Manohar Parrikar Says Raksha Mantri Awards For Excellence Should Not Be For Decorative PR Exercise

New Delhi, 27 January 2016

The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar gave away the Raksha Mantri Awards for Excellence for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 here today in recognition of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the nine Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). Speaking on the occasion Parrikar call upon the DPSUs to compete with the private sector. He emphasised that the government’s efforts are to indigenise production. He further stated that based on his experience government is a powerful institution which can effectively deliver in a restricted timeframe, while following the procedures.

The awards were given in three major categories, i.e., ‘Institutional Awards’, ‘Best Performing Division/Factory/Shipyard Awards’ and ‘Group/Individual Awards’. Under the Institutional awards, there are two sub-categories for which DPSUs and OFB can compete i.e. overall performance and performance in exports.  In the second category, there are three awards; for the best performing division of DPSUs, the best performing factory of OFB and the best performing shipyard.  In the third category, there are three sub-categories – one on indigenization, one on design effort and one on innovation for which both OFB and DPSUs can compete.

The List of  the Awardees are as follows:

For the year 2012-13:-

(a)  INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS
(i)  Excellence in performance	HAL
(ii) Best performance in Exports	BEML
(b) DIVISION /FACTORY /SHIPYARD AWARDS
(i)  Best Performing Division of DPSUs	BEL,(S&CS), Bengaluru
(ii) Best performing Factory of OFB	Ordnance Factory, Kanpur
(iii) Best performing Shipyard	GRSE
(c) GROUP /INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
(1) Indigenisation
(i)   Design & Development of Retrofit   Security Solutions for ‘Shakti’	Network Communication System-BEL, Bengaluru
(ii)  Indigenisation of AK 630 Gun Drive Units	AK 630 GUN Drive Indigenisation Group – D&E Division, BEL, Chennai
(iii) Indigenisation of Special Tools Test Equipments & fixtures for Milan-2T warhead	Milan Group, BDL, Hyderabad
(2) Design Effort
(i)   L-70 Gun Upgradation	Gun upgrades Group – BEL, Chennai
(ii)  Systems of IACCS Networks	BEL, Ghaziabad
(3) Innovation (Jointly)
(i)  Electro-Plasticity Assisted Incremental   Forming (EPAIF) (ii)  Deployable Flight Data Recorder System	Transport Aircraft Division, HAL, Kanpur Avionics Division, HAL, Korwa

For the year 2013-14:-

(a)  INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS
(i)  Excellence in performance	BEL
(ii) Best performance in Exports	BEL
(b) DIVISION /FACTORY /SHIPYARD AWARDS
(i)  Best Performing Division of DPSUs	HAL, Avionics Division, Hyderabad
(ii) Best performing Factory of OFB	Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur
(iii) Best performing Shipyard	GRSE, Kolkata
(c) GROUP /INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
(1) Indigenisation
(i)   Floating Deck High Voltage (FDHV) Module for PAR 2080 C	SLRDC, HAL, Hyderabad
(ii)  Configuration, Developing and Engineering Weapon Control Modules (WCM 176) for AK 176 Gun Mount	D&E, FCS/SBU-NS (Radar & FCS) Group – BEL, Bengaluru
(iii) BHARANI RADAR	BEL, Ghaziabad
(2) Design Effort
(i)   EOFCS – U1 for Control of Medium Calibre 76 mm Gun Mount and High Rate  of Fire AK 630 Gun Mount	D&E, FCS/SBU-NS (Radar & FCS) Group – BEL, Bengaluru
(ii)  Design & development of 50 knots Interceptor Boat	Ship Design Group – Goa Shipyard Ltd (Under own initiative)
(3) Innovation
(i)  Development of composite Armour Panels for MI-17 Helicopters	MI-17 Team – MIDHANI, Hyderabad.

The function was attended by the Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan, Secretary (Defence Production) AK Gupta and Secretary Department of Defence R&D and DG DRDO Dr S Christopher.

 

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