The Recruitment and Assessment Centre of DRDO was set up on 23 July 1985 after getting exemption from the purview of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

It is situated at Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi.

RAC has undertaken various recruitment programmes to induct scientists each year in variety of scientific and engineering disciplines relevant to DRDO Laboratories and assessed the suitability of DRDO scientists for promotion to next higher grade through duly constituted Assessment Boards/ Peer Committee.

Former Chairmen, RAC

Name From To
Prof. Sampath 10 Sep 1986 15 Jul 1990
Sh. RK Garg 15 Jul 1990 30 Jun 1994
Dr. CS Jha 1 Jul 1994 30 Jun 1997
Dr. SK Joshi 1 Jul 1997 30 Jun 2000
Dr. VK Aatre 1 Jul 2000 31 Oct 2000
Dr. P. Rodriguez 1 Nov 2000 31 Oct 2003
Dr. VK Aatre 1 Nov 2003 18 May 2004
Dr. KV Raghavan 19 May 2004 30 Sep 2008
Sh. M Natarajan 5 Nov 2008 2 Dec 2008
Dr. PS Goel 3 Dec 2008 2 Dec 2011
Dr. VK Saraswat 3 Dec 2011 20 Jun 2012
Prof. (Dr) D.N. Reddy 20 Jun 2012 19 Jun 2015

Career Opportunity is done these steps:

Scientist Entry Test
ROSSA
Campus Selection
Lateral Entry
NRI Induction

Address:

Recruitment and Assessment Centre
Defence Research and Development Organisation
Ministry of Defence
Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi (INDIA)
PIN - 110 054