A monthly house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 31 No. 10 ■ October 2011

India and United Kingdom (UK) entered into a letter of arrangement (LoA) on 16 September 2011 to pursue collaborative Defence R&D with UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and facilitate best use of respective research and technology development capability through joint projects, collaborative research, and industry and academia participation. The LoA was signed in London by Dr VK Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri, Secretary, Defence R&D, and Director General, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, India, and Prof. Sir Mark Welland, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Ministry of Defence, UK. Dr Saraswat was on a visit to UK on the invitation of the Ministry of Defence of UK. The signing of LoA marks an important milestone in the technical collaboration between the two countries and a number of projects are being planned to commence in the coming months.

On the occasion, Sir Welland thanked Dr Saraswat for his efforts towards strengthening the relationships between the two countries. He said that he had seen exceptional dedication, expertise, and skills in DRDO personnel and that UK can look forward to a productive and valuable cooperation with their great allies in India for many years to come. He added, “India and UK have a strong history of mutual

cooperation and have thriving science and engineering communities. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is a powerhouse of technology”. Lauding the Indian and British Defence scientists, Sir Welland further added, “Indian and British Defence scientists will be working together on technologies to face their

country’s defence and security challenges, thanks to the new agreement”. Dr Saraswat thanked the CSA and Ministry of Defence, UK, on behalf of Govt of India and expressed that the LoA will further strengthen the technical collaboration and mutual relations.

Dr VK Saraswat and Sir Mark Welland signing Letter of Arrangement.

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Another Successful Flight Test of Prithvi (P-II)

DRDO successfully flight-tested its indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile Prithvi (P-II) on 26 September 2011 from ITR, Chandipur, Orissa. The launch was carried out by the Armed Forces as a part of their regular training exercises. P-II, capable of attacking targets at a range of 350 km, reached the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal with a very high accuracy of better than 10 m. Radars and electro-optical systems located along the coast tracked and monitored all the parameters of the missile throughout its flight path. An

India’s indigenous efforts to build a carrier-borne naval fighter aircraft got a fillip with the crossing of another significant milestone of the first engine ground run (EGR) of first LCA (Navy) prototype (NP1) on 26 September 2011. The team steering LCA (Navy) project comprises members from the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd, DRDO, CEMILAC, DGAQA, CSIR, academic institutions, and public and private sector partners. The EGR of NP1

was conducted with the primary objective of checking aircraft-to-engine integration and activation of various systems like flight control, hydraulics, fuel, electrical, avionics, etc.

The aircraft will now go through a phase of refinements based on the feedback obtained during the course of the build-up and EGR. This will be followed by a series of final integration checks and taxi trials before its maiden flight shortly.

LCA (Navy) Trainer Prototype Achieves Milestone

Indian Naval ship located near the target witnessed the final event.

The launch operations were carried out by the Armed Forces and monitored by the scientists of DRDO and the flight was flawless. The text book launch of the P-II met all the mission objectives. The recent launch once gain proves the reliability of P-II. Dr VK Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri, congratulated all the scientists and other employees of DRDO, and the Armed Forces for the successful flight test of P-II.

Flight test of P-II.

LCA (Navy) Trainer Prototype (NP1).

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SA to RM Distributes Braille Books

Dr VK S a r a s w a t , Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri, Secretary, Defence R&D, and Director General, DRDO distributed about 800 Braille books, pertaining to various subjects from First standard to Tenth standard to visually challenged students studying in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, V i z i y a n a g r a m , East Godavari and West Godavari districts of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh during a function organised on 20 August 2011 at Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam. Dr V Bhujanga Rao, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller R&D (HR), also attended the function as the Guest of Honour.

The Education Programme for visually challenged students was initiated by NSTL Seva Samithi in

January 2011. The Programme intends to publish and distribute school books in Braille script under the state g o v e r n m e n t syllabus for visually challenged. This involves typing of manuscripts, their editing, printing, and binding. The Programme was started by Dr Bhujanga Rao

on the request of the then District Collector and concerned District Heads.

In addition to NSTL volunteers, about 25 volunteers from various parts of Andhra Pradesh participated in the preparation of soft copies in Braille script. One hundred and fifty visually challenged school children, their teachers, and Principals of various schools participated in the function.

Dr Saraswat distributing the Braille books.

Dr Saraswat inaugurating DIPAS Golden Jubilee celebrations.

Dr VK Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri, Secretary, Defence R&D, and Director General DRDO inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) on 27 September 2011. DIPAS is engaged in R&D work in the area of human physiology especially under extreme conditions of adversities, harsh climate, mental stress, etc.

DIPAS was established under the aegis of DRDO in 1962 in the wake of Chinese aggression wherein a large number of casualties occurred mainly due to exposure to extreme environment of high altitude. Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr MS Malhotra, VSM, the founder of the Institute in 1957, was also present.

SA to RM Inaugurates DIPAS Golden Jubilee Celebrations

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In 1968, the laboratory was relocated within the premises of the Army Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, and later shifted to its existing location at Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, in 1993.

Dr (Smt) Shashi Bala Singh, Director, DIPAS, welcomed the guests and invitees. In his inaugural address, Dr Saraswat congratulated the Institute for its stellar contributions and on reaching the important milestones during five decades of its existance. He said, “The work of life sciences laboratories has received the appreciation of the soldiers themselves and he was pleasantly surprised to know that the three Services Chiefs considered that DIPAS has done yeoman service to the nation.” “DIPAS has done commendable job in the area of human physiology and human-centric research and contributed significantly to major DRDO programmes such as the MBT Arjun and LCA”. He further said that the majority of the collaborative research areas identified during his recent visit to United Kingdom belong to the area of life sciences. He reiterated that the Institute should not rest on its laurels and should focus on product development for troops for their future needs, and further exhorted DIPAS to draw up a roadmap for the years 2025 and 2050 and identify research areas that would bring them at par with international achievements. He concluded by hoping

that the women scientists led by its Director would ensure highest participation in forthcoming 99th Indian Science Congress, which has its focal theme Science and Technology for Inclusive Innovation–Role of Women.

Earlier, Dr W Selvamurthy, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller R&D (LS & IC) gave a succinct account of the valuable research contributions of DIPAS during the last 50 years covering high altitude acclimatisation schedule and tenure of posting, prevention and treatment modalities of cold injuries, treatment of pulmonary oedema by nitric oxide therapy, yoga packages, nutritional requirements and adequacy of ration scales for the Armed Forces and, high altitude load carriage, prevention of noise-induced hearing loss, ergonomic inputs for designing of workstations and equipment designing, anthropometric database of body dimensions of the Indian soldiers.

The function was attended by Dr KD Nayak, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller (MED & MIST); Shri SC Narang, Chairman, CEPTAM; Corporate Directors of DRDO; Directors of Delhi-based DRDO laboratories, and former officers and staff of DIPAS.

DRDO Launches Lukoskin

Dr W Selvamurthy, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller R&D (LS & IC), launched Lukoskin, a herbal product for Leucoderma, on 7 September 2011 in DRDO Bhawan. The product, developed by Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER) (formerly Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory), Haldwani, will be a boon for the patients of Leucoderma. Lukoskin was developed under the leadership of Dr Narender Kumar, former Director DIBER and his team. Special efforts in the development of this herbal product were made by Dr PS Rawat, former Head, Herbal Medicine Division and Dr HK Pandey, Head, Phyto-Chemistry Division of DIBER. The product is available in the forms of ointment and oral liquid. Dr Zakwan Ahmed, Director, DIBER and Dr G Ilavazhagan, Director, Life Sciences, DRDO HQ, pursued the case to bring the product into the market.

This herbal product would be a new hope and boon to the vitiligo-affected persons. Under the leadership and guidance of Dr Selvamurthy, the technology was transferred to the AIMIL Pharmaceuticals (India) Ltd, New Delhi, to manufacture and market this product.

Leucoderma or vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired disorder of skin. Patients with vitiligo develop white spots on the skin with varying sizes and locations. The worldwide incidence of leucoderma has been reported to be 1-2 per cent. In India, its incidence is around 4-5 per cent in some parts of Rajasthan and 5-8 per cent in Gujarat. This skin disorder is considered as social stigma in our country and people confuse it with leprosy. The affected individuals always remain under constant depression with the feeling of being socially outcast. There are many allopathic, surgical and adjunctive remedies for this disorder, but none of

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these therapies has satisfactory cure of this disease. Besides, these remedies are either costly or single component-based, with very low level of efficacy and develop blister, edema, irritation in the skin with the result that most of the patients discontinue the treatment. The scientists of DIBER, therefore, focused on the causes of disease (aetiology) and have developed a comprehensive formulation for the management of Leucoderma from the herbs available

in the Himalayan region. Clinically, the product is quite effective and helps not only in restoring the normal complexion of the affected area, but also relieves the patients from mental stress, emotional, and psychological trauma. Dr Narender Kumar, Dr Zakwan Ahmed; Dr Ilavazhagan; Shri KK Sharma, Managing Director, AIMIL Pharmaceuticals; and senior officials of DRDO and AIMIL Pharmaceuticals were present during the product launch.

Breast Cancer Screening at INMAS

Breast cancer has practically replaced cervical cancer among women in all urban cancer registries in India. As of today, one in every 22 women in their lifetime is diagnosed with breast cancer in India. More than 92 per cent of breast cancers are diagnosed at stage II or later, and one out of every two women diagnosed with breast cancer does not survive due to late diagnosis. According to a study by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of World Health Organisation (WHO), there will be approximately 2,50,000 new cases of breast cancer in India by 2015.

Screening remains an important tool for early detection of breast cancer. The main purpose of screening is to diagnose the disease early and

thereby reduce the associated morbidity and mortality. Sequelae of cancer can be delayed or averted by early detection. Early detection increases therapeutic options. Mammography is the imaging modality with proved efficacy for screening and early detection of breast cancer. It has proven capability of detecting non-palpable clinically occult, an early stage of breast cancer.

Screening for cancer can be defined as the evaluation of an asymptomatic population with no overt signs and symptoms of cancer, and an effort to detect unsuspected disease at the time when cure is still possible. The principle benefit of screening is the potential to prevent the premature and often prolonged, painful death of the individual. Secondary

Launch of Lukoskin, a herbal product for Leucoderma.

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benefits include reduction in the trauma of treating earlier stage lesion (less surgery and exposure to chemotherapy), as well as the social benefits revolving around the importance of the individual to her family and the loss of productivity and contribution to society that arise from the premature demise of an individual. Keeping these aspects in view, INMAS undertook a dedicated screening programme for early detection of gynaecological cancers (carcinoma breast and carcinoma cervix) for the employees of the DRDO and their families. Lectures were delivered at various DRDO laboratories in Delhi highlighting the importance of the Programme. The response to the Programme was overwhelming, and 580 employees were screened. Complete gynaecological check-up

Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, has been awarded ISO 9001: 2008 Certification for the design and development of inertial navigation systems, onboard computers, hardware-in-loop simulation, control systems and components, RF systems, antennas and antenna testing, imaging

infrared seekers, flight instrumentation, batteries, systems integration and integration of products, ground systems, EMI/EMC and environment testing, mission software, and software quality assurance. The ISO Certification is valid up to 11 August 2014.

ISO 9001:2008 to RCI

along with screening, all under one roof, was highly appreciated.

INMAS, over the years, has attained expertise in field of non-invasive imaging and has been carrying out cancer screening programmes for DRDO personnel. Institute has state-of-the-art Digital Mammography System (HOLOGIC LORAD Selenia, Full Field Digital Mammography System), the first such system in India, with enhanced capabilities to detect early breast cancer/pathologies. The Programme is being supervised by Dr Manju Bala Popli, Sc E, and her team in the Department of Radiological Imaging. Early detection of pathologies and prompt treatment is being advised.

Raising Day CelebrationsARDE, Pune

Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune celebrated its 53rd Raising Day in a grand manner on 1 September 2011. Shri Anil M Datar, Outstanding Scientist and Director, ARDE, presented an overview of successes and shortcomings of ARDE during 2010. Shri Datar highlighted the successful transfer of technology (ToT) of Pinaka Multi-barrel Rocket Launch System (MBRLS), in which ARDE completed two regiments of artillery, and of Arjun armament. He appreciated the hard work of the teams of these Projects. Shri Datar projected the ARDE’s plan to undertake the ambitious 155 mm Towed Artillery Gun System (TAGS) and 60+ Pinaka Rocket System in the near future.

On this occasion DRDO Laboratory Awards, viz., Armament Award, Young Scientist Award, Best Scientific/Technical Cadre Award, Best Supporting

Staff Award, and Ms Jhelum Jog Memorial Award were given to the employees. Cash Awards were also given to officers/staff of the Establishment for their contributions towards achieving goals of ARDE.

Shri Datar, presenting the awards on the occasion of ARDE Raising Day.

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Conferences/Seminars/Training Courses/Meetings

MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

ARDE, Pune

A meeting, to discuss the various issues and progress made by Armament Research Board (ARMREB), was conducted at Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, on 16 August 2011. Dr SK Salwan, Prof BD Nagchaudhari-DRDO Chair and Chairman ARMREB made the presentations on progress of the Board and achievements of the sponsored projects given to various academic institutions/R&D centres. Dr DK Kharat, Sc G, and Member Secretary, ARMREB conducted the Meeting.

effects and creativity through photoshop; digital audio/video recording/editing; 2-D animation and interactive e-learning presentation; and web designing. In the valedictory function Smt Shashi Tyagi, Addl Director, DESIDOC, distributed certificates to the participants. Shri RK Bhatnagar, Head Multimedia Division, DESIDOC was the Course Coordinator.

� Hindi Pakhwada: DESIDOC organised Hindi Pakhwada during 25 August 2011 to 8 September 2011. Shri Harinder Kumar, Director, Takniki Rajbhasha Vibhag, Ministry of Home Affairs, was the Chief Guest in the inaugural function. In his inaugural address, Shri Kumar apprised the participants about the various aspects of official language implementation rules. He highlighted the importance of Unicode for smooth functioning in Hindi. In his address, Dr AL Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, appealed to all the employees of DESIDOC to work in Hindi round the year and not just during the Pakhwada.

Shri Sunil Sharma, Director of Rajbhasha and O&M, DRDO HQ, was Chief Guest in the valedictory function of Pakhwada. He appreciated the efforts made by DESIDOC in implementation of Hindi. Shri Sharma said that it is the moral obligation and constitutional responsibility of every one to implement the Rajbhasha. He quoted Mahatma Gandhi, “Rajbhasha Ke Bina Rashtra Goonga Hota Hai”, to highlight the importance of Hindi. Seventy-four officers and staff participated in various competitions organised during the Pakhwada. Director, DESIDOC gave away the prizes to the winners of various competitions.Smt Vinod Kumari, Sc F, gave the vote of thanks.

DLRL, Hyderabad

� A one-day Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technologies for WLANS, HANS, etc. was conducted at ELSEC campus of Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad, on 29 August 2011. Shri DS Rao, Sc G, inaugurated the Course. Shri G Raghavaiah, Sc G and Shri V Ramasankaram, Sc F,

Dr SK Salwan, along with Shri Anil M Datar, OS & Director, ARDE and Dr Haridwar Singh, former Director, HEMRL at the Meeting.

DESIDOC, Delhi

� Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi, organised a CEP course on Multimedia Technologies during 5-9 September 2011. Twenty-seven participants from different DRDO laboratories attended the Course. Dr AL Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, inaugurated the Course. Faculty for the Course comprised experts from the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Tech Mohindra, and TCS.

The topics covered in the Course included multimedia equipment, software tools and applications; multimedia-industry participation towards effective e-learning; designing of multimedia resources: digital image and image editing software; digital filters and

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and Chairman, HRDC were also present during the occasion. Prof. G Kumaraswamy Rao from Bharath Institute of Engineering and Technology delivered lecture on state-of-the-art technologies for wireless communication. Twenty-eight officers of DLRL attended the Workshop.

� Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Addl Director and Head, Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, delivered a lecture on CBRN Disaster Management, organised by Science and Technology forum of DLRL, Hyderabad, on 2 September 2011. He highlighted the importance of CBRN safety. Shri TN Yadgiri Rao, Outstanding Scientist and Associate Director, appreciated the efforts of INMAS in spreading awareness on CBRN disaster management.

� A CEP Course on Manufacturing Technologies for Electronics Warfare Systems was conducted by Mechanical Engineering Division of DLRL, Hyderabad, during 12-16 September 2011. Shri K Barua, Sc G, Group Director, inaugurated the Course. Thirty employees belonging to Defence Research and Technical Cadre (DRTC) from various DRDO laboratories attended the Course. Experts from Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Osmania University, Bosch-India, and South Central Railways delivered the invited talks as part of the Course.

MTRDC, Bengaluru

Microwave Tube Research and Development Centre (MTRDC), Bengaluru, organised KU Limaye Memorial Lecture in the memory of its former Director

and Chief Controller R&D(ECS). This year the lecture, third in the series, was delivered on 17 August 2011, by Dr Ajit Kalghatgi, Chief Scientist, Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bengaluru, on Reconfigurable and Smart Antennas—Perception and Challenges. Dr K Tamilmani, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Executive, CEMILAC, Bengaluru, presided over the function. Dr Lalit Kumar, Outstanding Scientist and Director, MTRDC, welcomed the Chief Guest and the other dignitaries and briefed about the importance of the day and conferred the Memorial Award to Dr Kalghatgi. Dr KS Bhat, Sc G, proposed the vote of thanks.

NSTL, Visakhapatnam

� Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, organised a CEP Course on Workshop Practices and Modern Machining Techniques during 12-16 September 2011. The Course was inaugurated by Shri SV Rangarajan, Outstanding Scientist and Director, NSTL.

Thirty participants, including Technical Officers, STAs, Technical Assistants and Technicians attended the Course. Twenty-three out of 30 participants were from different DRDO laboratories. Syllabus of the Course comprised introduction to engineering; metallurgy; measuring instruments and calibrations; fitting tools and development of sheet metal work; lathe and accessories; milling machine and accessories; planning machine; slotting machine and shaping machines; cutting tools and materials; heat treatments; casting; rubber molding; welding; brazing; soldering; fundamental of CNC machine tools; non-conventional machining methods; and fabrication of composites. Machining of CNC components was

Dr Sharma delivering a lecture on CBRN disaster management at DLRL.

Dignitaries present at KU Limaye Memorial lecture.

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demonstrated on CNC lathe at CNC Vertical Machine Centre.

Dr K Sudhakar, Outstanding Scientist and Principal Associate Director, was the Chief Guest in the valedictory function. Shri RVS Subrahmanyam, Sc F was the Course Director.

� NSTL also organised a CEP on Latest Techniques in Engineering Metrology and Calibration during 22-26 August 2011. The Course was inaugurated by Dr K Sudhakar, Sc G and Officiating Director.

Thirty participants from DRDO laboratories including Technical and Senior Technical Assistants, Technical Officers, Scientists B and C participated. The syllabus covered the fundamentals of the operation of the state-of-the-art measuring instruments; fundamentals of metrology; introduction of inspection and methods and IS standards; non-contact measurements and its applications; inspection of thread, gauges, and gears; angular profile measurements, and comparators; advanced laser measuring techniques and calibration of CNC machines; coordinate measuring machines; quality and reliability; SQC techniques; six sigma; computer integrated inspection and advances in coordinate metrology and reverse engineering; NABL requirements for accreditation and calibration methods of electronic instruments and pressure gauges; surface and 3-D profile measurements and image metrology; demonstration on surface roughness machine and video inspection system; spring testing machines; portable CMM, gauges, master calibration testers;

`O‘ ring inspection on stepped and cone tester; 3-D CMM; CNC/CMM/ micro-hite measurement; profile projector; pressure gauge tester; big vernier callipers; micrometers, NDT inspection; etc. Demonstration of all varieties of measuring instruments was given to the participants. The lectures were delivered by the faculty drawn from universities, DRDO laboratories, and industries.

Shri SV Rangarajan, Outstanding Scientist and Director NSTL, was the Chief Guest in the valedictory function. Shri RVS Subrahmanyam, Sc F, was the Course Director.

RCI, Hyderabad

� Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, organised a special course on Microwave Engineering during 5-9 September 2011. The Course was inaugurated by Dr SK Chaudhuri, Outstanding Scientist and Officiating Director. Thirty-four participants from different DRDO laboratories attended the Course. Faculty comprised Professors from NIT, Warangal, and DRDO Scientists. A test was conducted on the last day of the Course. Dr SB Gadgi, Sc G, and Director (IIR Systems) distributed prizes to the winners and certificates to the participants in the valedictory function. Shri M Sankar Kishore, Sc G and the Course Director gave the vote of thanks.

� RCI celebrated Hindi Day on 15 September 2011. Shri SK Ray, Distinguished Scientist and Director RCI, inaugurated the function. Shri K Rama Sharma, Sc G, DoMS, briefed about various activities of Hindi Cell.

Dr IM Chhabra, Sc E read the messages of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri and SA to RM. Shri Ray, stressed on promotion of Hindi as official language at RCI. During Hindi fortnight, essay writing, speech, dictation, handwriting, translation, singing and Antyakshari competitions were organised in which a large number of RCI staff participated.

Shri Ray and Shri VLN Rao, Associate Director, RCI, gave away prizes to the winners of various competitions. Shri R Jai Singh, TO C, presented the vote of thanks.Shri Rangarajan addressing the gathering during the valedictory

function.

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R&DE (E), Pune

Research and Development Establishment (Engrs), Pune, organised a one-day Symposium on Emergency Bridging on 16 September 2011 as a part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Lt Gen (Retd) Noble Thamburaj, PVSM, SM, former Vice Chief of Army Staff, was the Chief Guest for the occasion. Dr Prem Krishna, former Professor, IIT-Roorkee, delivered the Keynote Address. Dr S Guruprasad, Director, R&DE (E) and Shri NB Vijayakumar, Associate Director, Combat Engineering were also present during the occasion.

The Symposium addressed various issues and challenges related to emergency bridging for military applications and its vast potential during disasters due to natural calamities. Personnel from the Army, scientists from DRDO laboratories, and representatives from industry attended the Symposium. Various speakers from the Army, Railway’s Design and Standards Organisation,

Industry, and developmental agencies presented their perspectives on the emergency bridging.

A coffee-table book, ‘Driving Technology Frontiers: Fifty Years of R&DE(E)’ was released during the Symposium. Shri MR Joshi, former Director, R&DE (E) who authored the coffee-table book was also felicitated on the occasion.

PERSONNEL NEWS

Promotions

Distinguished Scientist

DRDO HQ: Office of the Chief Controller R&D (MED & MIST)

Dr Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Outstanding Scientist and Chief Controller (MED & MIST) has been promoted to Distinguished Scientist wef 2 September 2011. He completed his BE (Electronics) from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University

in 1974 with distinction and PhD in Microelectronics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, Mumbai, in 1981. He worked as a Senior Project Engineer at ACRE, IIT-Bombay, till June 1984. He joined Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehradun, as Sc D and rose to the position of Group Head and Sc F, MIC/CAD

Group. Dr Nayak was instrumental in development of MICs and millimeter wave components/sub-systems. In May 1999, Dr Nayak moved to ANURAG Cell, Bengaluru. On 2 July 2001, he took over as Director, ANURAG, Hyderabad. He also held the additional charge of ANURAG Cell, Bengaluru, during August 2007 to January 2010. Dr Nayak was promoted as Outstanding Scientist/Scientist H on 31 July 2009. On 2 December 2009, he assumed the charge of Chief Controller R&D.

Dr Nayak is the recipient of many coveted awards including DRDO Award for contribution to Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) in 1989; IETE-IRSI for 1997-98 for outstanding contributions in the fields of radar and microwave systems; Technology Day Invention Award by National Research Development Corporation in 2000; and DRDO Scientist of Year Award in 2006. He is a Life Fellow of IETE, Life Member IMAPS, and Member, Astronautical Society of India. He is also Chairman of IMPAS India Chapter. He has more than 35 publications to his credit.

Lt Gen (Retd) Noble Thamburaj addressing the participants.

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ADE, Bengaluru

Shri P Srikumar joined Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, in 1982 after completing BSc (Engg) in Aeronautical Engineering from the Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, and MTech (Aero

Engg) from IIT-Bombay, Mumbai. Before joining DRDO, he had brief stints at IIT-Bombay and HAL, Bengaluru. During 1982 and 2001, he worked in the Flight Mechanics and Control Engineering Group at ADE, where he made significant contributions in the fields of flight mechanics analysis; control, guidance and navigation; mission simulation; post-flight data analysis; and hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS). He was sponsored by the DRDO for MSc (Flight Dynamics) at Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, during 1991-92. In 1994, he was instrumental in establishing a PC-based HILS facility for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications. He received DRDO Performance Excellence Award in 2004 for his contributions to the flight control, guidance and navigation systems of UAV Nishant.

Shri Srikumar was inducted as a member of the first batch of G-FAST at DRDO HQ, wherein he represented the Aeronautics Group. During 2001-03 he participated in several task-team activities with DRDO Laboratories, Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), and Services and Academic Institutions. He coordinated the joint DRDO-IDS-Services task teams on roadmap for UAVs, which culminated in finalisation of the draft QR for a long-range subsonic cruise vehicle (SCV). In 2004, he initiated a project for the development of a SCV. As Project Director, he has been coordinating the design, development, integration and testing activities at ADE, GTRE, ASL, RCI, HEMRL, ARDE, R&DE (E), TBRL, and ITR. The system is currently being prepared for its maiden launch in December 2011. His main areas of interest are system analysis, systems engineering, and mission simulation for UAVs.

Outstanding Scientists/Scientist ‘H’

DRDO HQ: Directorate of Life Sciences

Dr G Ilavazhagan, Director of Life Sciences, DRDO HQ, has been promoted as Outstanding Scientist/Scientist H wef 14 September 2011. Dr Ilavazhagan joined DRDO in December 1985 as Sc C, became Director, DIPAS in February 2007 and

moved to DRDO HQ in December 2010 as Director, Life Sciences. His major scientific achievements are in the areas of prevention of hypoxia-induced deterioration in cognitive functions, male reproductive function, and physical performance by supplementing anti-oxidant vitamins and herbal agents. He has also been involved in Indo-Kyrgyz collaborative study on acclimatisation of different ethnic groups at high altitude, and Indo-Soviet Project, HIMDOM, on acclimatisation of tropical people to severe cold stress in the arctic environment. He has been instrumental in the establishment of Kyrgyz-Indian Mountain Biomedical Research Centre in Kyrgyzthan and DRDO-BU Centre for Life Sciences in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Dr Ilavazhagan is the Fellow of the Association of Biomedical Scientists and Life Member of Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, Physiological Society of India, and Academy of Neurosciences. He is currently General Secretary of Federation of Indian Physiological Societies and Executive Council Member, Federation of Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies.

Dr Ilavazhagan has been honoured with several awards such as Eighth Doctor Yellapragada SubbaRow Memorial Oration by GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi in 2009; Dr Anima Datta Memorial Oration Award by Presidency College, Kolkata in 2008; Sixth Annual Vepachedu Gopalkrishan Rao Endowment Award by Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2008; and JN Mitra Memorial Oration Award by Indian Science Congress in 2007. Dr Ilavazhagan has to his credit more than 65 publications in international journals and 10 patents including 2 US and One European patents.

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CAIR, Bengaluru

Shri Sanjay Burman graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication in 1985. He obtained his MTech in Signal Processing from IIT-Kanpur, in 1995. Shri Burman joined

Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), Bengaluru, in 1986. Since then, he has been working in the field of defence communication. His current areas of interest include communication, networking, cryptography, and allied subjects at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru.

Shri Burman has contributed in designing a number of cryptographic devices and security solutions, which have been deployed in the fields. He has won a number of awards including the Republic Day Award, Sir CV Raman Young Scientist Award, Agni Award and Performance Excellence Award for the development of secure communication systems; Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award in 2005; and DRDO Scientist of the Year Award from the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh in 2010. Currently, he heads the Communication Systems and Security Division of CAIR, where his group is designing a number of innovative communication systems and high-grade encryptors for various communication links.

Shri Burman is a founder member of the Cryptology Research Society of India. He has a number of publications to his credit in the areas of cryptography, security, and re-configurable computing in national and international journals. He has delivered a number of talks and tutorials in the areas of cryptography and security systems.

CFEES, Delhi

Dr Sudershan Kumar joined Defence Laboratory (DL), Jodhpur, as Sc C in 1983 after completing PhD in Nuclear Physics from Jammu University. At DL, Jodhpur,

he worked in various capacities and carried out R&D in three major areas―Environmental Monitoring, Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors, and Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defence. He took over as Director of Materials at DRDO HQ on 1 July 2004 and coordinated the activities of material cluster of laboratories. In addition, he also coordinated the NBC activities being pursued by 10 DRDO laboratories. At present, he is Director of Centre for Fire Explosives and Environment Safety (CFEES); Chairman; Environment Safety Committee (Indian Navy); and NBC Coordinator of DRDO. He has published 160 research papers in national and international journals, produced three PhDs as an approved guide, and introduced four products into the Services. One of his major contributions is induction of NBC recce vehicle based on BMP II platform in the services. He is also recipient of Agni Award for Excellence in Self-Relience in 2006 and International Recognition in 2009 by Government of Trinidad and Tobago for providing NBC protection cover to 53 commonwealth Heads of State during their meet at Port of Spain.

CEPTAM, Delhi

Shri RB Singh, Director, Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM), Delhi, has been promoted as Outstanding Scientist/Scientist H. He graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, and obtained MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

Shri Singh joined DRDO as Junior Scientific Officer at Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, in January 1976. He has worked on projects like Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull-mounted (APSOH) System at NPOL; Doordrishti, a Command Control and Communication System for remotely piloted vehicles and Image Bandwidth Compression System for video signals at Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL), Dehradun; and on Facsimile Signals at Scientific Analysis Group (SAG), Delhi.

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Shri Singh was appointed Director in the Directorate of Manpower Planning and Development (now Directorate of Human Resource Development), DRDO HQ, in 2000. There he introduced several innovative methods of manpower management. In February 2006, he moved as Director of the Directorate of Planning and Coordination (DPC), DRDO HQ. At DPC, he streamlined matters pertaining to Project Management and rejuvenated the exercise of Corporate Review. In October 2010, Shri Singh was appointed Director CEPTAM. At CEPTAM, he is continuously improving procedure of selecting manpower for DRDO, meaningfull assessment of Defence Research and Technical Cadre (DRTC), influencing the personnel policies, and organising induction training, orientation training, and few special training programmes in the related areas.

DMRL, Hyderabad

Dr AK Gogia graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1977. He obtained his postgraduation from the IIT-Kanpur, in 1979 and PhD from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in 1990. He

joined Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, in 1979. His areas of research include metallurgy of titanium alloys and nickel-based super alloys. Since 1990, he has been working in indigenous development of gas turbine materials and components. During 2003-2008, as Director, Project Office (Materials), Kaveri Engine Programme, Dr Gogia was responsible for the development of indigenous materials/technologies for production of aeronautical-grade titanium and nickel-based alloys of strategic importance. Presently, he is Head of both the Aeronautical Materials Division and the Armour Design and Development Division.

Dr Gogia is the recipient of DRDO Award for Meritorious Performance in 1996, Binani Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Metals in 2000; DRDO Agni Award for Excellence in Self-Reliance in 2007;

and DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in 2009.

RCI, Hyderabad

Shri Balaji joined Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad, in September 1981 and has been with Research Centre Imarat (RCI) since its inception. He has worked for the Command Guidance Unit and Radio

Proximity Fuze of Trishul and Akash missile systems. He led a team which successfully implemented the scheme by which the losses due to plume were overcome and it also ensured a radio frequency link without breaks. He conceived and implemented elaborate schemes to test the command guidance link along with its radar complement. Both systems are under production.

As Technology Director (Flight Instrumentation), he was responsible for the design, development, production, and tests of the telemetry, transponder, and telecommand systems for all missiles of the Missile Complex. He conceived the Radar Seeker Test Facility and the Tower Top Facilities at RCI, Hyderabad. Currently, he is Technology Director (RF Systems) and is working on the development of five radar seekers for different applications, and secure data links for missile systems.

He is a senior member of the IEEE; Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers; Fellow of the Institute of Engineers; and the member of the Aeronautical Society of India.

LRDE, Bengaluru

Dr DC Pande, Director (Technologies), obtained his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electronics from the Garhawal University in 1974 and 1976, respectively, and PhD from the

University of Allahabad in 1982. He joined Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE),

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Bengaluru, in 1981 and has been working in the area of design and development of electromagnetic interference control techniques for ground-based, airborne and ship-borne equipment and systems. He is one of the pioneer scientists who started research activities in the field of nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP) and high-power microwave (HPM) in India. Dr Pandey has also worked on electromagnetic design of various radar systems. Presently, he is involved in design, development and evaluation of various types of antennas for all radar programmes of DRDO.

Dr Pande is the Chairman of Society of EMC Engineers (India) of which he is the founder life member. He is Fellow of IETE, member of IEEE; life member of Society of Electronic Engineers; an associate member of ‘dB’ Society, USA; and member of Aeronautical Society of India. He was member of Study Group A on Nuclear Effects, and also of Department of Electronics Committee for Evolving National Standards for Electromagnetic Emissions.

Dr Pande has authored/presented more than 120 technical papers published in various journals and conferences and more than 50 technical reports. He has written five chapters on EMI/EMC, NEMP and HPM for a book on EMC, published by IETE, India. He was awarded Certificate of Achievement by SUMA Foundation, USA; Commendation Certificate for IGMDP Programme in 1990; Megha Nath Saha Memorial Award of IETE in 1994; EMC Engineer of the Year Award of Society of EMC Engineers (India) in 1998; Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award by DRDO in 2003; National Science Day Award in 2004; and DRDO Scientist of the Year Award by the Prime Minister in 2006.

Shri GSN Raju obtained BE (Electronics and Communication) from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in 1976 and ME (Power Electronics) from IIT-Kanpur, in 1993. He joined LRDE,

Bengaluru, in 1977 and has been working in the areas

of radar systems and high-power radar transmitters. He is responsible for establishing high-power transmitter technology at LRDE and has successfully realised transmitters for Indra-I, Indra-II, Asp, and 3D-central acquisition raders (CAR) radars.

Shri Raju has made outstanding contributions to the family of 3-D surveillance radars and successfully delivered a number of variants of 3-D CAR to the Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and the Indian Army. As Group Director, he has conceived and practiced public-private partnership and nurtured the system engineering concepts.

He is the recipient of many national awards like Performance Excellence Award-2008; Import Substitution Award-2008; Path Breaking Research/Outstanding Technology Development Award-2008 for Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) system; Technology R&D Excellence Award-2008; Group Award-2004; National Science Day Commendation Certificate-2003; DRDO Technology Award-1995; and best MTech Thesis Award-1993. He has authored many technical papers in the national and international symposia including eight IEEE papers. He has contributed to academia as panel member of external examiners to evaluate MTech theses for BMS College of Engineering and VV College of Engineering, Bengaluru. He has also served as technical member of IEE-sponsored PEDES–96 and reviewed several papers in the field of power electronics.

RCI, Hyderabad

Shri G Satheesh Reddy, MS (Electronics and Communication Engineering), has made outstanding contributions in design, development and productionisation of advanced navigation technologies for the medium- and long-range tactical

missiles like Agni, Prithvi, BrahMos, ANSP, Astra, as well as for fighter aircraft and other strategic missions in India.

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He has to his credit the distinction of developing and demonstrating the capability of an indigenous ring laser gyro-based INS+GPS system comparable with such systems developed by few selected countries in the world. He played a pivotal role in building India’s totally indigenous multi-satellite constellation receiver (GPS+GLONASS+GAGAN) for high-dynamic applications. He has also developed India’s first miniaturised, 500 fibre-optic gyro-based INS+GPS (FINGS) system. Currently, he is working on MEMS-based miniaturised INS+GPS+GLONASS+ Magnetometer System (MINGS) and indigenous navigation systems for Indian naval ships and submarines.

Shri Reddy has been conferred with the DRDO’s Young Scientist Award, Scientist of the Year Award and many other DRDO national awards. He is the Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE); Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE); and Institution of Engineers (India). He is also the Vice President of Aeronautical Society of India, Hyderabad, and Sensors Research Society, India.

[Biodata of other Promotees will be published in the November 2011 Issue.]

Dr W Selvamurthy, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller R&D (LS & IC), has been conferred the DSc (Honoris Causa) by the Karunya University, Coimbatore, in recognition of his contributions in the field of Science and Technology. The degree was presented by the Chancellor of the Karunya University.

DSc (Honoris Causa) to Dr W Selvamurthy

Higher Qualification Acquired

MTRDC, Bengaluru

� Shri SUM Reddy, Sc G, has been awarded PhD by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for his thesis titled, Studies on vane loaded coaxial wave guiding structures for gyrotron devices.

� Shri R Seshadri, Sc F, has been awarded PhD by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for his thesis titled, Dispersion characterisation of broadband helical slow wave structures for TWTs.

NSTL, Visakhapatnam

Shri C Suryanarayana, Sc F, has been awarded PhD by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, for his thesis titled, ‘Design and development of pumpjet propulsor for high-speed underwater applications’.

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EDITORIAL TEAM

The Editorial Team thanks all the DRDO Newsletter Correspondents

for their contributions.

LRDE, Bengaluru

Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar, AVSM, DG Arty and Lt Col Comdt Regt of Arty, on 2 September 2011.

HEMRL, Pune

� Maj Gen PK Mangal, Addl DG (Eqpt Mgt), MGO Branch, Army HQ, on 23 August 2011.

Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar, in EMP Simulator Test Facility.Maj Gen PK Mangal, showing keen interest in gun propellant processing control.

� Lt Gen Sumer Singh, AVSM, Director General of Perspective Planning, on 25 August 2011.

� Ms Meeran Borwankar, Commissioner of Police, Pune, along with a team of senior police officers on 25 August 2011.

Maj Gen Kudaberdiev being briefed by Shri M Datar, OS & Director ARDE, about ARDE’s technologies and products.

Lt Gen Sumer Singh, AVSM, Director General of Perspective Planning showing keen interest in combustible cartridge case.

Dr A Subhananda Rao, DS & CC R&D (Aero) & Director, HEMRL presenting memento to Ms Meeran Borwankar.

ARDE, Pune

� Lt Gen AS Lamba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), on 10 August 2011.

� Lt Gen Sumer Singh, AVSM, Director General of Perspective Planning, on 25 August 2011.

� Ms Meeran Borwankar, Commissioner of Police, Pune, along with a team of senior police officers on 26 August 2011.

� A delegation led by Maj Gen Abibilla Kudaberdiev, Hon’ble Defence Minister, Kyrgyz Republic, on 8 September 2011. He was apprised of ARDE’s contribution to Defence Services.

Visits to DRDO Labs/Estts