Defence R&D Directors' Conference

Abstract

Defence Science Library was the venue of the 19th Defence R&D Directors' Conference held during 21--23 April 1986. Inaugurating the Conference, the Prime Minister, Shri Rajiv Gandhi presented the 'Scientist of the Year' awards to DRDO scientists and cash awards to teams of scientists for their outstanding performance in the year 1984 and 1985. The Prime Minister also presented the Silicon and Titanium Trophies to Laboratories for their best performance in systems and sciences. The theme of the Conference was: Technologies for the next decade and implementation of the Seventh Five-Year Plan for DRDO. The Minister of State for Defence Research, Shri Arun Singh also addressed the Directors. Dr VS Arunachalam, SA to RM gave a presentation on the growth and achievements of DRDO during the plan period, 1980-85 and the approaches to the Seventh Five-Year Plan.