Avinash Chander (scientist)

Avinash Chander
11th Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation
In office
2013-2015
Preceded byVijay Kumar Saraswat
Succeeded byS. Christopher

Avinash Chander is an Indian scientist who was Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, the Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. He had succeeded V. K. Saraswat to this post but was sacked by the union government due to incompetency.

He is the chief architect of the Agni series of ballistic missile systems. Chander is a recipient of the Padma Shri from the Government of India

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