New incentive package for DRDO scientists

To check exodus of young Defence Scientists, the Defence Ministry is giving final touches to an incentive package for them on the Chinese pattern.

The move follows the ministry coming alive to disturbing trends of younger defence scientists opting for greener pastures in the West or moving to the more lucrative IT sector.

Though claiming that the "braindrain" had not yet reached an alarming level, the country's top Defence Scientist Dr V K Attre has sought swift remedial measures to keep the talent at home.

In a written communication to the Defence Minister George Fernandes, Attre's suggestion of framing an attractive incentive package for defence scientists has received an immediate nod from the ministry.

Bureau Report