Scientist Dr Binay Kumar Das has been appointed as Director of the Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE).
The outstanding scientist is the first Odia to head the IRDE, a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), located in Dehradun.
Source said Dr Das took over the charge as the IRDE Director on Friday.
Following Dr Das’ transfer, DK Joshi, who is the Director of Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE), has been appointed as the Director-in-Charge of ITR, Chandipur.
Dr Das had started his career at Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandpur. In November 2015, he was appointed as the Director of ITR.
Notably, the IRDE is devoted to research, design, development and technology transfer in optical and electro-optical instrumentation primarily for the Defence services.