Lok Sabha Question No. 1458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: DRDO Laboratories
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1458

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## DRDO  LABORATORIES

1458.  SHRI  P.C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of places in the country in which the DRDO laboratories are located;
- (b) whether  DRDO  is facing criticism for its poor quality of research and development; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken / being taken to improve the standards?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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- (a)   Laboratories/establishments      functioning        under  Defence  Research and  Development  Organisation  (DRDO)  alongwith  their  locations  are given at Annexure 'A'.
- (b)   No, Madam. However, there are some instances of delay in completion of research & development, due to some of the following reasons:-
- (i)  Complexity of the technologies/products      for which R&D is being conducted.
- (ii) Evaluation of the technologies/products under severe environmental condition eg, extreme summer testing can be performed in limited time period of the year; any corrections/retesting takes one year of cycle.
- (iii)  Non  availability  of  some  critical  &  denied  components & materials required for R&D.
- (c)   To overcome delay in R&D, some of the steps taken by DRDO are:
- (i)   Procedures for technology complexity    assessment.
- (ii)   Collaboration with academia & industries.
- (iii)  Creation  of  testing  facilities  including  dedicated  test  ranges  and platforms.

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## ANNEXURE-'A' REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1458 FOR ANSWER ON 4.3.2016

## Details of DRDO Laboratories/Establishments and their locations

|   S. No. | Name of laboratory/establishment                                  | Location   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|        1 | Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM)                    | Nasik      |
|        2 | Advanced Numerical Research &Analysis Group (ANURAG)              | Hyderabad  |
|        3 | Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL)                                 | Hyderabad  |
|        4 | Aerial Delivery Research &Development Establishment (ADRDE)       | Agra       |
|        5 | Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)                      | Bengaluru  |
|        6 | Armament Research &Development Establishment (ARDE)               | Pune       |
|        7 | Centre for Air Borne System (CABS)                                | Bengaluru  |
|        8 | Centre for Artificial Intelligence &Robotics (CAIR)               | Bengaluru  |
|        9 | Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS)                                 | Hyderabad  |
|       10 | Centre for Military Airworthiness &Certification (CEMILAC)        | Bengaluru  |
|       11 | Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM)                   | Delhi      |
|       12 | Centre for Fire, Explosives &Environment Safety (CFEES)           | Delhi      |
|       13 | Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS)               | Hyderabad  |
|       14 | Centre for Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices& Systems (CMSDS) | Kolkata    |
|       15 | Combat Vehicles Research &Development Establishment (CVRDE)       | Avadi      |
|       16 | Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE)                    | Bengaluru  |
|       17 | Defence Bio-engineering &Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL)        | Bengaluru  |

……2/-

|   18 | Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL)             | Dehradun   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   19 | Defence Scientific Information &Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) | Delhi      |
|   20 | Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL)                        | Mysore     |
|   21 | Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER)               | Haldwani   |
|   22 | DRDO Integration Centre (DIC)                                  | Panagarh   |
|   23 | Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR)            | Leh        |
|   24 | Defence Institute of Physiology &Allied Sciences (DIPAS)       | Delhi      |
|   25 | Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR)             | Delhi      |
|   26 | Defence Laboratory (DL)                                        | Jodhpur    |
|   27 | Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL)                 | Hyderabad  |
|   28 | Defence Materials &Stores R&D Establishment (DMSRDE)           | Kanpur     |
|   29 | Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)               | Hyderabad  |
|   30 | Defence Research &Development Establishment (DRDE)             | Gwalior    |
|   31 | Defence Research &Development Laboratory (DRDL)                | Hyderabad  |
|   32 | Defence Research Laboratory (DRL)                              | Tezpur     |
|   33 | Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL)                     | Delhi      |
|   34 | Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)                      | Bengaluru  |
|   35 | High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)              | Pune       |
|   36 | Institute of Nuclear Medicines &Allied Sciences (INMAS)        | Delhi      |
|   37 | Institute for Systems Studies &Analyses (ISSA)                 | Delhi      |
|   38 | Institute of Technology Management (ITM)                       | Mussoorie  |
|   39 | Instruments Research &Development Establishment (IRDE)         | Dehradun   |
|   40 | Integrated Test Range (ITR)                                    | Balasore   |

……3/-

|   41 | Joint Cypher Bureau (JCB)                                 | Delhi         |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|   42 | Laser Science &Technology Centre (LASTEC)                 | Delhi         |
|   43 | Electronics &Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)       | Bengaluru     |
|   44 | Mobile Systems Complex (MSC)                              | Pune          |
|   45 | Microwave Tube Research &Development Centre (MTRDC)       | Bengaluru     |
|   46 | Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL)                | Ambernath     |
|   47 | Naval Physical &Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL)           | Kochi         |
|   48 | Naval Science &Technological Laboratory (NSTL)            | Visakhapatnam |
|   49 | Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE)                | Balasore      |
|   50 | Recruitment and Assessment Center (RAC)                   | Delhi         |
|   51 | Research Centre Imarat (RCI)                              | Hyderabad     |
|   52 | Research &Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&D (Engrs)] | Pune          |
|   53 | Research &Innovation Centre (RIC)                         | Chennai       |
|   54 | Scientific Analysis Group (SAG)                           | Delhi         |
|   55 | Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)             | Manali        |
|   56 | SF Complex (SFC)                                          | Jagdalpur     |
|   57 | Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL)                     | Delhi         |
|   58 | Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL)            | Chandigarh    |
|   59 | Vehicle Research &Development Establishment (VRDE)        | Ahmednagar    |

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