Director

Dr Dev Vrat Kamboj, Scientist ‘G’ has taken over as Director, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), Tezpur on 8th July 2021. He graduated in Forestry, Completed MSc and PhD in Microbiology from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He received CSIR Senior Research Fellowship for his doctoral degree. Dr Kamboj started his professional career at DRDE, Gwalior as Scientist ‘C’ in the year 1998 and extensively contributed in the field of biodegradation and bio-defence.

Dr. Kamboj was instrumental in the development of bio-digester technology for eco-friendly disposal of human faecal matter, widely used by Indian railways, armed forces and civil population. Under-bio-defence, he worked on the detection of potential microbial bioagents from environmental samples and developed recombinant antibodies for the detection of biological warfare agent. He has also managed and executed several research projects on Bio-defence and Bio-digester.

Dr Kamboj is the receipt of the ‘Young Scientist Award’ from the Association of Microbiologists of India, and several DRDO awards, that include DRDO Scientist of the Year Award, Defence Technology Spin-off Award, Technology group award and Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award for his contributions in Bio-digester technology. Dr Kamboj has 25 patents, 70 research publications and 3 books to his credit.