3000 Engineering graduates to be recruited for DRDO

Updated on: Friday, February 03, 2012

In an effort to create young talent pool and improve research in the defence segment, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) plans to recruit 3,000 young engineering graduates in the next 10 years.

Speaking while inaugurating Kurukshetra, Anna University's annual technical festival, P. Sivakumar, Director, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), said that DRDO employs 7,000 scientists in various research and development projects.

He said, the organisation would recruit 300 to 400 young engineering graduates every year for the next 10 years.

These engineering graduates will be recruited after clearing the scientist entrance test (SET) to be conducted by DRDO after which they will be trained at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), he said.

He also pointed out that that the Union government pays an attractive salary on a par with the private sector and those who get recruited in DRDO would get a salary of Rs 50,000 per month. The defence sector in India offers a challenging job for youngsters. DRDO encourages its scientist to do Ph.D and even go abroad for study.

Sivakumar said that DRDO is working to develop weapons to combat naxalites and terrorist.

Encouraging students to join the Union governments mission to provide safe potable drinking water, the CVRDE Director said that after RTI the watchword today is right to water (RTW) as it is highly important for life. 

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