Awards

Silicon Award

Integrated Test Range, Chandipur provides the essential facilities and skilled services for the test and evaluation of guided missiles and other flight vehicles and projectiles during the development phase. Thus ITR has been a major and critical technical participant of the most of the prestigious development programmes IGMDP and other tactical weapon systems. With the limited resources at their disposal and under great time pressure, ITR has supported flight campaigns of these systems for several years. A significant part of the credit for the success for these programmes has to go to the consistent high quality Test Range support provided by ITR by way of excellent technical infrastructure, reliable and speedy test data from instrumentation, safe environment and logistics. ITR has also put in extraordinary efforts to augment the infrastructure for meeting the requirement of Users. In recognition of the extraordinary support provided by ITR to all the major programmes in the year 2016, the Silicon Trophy for the best science laboratory is awarded to Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.

Titanium Award

In pursuit of the missile development program, the Range has been extended to a new launch complex in order to avoid local safety and mission security. This relentless effort by the Range personnel has become fruitful and the first launch from this complex was conducted. In recognition of the extraordinary effort provided by ITR to all the major programmes conducted from the extended Launch complex as well as Chandipur-on-sea complexes, the Titanium Trophy for the best science laboratory is awarded to Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in the year 2001.

Agni Award for Excellence in Self-Reliance

The Range Complex at LC-IV has been designed and established in a record time with all the latest features for Mobile Launch and Range Sensor viz. EOTS, Radars, Telemetry Stations, Timing, Communication, Real Time Computer and Telecommand. The Systems were set up, calibrated and validated for Launch and all the systems have performed extremely well giving all the trajectory and missile data throughout the flight. The Range Complex with the existing facilities is comparable to the best Test Ranges in the World. Sri S C Narang, Director ITR, Chandipur and his team of Scientists from ITR and CCE (MW) have been responsible for this commendable achievement. In recognition of the significant contributions made by Sri S C Narang and the team of Scientists, the DRDO confers upon him the "Agni Award for Excellence in Self-Reliance" for the year 1999.

National Leadership Award - 2008 (Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM, Lucknow)

Dr B K Das (the present Director) has been awarded with the prestigious Lakshmipat Sighania -IIM-Lucknow National Leadership Award as a "Young Leader in the field of Science and Technology". In a ceremony organized in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Wednesday, 10th June 2009, he was conferred this prestigious award by the then Hon’ble Vice-President of India Dr Hamid Ahmed Ansari.

Shram Shree Award, 1997

Sri Rabinarayan Mohanty, Civilian Motor Driver, Grade-I in Integrated Test Range, Chandipur has been awarded the “Shrama Shri, 1997” for his significant contributions.

INAE Young Engineer Award

Dr B K Das has been awarded the 'INAE Young Engineer Award' for contribution in the field of Image Processing and Parallel Processing for the year 1999.

NRDC Best Invention Award

Dr B K Das has been awarded the 'NDRC Best Invention Award' for contribution towards Upgradation of Electro-optical Tracking System for the year 1998.

DRDO Award for Path Breaking Research, 2006

Sri R Appavuraj, Dr B K Das and Sri M V Bhaskarachary of Integrated Test Range, Chandipur received the DRDO Award for Path Breaking Research/Outstanding Technology Development, 2006.

Who's Who, 2000

The Marquis Who's Who Publication Board Certifies that Dr. Binoy Kumar Das is a subject of biographical record in Who's Who in the World Seventeenth Edition' 2000 inclusion in which is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own field of endeavor and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society.

DRDO Technology Award

Dr B K Das, Sc 'F', Integrated Test Range , Chandipur has been awarded the 'DRDO Technology Award' as a team leader in recognition of his outstanding contributions towards Upgradation and Designing alternate Hardware for Electro-Optical Tracking System in the year 1997.

Scientist of the Year, 2003

• Dr B K Das, Sc 'F', Integrated Test Range , Chandipur has been awarded the 'Scientist of the Year Award, 2003.
• Orissa Young Scientist Award, 1997, DM. Dr B K Das has been awarded the 'Orissa Young Scientist Award’ for the year 1997.

Utkal Ratan Samman

On 12th February, 2017, Dr B K Das, Director, ITR received the Utkal Ratna Samman on a glittering stage in front of houseful of audience in Gandhi Smruti Bhavan, Balasore for his recognition in defence research and development.

Desh Gaurav Samman

On 18th August, 2016, Dr B K Das, Director, ITR received the Desh Gaurav Samman on a glittering stage in front of houseful of audience in Saheed Bhawan for his recognition in the subject of Defence technology.

Best Innovative Idea at Young Scientists meet

The idea of ‘Smart Bangle’ proposed by Ms Sushree Sangeeta Das, Scienstist ‘D’ was adjudged as the best Innovative Idea by a young Scientist in DRDO at Young Scientists meet held at HEMRL, Pune during 26-27 May, 2018.

Best Informative Pavilion (National Science Congress)

As the Nodal Laboratory, ITR, Chandipur has participated during the Pride of India Expo, 105th Indian Science Congress organised by Manipur University, Imphal during 16-20 March 2018. Total 19 laboratories of DRDO have taken part during this event. The Nodal Team from ITR has organised all the activities related to the exhibition including management of DRDO pavilion and other logistic requirement. As a result of Outstanding exhibition management and display of products, DRDO pavilion was awarded as the “Most Informative Pavilion” of the event by the event managers.

Best Performance Award, 2000

Sri Anadi Narayan Panda, TO-C (the then Technical Assistant ‘C’) of Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, has been awarded the “Best Performance Award, 2000” for his significant contributions towards installation, commissioning, repair and maintenance of the Electro Optics Tracking System at the Range. His efforts have resulted in substantial saving of foreign exchange and have ensured availability of the system for various trials.