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| Removed DRDO Chief to Bring in Youn |
| Removed DRDO Chief to Bring in Younger Scientist: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
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| INDIA
, 14-January-2015
4:38:39 AM |
| The government today defended its surprising move to sack top missile scientist Avinash Chander as the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO.
"I recommended this. We didn't want somebody on contract to be in such a senior post," Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters.
He added that a "younger scientist" would take over as chairman of the country's main defence research organization.
Mr Chander's contract, extended in November to May 2016, was terminated yesterday. On Wednesday, he came to work as usual, saying he has received no official notice on his sacking, which was cleared by an appointments panel led by PM Modi.
"There was no ulterior motive," sources in the Prime Minister's Office told NDTV.
Reports suggest Mr Chander, 64, could be replaced by Sekhar Basu, the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and two years younger.
Sources have linked the sacking to the government's displeasure at DRDO's latest innovation, a battery-controlled silver chariot built with costly materials, for a temple in Maharashtra. The chariot has been criticized as a waste of time and money when many other projects such as the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Nag missile, long-range surface-to-air missile project and the Airborne Early Warning and Control System projects have been delayed by many years and have seen several cost overruns.
Mr Chander, often known as "Agni man" for leading the long-range Agni series missile programme, was also the scientific adviser to the Defence Minister, and is the main person for all defence technology related issues.
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