A monthly house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation

Vol. 31 No. 2

February 2011

LCA Tejas achieves Initial Operational Clearance

LCA
Tejas,
the countrys
first indigenously
designed, developed, and
produced fighter jet achieved the
Initial Operational Clearance on
10 January 2011.

In this Issue
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

ight Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, the countrys

first indigenously designed, developed,
and produced fighter jet achieved the Initial
Operational Clearance (IOC) on 10 January 2011,
when the Honble Raksha Mantri, Shri AK Antony
handed over a formal Release to Service Certificate
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

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

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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 in Aeronautics has made
the country ready to take up future military and civil

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.

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 nonferrous 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

Dr N Eswara Prasad (second from left) with the Metallurgist of

the Year 2010 award.

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.

Advances in Aeronautical Materials and Technologies 2010

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,

Dignitaries lighting up the lamp

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

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
Honble 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 countrys defence. My
Honble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh presenting the Vikram Sarabhai
Memorial Award to Dr VK Saraswat.
award is a recognition of outstanding contributions
made by the DRDO team in achieving high level
The DRDO pavilion was inaugurated by Shri Kapil
of self-reliance in the area of cutting-edge defence Sibal, the Honble Minister of HRD, Science and
technologies, stated Dr Saraswat after receiving the Technology, Earth Sciences, and Communication
award. Dr Saraswat delivered an invited lecture, The and IT, who also greatly appreciated the DRDO
expanding scope in the Defence Sector, during the technologies on display. DRDO participated in
plenary session on Enhancing Academia-Industry the Pride of India Science Expo2011, that was
Interactions, on 04 January 2011, apart from chairing organised during 0307 January 2011 as part of
a session on Strategic Electronic Sector, on 06 98th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2011) at SRM
January 2011.
University, Chennai.

Honorary Doctorate to SA to RM
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. Also present were Shri P Sivakumar,
Director, Combat Vehicles Research and
Development Estt. (CVRDE), Avadi, and
Shri R Shankar, Director, Directorate of
Combat Vehicles and Engineering, DRDO
Headquarters, New Delhi.

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Dr VK Saraswat receiving the Honourary Doctorate from Dr Jeppiar, Founder

Chancellor, Sathyabama University.

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Lakshya-2 Trials
Successful

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.

HR Oration by
His Holiness Yog Rishi Swami Ramdev ji

Lighting the Lamp Ceremony

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.

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DRDO Counselling Centre

checking,
memory
difficulties,
sleep
disorders,
marital,
personal,
The centre aims to enhance the psychoand occupational issues. Services
logical well-being of DRDO fraternity and
are also extended to children with
helps achieve the fullest potential, both
academic difficulties, attention
deficits and hyperactivity, and
at the personal and professional fronts
conduct and behavioural problems.
by providing counselling services to its
The Centre is equipped with recent
employees for their personal, family, and
psychological tests for assessing
personality, IQ, specific learning
work-related problems.
disability,
neuropsychological
assessment,
attention
deficits and
A DRDO Counselling Centre has been setup at
the Defence Institute of Psychological Research hyperactivity, aptitude, stress, anxiety, depression,
(DIPR) campus, Delhi. The Counselling Centre was social skills, and general well-being.
DIPR is working on a proposal for online counselling
inaugurated by Dr J Narayana Das, OS and CC R&D
for
labs
outside Delhi; however employees desirous of
(NS M & HR).
brief
intervention/counselling
can visit the counselling
The Centre aims to enhance the psychological
Centre
as
per
appointment.
well-being of the DRDO fraternity and help achieve

DRDE Scientists Install

Bio-digesters in Leh

Dr Narayana Das, Dr Mandal, Director, DIPR, and scientists

at the DIPR Counselling Centre.

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

February 2011

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.

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Manpower Development Activities

Training Courses
ASL, Hyderabad
A five-day course on Information Management in
R&D was organised by Advanced Systems Laboratory
(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
has assumed the charge of Scientific
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 the AFCS 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: NPOL Award
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).

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

R&DE(E), Pune
Dr Sekhar seated with the Eminent Engineer Award

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

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Dr K Sekhar, CC R&D (MS & LIC) was conferred

The Eminent Engineer Award-2010 for his meritorious
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.

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DARE, Bengaluru
Shri
C
Channamadev,
Sc B, DARE, has
been selected as
Best Employee
for
National
Awards for the
Empowerment
of Persons with Her Excellency, the President of India
D i s a b i l i t i e s , presenting the award to Shri Channamadev C.
2010. The award was presented by Her Excellency,
the President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patel,
in New Delhi, on 03 December 2010.

International Conference Attended

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.

Higher Qualification Acquired

HEMRL, Pune
Shri Raj Bahadur, Hindi Officer, has been
awarded PhD (Hindi) by University of Pune, Pune,

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 plasticbonded 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 forestfringed villages of Sonitpur district in
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and
possible correlation with malaria vector
density.

DRDL, Hyderabad
Dr PC Jain, Sc F, has been awarded
PhD for his thesis titled, Vibration
suppression of plated structures by the
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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

Dignitaries at the ADE Foundation Day

released ADEs Hindi House Magazine Nabhatarangs

12th issue. Foundation Day awards were distributed

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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)
Lightning Tests on Fighter Aircraft and its Sub-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 Realtime 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

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,

Shri VP Felix, Sc F receiving the Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award

from Shri K Madhavan Nair, IRS.

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.

Patent Granted

Director, NMIT, lightening the lamp during the inauguration

Scientist Award, Technology Group Award, Award for

DRTC Cadre, Award for Admin and Allied Cadre to

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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.

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SPORTS
DRDO North Zone Chess Tournament
The chess
tournament
w a s
organised by
DESIDOC
from
29
November to
03 December Dr AL Moorthy giving away the trophy to the winner
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
DMSRDE,
K a n p u r
organised
the
tournament
during
2729
December 2010.
Volleyball teams
from
SSPL;
INMAS; ISSA, Winner DMSRDE, Kanpur team with the trophy
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
following
medals.
( i ) Te a m
Champions h i p :
Dr Bhujanga Rao along with the winners at the
Badminton Tournament.
Winners
Trophy and Gold Medals (ii) Mens Singles (iii)
Mens 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
tourn a m e n t
during 0305 January
2011. Four
t e a m s
Smt. Lalitha Bhujanga Rao giving away the
Champion trophy.
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 2223
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.

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Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts

CABS, Bengaluru

HEMRL, Pune

Air Marshal NV Tyagi, A VSM, VM,

VSM, Dy Chief of Air Staff, on 01 December
2010.

 Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar, AVSM, Director

General, Artillery, on 6 December
2010.

CAIR, Bengaluru

 Shri Arvind Kaushal, IDAS, PCDA

(R&D), New Delhi, on 30 December
2010.

Dr
(ECS),

Sreehari
on
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EDITORIAL TEAM

Rao,
CC
December

R&D
2010.

Dr Sreehari Rao attending the EB meeting at CAIR

CVRDE, Chennai
Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, on 06 January
2011.

Shri Arvind Kaushal showing keen interest in Combustible

Cartridge Case Modules.

 Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, DS and CC R&D,

CEO & MD (BrahMos), on 06 January
2011.

Dr A Sivathanu Pillai showing keen interest

in the exhibits.
SA to RM at the Mechanical System Laboratory, CVRDE

DESIDOC, Delhi

ISSA, Delhi
Dr PS Goel, Chairman, RAC, on 15
December 2010.

Shri G Elangovan, DS and CC R&D

(R&M), on 28 January 2011.

Shri Elangovan interacting with DESIDOC scientists

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Dr PS Goel interacting with the scientists of ISSA

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