Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  The DRDO  reforms  Iss.3 ( 31/10/2023)                                                                                                                                                              Prof. Prodyut Das Recently the Government of India constituted a committee to look into the workings of DRDO with an intent of improving its performance. This has caused a sense of grievance in certain quarters. Indeed, one periodical ran a piece with the rather preemptory heading “Don’t touch the DRDO”. On 4 th October 2023 the first Tejas Trainer was handed over to the IAF in front of the Air Chief and in the presence of the Raisina and other dignitaries. All the jollities appropriate to such an occasion were observed and the worn- out promises implied that better production were just around the corner. If we remove the proper nouns to avoid emotional associations the occasion was the handing over of a first example of a product ordered 21 years ago. Despite the delay the product co