Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, under the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed a nine-member committee of experts with a view to overhaul the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The nine-member committee headed by Professor K VijayRaghavan is entrusted to review and redefine the role of the department and to submit a report within three months. 

According to reports, Professor VijayRaghavan is former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and one of the key architects of the National Research Foundation (NRF). The other members of the DRDO review committee are namely Lt Gen (Retd) Subrata Saha, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Vice Admiral S N Ghormade, former Vice Chief of Navy Staff, Air Marshal B R Krishna, former Chief of Integrated Staff, Sujan R Chinoy, DG of MP-IDSA, Prof Manindra Agarwal of IIT Kanpur, S.P. Shukla, President SIDM, J D Patil of Larsen and Toubro, Defence, Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair, Distinguished Scientist, ISRO and Ms Rasika Chaube, Financial Advisor, Ministry of Defence. 

In addition, the term reference notes to attract and retain high quality manpower, involving a system of project based manpower by a proper system of incentives and disincentives, along with strict performance accountability. It aims to utilize the expertise of NRI and foreign consultants, inter-country collaborations for development of cutting edge and disruptive defence technologies. Furthermore, to modernize administrative, personnel and financial systems to achieve speedier implementation of projects. It also includes rationalization of laboratory structures and their performance evaluation process. 

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