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  Can't give ‘lame excuses’ for delays in projects: DRDO Chief

  India | June 23, 2016 20:18 IST

  Kolkata: As it faces flak for delays in executing defence projects, the state-run DRDO chief today said it can't give "lame excuses" and that the reasons for the holdup were being explained to the government.

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  DRDO Chief Avinash Chander sacked 15 months ahead of his contract term

  India | January 13, 2015 21:19 IST

  New Delhi: Government today removed Chief of top defence research organisation Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end.The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “approved the termination” of

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  India's missile programme for peace: DRDO Chief

  India | October 19, 2014 7:19 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Claiming that India's missile programme purely aims at peace in the country, Defence Research Development and Organisation (DRDO) Director General Avinash Chander yesterday said Bhubaneswar has been the Gateway for all the Missile Launch

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  India can export fighter planes, missiles: DRDO chief

  June 22, 2014 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressing on the need for increasing arms exports, DRDO has said India can sell combat aircraft and missiles whose production cost would be “much lower” than some of

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  Pokhran tests changed world's perception of India: DRDO chief

  India | May 13, 2014 23:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Pokhran nuclear tests in May 1998 changed the world's perception of India in terms of technology capability, DRDO chief Avinash Chander said today.Addressing DRDO fraternity on the occasion of National Technology Day

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  Avniash Chander appointed DRDO chief, will succeed V K Saraswat

  India | May 31, 2013 22:13 IST

  New Delhi, May 31 : Avinash Chander, chief architect of India's long-range missile programmes including Agni, was today appointed DRDO chief and Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister."Chander has been appointed as the new Scientific Advisor

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  Aerospace scientist, DRDO chief, BrahMos chief among Padma awardees

  India | January 26, 2013 8:26 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 26 :Noted science educator Yash Pal and aerospace scientist Roddam Narsimha were today selected for Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian awards.Acclaimed theoretical physicist and recipient of the three-million-dollar Fundamental Physics

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  Agni-V missile is the best missile of 21st century, says DRDO chief

  India | May 25, 2012 16:55 IST

  Gwalior, May 25: DRDO Director General Vijay Kumar Saraswat today said Agni-V missile which took 30 years to be developed, was the best such thing in the 21st century.Agni-V is an intercontinental ballistic missile developed

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  Tatra Trucks Outstanding, Says DRDO Chief

  India | March 31, 2012 21:17 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 31: Contradicting Army Chief Gen VK Singh, DRDO chief VK Saraswat on Saturday said Tatra trucks were "outstanding" and there was nothing substandard about the vehicles used as base for launching all