Shri YST Raju Sc G was conferred Scientist of the year award 2016in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the successfuldevelopment of multi-disciplinary engineering sub-systems ofIntegrated Fire Control System for Arjun MBT Mk-II prototype;successful trials of MBT Mk-I, development of electric turret driveand gun drive hardware for futuristic AFVs, and retractable landinggear for UAV RUSTOM II
Dr. P. Sivakumar, Distinguished Scientist and Director, CVRDE was conferred with Technology Leadership Award 2017 by DRDO in recognition of his significant contributions made in design and development of transmission system for Armoured vehicles and successful design and development manufacturing,test evaluation user trials and technology transfer and induction of Arjun MBT Mk-I in Indian Army. Key role played towards development of various systems namely Arjun ARRV, A rjun Catapult, UGV, CCPT and was instrumental in successful design of Landing Gear for RUSTOM II UAV testing ofprototypes for Limited Qualification Test and obtaining CEMILAC certification.
Shri S Pazhani Kumar Sc F, was awarded Scientist of the year award 2017 in recognition of his significant contributions in design and development of Arjun ARRV project. Also, considerable amount of Foreign Exchange has been saved by the scientist by developing this equipment without any foreign consultancy or any technology transfer without compromisi ng on overall quality and functional requirement of the product
Shri SriramaRanjitSc C, was awarded Young Scientist of the year award 2017, in recognition of his outstanding contributions in design, analysis and integration of engineering systems of Arjun ARRV, its sub systems and development of Arjun ARRV project. Also, considerable amount of Foreign Exchange has been saved by developing this equipment indigenously
COAS invited CVRDE/ DRDO team to his office during Nov 2018 and appreciated the efforts of CVRDE towards operationalisation. The meeting was attended by Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary , DD(R&D) and Chairman DRDO, Dr S Guruprasad, DG(PC&SI), Lt. Gen. M J S Kahlon, DGMF and Shri V Balamurugan, Director CVRDE.