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A monthly house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 32 No.8 ■ August 2012

Energy is the prime mover of economic growth. In

India there exists a large gap in the demand and supply

of energy. Self-reliance in meeting the ‘energy security’

through indigenous technology is one of the prime

challenges for the country in the near future. Gasication

technologies are time-tested and environmentally

acceptable sound way of converting industrial refuse and

waste items like biomass, municipal solid wastes, high

ash coal, etc., into electricity and useful products like

fertilisers, and chemicals.

National Mission-9 Programme under Climate

Change Action Plan of Prime Minister of India envisagesfor building of an indigenous technology on Multi-Feed

Gasication Technology plant for power and hydrogen

where coal, biomass, MSW, Petcoke can be used as

feed. A National Centre of Excellence for Combustion

and Gasication (NCECG) is being established by DRDO

at Vehicle Research and Development Establishment

(VRDE), Ahmednagar, with the objective for directed

research towards this end. The aim of the Centre is to

develop and establish clean gasication technologies

for converting various industrial waste feeds which are

normally in abundance in the country but so far not used

to generate energy.

A one-day workshop on Gasication Technologies

Applicable to India was organised by DRDO on 6 July

2012 at DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi. The aim of the

workshop was to sensitise the cross-section of potential

industries, academies, and R&D organisations in

realising the energy requirement of the country and

the role of NCECG. Dr VK Saraswat, Scientic

Advisor to Raksha Mantri (SA to RM), Secretary

Department of Defence R&D and Director General

DRDO, presided over the workshop meeting.

Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientic Advisor

to Government of India, was the Chief Guest and

Shri Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and

Information Systems (RIS) for developing countries

and former foreign Secretary, was the Guest of

Honour. Shri S Sundaresh, Distinguished Scientist

(DS) and Chief Controller (CC) R&D (ACE&SI); Dr

CP Ramnarayanan, Director, VRDE, experts from

DRDO, academia and industries also participated in

the workshop.

The workshop was conducted in three sessions

through invited talks by eminent speakers and panel

Workshop on Gasification Technologies

Applicable to India

Dr Saraswat presenting memento to Dr Chidambaram

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discussions of the experts in the eld. Dr VK Saraswat in

his opening remarks said, “the project aims at converting

biomass, municipal solid wastes, high ash coal, and

industrial wastes into useful products like electricity,

fertilisers and chemicals. The Multi-Feed Gasication

Technology project will be the rst of its kind in the world

because only Single-Feed Gasication Technology, as of

now, exists in developed and few developing countries”.

He also said, “our aim is to provide green energy for

defence needs where it is required for consumption,

but it will also largely meet the needs of civil sector as

well”.

Highlighting the importance of energy security with

reference to defence, Dr Saraswat said, “Our Armed

Forces are among the largest consumer of energy, bulk

of which is required in far ung areas. Thus, the transport

of fuel is a major issue. We need to have technologies

to generate power near the place of its consumption and

using sources available nearby linking development with

the consumption of power”.

Dr Chidambram in his inaugural address described

it as a great initiative from DRDO and mentioned that

this indeed is a relatively cleaner carbon conversion

technology and can be devised to address the huge

energy demand by strategic sectors especially the

Armed Forces. “If we are able to use material available

locally to generate these energies that will be valuable

achievements”, opined Dr Chidambram.

Shri Shyam Saran mentioned that energy security

and climate change are the two faces of the same coin.

He further said, “energy sources available to us are

reaching their nite limit. The technology of gasication

will ensure the optimum utilisation of existing resources

nation-wide to meet the energy security challenges.”

The Multi-Feed Gasication with Poly Generation

Project is proposed to be executed as a consortium with

DRDO in lead and CII, IOCL Ltd, Thermax Ltd and L&T

Ltd as other partners. A memorandum of understanding

(MOU) between the partners was formally signed during

the occasion.

Signing of MoU on Multi Feed Gasication with Poly Generation at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi. Row 1st (L-R): Shri Gajanan Sadekar, Vice

President (Tech), Larsen & Toubro Ltd; Dr CP Ramanarayanan, Director VRDE, DRDO; Dr RR Sonde, CTO & Executive Vice President,

Thermax Limited; Shri SK Sarangi, Executive Director, R&D, IOCL and Shri Rajesh Menon, Deputy Director General, Confederation

of Indian Industry. Row 2nd (L-R): Dr RK Malhotra, Director, R&D, IOCL; Dr VK Saraswat, Scientic Advisor to Raksha Mantri ;

Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientic Advisor to Government of India; Shri Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS and Shri S Sundaresh, DS

and CC R&D (ACE&SI), DRDO.

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Every year, women employees of CABS contribute

voluntarily towards the education of a girl child who

need nancial support for pursuing primary school

education. Practice is being followed since 2009. For

the academic year 2012-13, a sum of Rs 10,000/-

was collected and distributed to two girls by Ms Suma

Varughese, Sc G.

SA to RM inaugurates New Technical Facility at DEBEL

Dr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, inaugurated the new

technical facility at Defence Bioengineering and

Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) on 20 June 2012.

Dr W Selvamurthy, DS and CC R&D (LS&IC), Directors of

Bangalore-based labs, partners from academic institutes

and industry were also present on the occasion.

Dr Saraswat lauded DEBEL for her contributions

to the Armed Forces by way of making availablelife support systems, protective equipment and

biomedical devices. He said that the laboratory is

the epitome of convergence of different disciplines

and collaborative working for product development.

He also urged the life sciences laboratories of

DRDO to seize the opportunities offered by the

biomedical engineering revolution and create basic

science clusters in collaboration with academic

and other research agencies, and identify areas

directly leading to product development. SA to RM also

released a Technical Compendium charting DEBEL’s

technological growth since its inception. An exhibition

was also organised during the occasion to showcase the

products and technologies developed by DEBEL.

The new facility houses advanced test facilities

and analytical equipment required for progressing

important current and future R&D programme of

DEBEL. It includes a hydrostatic simulator to test

prototypes and equipment at depths of 300 m;

a dynamic test centrifuge to handle pneumatic

prototypes with specic payloads; a high altitude

simulation chamber for human applications and

advanced characterisation and testing facilities

for technical textiles developed for military

applications.

Dr Saraswat inaugurating the new technical facility

at DEBEL

Dr Saraswat at the exhibition

Voluntary Contribution by CABS’s

Women Employees

Ms Suma Varughese handing over the contribution to the mother

of one of the girls. Ms MR Bhuvaneswari (extreme left) was also

present during the occasion.

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Demonstration of Integrated Computer, Communication andSoftware System for F-INSAS

DG Infantry, DG RR and other senior ofcers of

Army HQ , witnessed the demonstration of Integrated

Computer, Communication and Software System (ICCS)

and Software Dened Radio (SDR) being developed by

Centre for Articial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) and

Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL),

two of the electronic cluster laboratories of DRDO with

BEL as the Production Agency. The presentation-

cum-demonstration was organised by Directorate of

Interaction with Services for Business (DISB), DRDO

HQ with the help of PMO Futuristic Infantry Solider as

a System (F-INSAS), Army HQ; CAIR and DEAL on 19

June 2012 at Brigade HQ, Delhi, under the guidanceof Shri S Sundaresh, DS and CC R&D (ACE&SI), CC

R&D (ECS) and Shri VS Mahalingam, DS and Director,

CAIR.

The following important functionalities and hardware

of F-INSAS, ICCS and SDR were demonstrated:

(i) Role-based functionalities of Coy Cdr, Platoon Cdr,

Sector Cdr, and Soldier comprising common operation

Agni 1 Launched Successfully

Agni 1, India’s 700 km range ballistic

missile, was launched successfully from the

wheeler island off the coast of Odisha. It was

a textbook launch meeting all the mission

objectives. The missile reached the target point

in the Bay of Bengal following the prescribed

trajectory, informed Shri Avinash Chander, DS

and CC R&D (MSS) and Programme Director

Agni.

The missile was launched from road

mobile launcher and was tracked by radar and telemetry stations located along the

coastline. Two naval ships located near the

target point tracked the missile in the terminal

phase of the ight. Indigenously developed by

picture over GIS backdrop; situational awareness over

GIS backdrop; blue force tracking; mission planning

and task execution; integration of military symbols;

integrated message management (pre-formatted and

free text); biometric authentication; and physiological

monitoring display and dissemination.

(ii) Hardware, manufactured by BEL with embedded

software developed by CAIR comprising Commander

data terminal; wrist display and authentication; planning

display and authentication; navigation (GPS, DRM

and DMC); hand-held IP radio (prototype with limited

DRDO, the missile is already in the arsenal of

Indian Armed Forces and was launched by the

Strategic Forces Command as part of training

exercise to ensure preparedness.

The launch was witnessed by Dr VK

Saraswat, SA to RM; Shri Avinash Chander;

Dr J Chattopadhyaya; Project Director, and

Shri MVKV Prasad, Director, ITR, and senior

ofcials of DRDO and the Armed Forces.

Dr Saraswat congratulated the scientists and

employees of DRDO and the Armed Forces

for the successful launch.

Shri AK Antony, Hon’ble Defence Minister,

also congratulated the team on the successful

launch of Agni 1.

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range of operation up to 100 m) with ad hoc network;

centralised power pack and power management

(14.8 V, 10 Ah); target acquisition sub-system; hand-held

target acquisition sub-system; physiological monitoringsub-system; cable concealed in harness; thin lm solar

SA to RM Inaugurates Viewers Gallery of Army Rowing Node

Dr VK Saraswat, SA

to RM, inaugurated the

Viewers Gallery of Army

Rowing Node at CME,

Pune. The gallery has

a sitting capacity of 600spectators with a basement

ofce of 240 m2 for event

organisers. Shri Ashok

Suri, Chief Construction

Engineer (CCE) R&D,

DRDO, highlighted the genesis of the complete project

and emphasised on the seamless synergy between CME

and CCE, DRDO which made creation of international

rowing channel a reality in a record time.

Dr Saraswat congratulated the teams for conceiving

and executing the project meticulously. “An excellentfacility built in record time to international standards

using ingenuity to cut down time and cost”, said

Dr Saraswat. He also delivered a motivational talk to

young ofcers of CME which was followed by a question

and answer session. SA also emphasised the need

for joint participation in undertaking projects as per

requirements of the Services.

Chief Construction Engineer R&D (West), DRDO,

Pashan, engaged best consultants in respective elds of

Geology, water management,

architecture and structures to

prepare the layout and network

of buildings and facilities as

per FISA guidelines which

was put into implementationafter approval of International

Rowing Federation.

DRDO carried out the

task of creation of rowing

channel tirelessly. More than

10 lakh m3 of excavation was carried out for creating

man-made unlined 2200 m long and 135 m wide water

channel with 10 lanes for rowing. Besides, complex

comprises an industrial efuent plant; a spill-away water

channel linking existing upper lake for lling channel

in extreme summer and winter; an administrative-cum-training building with sauna, gymnasium and

small auditorium; boat house complex to house boats

with living accommodation for participants; timer huts;

aligner huts, and a ve storey nish tower as per FISA

guidelines. This is the rst dedicated rowing channel in

South Asia and the only one in Asia besides China. All

channels elsewhere in the world are located near a river

or canal as its feeders, but this is the only channel away

from any large water body where rainwater is collected.

panel; battery charger (AC-DC, DC-DC and solar); and

hand crank generator.

(iii) SDR developed by DEAL (manufactured by BEL)

comprising voice, data and video transmission over liveSDR links.

Viewers gallery of Army rowing node Panoramic view of the rowing channel

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Personnel News

CC R&D (ECS&LIC), DRDO HQ

Shri SS Sundaram, Distinguished

Scientist, has assumed the

appointment of CC R&D (ECS&LIC)

wef 1 July 2012. Shri Sundaram

obtained his MSc (Tech) in Applied

Physics from Andhra University and

MTech in Advanced Electronics from

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University (JNTU), Hyderabad. He joined Defence

Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL),

Dehradun, as SSA in 1976. He briey served Indian

Engineering Services (Broadcasting) in Imphal,

Silchar, Patna and Calcutta. He rejoined DRDO as

Sc B in 1981 at Defence Electronics Research

Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad, and contributed to

the design and realisation of numerous communication

EW systems. He shouldered major responsibility

from ‘concept to induction’ in directing the Integrated

Electronic Warfare Programme, Samyukta, for the

Indian Army.

Shri Sundaram joined Instruments Research and

Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun, as

Director in April 2007. At IRDE, he was instrumental in

realising various thermal imagers, laser instruments,

re control systems, etc., which have been inducted

into the Army, Navy and paramilitary forces. Under his

leadership, IRDE was awarded the DRDO Silicon Trophy

for 2011 in recognition of the work progress in the area

of Electro-optical Instrumentation and Photonics.

Dte of Armament, DRDO HQ

Dr DK Kharat, Sc G, has taken over

as Director Armaments at Directorate

of Armaments, DRDO HQ, New Delhi,

wef 1 June 2012. Prior to this, he was

Associate Director and Project Director

for the design and development of

lightweight rocket launchers, multiple launcher system,

and setting up of DRDO Centre for Piezoceramics and

Devices at Armament Research and Development

Establishment (ARDE), Pune.

Dr Kharat obtained his MSc (Electronics) and PhD

(Materials Science) from the University of Pune. He

joined DRDO in 1982 as Sc B and was posted to ARDE,

Pune. Dr Kharat has developed special nanosecond

multi-ash X-ray, high-speed and ultra high-speed

photographic and video graphic techniques, and

successfully employed for the design and development

of warheads, shaped and P-charges, tank ammunition

multi barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) systems, canopy

severance system, and aircraft delivered bombs, etc.

The ‘detonics study’ has been his one of the areas of

expertise. For projects on the design and development

of illuminating ammunitions for family of mortars, he

has developed instrumentation and facilities for the

measurement and analysis of illumination intensities

during their development followed by induction into

the Services, transfer of technology, and indigenousproduction.

Dr Kharat has developed advanced gun propulsion

techniques for liquid propellent gun using HAN and

TEAN-based liquid propellants, and electro thermal

chemical (ETC) guns by plasma ignitions and

successfully demonstrated the technologies on 30 mm

platforms jointly with High Energy Materials Research

Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune.

As Project Director, Dr Kharat has successfully

developed lightweight rocket launchers using compositematerials and transferred technology to OFB for

indigenous production. He has established special

ultrasonic (UT) and acoustic emission (AE) techniques

jointly with academia for structural integrity studies

to ensure the safety of soldiers, which subsequently

resulted in formulating the QAP of the barrels. This

development has resulted in formulating multiple

Appointments

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launcher system (MLS) for special operations. He also

established a strong ARDE-industry-academia-OFB

consortium for the indigenous production of composite

gun barrels.

To meet the requirements of special grade of Lead

Zirconate Titanate (PZT) materials for naval projects, a

DRDO Centre for Piezoceramics and Devices has been

set up under the leadership of Dr Kharat. The Centre is

unique in the country, and equipped with ultramodern

facilities for design and development of special grades

of PZT materials with pilot scale manufacturing facilities.

The Centre has transferred the technology to CEL

and made DRDO self-reliant. The Centre provides an

opportunity to academia to pursue research in this

area.

As a Coordinator for the Panel on Materials for

Armament Applications (MAA) of the Armament

Research Board (ARMREB), Dr Kharat formulated the

projects on sensors, nano coatings, composite materials,

special welding, hyper-velocity impacts, nanomaterials,

nanouids, and smart materials to academia and R&D

centres and established a very strong DRDO-academia-

industry network.

Dr Kharat is a research guide to the University

of Pune, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

(DIAT), Pune, and IIT-Madras, Chennai. He is amember of the Board of Studies for the Department

of Electronics Sciences and Defence and Strategic

Studies of University of Pune. He is also a member

of Advisory Committee for the National Centre of

International Security and Defence Analysis (NISDA),

University of Pune. He is a reviewer of the Journal of

American Ceramics Society , international Journal for

Sensors and Actuators and Defence Science Journal

(DSJ ), etc. He has published over 80 research papers

in the peer-reviewed national, international journals,

seminars, conferences, and workshops and has one

patent to his credit.

Dr Kharat is a life member of High Energy Materials

Society of India (HEMSI), Aeronautical Society of India

(AeSI), Indian Society for Non-destructive Testing

(ISNT), Materials Society of India (MRSI), Ultrasonic

Society of India (USI), etc. He has delivered invited

talks on the armament systems and advanced materials

technologies including nanomaterials during various

national and international seminars/conferences.

Dr Kharat was Guest Editor of the special issue of

DSJ , published by DESIDOC, Delhi, on Advances inElectroceramics and Devices. His research work on

Advanced Propulsion Technologies for Hyper Velocity

Guns has been incorporated in some of the books

published in the area.

Dte of LIC, DRDO HQ

Shri Manoj Bali, Sc G, has joined

as Director, Directorate of Low

Intensity Conict (LIC), DRDO

HQ, wef 1 June 2012. Shri Bali

obtained his BTech (Mechanical)from Thapar Institute of Engineering

and Technology, Patiala, in 1980.

He joined DRDO at Defence Research and

Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, as

Sc B in 1982. In 1985, he moved to Terminal Ballistics

Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh. In 2005, he

joined Group for Forecasting and Analysis of Systems

and Technologies (G-FAST), and later, in 2007 moved

to Directorate of Interaction with Services and Business

(DISB), DRDO HQ. Since 2009, Shri Bali was working

in the Directorate of Armament. At DRDL, Shri Bali contributed in the development

of Ground Test Facility for Ramjets in connected pipe

mode testing; for simulation of stagnation temperature

and air heater system; and for development of modied

105 mm tank gun (smooth bore)-based launcher for

scale down model testing.

At TBRL, he was instrumental in the development

of modied 40 mm (L-70) and 30 mm (Hispano) guns-

based Fragmented Launching Gun Facility for terminal

ballistic testing of projectiles/fragments; interior ballistic

code for getting wide range of velocities from 10 m/s

to 2000 m/s using standard NQM, NRN propellants; for

development of two-stage Light Gas Gun Facility for

achieving hyper velocity (>6000 m/s) in lab for hyper

velocity impact and catering studies; for development

of Multi-Mode Grenade (General Staff Project) wherein

he designed and developed delay fuze for offensive/

defensive grenade and bullet trap for rie launching; for

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development of Shaped Charge Warhead Technologies,

i.e., HEAT, P-charges, EFP’s, and successful

completion of Multi-P Charge and Futuristic Shaped

Charge Warheads project; for designing and successful

demonstration of a modied HEAT warhead for anti-tank

guided missile Nag with 1000 mm penetration in MS as

well as warheads for RL Mk-III and off-route mine.

He also initiated technology development project

Establishment of Shaped Charge-based anti-ship and

anti-submarine warheads and anti-armour technology;

prototypes of anti-ship and anti-submarine warheads,

active protection system (hard kill) and SC warheads for

defeat of deep buried structures has been successfully

developed and demonstrated.

Shri Bali has represented DRDO in Ex Raksha Yojna

(long-term planning for Armed Forces) and Inter-Services

Group on Precision Weapons. He has also worked on

LTIPP, DATE effectiveness analysis, time-cost overrun

of projects, Naval and Army S&T requirements, DRDO

Materials Programme, PGM Programme, Soldier as a

System Programme, and weapons requirements for

LICO/LIMO.

He was deputed to Annapolis, USA, for participation

in study of American weapons acquisition process

(Defence Acquisition University and NDIA). Subsequently

he developed defence acquisitions database for Indian

Defence Forces (SCAPECC, SCAPCHC, DAC, DPB,etc.), acquisition proposals and QR’s routing, and

projection of DRDO’s views in GSEPSC and GSEPC

meetings. He is a member of High Energy Materials

Society of India, Chairman Joint DRDO-Air Force team

for reece/siting for underground storage of explosives,

and Chairman Date Analysis Committee, Delhi region.

As Member Secretary, he organised DRDO Golden

Jubilee Students Competition, a national competition,

during 2008-2009.

DESIDOC, Delhi

Shri Suresh Kumar Jindal,

Sc G, took over as Director,

Defence Scientic Information and

Documentation Centre (DESIDOC),

Delhi, wef 1 July 2012. He obtained

his BTech in Electronics and

Communication from Thapar Institute

of Engineering and Technology,

Patiala, in 1979 and MTech in Telecommunications

from IIT-Kharagpur in 1989. He completed MBA in

Operations Research in 2009. He is an outstanding

expert in the area of strategic communication and has

made distinguished contributions in designing and

setting up various communication networks, exclusively

based on indigenous technologies, for the nation. He

was the architect of communication on the move, which

was rst of its kind in the country.

Shri Jindal started his professional career in 1979 at

Punjab State Electronics Corporation, Chandigarh, as

R&D engineer in equipment design and development

based on digital electronics. He joined DRDO on

11 November 1981 as Sc B in Electronics and Radar

Development Establishment (LRDE), Bangaluru,and worked in the eld of phased array radar. In

1983, he joined Defence Electronics Applications

Laboratory (DEAL), Dehradun, and worked in the eld

of communication, covering the spectrum from VLF to

Ku Band, and optical bre communication. He made

signicant contributions in the design, development and

testing of VLF radio by introducing indigenously built

Direct Digital Frequency Synthesiser (DDFS) based

on discrete components with the state-of-the-art sub-

systems available at that time.

He was instrumental in the design, development

and implementation of satellite communication and

networking for Armed Forces under the project NARD.

This satellite communication and networking was

purposefully used by the Indian Army and by the Indian

Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka. It was the

only mode of communication between IPKF and the

Indian Defence HQ at that time. He designed Direct

Sequence (DS) Spread Spectrum Systems required to

implement jam resistant and low probability of intercept

(LPI) communication/links.

As Chief Designer and Project Director of Combat Net

Radio (CNR), he led a team of devoted and dedicated

scientists in designing and developing a unique radio

(with frequency hopping technology) for armed ghter

vehicles which was rst of its kind in the country. He

ensured smooth and efcient transfer of technology of

the CNR radio to BEL which supplied more than 2000

radios to the Indian Armed Forces. He further worked in

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the area of Recongurable Radio based on FPGA, now

popularly known as SDR.

In 2005, he joined DRDO HQ as Sc F and was

entrusted with the responsibility of fullling the strategiccommunication requirements of the country for various

programmes of national importance including Integrated

Guided Missile Development Programme (IGDMP).

As Project Director of Strategic Communications,

he developed, deployed and maintained different

communication networks and systems (nodes) in every

nook and corner of the country to work in 24x7x365

mode.

He has received many awards like Special Award

for Strategic Contribution, as a team member, by the

Prime Minister of India, and Technology Award by SA

to RM in 2007. He was promoted to Sc G in 2007 for

his outstanding contributions in the eld of strategic

communication.

He is a fellow of Institute of Electronics and

Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Delhi, and

member of various professional bodies in India. He

has published/presented many papers in national and

international journals/conferences.

GTRE, Bengaluru

Dr CP Ramanarayanan, Sc G, has

taken over as Director, Gas Turbine

Research Establishment (GTRE),

Bengaluru, wef 2 July 2012. He is also

holding additional charge as Director

Vehicle Research and Development

Establishment (VRDE), Ahmednagar.

Dr Ramanarayanan did his postgraduation (ME) in

IC Engines from Indian Institute of Science (IISc),

Bangaluru, and PhD from JNTU, Hyderabad. Dr

Ramanarayanan joined DRDO at Naval Science and

Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, on 2

May 1983. At NSTL he worked on various underwater weapon projects and was Technology Director for

thermal torpedoes. He also worked as Project Director

for thermal propulsion development for heavy and

lightweight torpedoes and was instrumental for starting

work for indigenous development of thermal propulsion

system for torpedoes.

Dr Ramanarayanan is a fellow of Institution of

Engineers, Member of Fluid Power Society of India and

of Heat and Mass Transfer Society of India. His areas

of interest include understanding human behaviour and

intricacies about lateral thinking. For his outstanding

contributions in development of thermal propulsion

system for torpedoes from concept stage to realisation,

he was conferred DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in

2005.

IRDE, Dehradun

Dr AK Gupta, Outstanding Scientist,

has assumed the appointment of

Director, Instruments Research and

Development Establishment (IRDE),

Dehradun, wef 1 July 2012. Dr Gupta

obtained his MTech and PhD degree

in Optics from IIT-Delhi, in 1974 and

1979, respectively. He is also Programme Director of

DRDO’s Photonics Programme at IRDE. Prior to this, he

headed Photonics Research Design Centre; Holography,

Laser Application Division, and Management Services

at IRDE.

Dr Gupta started his career at Defence Research

and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad.

He later moved to Aeronautical Development

Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, prior to joining IRDE

in 1986. Throughout his career, he has been engaged

in the research and development in the eld of optics,laser and photonics, which has led to the successful

development of various laser devices, photonic devices

and vision instruments for defence applications. He has

been one of the foremost architects of the development

of technology for laser proximity sensors, fuzes, and

laser seekers. As Programme Director, he is leading a

team of scientists from multiple DRDO labs to develop

photonic devices including Multi-function Integrated

Optic Chip (MIOC) for Fibre Optic Gyroscope (FOG),

Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) Chip for

nonlinear frequency conversion, PPLN-based mid-IRtunable laser, photonic correlator, adaptive optics imaging

system, holographic sight, etc. He is now embarking on

the development of micro-optics and nanophotonics for

defence applications by bringing together a number of

centres of excellence from all over the country, including

DRDO, IITs, IISc, etc.

Dr Gupta’s current areas of interests are: laser

applications, optical image processing, adaptive optics,

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holography, nonlinear optics, integrated optics, micro-

optics, nanophotonics, etc. Besides delivering a number

of invited lectures in various national and international

conferences, he has published/presented more than

100 papers in referred journals and in various national

and international conferences. He has guided a number

of PhD, MTech and BTech students. He is a member

of Society of Photo Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE),

Indian Laser Association (ILA), Fellow of Optical Society

of India (OSI), and Indian Science Congress. He is

an active member of various Advisory Committees of

Department of Science and Technology (DST), CSIR,

etc. He has also served on Advisory Committees of a

number of national and international conferences.

Dr Gupta has visited Poland, Israel and USA in

connection with various project activities. He wasawarded Monubusho Fellowship in 1984-86 from Govt

of Japan for carrying out research work at Hokkado

University, Sapparo. He is recipient of DRDO Scientist

of the Year Award in 2008 for outstanding contribution in

the development of optics and photonics technologies.

RAC Delhi

Prof. (Dr) DN Reddy took over as

the Chairman, Recruitment and

Assessment Centre (RAC), DRDO,

Delhi, on 20 June 2012. Presently

he is also Member, University Grants

Commission (UGC), New Delhi, and

Regional Chairman, AICTE (SCRO),

Hyderabad. Earlier, he served as Vice

Chancellor, JNTU, Hyderabad (August 2008-August

2011), and Vice Chancellor i/c, Osmania University,

Hyderabad (February 2011-July 2011). He was also

selected as Director, NIT, Surathkal and Nagpur for 5

years tenour. Prof. Reddy obtained his BE (Mechanical)

with distinction from Osmania University, Hyderabad, in

1974, MTech in Thermal Engineering (Mechanical) with

rst class from IIT-Madras in 1976, and PhD on TurboMachines (Mechanical) from IIT-Delhi in 1986. Having

a long professional and administrative experience, he

could give substantial contribution to diverse areas of

institutional, curriculum and laboratory development.

He has to his credit a number of awards/honours

including Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Award for

Academic Excellence in Higher Education (2011); Best

Mechanical Engineer Award by Institution of Engineers

(IEE), Hyderabad (2008); Eminent Engineer National

Award by Institution of Engineers (India) (2007); Best

Paper Award at National Conference on Advances in

Mechanical Engineering held at Vasavi Engineering

College, Hyderabad (2005); Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

National Award for Best Engineering College Principal

(2003); Best Paper Award at 2nd International

Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power held at

IIT-Roorkee (2002); Millennium Medal of Honour (2000)

by the American Biographical Institute, USA; Eminent

Engineer Award from M/s Institution of Engineers,

Tirupathi Chapter (2000); and Vijaya Ratna Award and

Certicate of Excellence (1999) from India International

Friendship Society, Delhi.

Prof. Reddy was Chairman, Technical Committee, at

International Conference I-CORE (February 2006) and

Vice President, Solar Energy Society of India, Hyderabad.

He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical

Education (ISTE); Indian Society for Mechanical

Engineers (ISME); National Society of Fluid Mechanics

and Fluid Power; Solar Energy Society of India; Indian

Science Congress Association; and Fellow of Institution

of Engineers (India); Indian Institute of Plant Engineers;

and AP Science Academy. He has also been a member,

National Executive Council, Indian Society for Technical

Education (1998-2000); Board of Studies in Mechanical

Engineering and Chemical Engineering for UG and PG

courses in various universities; Faculty of Engineering

and Technology for all academic programs in UG, PG,

and PhD; Member, Board of Studies in Mechanical

Engineering at JNTU, SVU and Kakatiya University and

State Board of Technical Education; member Expert

Committee for Grading of Engineering Colleges in AP

constituted by AP State Council for Higher Education.

Under his dynamic leadership various institutes have

won awards/recognitions. Some of these are Bharatiya

Vidya Bhavan: National Award for Best Engineering

College; University College of Engineering, Osmania

University for the year 2003 by ISTE, New Delhi;

University College of Engineering: for Best performing

Engineering College in the state as per the Grading

awarded by AP State Council for Higher Education; and

for setting up of Renewable Energy Technology Park at

Osmania University campus for promotion of solar, wind

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Higher Qualifcation Acquired

and biomass energy and clean coal technologies. Prof.

Reddy also Organised Swarna Bharathi Science and

Technology Exhibition as part of 85th Indian Science

Congress held in Osmania University in January

1998. He has been a resource person at International

Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (1998-

2000); Academic Adviser (British Universities and India

Consortium).

Prof. Reddy has been a technical expert for revision

of curriculum for World Bank assisted Polytechnics in

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. He is also responsible

for revision of entire four-year degree programme in

Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering in

Osmania University; introduction of new postgraduate

programme in turbo machinery, automation androbotics, CAD/CAM and tool design; setting syllabus for

new elective courses in composite materials, material

science and CAD/CAM, operations research, waste heat

recovery and cogeneration and energy systems were

designed and implemented for UG ad PG programmes;

and for revision of entire curriculum for UG programme

under Osmania University jurisdiction.

Prof. Reddy has visited a number of countries

including USA; China; Thailand; Malaysia; Ethiopia;

Kuwait; Italy; Spain; Australia; South Africa; Sweden;

UK, and Ireland.

CVRDE, Chennai

Dr P Sivakumar , Director, CVRDE, Chennai, was

awarded PhD, Honoris Causa, for his signicant

contributions to DRDO for the development of

transmission systems for armoured ghting vehicles and

commercial vehicles as well as successful completion of

production phase of Arjun MBT by Dr Jeppiaar, Founder

and Chancellor of Sathyabama University during its 21st

Convocation. Dr Sivakumar was also the Chief Guest of

the function and delivered the convocation address.

INMAS, Delhi

Dr RP Tripathi, OS and Director, Institute of Nuclear

Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, was

conferred Vishist Chikitsa Ratan Award for his

outstanding contributions to medical profession and the

society by Dr AK Walia, Minister for Urban Development

and Health, Govt of Delhi, and Dr Harish Gupta,

President, Delhi Medical Association, in Doctors’ DayProgramme organised on 1 July 2012 at Maulana Azad

Medical College, New Delhi. The function was organised

in the memory of Dr BC Roy, an eminent physician and

renowned freedom ghter.

Shri Ashwani Kumar, Sc G,

Defence Electronics Research

Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad, hasbeen awarded PhD by the Osmania

University, Hyderabad, for his thesis

titled Design, Development and

Characterisation of High Performance

Novel Microwave Antennas for global

navigation satellite system.

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Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts

DLRL, Hyderabad

Shri PV Kumar, Chairman, NTRO, on

23 June 2012. He witnessed lab models of

various EW systems being developed for the

Tri-Services and SI Directorate.

The Editorial Team thanks DRDO Newsletter Correspondents for their contributions.

DIHAR, LehDr VK Saraswat, SA to RM, agged off

rst DRDO-Army mountaineering expedition

to Siachen glacier on 29 June 2012 at Base

Camp, Siachen. The event was organised by

Defence Institute of High Altitude Research

(DIHAR) and 14 Corps to commemorate the

Golden Jubilee year of DIHAR. Eight DRDO

scientists from life sciences laboratories and

seven army ofcers took part in the 30 days

expedition.

Sports Round-up

SASE, ManaliDRDO Sports Board Annual General

Council Meeting 2012 was held at Snow

and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)

Manali on 22 June 2012. Dr Bhujanga Rao,

DS and CC R&D (HR), and Vice Chief

Patron of the Sports Board, chaired the

meeting. Shri Ashwagosha Ganju, Director,

SASE, welcomed the council members. Dr

Soundar Rajan, OS and Director DARE; Shri

VP Pande, Director, DMS, and President

Sports Board; Dr Manjeet Singh, Director,

TBRL, and Chairman North Zone SportsCouncil; and Shri Gautam Aich, Director,

ITM, were the other dignitaries who attended

the meeting besides other council and JCM

III members. The Council deliberated on

the statement of accounts for 2011-2012,

allocation for various events and decided

the events for the current year. Welfare

measures for the outstanding sports persons

were also discussed.

LRDE, Bengaluru

Lt Gen Kuldip Singh, AVSM, DG Army

AD, on 16 July 2012. He was briefed about

the activities of LRDE by Dr S Varadarajan,

Director, LRDE.

TBRL, ChandigarhLt Gen Vinod Bhatia, DG Infantry, on 15

June 2012.

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