on the HAL’s Vision for Indian
Civil Aviation.
The Conference comprised two plenary sessions
with important presentations and deliberations on
the following topics: A Recap of the RTA Programme
at CSIR-NAL; Regulatory Framework of MRO; Role
of MRO in the Airline Industry; Global Perspective on
the Indian Domestic Airliners Market and the Possible
Participation in the RTA Programme in India; Advances
in High Performance Gas Turbine Engines; Bad
Weather, Low Visibility and Instrument Landing Systems;
Virtual Plateau to Enable RTA 70 Development; RTA
Infrastructure; Industry Base and Capability Building;
etc., and thereby provided global platform for joint
ventures and collaborations for optimum utilisation of
technologies and resources. Representatives from
international and indian aerospace fraternity, viz., Israel
Aerospace Industries, Dassault Systems, Director
General Civil Aviation, AP Aviation Academy, NAL, MAS
GMR, and DRDO delivered invited talks for envisaging
the key strategies for RTA.
Panel discussions were held under the Chairmanship
of Dr VK Saraswat to discuss the strategy towards
realisation of RTA for providing final direction and
perspective roadmaps. The panel members were:
Dr SK Chaudhuri, OS and Director Research Centre
Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad; Shri Charan Das, Jt Director
General, DGCA; Shri Khairuddin Hamzah, GM, MAS
GMR; Dr Moshe Zilberman, IAI Israel and Capt SN
Reddy, CEO, AP Aviation Academy. Dr Saraswat
emphasised that RTA is the need of the hour as we
still lack effective connectivity to the major towns and
districts across the country. The product should be
techno commercially viable, should come out very
fast and joint collaboration in key areas with foreign
industries to be explored and encouraged. He said that
key infrastructure for operationalisation of RTA and its
subsequent maintenance, repair and overhaul have to
be immediately put into place in parallel. Dr Saraswat
also said that infrastructure for design, development
and manufacturing needs to be planned concurrently
along with risk mitigation mechanisms. Shri N Vijay
Kumar, Honorary Secretary, AeSI, Hyderabad Branch,
proposed the vote of thanks.

5. 5May 2013
International Women’s Day Celebration
ASL, Hyderabad
Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad,
celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on 6 March
2013. SmtAmalaAkkineni, Founder, Blue Cross, was the
Chief Guest. She addressed issues related to women
empowerment. Smt Radhika Acharya, Organisational
Psychologist, was the Guest of Honour. Shri Avinash
Chander, DS and CC R&D (MSS) presided over the
celebration. Dr VG Sekaran, DS and Director, ASL, also
addressed the gathering.
Smt Tessy Thomas, Chairperson, Women’s Cell,
delivered the welcome address. A cultural programme
with skit and dance performances by ASL’s women
employees was organised to celebrate the occasion.
Smt S Shankari proposed the vote of thanks.
From left: Smt Tessy Thomas, Dr VG Sekaran, Shri Avinash
Chander, Smt Amala Akkineni, and Smt Radhika Acharya at the
inaugural ceremony of IWD at ASL
CABS, Bengaluru
Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), Bengaluru,
celebrated IWD on 8 March 2013. All women employees
of CABS, as a practice since 2009, voluntarily
contributed a sum of Rs 10,000 towards education of
two school children who needed financial support. Old
clothes, in good condition, were also donated to a blind
school.
CEMILAC, Bengaluru
International Women’s Day was celebrated in Centre
for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC),
Bengaluru, on 8 March 2013. Dr Manju Dhoundiyal,
Faculty, National Institute of Public Cooperation
and Child Development, Southern Regional Centre,
Bangalore, was the Chief Guest.
The function was presided by Smt Santhosam
Tamilmani, the first lady of CEMILAC. The session
was interactive with a lot of social messages on the
emancipation of women. All employees of CEMILAC
participated in the event.
DL, Jodhpur
Dr Sudhi Rajiv, Director, KN College, JNVU, Jodhpur,
was the Chief Guest of the IWD function held at
Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur (DLJ), on 8 March 2013.
The Chief Guest emphasised the need of education for
women and asserted that Indian women lack decision
making capability due to various social reasons. She
opined that women need to be self centred and should
take decision in their own interest as and when required
for their progress. Dr Sudhi also discussed the support
being provided by the government to women. Various
competitions like rangoli, drama, games and posters,
etc., were organised on the day.
Dr SR Vadera, Director, DLJ, presided over the
function and highlighted the contributions of women
scientists of the laboratory in different fields. Dr (Mrs)
Anuradha Bera, Sc D, narrated history, importance and
need to celebrate the IWD. Awards and certificates
were given by Dr Vadera and the Chief Guest to
winners and participants of the different competitions.
Mrs Parmeshwari Malodia and Smt Anuja Vyas did
compering and Dr Sandhya Songara, Sc C, presented
the vote of thanks.

6. 6 May 2013
HEMRL, Pune
High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
(HEMRL), Pune, celeberated IWD by organising a
talk by Dr (Mrs) Vrushali Khire, Vice Chairperson
of Women’s Council, HEMRL. Dr Khire highlighted
the importance of IWD. Shri Bikash Bhattacharya,
OS and Director, HEMRL, and Chairman, Women’s
Council, addressed the gathering and highlighted the
contributions and achievements of women in various
areas of society. Chief Guest Mrs Ratna Bhattacharya,
the first lady of HEMRL, also gave an inspiring address
on the occasion. The women employees of HEMRL
were divided into 11 groups and brain storming sessions
were held on different topics related to womanhood.
The outcome of these discussions was compiled in the
form of a magazine, Nirbhaya, which was released by
Mrs Ratna Bhattacharya. HEMRL ladies participated
enthusiastically in a cultural show organised on the
occasion showcasing their artistic talents.
NPOL, Kochi
An invited talk on Parenting: The Present
Day Challenges by renowned child psychiatrist,
Dr Sitalakshmi George delivering the IWD talk
Dr Sitalakshmi George, MD, DPM, was organised on
the occasion. The talk focused on the challenges of
parenting in the present day society which is highly
influenced by the information technology revolution. She
also highlighted the importance of responsible parenting
and the critical role played by the parents in shaping the
future of their children. Shri S Anantha Narayanan, DS
and Director, NPOL, felicitated the orator. A souvenir,
Suman 2013, showcasing the achievements of women
workforce of NPOL over the last decade was released
by the invited speaker.
DRDO Sports Round-up
North Zone Badminton Tournament
DRDO North Zone Badminton tournament was held
at Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur (DLJ), during 12-14
March 2013. Nine teams, i.e., Centre for Fire, Explosive
and Environment Safety (CFEES), Defence Terrain
Research Laboratory, Delhi (DTRL), Defence Institute
of Psychological Research, (DIPR), Defence Scientific
Information and Documentation Centre, (DESIDOC), all
from Delhi; Defence Electronics Application Laboratory
(DEAL), Dehradun; DLJ; Snow and Avalanch Study
Establishment (SASE), Chandigarh; Defence Materials
and Stores Search and Development Establishment,
(DMSRDE) Kanpur; and Defence Research and
Development Establishment, Gwalior participated in the
tournament.
The events played were team championship, open
single, open doubles, veteran single, veteran doubles
and ladies single and ladies doubles.
In team championship as well as in open single
and doubles DLJ was the winner. In the veteran single,
CFEES was the winner in single and doubles. In ladies
single and doubles, DIPR was the winner.
Air Vice Marshal PP Khandekar, MILIT, Pune, was
the Chief Guest of the valedictory function. Dr SR
Vadera, Director, DLJ, welcomed the Chief Guest. AVM
Kandekar distributed medals and shields to the winners.
Shri AK Kachhawaha, Sports Officer, DLJ, gave the vote
of thanks.

7. 7May 2013
Conferences/Seminars/Symposia/Training Courses/Meetings
Manpower Development Activities
Young Scientist Meet 2013
High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
(HEMRL), Pune, organised Young Scientist Meet (YSM)
2013 at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium on 15-16 March
2013. The theme of the meet was 'Think Innovative'.
The event brought young scientists of DRDO together
to understand, appreciate and provide an overall
picture of DRDO and facilitated interaction among these
young scientific minds for enhancing the team spirit
and competitive skills. The meet got an overwhelming
response as 200 young DRDO scientists participated
enthusiastically. All the events starting from innovative
ideas, poster presentation, team building activities, youth
concert, interactive quiz and brain storming sessions
for futuristic defence technology received tremendous
responses from the participants. The programme was
inaugurated by Shri TKA Nair, Adviser to the Prime
Minister, and Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, Secretary
Deptt of Defence R&D, and DG DRDO.
In his welcome address Dr G
Malakondaiah, DS and CC R&D
(HR&M), DRDO HQ, gave basic
idea behind organising YSM. In his
inaugural address, Shri Nair praised
the young scientists and emphasised
that innovation and out of box thinking
is needed in country like India where
resourcs are very limited and society is
facing serious problems in the field of
health sector, education, food security,
safe drinking water, etc. He stressed on
realisation of necessity for betterment
of mankind and on harmonising the
benefits of innovations between
individual and society and making
the technology affordable. Shri Nair
also laid emphasis on priortising the things because of
resources crunch and faster development.
Dr VK Saraswat, the originator of YSM , in his address
gave brief introduction on how and why YSM was started.
He asked young scientific minds to work hard towards
making our society and country more prosperous,
safe and secure. He focused on indigenisation and
self-reliance and said that research and development
should come out of labs and help society. He further
added that in future the focus will be on space security,
miniaturisation of electronics, nano technology, advance
computing, particle weapons, electromagnetic weapons,
etc., and young scientist should do specific need-
based R&D and focus on development and delivery of
highly optimised systems. Dr Saraswat exhorted young
scientists to become passionate about their work and
not follow the 9 to 5 work culture.
Shri TKA Nair also inaugurated the poster
presentation pavilion where posters made by young
scientistsaboutcurrentandfutureworkoftheirrespective
Shri Nair and Dr Saraswat showing keen interest in posters presented
by young scientists

8. 8 May 2013
labs were displayed. Ten participants presented
innovative ideas during the event. Besides Shri Nair
and Dr Saraswat, the following eminent scientists also
shared their thoughts with the participants. Shri Avinash
Chander, DS and CC R&D (MSS) in his address, told
about DRDO management. He stressed that youngster
needs to take few more challenges. Dr M Annadurai,
Project Director, Chandrayan Programme in his address
sensitised the young scientists about the role of good
planning in execution of complex programmes. He
gave detailed idea about the complexities involved in
Chandrayan programme and the innovations used to
conquer the challenges.
Dr Jayant Narlikar, in his address, emphasised the
importance of local arguments in science with illustration
such as the travelling salesman problem involving factors
of numbers, triangle fallacy which proves an impossible
result, naval warfare including how Nelson won the
battle of Trafalgar. Shri AK Chakrabarty, former Director,
Defence Research and Development Laboratory
(DRDL), Hyderabad, in his address, emphasised on
innovation and said that innovation requires a systematic
approach.
Dr S Sunderash, DS and CC R&D (ACE&SI) in his
address, told about the challenges and experiences
during the development of MBT Arjun. A motivational
documentary Engima of Ramanujam was also screened
to all delegates and dignitaries.
Workshop for Junior Service Officers
A one-day workshop to acquaint junior Service
officers with the activities of the Centre for Air Borne
Systems (CABS), Bengaluru, was conducted at CABS
on 16 March 2013. Service officers ofArmy, Navy andAir
Force from various units of southern region attended the
workshop. The workshop had nine lectures followed by
visit to various facilities and EMB-1451 AEW&C aircraft.
The technical details about the sophisticated AEW&C
systems were presented in a simple manner to facilitate
understanding by officers with wide background. In
addition to the technical lectures, Project Director
(Air Force Project Team), gave an overview on user
perspective of AEW&C system.
DFRL Golden Jubilee Oration
Prof. (Dr) DN Reddy, Chairman, Recruitment and
Assessment Centre (RAC), DRDO, New Delhi, delivered
the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL),
Mysore, Golden Jubilee oration on 28 February 2013
on Agro-based Food Processing Technologies and
Equipment to Boost Rural Economy.
In his oration, Prof. Reddy said that agro-based food
processing industrial sector is identified as high priority
sector in India and has the potential to overcome the
malnutrition in the nation. He said that tripling the size of
the food industry would generate direct employment for
28 lakh people and indirect employment to the tune of 74
lakh as it is having highest multiplier effect compared to
other industry. He stressed the necessity to develop food
processing technologies for the farmers. Prof. Reddy
also said that institute similar to DFRL should adopt
villages and train the farmers on latest food processing
technologies to uplift the standard of living in the rural
area. He also appreciated the role of DFRL in meeting
the food and logistic requirements of the Indian Armed
Forces in different operational environment. Prof. Reddy
also released a book on Post-harvest Technologies for
Tomato Utilisation for Rural Entrepreneurs.
DrHVBatra,Director,DFRL,highlightedthenecessity
for development of high energy, low volume, instant and
ready-to-eat food products as army men find it difficult to
L to R: Dr Batra, Prof. Reddy and Dr Radhakrishna releasing
ready-to-eat food products developed by DFRL

9. 9May 2013
carry heavy load of food during military operations. He
also congratulated the scientific fraternity of DFRL for
development of new products.The function ended with
vote of thanks by Dr K Radhakrishna, Sc G, DFRL.
Seminar on Night Fighting Capability
“There is a need to change the approach from
‘acquiring technology’ to ‘development of technology’ in
order to achieve desired level of indigenisation. The aim
should be to equip the Indian Armed forces with state-
of-the-art equipment to bring them at par with the world
leaders”, said Shri Jitendra Singh hon’ble Raksha Rajya
Mantri (RRM), while inaugurating a two-day seminar
on Night Fighting Capability (NFC) on 25 April 2013 at
KothariAuditorium at DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi. Hon'ble
RRM was addressing senior officials from armed forces,
production agencies, industry from India and abroad,
and scientists from DRDO and academia. The seminar
was organised by the Instruments Research and
Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.
Appreciating the strides made in indigenous design
and development and production of equipment to
enhance NFC, Shri Jitendra Singh emphasised on self-
reliance in the field of instrumentation and to reduce the
import content to a minimum. He also emphasised on the
need of greater synergy among different stakeholders,
i.e., DRDO, public sector and private industry in the
process of development.
Stressing on the need to further improve indigenous
capabilitiesinthisarea,hesaid,“Wearefacingincursions
from across the land borders and there is need to have
early warning systems to handle such situations more
effectively”. A monograph, Night Vision and Electro-
Optics Technology Review brought out by IRDE, was
also released by the hon’ble RRM.
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, highlighted the
achievements of DRDO in the field of EO. He also
mentioned about the development of thermal imaging-
based Commander’s Sight for T-72 and T-90 tanks as
well as for infantry fighting vehicles BMPs. Mentioning
about the progress made by IRDE in this critical area,
he gave example of recently developed Integrated Multi-
Functional Sight that weighs within 3.5 kg, as compared
to the 1st generation devices of similar nature, which
weighed around 55 kg. DRDO should collaborate with
industry to ensure timely delivery of these to the armed
forces. Collaboration with the foreign partners is also
vital in a few areas for enhancement of technology
levels, Dr Saraswat added further.
Emphasising the need to strengthen manufacturing
infrastructure in the country, he said that the country had
to gear up to produce the advanced thermal detectors
indigenously. “Our biggest weakness is the availability
Shri Jitendra Singh, hon'ble RRM (centre) releasing monograph on Night Vision and Electro-Optics Technology Review

10. 10 May 2013
of infrared imaging detector fabrication facilities. In 80s
we were chasing a sum of 60 crores (to establish this
facility), in 90s, we were chasing a sum of 100 crores
and in 2000s we were chasing the sum of 1000 crores.
There is a need to take decision in this regard to set
up this facility with foreign collaboration, in order to
fill this vital technology gap”, opined Dr Saraswat.
Stressing upon the need to work together with synergy,
he said, "I invite the industry partners, scientists, and
academicians to work together to overcome these gaps
so that dependence on imports can be minimised”.
Delivering the keynote address, Lt Gen SK Singh, Vice
Chief of Army Staff, briefed about the army acquisition
plans for the next decade and expected DRDO to match
the expectations of the armed forces. The partnership
of private industry could be crucial, he emphasised.
“The Services are looking for innovative technological
solutions to stay ahead of their adversaries. Sensor
fusion in EO/IR bands and network centric operations
will be the order of the day in future military operations”,
he added further.
In his special address, Shri Anil Kumar, CMD, BEL,
put forth the industry perspective and assured that BEL
is always ready to support the indigenisation efforts
and will deliver the quality instruments in
time to the armed forces. He stressed the
need to strengthen the technology and
manufacturing base in the country and
said that private industry will come forward
and invest when there is enough market
opportunity created by the forces through
deployment of indigenous equipment.
The seminar aimed at familiarising armed
forces with the capabilities of DRDO in this
field and understanding their present and
future requirements. Eight foreign firms
from France, Belgium, Greece, Israel, the
Netherlands and USA participated and
exhibited their products in the seminar.
One session of the seminar was dedicated
to discuss the DRDO R&D roadmap on
requirements of armed forces.
Earlier, ShriAvinash Chander, DS and
CCR&D(MSS),DRDOHQ,informedthattheseminarwas
being attended by nearly 350 delegates including about
100 from Services, 46 from public sector, 40 from Indian
industries, 31 foreign delegates, and other delegates
from various government and DRDO laboratories.
In one session of the seminar, Dr AK Gupta, Director,
IRDE, and other IRDE scientists presented the details
and status of different EO/IR technologies with respect
to world status. In another session, industry in this
field presented their concerns and role they could
play in equipping the forces appropriately. A panel
discussion was also held to draw a roadmap and give
its recommendations to enhance the night fighting
capability of armed forces.
An exhibition of the night vision equipment developed
by DRDO and produced by BEL, Ordinance factories
and private partners was also organised.
Workshop on Communication Skills
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory
(NPOL), Kochi, organised a workshop on English
Communication Skills during 12-14 March 2013.
The workshop was aimed at strengthening the
Dr Saraswat and RRM Shri Jitendra Singh addressing the conference

11. 11May 2013
communication skills of the employees of NPOL. Mrs
Mary Mathew George, Vivekananda English Training
Academy was the resource person.
Workshop on Interpersonal Relationship and
Team Building
Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE),
Balasore, conducted a workshop on Interpersonal
Relationship and Team Building at Naval Science and
Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam,
during 21-22 March 2013 for the technical officers and
Enterprises, Cuttack, at PXE, Balasore, on 15 March
2013. Fifty participants from different industries attended
the meeting. Shri R Appavuraj, Director, PXE, welcomed
the participants. Senior scientists of PXE discussed
various activities of PXE and requirements of different
instruments, tools and machinery. Shri TK Biswal,
Sc F, presented the vote of thanks.
SASE Research Council Meet
Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment
(SASE), Chandigarh, organised its Research Council
Meet at RDC SASE, Chandigarh, on 16 March 2013
under the chairmanship of Prof. GB Pant, an eminent
meteorologist, former Director IITM, Pune, and visiting
Prof. School of Environment and Natural Resource,
Doon University, Dehradun. In his inaugural address
Shri A Ganju, Director, SASE, welcomed the members
and explained the activities of the establishment. He
emphasised the importance of Research Council to the
laboratory in taking future course of action for further
improvement in SASE's roadmap.
Presentations were made by the Divisional Heads
to the Council highlighting the work being carried out in
different projects and futuristic plans. After going through
the presentations, the members gave various inputs/
suggestions in different areas. In his concluding remarks,
the Chairman summarised the recommendations made
by the members.
Research Council meeting of SASE in progress
Release of course material
staff of NSTL. Shri YSR Prasada Rao, Sc F, NSTL,
inaugurated the workshop. Major thrust was given on
teambuildingconceptsandpractices,attitude,leadership
development, transactional analysis and fundamental
interpersonal relations orientation behaviour. These
were dealt in details by DrAK Sannigrahi, Sc F, and Dr PK
Das Gupta, Sc F. Participants
assessed their capabilities on
different aspects in relation to
development of interpersonal
relationship and team
building.
Vendor Development-
cum-Buyer-Seller
Interaction Meet
A vender development-
cum-buyer-seller interaction
meetwithDRDOwasorganised
by Micro, Small and Medium

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Personnel News
Appointments
Director ECS, DRDO HQ
Shri Hari Babu Srivastava, Sc G,
took over as Director of Electronics
andComputerScience(ECS),DRDO
HQ, wef 18 April 2013. An alumnus
of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Roorkee and IIT Kanpur, he joined
DRDO at Instruments Research
and Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun,
on 14 August 1984 as Sc B and rose to become Sc G
in 2008. He specialised as a control engineer with his
first assignment on development of control system for
stabilized sights for Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun Mk I.
He also has to his credit the control system design of
the first indigenously developed and mass produced
stabilised panoramic sight. As System Designer, Project
Director and Divisional Head, he led the development of
a number of technologies of electro-optical fire control
systems, line of sight stabilization, ballistic computation,
embedded electronics, weapon slaving, fire control,
etc. for MBT Arjun Mk I. These technologies were
successfully employed to develop Electro-Optical Fire
Control Systems (EOFCS) for naval ships (already in
service with Indian Navy), Infantry Combat Vehicle
Abhay and gimbaled laser seeker for air dropped bombs.
A technology demonstrator for infrared search and track
system was also developed.
At IRDE, he has also worked as the Head, Servo
Systems Division, Chief Designer of Fire Control System
Design Centre and Group Director of the Directorate
of Fire Control Systems. As Group Director, he led the
teams to complete development of EOFCS for MBT
Arjun Mk II, delivered three Stabilized EOFCS to Indian
Navy, contributed to NAMICAprogramme and developed
three Surveillance Sights for multiple applications. He
also launched technology initiatives to develop line of
sight stabilization technology and dual mode (CCD+IIR)
gimbaled seekers for missile application.
Shri Shrivastav has authored 25 technical papers in
various national and international refereed journals and
seminar/conference proceedings, apart from numerous
internal DRDO/IRDE reports. He has co-edited a
DRDO monograph on Night Vision and Electro-Optics
Technology Review. He is life member of Optical Society
of India, Instrument Society of India and Computer
Society of India. He is a recipient of DRDO Cash
prize, DRDO Technology Group Award and Laboratory
Technology Group Award.
Director, DMRL, Hyderabad
Dr Amol A Gokhale, Outstanding
Scientist, has been appointed
Director, Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory (DMRL),
Hyderabad. Dr Gokhale obtained
BTech in Metallurgical Engineering
from IIT Bombay in 1978, and
MS and PhD in Metallurgical
Engineering, from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, in
1980 and 1985, respectively, specialising in the area of
solidification processing.
He joined DMRL, Hyderabad, in 1985 as Sc C,
and rose to the position of Sc H in July 2010. Over
the last 25 years, Dr Gokhale has been involved in the
development of light alloy cast and wrought products.
His early research on the development of Al-Li alloys
resulted in applications in INSAT II programme. He led a
collaborative effort to produce large size Al-Li alloy clad
sheets, and then to heat treat and deep form components
in collaboration with Aeronautical Development Agency
and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for LCA programme.
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forged and rolled magnesium alloys for INSAT III, and
complex Al-Li alloy castings for torpedo programmes.
Since 2004, he has been leading research projects on
aluminium-based foams for shock, blast and sound
absorption, laser additive manufacturing of stainless
steels, super alloys and functionally graded materials,
and joint programmes on nickel and titanium foams.
Aluminium foam, developed by his team at DMRL
and evaluated by automotive companies and DRDO
laboratories, has shown great promise for crash and
blast absorption applications. Ni foams developed by
his team are being actively considered for applications
in the space and other civilian sectors.
For the past few years, Dr Gokhale is working on
the development of high temperature stable materials.
In a short period, his team has developed laboratory
scale ZrB2
-SiC composite discs, metal honeycomb and
ceramic insulation-based thermal protection system
modules, process to purify niobium metal and various
protective coatings for high emissivity and protection
from oxidation.
At DMRL, Dr Gokhale led the Solidification
Technology Division, the Informatics and Documentation
Division, the Extractive Technology Division, and the
Administration Division. During last five years, he has
supported the efforts to transfer DMRL-developed Ti
sponge technology to public sector unit KMML in Kerala.
For his various technical contributions, Dr Gokhale
received the Binani Gold Medal of the Indian Institute
of Metals (with Dr G Madhusudhan Reddy) in 1993,
the National Research and Development Corporation
Technology Innovation Award (with Dr RK Singh) in
1994, the DM Panthaki Award from the Indian Institute
of Welding (with Dr G Madhusudhan Reddy) in 1999,
the National Metallurgists’ Day Metallurgist of the Year
Award by the Ministry of Steel in 2000, the DRDO
Scientist of the Year Award in 2008 and the GD Birla
Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Metals in 2010.
Dr Gokhale is a Fellow of the Indian NationalAcademy
of Engineering, life member of the Indian Institute of
Metals (and vice chairman of the Hyderabad chapter),
Materials Research Society of India and the Institute of
Indian Foundrymen, and a Light Alloys panel member
of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India. He
has guided four PhD theses, and has 90 publications to
his credit.
Director, RCI, Hyderabad
Shri G Satheesh Reddy,
Outstanding Scientist, has been
appointed Director, Research Centre
Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, wef 1 May
2013. Shri Reddy obtained BTech
in Electronics and Communication
Engineering (ECE) from Jawaharlal
NehruTechnological University (JNTU),Ananthapur, and
MS (by Research) in ECE from JNTU, Hyderabad. He
joined DRDO in July 1986 as Sc B and has been serving
in RCI right from the inception of the establishment and
gained vast experience in the areas of avionics and
missile systems. He is a navigation expert with more
than 25 years of experience and has contributed in the
development of inertial sensors and systems, satellite
navigation, embedded computers, real-time software,
guidance and control technologies along with associated
avionics systems. He has also envisioned the futuristic
requirements and accelerated the focussed R&D in
critical technologies.
Under his leadership, advanced indigenous products
and variety of navigation systems based on DTG, FOG,
RLG and MEMS have been produced and delivered to
various programmes like Agni variants, Air Defence,
B-05,Akash, BrahMos,Astra, Prithvi, Dhanush, Prahaar,
Naval Ships of Indian Defence. He has spear headed
the critical technologies ranging from high accuracy
inertial sensors to high dynamics SATNAV receivers,
robust navigation algorithms, gyro-compassing, in-flight,
in-sailing, transfer alignment and calibration schemes.
He has also architected the inertial navigation, SATNAV
Baro-inertial data fusion using Kalman Filter and
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missile applications and has been pivotal in building
the country’s indigenous multi satellite constellation
receiver for high dynamics applications. He propelled
the industries in both public and private sectors to gear-
up, establish and produce the state-of-the-art systems,
indigenously. He also established a state-of-the-art
Navigation and Embedded Computer Complex with
most modern infrastructure, on par with laboratories of
the advanced nations, to cater for the futuristic research
and development.
For his technological achievements and vital
contributions to the field of aeronautics and aerospace
engineering, various professional bodies/societies have
honoured him as academician and inducted him into
their institution. He is a Fellow of the Indian National
Academy of Engineering; the Institution of Engineering
and Technology, United Kingdom, Institution of
Engineers (India) (FIE), Institution of Electronics
and Telecommunication Engineers, Andhra Pradesh
Academy of Sciences and an Associate Fellow of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
USA, Royal Institution of Navigation, London; full time
Academy Member of the prestigious Russian Academy
of Navigation and Motion Control (FMANACUD) and
also a Senior Member of IEEE.
Recognising his innovative efforts in the country, he
has been conferred with many awards and has been
felicitated extensively. Some of the important honours
and recognitions bestowed on him are: Young Scientist
Award for modelling of inertial sensors; Agni Award for
Excellence in Self Reliance-2006 as a team leader;
DRDO Scientist of the Year Award-2010; Outstanding
Engineer Award by the Federation of Andhra Pradesh
Chambers of Commerce and Industry, BV Baliga
Memorial Award by the Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineers for 2012; Prof Yashwant
Rao Kelkar Yuva Puraskar by the Akhila Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad in recognition of his efforts for making
country self-reliant in the area of navigation systems for
defence applications; DRDO Performance Excellence
Award (twice) for contributions towards successful
BrahMos and Dhanush missions; Path Breaking
Research/Outstanding Technology Development Award
(twice) as a team member for successful Air Defence
(AD) and Agni missions; Systems Society of India
Vikram Award for contribution to real-life systems of
national importance for 2012; Aeronautical Society of
India Dr Biren Roy Space Science and Design Award for
contributions to the growth of Aerospace and Navigation
Sciences for 2012; and Astronautical Society of India
Rocketry Award for contributions to rocket sciences and
related technologies for 2010.
He is the Vice Chairman of the Aeronautical Society
of India, Hyderabad, and founder Vice President of the
Sensors Research Society, India. Shri Reddy has more
than 20 national and international publications to his
credit and is member of numerous academic council,
advisory committee and governing bodies. He also
played a vital role in conducting many national and
international conferences.
Awards
AeSI’s Indigenisation of Aeronautical
Equipment Award
Shri Shirish Kale, Sc F, Regional Director, RCMA(F&F),
CEMILAC, and Shri MS Velpari, GM, Development, HAL,
jointly received AeSI’s Indigenisation of Aeronautical
Equipment Award for the year 2012 for developing
technology for the manufacturing of Shape Memory
Shri Shirish Kale receiving the award from Shri MM Pallam Raju

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NMRL, Ambernath
Shri Vijay M Nimbalkar, Sc C, has
been awarded PhD by the Institute of
Chemical Technology, University of
Mumbai, for his thesis entitled Nano-
crystalline TiB2
Particulate Reinforced
Al Alloy Metal Matrix Composites.
Alloys (SMA) and SMA Ferrule Rings for indigenous
LCA programme. The award was presented by hon'ble
Minister of HRD Shri MM Pallam Raju.
National Woman Bio Scientist Award
DrRitaSingh,ScE,DefenceLaboratory
(DL), Jodhpur, has been conferred the
National Woman Bio Scientist Award
by the Department of Biotechnology,
Ministry of S&T on the occasion of
International Women's Day on 8 March
2013.
INMAS, Delhi
Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Sc G, Institute of Nuclear
Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, has
Higher Qualification Acquired
been elected as a Fellow of Society of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research during the Annual Conference
of SPER held at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, on 9 March
2013.
NATIONAL SAFETY WEEK CELEBRATIONS
ITR, Chandipur Shri G Panda was felicitated as Best Safety Monitor of
the Range for 2012-13.
Two lectures on Overview of Safety Management and
Intelligent Maintenance were delivered by professors
from IIT, Kharagpur, on the occasion. Shri RK Behera,
Chairman, Safety Committee, gave the welcome
address. Dr SK Sahu, Secretary, Safety Committee,
presented the vote of thanks. Safety Day promotional
materials, received from NSC, were distributed among
all the range personnel.
NPOL, Kochi
Naval Physical and Oceanographic
Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, organised 42nd
National Safety Week to promote safety
awareness among employees. As part of
the campaign, competitions such as essay
writing, innovative ideas and cartoon drawing
were conducted. The celebrations started
with flag hoisting by senior most technician,
safety day pledge and a live mock drill on fire
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, celebrated
42nd
National Safety Day on 4 March 2013. Shri MVKV
Prasad, Director, ITR, administrated the safety pledge
to all employees of the range. Shri MV Bhaskarachary,
Associate Director, and Shri PC Routray, Chairman,
Range Safety Council, highlighted the need for safety
measures in the range and emergency preparedness.
The Directorate of EOTS was given Annual Safety
Rolling Trophy for the best performance in implementing
safety, health and environmentalo measures.
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Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts
ARDE, Pune
Shri TKA Nair, Advisor to PM, on
15 March 2013. Shri Anil M datar, OS
and Director, Armament Research and
Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune,
briefed the visitor about the activities of
ARDE. Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
System (MBRLS) and its operations were
demonstrated to Shri Nair at Tarmac. Firing
demonstration for the 5.56 mm INSAS rifle,
CVRDE, Chennai
Maj Gen PM Hariz, SM, VSM, ADGMF
and Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan, VSM, ADG
MO (B) designate, on 7 March 2013. The
visitors were briefed about the activities of
CVRDE.
5.56 mm Joint Venture Protective Carbine
(JVPC), 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade
Launcher (UBGL) with INSAS rifle and
84 mm LWL developed by ARDE was also
shown to the visitor.
Shri Datar briefing Shri Nair about ARDE’s product
Maj Gen PM Hariz and Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan
reviewing the features of CCPT vehicle
fighting. The week concluded with a series
of enlightening events. The Chief Guest,
Shri Appavuraj, Director, PXE, Chandipur,
shared his experiences on safety issues and
their solutions in the working
environment and presented
prizes to the winners of the
various competitions. Dr
CVK Prasada Rao, Associate
Director, NPOL, emphasised
the significance of safety
measures including technical
trials at sea. Dr Reji John,
Chairman, Safety Committee,
highlighted the significance
and relevance of safety
measures in the working place. This was
followed by a presentation on Basic Life
Support Skills by Major (Dr) Sajith Surendran,
Medical Officer, NPOL, and a quiz on safety.