Scientific adviser to defence minister gets one-year extension

G Satheesh Reddy was today given one-year extension in service as the scientific adviser to the defence minister.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension of his tenure for one year with effect from June 4, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

Reddy, a distinguished scientist of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was in June 2015 appointed to the post for a fixed two-year term.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is looking after the charge of the defence ministry, following the appointment of Manohar Parrikar as the Goa chief minister.

Reddy is an eminent missile scientist and has made pioneering contributions to navigation and avionics technologies.

He was appointed as the adviser after former Defence Minister Parrikar had decided to split the post of the Defence Research and Development Organisation chief.

Earlier, the DRDO chief used to be the adviser to the defence minister.

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