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The book is an authentic description of
development of Defence R&D in India and first of its kind
which traces the origin of military research, its need under
British rule in India in early twentieth century, the R&D done
during two world wars, the independent India and defence
strategy at that time. The book describes in detail the
inception of Defence Research Organisation, appointment of
first Scientific Adviser and evolution of separate Defence
Research & Development Organisation catering to the needs of
Armed Forces in India. The book vividly describes the birth
pangs of the organisation, the hurdles faced and contours of
current organisation as envisaged by the founding fathers of
Independent India, and the milestones achieved during
1958-1982 and makes an engrossing reading.
About the author
Ramadas
Panemangalore Shenoy received his MSc Degree in Physics from
Banaras Hindu University and continued his higher education at
the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the post
graduate Diploma and DIISc in Electrical Communication
Engineering. He proceeded to University of Wisconsin, USA for
PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1957. He joined the
Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE),
Bangalore in 1961 to work on radar development for the Armed
Forces. From 1967-71 he worked at the Defence Electronics
Laboratory, Hyderabad as Deputy Director and initiated system
development activities related to radar and associated
electronic warfare. In 1973, he joined LRDE as Director and
remained there until 1987 when he became Distinguished
Scientist. During his tenure as Director LRDE, many systems
such as time division electronic exchanges, computer based
nodal trunk switch, sound ranging system for location of guns,
radar distance measuring equipment and a new generation of
radar systems INDRA were successfully developed and
productionised.
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