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Kerala DRDO unit to receive highest honour from PM
KOCHI
The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) at Kakkand here, which is the only Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit in Kerala, will add gloss to its reputation on Monday when its scientific team receives the DRDO’s highest team honour, Agni, from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a ceremony in Delhi,stated reports.The NPOL, only one of its kind in the country, has previously received awards of best systems laboratory and best science laboratory as well as several other honours.
The award, for developing the submarine Sonar technology that has been successfully inducted by the Navy, underscores NPOL’s core competence in developing underwater surveillance technologies. The ‘Agni award for self-reliance’ with a Rs.5 lakh purse is awarded to the successful effort of a team of scientists that helps the nation to stand on its own feet in an area of defence technology. Project director S. Vijayan Pillai, whose team developed the Sonar technology indigenously, will receive the award.
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