DRDO names new Director General, first woman in the role

HYDERABAD. In a first, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will have a woman scientist heading an important cluster with the high rank of a Director General.

 

Ms J Manjula, has been appointed the new Director General (DG - Electronics & Communications Systems or ECS) today. She will be one of the seven DG`s, who are heading different clusters within the DRDO, which has nearly 50 national laboratories and Institutes under its network.