Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  The inherent Handicaps of the DRDO Labs                                 Prof. Prodyut Das 5 th July 2026   The DRDO has produced some very remarkable products. I have in mind the Sonars developed by Cdr. Paul Raj. It was ahead of world standards at its time. The GTRE Kaveri engine- even the bench test models- was a remarkable achievement. It came close to its design dry thrust rating without too many “mods”- if it was not “lucky”- it is a tribute to the masterful use of CAD/CAE by the engineers concerned and augurs well for the future . The slander done to the INSAS reflects more to the limitations of the calibre rather than in technical quality of the design by ARDE.    The failures of DRDO need dispassionate study for correction. The usual din is that funding/ Govt. backing /molly coddling was inadequa...