Distinguished scientist Samir V Kamat was on August 25, 2022, appointed as secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) and the DRDO chairman, it said
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Government sources said that the successor of General Pande would be appointed by the government to be formed after the results on June 4.The Army chief was supposed to retire on May 31 after a 25-month tenure. The extension comes at a time when his successor has not yet been appointed.
A two-year extension was also granted to Dr. Satheesh Reddy, the DRDO chief who succeeded Kamat in 2018. Originally scheduled to retire in August 2020, he served in that capacity until August 2022, at which point he was named the Defence Minister s Scientific Advisor