Hello, here I am providing you the details of the new chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as under:

Chief:
Avinash Chander (DRDO)

Career:
Avinash Chander was an Indian scientist and Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, was the Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. He succeeded V. K. Saraswat to this post.

Education:
He joined DRDO after completing his training in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi).

He subsequently pursued an MS in Spatial Information Technology and Doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU, Hyderabad).

Awards
IIT Delhi Alumni Award
Padma Shri
DRDO Scientist of the year, 1989
Astronautical Society of India Award, 1997
Awarded by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India.
AGNI Self-Reliance Award, 1999
Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award, 2000
DRDO Award, 2007
Outstanding Technologist Award, 2008
DRDO Technology Leadership Award, 2008
Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineers
Fellow, System Society of India
Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences
Vice-President, Astronautical Society of India
Chairman – Sensors Research Society, India
Aryabhata Award-Astronautical society of India.