The merger of these two laboratories into one lab is being considered as the first step towards large-scale reforms in DRDO.
Ladakh| Amidst the tension on the border with China, the central government has created a new lab by combining two laboratories of the Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO). This new laboratory will focus on research on areas bordering China and Pakistan and on icy storms. Quoting government sources, ANI said that DRDO has created a new laboratory called ‘Defense Geo Informatics Research Establishment’ by combining two laboratories.
Government sources told ANI that the new lab will focus in research on the border and avalanche along China from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. The two labs merged into the new lab created by the government are the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) of the Manali headquarters and the Defense Terrain Research Laboratory in Delhi. The merger of these two laboratories into one lab is being considered as the first step towards large-scale reforms in DRDO.
Decision after high level meeting with PM Modi
Sources said that the new lab will deploy its team in different areas of China border such as Arunachal Pradesh etc. and will work with the armed forces deployed there. The two labs were merged soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s detailed review meeting with his ministerial colleagues, DRDO President and Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat.
Meanwhile DRDO Chief Dr. G. Satish Reddy’s tenure has also been extended by the government and he has been entrusted with the important responsibility of bringing about necessary reforms in the major defense research agency.
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