The Telangana Government has requested the Centre to the Hyderabad-based
Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) after President Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam.
Today Sunday August 02,2015 Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard, said a release issued by his office
In his letter, Mr Rao wrote the research done by DRDO has helped the country towards achieving self-reliance in the defence sector.
"Under Kalam's guidance, when he was Director of DRDO, several research works were done in the organisation enhancing country's self-reliance in defence systems," Mr Rao said.
Dr Kalam had put in efforts that ensured setting up of many defence organisations including DRDL, RCI and MIDHANI, among others, in Hyderabad, he said.
"Naming DRDO after Kalam, who had close association with Hyderabad city, would inspire the future generations and also pay rich tributes to Kalam by India's defence organisation or establishment," Mr Rao was quoted as saying in the release.
Note
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who played a pivotal role in the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, died in Shillong on Monday July 27,2015 following a massive cardiac arrest.
On 27 July 2015, Kalam travelled to Shillong to deliver a lecture on "Creating a Livable Planet Earth" at the IIM,Shillon,Meghalaya
At around 6:35 p.m only five minutes into his lecture, he collapsed and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital in a critical condition; upon arrival, he lacked a pulse or any other signs of life
Thousands had gathered on Thursday July 30 to bid farewell to Dr Kalam -- fondly known as the People's President -- in Rameswaram, the town in Tamil Nadu where he was born.
Today Sunday August 02,2015 Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard, said a release issued by his office
In his letter, Mr Rao wrote the research done by DRDO has helped the country towards achieving self-reliance in the defence sector.
"Under Kalam's guidance, when he was Director of DRDO, several research works were done in the organisation enhancing country's self-reliance in defence systems," Mr Rao said.
Dr Kalam had put in efforts that ensured setting up of many defence organisations including DRDL, RCI and MIDHANI, among others, in Hyderabad, he said.
"Naming DRDO after Kalam, who had close association with Hyderabad city, would inspire the future generations and also pay rich tributes to Kalam by India's defence organisation or establishment," Mr Rao was quoted as saying in the release.
Note
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who played a pivotal role in the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, died in Shillong on Monday July 27,2015 following a massive cardiac arrest.
At around 6:35 p.m only five minutes into his lecture, he collapsed and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital in a critical condition; upon arrival, he lacked a pulse or any other signs of life
Thousands had gathered on Thursday July 30 to bid farewell to Dr Kalam -- fondly known as the People's President -- in Rameswaram, the town in Tamil Nadu where he was born.
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