Thakkur, Deputy Director and Commander, Naval Research Board, a division of Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO), was the chief guest.

Mr. Thakkur said that the DRDO aimed at equipping the defence services with internationally competitive systems and solutions.

“The organisation’s mission is to encourage and fund basic research in pertinent scientific disciplines,” he said.

Mr. Thakkur’s presentation was followed by discussions of various research topics such as acoustic simulators, ship-building steel and air-cushion vehicles.

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THE GRD Institute of Management conducted campus interviews for its students. Reliance Mutual Funds, Chennai, India Bulls, Coimbatore, Standard Chartered Bank, Sharjah, Citi Financials, Chennai, Kotak Bank, Chennai, Kotak Insurance, New Delhi, Citi Financials, Kottayam, SBI Insurance, Chennai, Kotak Securities, Mumbai Enhanced Solutions, Bangalore and Dell International, Bangalore, were some of the companies that conducted interviews on the campus. Twenty-one students out of 60 were placed.

The government has declared today a request for proposal to acquire Long Range Reconnaissance Maritime Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft was delivered to distributors throughout the world.

Suppliers are manufacturers of P3C Orion aircraft and Navy International Program Office, USA, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Rajya Sabha.

In a written response, he announced that Boeing P8A is a futuristic platform in the development and a design phase.

To another question, he said three contracts were signed for the indigenous construction of six Scorpene french class submarines in the Mazgaon Dock Limited, Mumbai, October 6, 2005. The contracts were signed with M / S ARMARIS, France, m / s MBDA, France and Defence Public Sector shipyard Mazagon Docks Limited.

On the question of export of missiles, “said Minister of Defence of Government would be appropriate to take decisions at an appropriate time for the export of missiles to friendly countries.

However, he said the division of research and development in the field of defence has not been contacted by each country in buying missiles.

Regarding the creation of a national university Defence and the National Institute of nano-technology in the Punjab, Mukherjee said the Committee of the University of National Defense has recommended the establishment of the University.

The main objective of the Defense University and long-term strategic studies and creating synergies between the academic community and government officials, “said Mukherjee.

The university also provided the institutions - National Defence College (New Delhi), National Defence Academy (New Delhi), Institute of Defence Management (Secunderabad) and Defence Services Staff College (Wellington), alongside the National Institute strategic studies, College of National Security Policy, Institute for Advanced Technology Studies (Bangalore), “he said.

The minister said the government has not yet decision on the establishment of the University of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. There was no proposal to establish a visa or a National Institute of nano-technology in the Punjab, he said.

Answering questions on infiltration from Pakistan, Mukherjee said the army vereitelten 108, 79 and 61 of these offers east along the Line of Control in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively. Thus, more than 286 militants were killed during the year 2003 during the attempt, infiltrate / exfiltrate, 140 and 180 in the years 2004 and 2005.

The number of cases of infiltration during the three years were 1373, or 349 and 335, he said.

Mukherjee informed the Upper House that the government plans to submit a proposal for the lateral transfer of military personnel resources for the armed forces and their methods are being developed.

He also drew attention to a 1985 study on the possibility of returning to the pre-January 1965, status vis-à-vis seven years for military personnel color instead of 17 years put in place June 1979.

LUCKNOW: The second General Management Program (GMP) for officers of the defence services was signed on Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, on Monday.

Like many of the armed forces of 60 officers began its mission MBA ‘under the direction of the administration of the brightest minds in the country.

Procedure at the initiative of the Directorate of Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, the two years of operation of the education sector postgraduate programme (PGP) was encapsulated IIM-L-experts in six months a certificate especially the MBA program.

In various sectors of the army, the quota at the IIM-L-Campus of the year for the specific training, including 41 officers of the Army, Navy, and 10 from nine Air Force.

Out of 60, 10 female officers. Last year, there were 48 officers, including four women. Last year, the success provides high visibility this year.

Kolkata, November 26 THE American President George W. Bush ’s return to the White House for a second term, it is also the spiral of the Indian IT industry, instead of the American president was not against the relocation of jobs to India, Mr. Vinod Gupta, founder and chairman, InfoUSA and a Life Fellow of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP). It took the introduction of Vinod Gupta School of Management at the IIT-KGP.

Mr. Gupta said that on interaction with teachers, students and media representatives during his annual visit to his Alma Mater in Kharagpur, on Friday.

He provided $ 2 million of mutual funds and its non-profit foundation of the Foundation to facilitate the expansion of the school management.

According to some sources, the number of pupils at the school has tripled from 30 in 2002 to 90 in 2004. It is expected that nearly 120 of 2005.

In addition, two new programs are underway. The first is a five-year programme, Dual Degree B. Tech (Hons) in a field of engineering and a Master of Business Management Programme.

The second is a sponsored two years full-time residential Master of Business Administration program exclusively for the defence services officers.