New Delhi. 25 November 2016. There are nine Centres of Excellence (CoE) functioning under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Details are given below:
- DRDO Bhartihar University (DRDO-BU) Centre of Excellence, Coimbatore.
- Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM), University of Hyderabad.
- Centre of Excellence in Cryptology, ISI Kolkata.
- Centre of Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices and System, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
- Advanced Centre for Excellence on Composite Materials, National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), Bengaluru.
- Research and Innovation Centre (RIC), Chennai.
- Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT), IIT- Bombay.
- Jagdish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT), Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
- Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC), IIT- Delhi.
At present, there is no proposal to set up new Centre of Excellence by DRDO. Out of nine Centres of Excellence, six were established more than three years ago. Whereas, the following three Centres of Excellence have been established during 2016. Details of funds allocated to these three Centres during 2016-17 are given below:
- Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT), IIT- Bombay. Established in June 2016. Rs. 10.70 Cr has been allocated during 2016-17.
- Jagdish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT), Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Established in June 2016. Rs. 19.20 Cr has been allocated during 2016-17.
- Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC), IIT- Delhi. Established in Oct 2016. Rs. 81.10 Cr has been allocated during 2016-17.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Poonam Mahajan in Lok Sabha.
