DRDO LIST

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) alongwith their areas of researc
and locations
Sl. No. Laboratories/Establishments/Units Location

Cluster Laboratories/Establishments

Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis

1 Hyderabad
Group (ANURAG)

2 Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) Hyderabad

Aerial Delivery Research & Development

3 Agra
Establishment (ADRDE)
Aeronautical Development Establishment
4 Bengaluru
(ADE)
Armaments Research & Development
5 Pune
Establishment (ARDE)
6 Centre for Air Borne System (CABS) Bengaluru
Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
7 Bengaluru
(CAIR)
Centre for Fire, Explosives & Environment
8 Delhi
Safety (CFEES)
Centre for High Energy Systems and
9 Hyderabad
Sciences (CHESS)
Combat Vehicles Research & Development
10 Chennai
Establishment (CVRDE)
Defence Avionics Research Establishment
11 Bengaluru
(DARE)
Defence Bio-engineering & Electro-medical
12 Bengaluru
Laboratory (DEBEL)
Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory
13 Dehradun
(DEAL)

14 Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) Mysore

Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research

15 Haldwani
(DIBER)
Defence Institute of High Altitude Research
16 Leh
(DIHAR)
Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied
17 Delhi
Sciences (DIPAS)
Defence Institute of Psychological Research
18 Delhi
(DIPR)

19 Defence Laboratory (DL) Jodhpur

Defence Electronics Research Laboratory

20 Hyderabad
(DLRL)
 Defence Materials & Stores Research &
21 Kanpur
Development Establishment (DMSRDE)
Defence Metallurgical Research
22 Hyderabad
Laboratory(DMRL)
Defence Research & Development
23 Gwalior
Establishment (DRDE)
Defence Research & Development
24 Hyderabad
Laboratory (DRDL)
25 Defence Research Laboratory (DRL) Tezpur
Defence Terrain Research Laboratory
26 Delhi
(DTRL)
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
27 Bengaluru
(GTRE)
High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
28 Pune
(HEMRL)
Institute of Nuclear Medicines & Allied
29 Delhi
Sciences (INMAS)
Instruments Research & Development
30 Dehradun
Establishment (IRDE)
31 Integarted Test Range (ITR) Balasore
32 Joint Cypher Bureau (JCB) Delhi
Laser Science & Technology Centre
33 Delhi
(LASTEC)
Electronics & Radar Development
34 Bengaluru
Establishment (LRDE)
Microwave Tube Research & Development
35 Bengaluru
Centre (MTRDC)
Naval Materials Research Laboratory
36 Ambernath
(NMRL)
Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory
37 Kochi
(NPOL)
Naval Science & Technological Laboratory
38 Visakhapatnam
(NSTL)
Proof and Experimental Establishment
39 Balasore
(PXE)

40 Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Hyderabad

Research & Development Establishment

41 Pune
(Engrs) (R&DE[E])
42 Scientific Analysis Group (SAG) Delhi
Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment
43 Chandigarh
(SASE)

44 Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) Delhi

Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory

45 Chandigarh
(TBRL)
 Vehicles Research & Development
46 Ahmednagar
Establishment (VRDE)

HR Institutions
Centre for Personnel Talent Management
1 Delhi
(CEPTAM)

2 Institute of Technology Management (ITM) Mussoorie

3 Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) Delhi

Other Institutions

Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials

1 Nasik
(ACEM)
2 Centre for Advanced Systems (CAS) Hyderabad
Centre for Military Air-worthiness &
3 Bengaluru
Certification (CEMILAC)
Defence Scientific Information &
4 Delhi
Documentation Centre (DESIDOC)
5 DRDO Integration Centre (DIC) Panagarh
Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses
6 Delhi
(ISSA)
7 Mobile Systems Complex (MSC) Pune
8 SF Complex (SFC) Jagdalpur

Centres of Excellence

DRDO Bhartihar University (DRDO-BU),

1 Coimbatore
Centre of Excellence
Advanced Centre for Research in High
2 Hyderabad
Energy Materials (ACRHEM)
3 Centre of Excellence in Cryptology Kolkata
Centre of Millimeter Wave Semiconductor
4 Kolkata
Devices and Systems
Advanced Centre for Excellence on
5 Bengaluru
Composite Materials (ACECM)
6 Research and Innovation Centre (RIC) Chennai

7 Centre of Propulsion Technology (CoPT) Mumbai

Jagdish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced

8 Jadavpur
Technology (JCBCAT)

9 Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC) Delhi

 alongwith their areas of research

Area of Research

ments

Computational System

Missiles & Strategic Systems

Parachutes & Aerial Systems

Aeronautics

Armaments

Air-Borne Systems
Artificial Intelligence &
Robotics

Explosives

High Energy Weapons

Combat Vehicles

Avionics

Bio-engineering

Electronics & Communication

Systems

Food Research

Bio-Energy

High Altitude Agro-animal

Research

Physiology

Psychological Research

Camouflaging and Isotopes

Electronic Warfare
Textiles, Polymers &
Composites

Metallurgy

Chemical & Biological

Warfare

Missile & Strategic Systems

Health & Hygiene

Terrain Research

Gas Turbine

High Energy Materials

Nuclear Medicine

Electronics & Optical

Systems
Missile Testing
Cypher Systems

Laser Technology

Radars

Microwave Devices

Naval Materials

Sonar Systems

Underwater Weapons

Armament Testing

Missile & Strategic Systems

Engineering Systems &

Weapon Platforms
Cryptology

Snow and Avalanche

Solid- State/ Semiconductor

Materials

Ballistics
Wheeled Vehicles

Talent Management

Technology Management

Human Resource

High Energy Materials

Advanced Systems

Airworthiness & Certification

Information System and

Documentation
Systems Integration

Systems Analysis

Missile Systems
Propellant

Life Sciences

High Energy Materials

Cryptology
Millimeter Wave and
Semiconductor

Composite Materials

Sensors & MEMS

Propulsion Technology

Strategic Systems

Photonic Technologies,
Plasmonics and Quantum
Photonics