Place · defence research headquarters · India
DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi
Also known as DRDO
DRDO Bhawan on Rajaji Marg, New Delhi — headquarters of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, formed in 1958 by merging the Technical Development Establishment, the Directorate of Technical Development & Production, and the Defence Science Organisation. Runs 52 laboratories across the country; developed the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam from 1983 (Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash, Nag), the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas with HAL, the Arjun main battle tank, the Pokhran II test infrastructure (1998), and the Mission Shakti anti-satellite system (2019).
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- Republic and Living Practice
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- Authority & administration
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- Location
- 28.614, 77.214
Connections (2)
- Worked atA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
From DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi, Kalam led the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme from 1983 — Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag — and then served as the Government of India's Chief Scientific Adviser from 1992 until Pokhran II in May 1998. He stepped out of DRDO four years later to become the eleventh President of India.
- Peer institutionThumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS)
DRDO and ISRO both grew out of the Department of Atomic Energy / INCOSPAR launch infrastructure at Thumba in the 1960s.
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