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It Is A Matter Of Satisfaction

The sky is the limit for persons with specialised technical skills. To opt for a job with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) may well mean giving up high pay and perks offered by the private sector but there are other kinds of satisfaction in store for scientists.

This is the case with Vishal Mahajan who is with the Electronics Research and Development Establishment (LRDE), Bangalore, a part of DRDO.

His work on airborne radar systems, he feels, contributes to the country’s Defence capability. “When something designed by my team has been put through trials, found satisfactory and meeting the needs of our armed forces and eventually gets used, I feel happy,” says this graduate of the Regional Engineering College of Himachal Pradesh. “I specialised in electronics engineering. When some DRDO scientists visited our campus, I went through a campus interview and got selected,” says Mr. Mahajan. Airborne radar systems need to be compact, lightweight and easily portable. They are used for maritime patrolling; identifying ships from a distance in helping qualified personnel figure out what kind of ships they are. “What we have now designed actually presents a 2D image on a screen and this makes interpretation of the images more accurate and useful. These radars are compact enough to be carried on small aircraft or helicopters and can spot approaching ships even during bad weather conditions” he says.

“Getting into the DRDO is not easy, there are tests with questions set by IIT faculty and the competition is tough.

“Once you are inducted, you benefit from the mentoring system with senior scientists taking you under their wings,” Mr. Mahajan says.

Source : http://www.hindu.com/

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