The document summarizes the achievement of Initial Operational Clearance for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, India's first indigenously designed, developed, and produced fighter jet. Key details include: - LCA Tejas achieved Initial Operational Clearance on January 10, 2011, clearing it for use by the Indian Air Force. - The program to develop LCA Tejas began two decades ago and has involved several Indian organizations. It has helped develop critical aeronautical technologies and expertise in India. - LCA Tejas is an important milestone for India's military aviation capabilities and marks progress toward greater self-reliance in defense.

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A monthly house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 31 No. 2 ■ February 2011
LCA Tejas achieves Initial Operational Clearance
LCA
Tejas,
the country’s
first indigenously
designed, developed, and
produced fighter jet achieved the
Initial Operational Clearance on
10 January 2011.
In this Issue
L
ight CombatAircraft (LCA) Tejas, the country’s
first indigenously designed, developed,
and produced fighter jet achieved the Initial
Operational Clearance (IOC) on 10 January 2011,
when the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Shri AK Antony
handedoveraformal‘ReleasetoServiceCertificate’
of Tejas aircraft to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief
Marshal, PV Naik. Congratulating the Tejas team
for their dedication and hard work, he stated that ‘a
state-of-the-art indigenous combat aircraft would go
a long way in enhancing national security and the
Pride of the Nation towards building our own combat
aircraft capability’. Speaking on the occasion,
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, DG DRDO, and
Secretary, Defence R&D, who is also the Director
General, ADA, stated, ‘It is a red letter day in the
history of Aeronautics in the country’.
The ‘Release to Service Certificate’ prepared
by the Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness
(Aircraft), an organisation under Centre for Military
Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC),
after thoroughly scrutinising the entire design,
development, testing, and the results of flight tests
of all the systems of Tejas over the last several
months was handed over in a grand ceremony.
The occasion marked a great achievement in the
development of Tejas in particular, and military
aviation in the country on the whole. Tejas aircraft
 LCA Tejas achieves Initial Operational
Clearance
 National Metallurgist Day Award
 Advances in Aeronautical Material and
Technologies
 SA to RM honoured at ISC-2011
 Honorary Doctorate to SA to RM
 Lakshya-2 Trials Successful
 HR Oration-Swami Ramdev Ji
 DRDO Counselling Centre
 DRDE Scientists Install Bio-digesters
 CEPTAM-04: DRDO Entry Test

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Materials Research
Laboratory (HEMRL),
MicrowaveTubeResearch
& Development Centre
(MTRDC), and Research
Centre Imarat (RCI) have
immensely contributed
to the programme. The
challenge of developing
a fourth generation
combat aircraft was
taken up, and the first
technology demonstrator
encompassing fourth
generation technologies
was flown on 04 January
2001. By March 2004,
with one more technology demonstrator and
one prototype vehicle, all the technologies of the
fourth generation aircraft relevant to Tejas were
demonstratedsuccessfully,completingtheTechnology
Demonstration phase.
The next phase of the programme got initiated in
November 2001 with Government funding for not only
building the prototypes for the Fighter and Trainer
aircraft but also for establishing the ‘Limited Series
Production (LSP) line’ and delivery of eight LSP
aircraft. Today, the programme has reached the stage
of demonstrating the integration of all the
required sensors and weapons as well as
demonstration of safe and reliable flying
within the specified flight envelope.
The above has been demonstrated
through about 1500 test flights
using 11 aircraft flown by over
15 test pilots of IAF and
the Indian Navy.
Based on the above
progress, IAF placed an
order for the first 20 aircraft in 2006
and the next 20 aircraft in December 2010.
Also, the Government has funded the extension of the
Tejas Development Programme for Mark-II variant, to
upgrade Tejas with higher thrust engine. There is a
likelihood of delivering altogether seven squadrons
of Tejas aircraft to IAF. It is worth recognising that
during the last two decades, the efforts of the Tejas
team have not only resulted into production of the
aircraft and flight-testing, but it have also uplifted
will now be available for use by the Indian Air Force
(IAF) pilots.
Tejas programme was initiated around two
decades ago to develop technologies for the fourth
generation fighter aircraft, and demonstrate these on
two technology demonstrator aircraft. There was a gap
of two generations of technologies at that time. The
Tejas team consisted of Aeronautical Development
Agency (ADA), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),
Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO), IAF, CEMILAC, Directorate General of
Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA), Public
Sector Undertakings, private industry,
and academic institutions.
Aeronautical Development
Agency, a part of Department of
Defence R&D, Ministry of Defence,
with Dr VK Saraswat, Secretary,
Deptt of Defence R&D, as its
Director General, spearheaded
the design and development
process as the nodal agency.
A number of DRDO labs such
as Aeronautical Development
Establishment (ADE), Aerial Delivery
Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE),
Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS), Combat
Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
(CVRDE), Defence Avionics Research Establishment
(DARE), Defence Bioengineering and Electro-medical
Laboratory (DEBEL), Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL), Defence Materials and Stores
Res & Dev Establishment (DMSRDE), Gas Turbine
Research Establishment (GTRE), High Energy
Dignitaries at the handing over ceremony of ‘Release to Service Certificate’ of Tejas aircraft.

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the technology level of various disciplines of design,
development, ground-testing, and flight-testing in
the country. Technology levels in these areas have
been taken up to fourth generation in the country. The
programme has also nurtured a large human capital
of aeronautical engineers during the last two decades.
This evolution of ecosystems inAeronautics has made
the country ready to take up future military and civil
National Metallurgist Day Award – Metallurgist of the Year 2010
Dr N Eswara Prasad, Sc ‘G’ and Regional Director
for RCMA (Materials), Hyderabad, of CEMILAC has
been elected as the Metallurgist of the Year 2010
by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and Ministry
of Steel for his outstanding contributions towards
the research, development, and production support
through airworthiness certification of several non-
ferrous aeronautical metals and materials for Defence
Applications in India. This prestigious recognition by
IIM was bestowed on Dr Prasad by Shri Virbhadra
Singh, Minister for Steel, Government of India, on
14 November 2010 at the National Metallurgist Day
Celebrations of IIM, conducted at the Indian Institute
of Science, Bengaluru. Dr Prasad was also elected
as a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India) for
his contributions in the field of ‘Mechanical behaviour
of metal- and ceramic-based advanced composites
and also for the ‘Development of several aero grade
aluminium alloys and high temperature materials
based on MoSi2, C-Cf and C-Cf-SiC’, in 2009.
Dr N Eswara Prasad (second from left) with the Metallurgist of
the Year 2010 award.
Dignitaries lighting up the lamp
aviation challenges. Military aviation programmes like
the advanced medium combat aircraft, unmanned
combat air vehicles, fifth generation fighter aircraft,
military transport aircraft, etc, are already visible on the
horizon. It is also a day to celebrate the achievements
of the Indian Aeronautical Community in terms of
self-reliance and mastering the four plus generation
technologies of military aviation.
In its pursuit of promoting interactions with
academic institutions and industries, CEMILAC
conducted a five-day International Winter School on
Advanced Aeronautical Materials and Technologies
(AAMT-2010) during 15-19 December 2010, at
Taramati Baradari Heritage Complex, Hyderabad,
India. The School provided a platform for 500-strong
young students, practising engineers, scientists,
and academicians to get an exposure to the recent
advances in the areas of aeronautical materials
and technologies. The programme consisted of one
keynote, 15 plenary, 14 invited, and 2 memorial
lectures, and all lectures were delivered by renowned
experts from USA, Russia, France, Japan, Australia,
Korea, and India. Several discussions and meetings
were conducted in the areas of aeronautical systems,
conventional aero-materials (aluminum alloys,
magnesium alloys, steels, titanium, and superalloys),
emerging aero-materials (advanced composites,
Advances in Aeronautical Materials and Technologies – 2010
functional and structural nano materials), design,
development, and production. The Winter School
was supported by various national research and
academic institutes and industries, such as DRDO,
Department of Science and Technology, HAL, ADA,
School of Engineering Sciences & Technology of
University of Hyderabad, Investment and Precision
Castings Limited, and several other industries and
academic bodies.

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SA to RM honoured at Indian Science Congress-2011
Honorary Doctorate to SA to RM
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM was
honoured with the Vikram Sarabhai
Memorial Award at the 98th
Indian
Science Congress (ISC) - 2011 on
03 January 2011. The ISC
Awards were given away by the
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
Dr Manmohan Singh to 27 leading
scientists from across the world
including two Nobel Laureates,
during the inaugural ceremony.
Dr Saraswat dedicated the Award to
the entire DRDO fraternity who have
made India proud by developing
cutting edge military technologies
for the country’s defence. ‘My
award is a recognition of outstanding contributions
made by the DRDO team in achieving high level
of self-reliance in the area of cutting-edge defence
technologies’, stated Dr Saraswat after receiving the
award. Dr Saraswat delivered an invited lecture, ‘The
expanding scope in the Defence Sector’, during the
plenary session on ‘Enhancing Academia-Industry
Interactions’, on 04 January 2011, apart from chairing
a session on ‘Strategic Electronic Sector,’ on 06
January 2011.
The DRDO pavilion was inaugurated by Shri Kapil
Sibal, the Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Science and
Technology, Earth Sciences, and Communication
and IT, who also greatly appreciated the DRDO
technologies on display. DRDO participated in
the ‘Pride of India Science Expo–2011’, that was
organised during 03–07 January 2011 as part of
98th
Indian Science Congress (ISC-2011) at SRM
University, Chennai.
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM was conferred
Honorary Doctorate by the Sathyabama
University, Chennai, on 02 December 2010.
Dr Jeppiar, Founder and Chancellor,
Sathyabama University presented the
Doctorate. AlsopresentwereShriPSivakumar,
Director, Combat Vehicles Research and
Development Estt. (CVRDE), Avadi, and
Shri R Shankar, Director, Directorate of
Combat Vehicles and Engineering, DRDO
Headquarters, New Delhi.
Dr VK Saraswat receiving the Honourary Doctorate from Dr Jeppiar, Founder
Chancellor, Sathyabama University.
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh presenting the Vikram Sarabhai
Memorial Award to Dr VK Saraswat.

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Lakshya-2 Trials
Successful
HR Oration by
His Holiness Yog Rishi Swami Ramdev ji
Defence Science Forum organised an HR Oration
by His Holiness Yog Rishi Swami Ramdev ji on
‘Yoga for Healthy Living,’ on 07 January 2011, at
Dr Bhagavantham Auditorium, Metcalfe House, Delhi.
The programme began with lighting of the lamp by
Swami Ramdev; Shri AK Maini, OS and Director,
LASTEC, welcomed the invities and other dignitaries,
while Dr W Selvamurthy, DS and CC R&D (LS),
delivered the presidential address and also introduced
Swami Ramdev. Swami Ramdev explained the
usefulness of yoga and demonstrated some of the
pranayams and aasans. He also appreciated the
efforts being made by DRDO scientists in self-reliance
of defence technologies. About 800 participants
including Chief Controllers, Directors of DRDO HQrs
and Labs of Delhi, and officers and staff from various
Delhi-based labs participated actively. Dr Rajeev Vij
proposed the vote of thanks.
The digital version of the pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-2
was successfully flight-tested on 20 December 2010. Lakshya-2
was developed with the necessary hardware and software to meet
the user requirements of very low altitude flight (15-25 metre above
sea level) capability. Lakshya-2 flew for 32 min duration, controlled
by Ground Control Station and proved over a range of 10 km at very
low altitude. The flight was stable and well-controlled during the
flight tests. A mobile launcher, to launch PTA from anywhere and
GPS to locate for recovery, were also used successfully. The aircraft
also demonstrated its manoeuvering capability simultaneously
simulating manoeuvering attacking aircraft. The aircraft has been
designed in such a way that two Lakshya targets can be flown and
controlled by a Common Ground Control Station.
Lighting the Lamp Ceremony

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A DRDO Counselling Centre has been setup at
the Defence Institute of Psychological Research
(DIPR) campus, Delhi. The Counselling Centre was
inaugurated by Dr J Narayana Das, OS and CC R&D
(NS M & HR).
The Centre aims to enhance the psychological
well-being of the DRDO fraternity and help achieve
the fullest potential at the personal and professional
fronts by providing counselling services to its
employees for their personal, family, and work-related
problems. Counselling services are being provided
for the DRDS/DRTC, Admin and Allied cadre, and
their first degree family members’ free-of-charge.
The Centre is currently functioning within the
premises of DIPR. It is manned by experienced,
professionally-qualified clinical psychologists.
It provides counselling services to people with
problems like difficulty in interaction, getting anxious
easily, low mood, habit of excessive cleaning and
Scientists of
Defence Research
D e v e l o p m e n t
Establishment(DRDE),
Gwalior, installed six
temperature-controlled
bio-digesters with
four toilet and shelter
facilities at Solar
Colony, Charglasar,
Leh, where several
villages were washed
away in the recent
natural disaster. These
bio-digesters are under community toilets that are
being used by about 135 families residing in quarters
built by the Government of India. Kumari Shelja,
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
and Tourism, visited the site. Dr Mukesh Agarwal, Sc
‘D’, DRDE, Gwalior, demonstrated the functioning of
the bio-digesters to the Honourable Minister and the
Local Administration.
checking, memory difficulties,
sleep disorders, marital, personal,
and occupational issues. Services
are also extended to children with
academic difficulties, attention
deficits and hyperactivity, and
conduct and behavioural problems.
The Centre is equipped with recent
psychological tests for assessing
personality, IQ, specific learning
disability, neuropsychological
assessment, attention deficits and
hyperactivity, aptitude, stress, anxiety, depression,
social skills, and general well-being.
DIPRisworkingonaproposalforonlinecounselling
for labs outside Delhi; however employees desirous of
brief intervention/counselling can visit the counselling
Centre as per appointment.
DRDO Counselling Centre
DRDE Scientists Install
Bio-digesters in Leh
The centre aims to enhance the psycho-
logical well-being of DRDO fraternity and
helps achieve the fullest potential, both
at the personal and professional fronts
by providing counselling services to its
employees for their personal, family, and
work-related problems.
Dr Narayana Das, Dr Mandal, Director, DIPR, and scientists
at the DIPR Counselling Centre.

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Training Courses
Manpower Development Activities
ASL, Hyderabad
A five-day course on ‘Information Management in
R&D’wasorganisedbyAdvancedSystemsLaboratory
(ASL) during 29 November to 03 December 2010.
Smt G Rohini Devi, OS and Associate Director,
ASL, inaugurated the course. About 25 participants
from DRDO labs/estts including ASL attended the
course. Experienced guest faculty along with internal
faculty from DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, and University
of Hyderabad, delivered lectures. Dr AL Moorthy,
Director, DESIDOC, presided over the valedictory
function. Shri S Rajesh Mohod, Sc ‘E’ was the course
director and Shri Hemant Kumar, Head, TIC was the
course coordinator.
CEMILAC, Bengaluru
The Bangalore Chapter of Society for Failure
Analysis (SFA) conducted a one-day workshop
on ‘Failure Analysis of Aerospace Engineering
Components’ on 21 December 2010, at CEMILAC.
The workshop mainly dealt with the fundamentals of
fracture, fracture mechanisms, failure analysis, and
prevention of failures. Eminent personalities from
HAL, CPRI, and NAL delivered the lectures. More
than 100 delegates from DRDO, HAL, ADA, SAFRAN
India, and private industries attended the workshop.
RCMA, Nasik
A five-day course on ‘Aircraft System and Store
Integration’, was organised by Regional Centre for
Military Airworthiness (RCMA). The Course was
inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri PK Khanwalkar, GM
(AURDC), HAL(ND). About 19 scientists belonging
to aero-cluster labs such as ADE, ARDE, CABS,
CEMILAC, DARE, DRDL, and RCMA; and officers
from Naval Aircraft Yard, Base Repair Depot, IAF,
DGAQA(N) and HAL(ND) attended the course. Shri
SD Lagavankar, Sc ‘F’, was the course director and
Shri BS Mandloi, Sc ‘E’ was the course-in-charge.

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PERSONNEL NEWS
Appointments
Shri M Aravindakshan, Sc ‘G’
hasassumedthechargeofScientific
Advisor to the Chief of Naval Staff
wef 10 January 2011. He obtained
BSc (Mech. Engg) from National
Institute of Technology, Calicut and
MTech (Marine Technology) from
IIT, Kharagpur.
Shri Aravindakshan joined Naval Science and
Technological Laboratory (NSTL) in 1977. He
worked in the areas of mechanical engineering and
hydrodynamics of various torpedos. He developed an
Exercise Head with a balloon recovery mechanism
for Torpedo ATIME (Ex USSR). He moved to Naval
Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory(NPOL), Kochi,
in 1996 and headed the Product Design and Drawing
Division. He was a team member in the development
of airborne winch of MIHIR. He designed the cable
drift sensor mechanism of MIHIR, which provides vital
input to theAFCS of helicopter. He has been assigned
the most challenging job of developing a dunking
Sonar with an openable transducer array for LFDS.
Later, he took higher assignments of steering the
entire engineering of Low Frequency Dunking Sonar,
its safety-of-flight tests, and final installation on ALH
at Bengaluru. The system is currently undergoing
technical trials at INS Garuda.
His awards and recognitions include: NPOLAward
for conduct of Successful Sea Trials of Airborne
Sonar 2007; NPOL Award for Design and Display of
Naval Tableau; Laboratory Scientist of the Year 2010.
He has published papers in national and international
journals. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers
(India).
R&DE(E), Pune
Dr S Guruprasad, Sc ‘G’
has been appointed as Director,
R&DE(E), Pune, wef 01 October
2010. He obtained his BE (Mech.
Engg) from Mysore University, ME
(Machine Design) from Bengaluru
University, and PhD from IIT, Bombay, for his research
work in Blast and Impact Resistant Structures.
Dr Guruprasad joined R&DE(E) in 1986. Since
then, he has contributed to the major R&D activities
of the lab. He was a key member of the design
team of project Sarvatra, a Multi-span Mechanical
Military Bridging System. As Project Director for the
BrahMos Launchers and Ground Systems, he was
instrumental in development of Weapon Complex
elements for BrahMos. For the first time, a Single
vehicle weapon system for BrahMos, the Mobile
Autonomous Launcher was developed, and inducted
into Services. His efforts have resulted in design and
development of inclined deck-mounted launchers
and vertical launchers for naval warships.
Dr Guruprasad is an expert in computer-aided
engineering, simulation-based design, and product
life cycle management systems. He has a number
of patents related to Sarvatra Project and has filed
more than 18 patents related to BrahMos Launchers
and Ground Systems. Now, as Director of R&DE(E),
he is leading several important development projects
in combat engineering, weapon launch systems,
advanced composite products, NBC protection
systems, and robotic systems.
Awards
Dr K Sekhar, CC R&D (MS & LIC) was conferred
‘TheEminentEngineerAward-2010’forhismeritorious
contribution in the field of Chemical Engineering by
The Institution of Engineers Limited, India during its
26th
National Convention of Chemical Engineers held
at Bengaluru.
Dr Sekhar seated with the Eminent Engineer Award

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Higher Qualification Acquired
HEMRL, Pune
Shri Raj Bahadur, Hindi Officer, has been
awarded PhD (Hindi) by University of Pune, Pune,
DRDE, Gwalior
Dr SK Raza, Sc ‘F’, DRDE along with Dr W
Selvamurthy, DS and CC R&D (LS), DRDO HQrs,
attended the Chemical Biological Defence Science
and Technology (CBDS&T) Conference organised
by Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), USA,
in November 2010, at Orlando, Florida, USA. They
gave invited talks in the field of NBC Defence.
International Conference Attended
Her Excellency, the President of India
presenting the award to Shri Channamadev C.
Dignitaries at the ADE Foundation Day
Raising day celebrations
ADE, Bengaluru
ADE celebrated its 52nd
Foundation Day on
05 January 2011 at Sameeksha Auditorium. Shri PS
Krishnan, Director, ADE addressed the gathering and
introduced the eminent guests to the audience. Dr VS
Arunachalam, former SA to RM was the Chief Guest
(Technologies) and he delivered the Foundation Day
Lecture (Technologies) and Rear Admiral DM Sudan,
Asst. Chief of Naval Staff (Air) was the Chief Guest
(Defence Services) and delivered the Foundation
Day Lecture (Defence Services). Dr Prahlada, DS
and CC R&D (Ae&SI) presided over the function and
releasedADE’s Hindi House Magazine Nabhatarang’s
12th
issue. Foundation Day awards were distributed
DARE, Bengaluru
Shri C
Channamadev,
Sc‘B’,DARE,has
been selected as
‘Best Employee’
for National
Awards for the
Empowerment
of Persons with
D i s a b i l i t i e s ,
2010. The award was presented by Her Excellency,
the President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patel,
in New Delhi, on 03 December 2010.
for his thesis titled, ‘Use of rajbhasa
Hindi in defence and scientific
research institutes: present situation
and futuristic trend’.
Ms Reny Mammen Roy, Sc ‘C’,
has been awarded PhD (Chemistry) by
University of Pune, Pune, for her thesis
titled, ‘Studies on pressable plastic-
bonded explosives’.
DRL, Tezpur
Shri Nani Gopal Das, TO ‘D’,
has been awarded PhD by Gauhati
University for his thesis titled, ‘Studies
on occurrence of malaria in forest-
fringed villages of Sonitpur district in
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and
possible correlation with malaria vector
density’.
DRDL, Hyderabad
Dr PCJain,Sc‘F’,hasbeenawarded
PhD for his thesis titled, ‘Vibration
suppression of plated structures’ by the
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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the scientists and staff of CAIR. As part of Raising
Day celebrations, sports events like Walkathon,
Marathon, Shot-put throw, Volley ball, Musical chair,
etc, were conducted. Director, CAIR distributed the
prizes to the winners of the sports events.
NPOL, Kochi
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory
(NPOL) celebrated its Annual Day on 10 December
2010, with vibrant enthusiasm and team spirit. Dr T
Mukundan, Sc ‘F’, Chairman, Organising Committee,
welcomed the gathering. Shri K Madhavan Nair, IRS,
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Kerala Circle,
was the Chief Guest, and he lauded the contributions
of NPOL to the nation and shared his thoughts on the
importance of maintaining a healthy balance between
reality and human expectations, for satisfaction and
happiness in both official and personal life. This was
followed by distribution of DRDO and NPOL awards
to the scientists and supporting staff, who had made
outstanding contributions to the organisation. Prizes
were also distributed to the winners of the sports
competitions organised as part of the celebrations.
Shri VP Felix, Sc ‘F’ receiving the ‘Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award’
from Shri K Madhavan Nair, IRS.
to winners of various competitions by eminent chief
guests. Shri G Natarajan, OS and Associate Director,
ADE, proposed the vote of thanks.
As part of ADE Foundation Day Celebrations, ADE
conducted DRTC Technical Colloquium Contest
– 2010 from 13 to 15 December 2010. This event
was to encourage the DRTC personnel to bring out
their talent and speak on the topic of their interest.
Two topics were chosen by an evaluation panel: (1)
LightningTestsonFighterAircraftanditsSub-systems,
by Shri Subramanya GA, TO-C, FCCD (2) Innovative
Methods Adapted in the Development of Aluminium
Alloy Castings for UAV, by Shri Sathnarayana PV,
TO-D, NIRBHAY.
ADE also conducted DRDS S & T Contest –
2010 as a part of ADE Foundation Day Celebrations
from 27 to 29 December 2010. This event was to
encourage the DRDS scientists to bring out their
talent and propose a project that will be useful for
ADE and the country. There were 24 contestants
who confidently proposed the projects exposing their
in-depth knowledge. Two projects were chosen: (1)
Development of Knowledge Management System, by
Shri Vadivelan A, Sc C, and (2) Development of Real-
time Kernel for FCS, by Shri Pavan Kumar N, Sc B.
CAIR, Bengaluru
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
(CAIR), celebrated its Raising Day on 22 December
2010. Dr NR Shetty, Director, NMIT, Bengaluru,
inaugurated the event and distributed Laboratory
Scientist Award, Technology Group Award, Award for
DRTC Cadre, Award for Admin and Allied Cadre to
A patent, on ‘A process for the preparation of an
agglutination reagent for rapid detection of typhoid’,
was granted in China: Patent No. ZL 03825732.7.
The inventors are K Sekhar, GP Rai, GS Agarwal,
SK Sharma, DK Jaiswal, (from Delhi University) Kajol
Arora, and VK Chaudhary.
Patent Granted
Director, NMIT, lightening the lamp during the inauguration

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SPORTS
DRDO North Zone Chess Tournament
Thechess
tournament
w a s
organised by
D E S I D O C
from 29
November to
03December
2010. 27
players from 8 DRDO labs participated in the
tournament. Shri Ashok Kumar, Addl. Director,
inaugurated the event. Dr AL Moorthy, Director,
DESIDOC felicitated the winners with medals and
certificates. Shri TD Mitra, SAG and Shri NK Gupta,
LASTEC won the gold and silver medals, respectively,
in Individual Category, whereas the champion trophy
was won by LASTEC and the runner-up trophy by
SSPL.
DRDO Intra Zonal (North) Volleyball
Tournament
D M S R D E ,
K a n p u r
organised the
t o u r n a m e n t
during 27–29
December 2010.
Volleyball teams
from SSPL;
INMAS; ISSA,
Delhi; SASE; TBRL, Chandigarh; DEAL, Dehradun;
and DMSRDE participated in the tournament.
DMSRDE, Kanpur team was the winner, while DEAL
team was the runner-up. Dr KU Bhasker Rao, former
Director, DMSRDE and Dr AK Saxena, present
Director, DMSRDE graced the inaugural function.
Dr Sarfaraj Alam, Additional Director, DMSRDE, gave
away trophies and medals.
DRDO Central Zone Shuttle Badminton
Tournament
NSTL team participated in this tournament 2010
held at RCI, Hyderabad, during 29 November to 01
December
2010 and
won the
f o l l o w i n g
m e d a l s .
( i ) T e a m
Champion-
s h i p :
W i n n e r s
Trophy and Gold Medals (ii) Men’s Singles (iii)
Men’s Doubles and (iv) Veteran Singles (v) Veteran
Doubles. Dr V Bhujanga Rao, DS and Director, NSTL
congratulated all the winners.
DRDO Central Zone Volley Ball Tournament
N S T L
organised
the tour-
n a m e n t
during 03-
05 January
2011. Four
t e a m s
from various
DRDO Labs - DRDL, DMRL, DLRL, ASL, and NSTL
participated. NSTL team was the winner. Dr V
Bhujanga Rao, DS and Director, NSTL inaugurated
the tournament and Shri SV Rangarajan, OS was the
Chief Guest for the valedictory function. Smt. Lalitha
Bhujanga Rao gave away the prizes to the winners.
DRDO West Zone Chess Tournament
The tournament was held at NMRL during 22–23
November 2010. About 25 participants from the west
zone DRDO labs namely NMRL, ARDE, R&DE(E),
HEMRL, and VRDE participated. The tournament
was inaugurated by Dr BC Chakraborty, Addl
Director, NMRL. ARDE won the championship and
R&DE(E) was the runner-up in the team event. In
individual events, (Gents Category) Shri RK Patel, Sr
Admin. Asst., VRDE, won the gold medal and Shri DS
Gautam, Sc`C’, NMRL, won the silver medal; (Ladies
Category) Ms Renu Gill, TO`A’, HEMRL, won the gold
medal.
Winner DMSRDE, Kanpur team with the trophy
Smt. Lalitha Bhujanga Rao giving away the
Champion trophy.
Dr AL Moorthy giving away the trophy to the winner
Dr Bhujanga Rao along with the winners at the
Badminton Tournament.

12. 12 February 2011
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Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts
Dr Sreehari Rao attending the EB meeting at CAIR
Shri Arvind Kaushal showing keen interest in Combustible
Cartridge Case Modules.
Dr A Sivathanu Pillai showing keen interest
in the exhibits.
Dr PS Goel interacting with the scientists of ISSAShri Elangovan interacting with DESIDOC scientists
CABS, Bengaluru
Air Marshal NV Tyagi, A VSM, VM,
VSM, Dy Chief ofAir Staff, on 01 December
2010.
CAIR, Bengaluru
Dr Sreehari Rao, CC R&D
(ECS), on 16 December 2010.
CVRDE, Chennai
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, on 06 January
2011.
DESIDOC, Delhi
Shri G Elangovan, DS and CC R&D
(R&M), on 28 January 2011.
HEMRL, Pune
Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar,AVSM, Director
General, Artillery, on 6 December
2010.
Shri Arvind Kaushal, IDAS, PCDA
(RD), New Delhi, on 30 December
2010.
Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, DS and CC RD,
CEO MD (BrahMos), on 06 January
2011.
ISSA, Delhi
Dr PS Goel, Chairman, RAC, on 15
December 2010.
SA to RM at the Mechanical System Laboratory, CVRDE
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