Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has informed that a Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. P Rama Rao was constituted to conduct a comprehensive review of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The Organisation has implemented the following recommendations of the Committee within its powers:
• Nomination of Nodal Officers for structured interaction between DRDO and Services.
• Introduction of Integrated Financial Advice (IFA) Scheme for financial decentralization.
• Appointment of a dedicated Chief Controller for Human Resources (HR).
• Creation of Seven Technology Domain based Clusters headed by Director’s General.
• Restructuring of DRDO HQrs, Creation of Directorate of Systems Analysis and Modeling (SAM) and Directorate of Quality, Reliability and Safety (QR&S).
Efforts have also been made to increase budget for Extramural Research as recommended by the Committee.