Awards
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Agni Award for excellence in Self Reliance | 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
| BC Roy Award | 1978 |
| Best Performance Award | 1999, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012,2019 |
| Best Thesis Award | 1993 |
| DRDO Award for Excellence in Performance | 2008 |
| DRDO Outstanding Scientist of the Year | 1983(2), 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
| IETE – Smt. Ranjanapal Memorial Award | 2012. |
| IETE / IETE-IRSI (83) Awards | 1985(2), 1991, 1992, 1993(3), 1994, 1995, 1997(2), 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 , 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| IETE-IRSI Young Scientist Award | 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| INAE Award for Young Engineers | 1999 |
| Jeevan Raksha Padak | 1994 |
| National Award for Indigenisation | 1998 |
| NRDC Award | 1975, 1977, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004. |
| Padmashree Award | 1971 Shri Jaiswal, 1987 Dr Ramdas P Shenoy |
| Path Breaking Research/Outstanding Technology Development Award | 2008, 2020 |
| Prime Minister SHRAM Award | 1986, 1994, 1999 |
| SALWAN Award | 1966 |
| Scientist of the Year Award | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Silicon Trophy | 1985, 2002, 2018 |
| Sir CV Raman Award for Young Scientist | 2000 |
| Technology Leadership Award | 2008, 2020 |
| Vasvik Award | 1983(4), 1987 |
| Young Scientist Award | 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 , 2020 |
| Life-Time Achievement Award | 2001 Dr Ramdas P Shenoy 2020 Dr George M Cleetus |
| "Skoch Order of Merit" and "Skoch Award Platinum" Qualifying amongst top 100 projects in india | 2016- "Primary Radar (PR) for Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&CS)" |
| DRTC Award for Excellance in Technical performance | 2018 |
| Best Innovation/Futuristic Development | 2016 |
The details of major awards received during the year 2018 are given below:
Scientist of the Year
Shri Jaikumar Venkataraman, Sc ‘G' received the Scientist of the Year Award - 2016 for his outstanding contributions for innovation in ‘Mechanical design of portable class of radars ensuring light weight, portability in various modes and rapid deployment, development of first liquid cooled active array which established base line technology culminating into development of multiple active array radars’. The award was handed over by Honourable Defence Minister in May 2018.
Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance
Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance was conferred on Shri Ramakrishnan S, Scientist 'G' and his team for their outstanding contributions in ‘Establishing Ku band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR ) technology by successfully integrating and evaluating SAR on DRDO FTB (Dornier D0-228), obtaining real time images in Stripmap & Spotlight Modes and establishing GMTI Mode’. The award was handed over by Honourable Defence Minister in May 2018.
Best Innovation / Futuristic development
Best Innovation /Futuristic development – 2016 award was conferred on Smt. Anuradha D, Sc G and her team for their outstanding contribution towards innovating the ‘Ultra-Wide band spectrum and enhancing Radar capabilities, thereby creating Technology front for Detection of Mines under soil and also to detect static, moving captives behind wall barriers’. The award was handed over by Honourable Defence Minister in May 2018.