👉The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.
👉headquartered in Delhi, India.
👉It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories with the Defence Science Organisation.
👉 Subsequently, Defence Research & Development Service (DRDS) was constituted in 1979 as a service of Group 'A' Officers / Scientists directly under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence.
AGENCY OVERVIEW
DRDO LOGO :
⭐👉 FORMED : 1958 (65 years ago )
⭐👉 HEADQUARTER : DRDO BHAVAN (New Delhi) .
⭐👉 MOTTO : Strength's Origin is in Science"[1]
Sanskrit: बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम्⭐👉 MINISTER RESPONSIBLE : Rajnath Singh , minister of defence
⭐👉 AGENCY EXECUTIVE : DR.sameer v kamath , chairman , DRDO
⭐👉 PARENT AGENCY : minister of defence
⭐👉 WEBSITE : drdo.gov.in
👉With a network of 52 laboratories that are engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems.
👉DRDO is India's largest and most diverse research organisation.
👉 The organisation includes around 5,000 scientists belonging to the DRDS and about 25,000 other subordinate scientific, technical, and supporting personnel.