Job Opportunities in DRDO DRDO is a dynamic centre of knowledge and development that is determined to empower the nation’s Defence Services – Army, Navy, and Air Force with the radiance of technology. Incorporating over 50 laboratories and more than 7000 scientists, the organisation is engaged in the design and development to state-of-the-art weapons and futuristic technologies. The core principle that runs like a lifeline through the Defence R&D Organisation is to make India’s Defence Systems self-reliant. DRDO is ever evolving to illuminate the way for land, Water and Air Forces to march towards a self-reliant future. Vision: Make India prosperous by establishing world class science and technology base and provide our Defence Services decisive edge by equipping them with internationally competitive systems and solutions. Mission: Design, develop and lead to production of state-of-the-art sensors, weapon systems, platforms and allied equipment for our Defence Services. Provide technological solutions to the Services to optimize combat effectiveness and to promote well-being of the troops. Develop infrastructure and committed quality manpower and build strong indigenous. The Defence Research & Development Organisation has come a long way since its modest beginning in 1958. Starting with only 10 Laboratories, DRDO has grown multi-dimensionally and has evolved to be a core research organisation with vast network of 50 laboratories and establishments spread across the country, 30,000 knowledge workers including about 7,000 scientists; 12,000 technical personnel; and 11,000 support staff – a strong scientific force to reckon with. With a vision to empower India with cutting-edge technologies and equip our services with internationally competitive systems, DRDO has proven its competence to produce state-of-the-art strategic and tactical military hardware and related technologies in diverse disciplines such as Aeronautics, Armaments, Combat Vehicles, Combat Engineering, Electronics, Missiles, Life Science, Materials, and Naval Systems. At the core of the technological strength of DRDO is its expertise in system design, system integration, testing and evaluation and project management built over the last five decades, which has enabled it in developing indigenous capabilities in weapons and their delivery systems. Today DRDO has transformed into a highly professional and mature Organisation with strong technology base and management systems to undertake indigenous development of state-of-the-art Defence system in a comprehensive achievement of technological self-reliance in a number of critical areas including ammunition, armoured systems surface-to-surface missiles, sonar systems, electronic warfare systems, NBC defence and advanced computing. The talk will encompass work done and futuristic aspects on these specialized R&D domains.