Bengaluru: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) got its first woman director general with the appointment of J Manjula as director general, electronics and communication systems cluster.
She has assumed charge from distinguished scientist and director general K D Nayak, who was holding additional charge as director general electronic & communication systems, DRDO said in a release on Wednesday.
Manjula has the honour of being the first woman director general of DRDO cluster. She has been leading Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), an establishment of DRDO, as a director since July 2014, it said.
Manjula is an alumna of Osmania University and a practising electronics and communications engineer.
DRDO said she has served in Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, for more than 26 years in the area of Integrated Electronic Warfare.
Manjula joined DRDO in 1987 after a brief stint in the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. At the Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, she worked in the area of integrated electronic warfare and is credited with developing fast signal acquisition receivers, high power RF systems, responsive jammers and controller software for various systems used by Army, Navy, Air Force and Paramilitary.
Manjula is a recipient of DRDO award for 'Performance Excellence' and 'Scientist of the Year 2011'.
