DRDO Board of Directors

[Harsh Pandit]

Hi I am interested in having brief about the Defence & Development Organization as well as the Director Generals of the various departments at DRDO?

DRDO was framed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then effectively working Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production (DTDP) with the Defense Science Organization (DSO). DRDO was then a little association with 10 foundations or labs. Throughout the years, it has developed multi-directionally regarding the assortment of subject controls, number of research centers, accomplishments and stature.

Today, DRDO is a system of more than 50 labs which are profoundly occupied with creating barrier advances covering different controls, similar to flying, weapons, gadgets, battle vehicles, building frameworks, instrumentation, rockets, propelled registering and recreation, uncommon materials, maritime frameworks, life sciences, preparing, data frameworks and farming. Right away, the Organization is upheld by more than 5000 researchers and around 25,000 other experimental, specialized and supporting faculty.

Directors General
• Dr. K Tamilmani, Director General - Aeronautical Systems (Aero)
• Dr. Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Director General - Micro Electronic Devices & Computational Systems (MED & CoS)
• Dr. Manas K Mandal, Director General - Life Sciences (LS)
• Dr. Satish Kumar, Director General - Missiles and Strategic Systems (MSS)
• Ms J Manjula, Director General - Electronics & Communication Systems (ECS)
• Shri Pravin K Mehta, Director General - Armament & Combat Engineering Systems (ACE)
• Dr. Subhash Chandra Sati, Director General - Naval Systems and Materials (NS & M)

Chief Controllers
Dr. G Athithan DS & CC R&D (SAM)
Shri GS Malik DS & CC R&D (R&M and Imp)
Dr. CP Ramanarayanan, DS & CC R&D (HR)
Shri Sudhir Kumar Mishra OS & CC R&D (BrahMos)
Shri M Hafizur Rahaman, OS & CC R&D (TM)
Dr. S Guruprasad, OS & CC R& D (PC & SI)