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Roles & Responsibilities

The Vigilance setup of this Dte deals mainly with Detective and Preventive Vigilance and is actively involved in handling and processing of various types of complaints, holding of Inquires, surprise inspections, vigilance clearance of personnel due for superannuation, promotion and proceeding abroad, conduct lectures on vigilance matters and yearly Vigilance Awareness Week in all the Labs/Estt. It maintains effective liaison with Ministry of Defence/Vigilance on matters pertaining to vigilance. The security setup of this Dte deals with security clearances for foreign nationals visiting DRDO Labs/Estts, conducts security audit of Labs/Estts, inspections of Labs/Estts by IB, processes and monitors deployment of security assets, acts as an interface between DRDO and other security agencies on all security related matters. It investigates any breach of security/untoward incident in DRDO Labs/Estts and organises training of security personnel, co-ordinates security aspects during move of sensitive stores outside the Labs and liaise with Ministry of Defence on security matters.

Policies and Directives

Vigilance

Security

  • Ministry of Defence, Manual of Security Instructions - 2008 Restricted.
  • “Hand Book of Instructions on Vigilance & Security and Standard Operating Procedures” (April 2008 Edition) - Restricted
  • “Handbook of Instructions on Vigilance & Security and Standard Operating Procedures 2015” (Revised Edition-1) - Restricted.
  • Handling of Classified Documents and Information in DRDO, 2012 - Restricted
  • Fire Orders, 2008 – Restricted

Collaboration

National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) Hyderabad is a premier institute in the country specialising in training on Industrial Security. In order to avail benefits of training imparted by NISA, a capsule course of one week duration on Installation Security for the Security Officers of DRDO is conducted on a regular basis at NISA, Hyderabad.

Events

Vigilance workshop on various aspects of vigilance is conducted every year. Security Sensitization Programme in coordination with IB is conducted at regular intervals.

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