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DRDO

Quick points to remember

• DRDO stands for Defence Research and Development Organization.
• This is an Indian Republic agency with headquarters located in Delhi.
• This agency was formed in 1958 as a result of merger between the state
Technical Development Establishment and Directorate of technical
development and assembly with Defence Science Organization.
• DRDO was formed by merging different defence organizations and now
works with different national and international agencies.
• Ministry of defence and Government of India has administrative control
over the agency.

• DRDO is one of India’s largest government agencies and dynamic
research organization with more than 30,000 employees.

Introduction
DRDO is a research and development agency that develops technology and
equipments that can be used by Indian Defence system. Formed in 1958 and
headquartered in Delhi, this agency has developed some of the most intellectual and
promising projects while collaborating with different agencies like directorate of
technical development, NPOM and different agencies located internationally.

The research and development segment of this organization has around 5000
scientists and more than 30,000 employees. The first project of DRDO is Project
Indigo, started in 1960 soon after the establishment of DRDO. Between 1980-2007,
DRDO along with IGMDP launched various missiles like Agni, Prithvi, Akash Trishul
and NAG.

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