Present Head of DRDO

Hello, I want to know the details of the Present Head of Defence Research and Development Organisation.

[Kiran Chandar]

Hello, here I am providing you the details of the Present Head of Defence Research and Development Organisation as under:

Directors General
Dr. K Tamilmani, Director General - Aeronautical Systems (Aero)

Dr. Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Director General - Micro Electronic Devices & Computational Systems (MED & CoS)

Dr. Manas K Mandal, Director General - Life Sciences (LS)

Dr. CP Ramanarayanan, Director General - Armament & Combat Engineering Systems (ACE)

Dr. Satish Kumar, Director General - Missiles and Strategic Systems (MSS)

Ms J Manjula, Director General - Electronics & Communication Systems (ECS)

Dr. Subhash Chandra Sati, Director General - Naval Systems and Materials (NS & M)

Dr S Christopher, Secretary Department of Defence R&D
Dr S Christopher assumed the charges of Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development and Director General, DRDO with effect from 29th May 2015.

Career
Christopher is credited to have directed the manufacturing of India's first indigenous AEW&C system. He received various distinguished awards including the Best Defence Research and Development Organisation - Outstanding Scientist for 2012.

Educations:
Christopher obtained his BE (Hons) in Electronics & Communication Engineering from University of Madras and M.Tech in Microwaves and Radar Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur.
He joined IIT Madras, as Project Associate in 1980, and carried out research in Microwave Antenna Design and Near-field Measurement Techniques.
He then obtained PhD in Antennae and Measurement Techniques from IIT, Madras.

Awards:
Dr Christopher is a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineers (FNAE), Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) and the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He is a member of SEE, IEEE and is a recipient of many awards including Scientist of the Year Award in 1998.