DRDO Full Form : What stands for?

DRDO stands for the Defence Research and Development Organization. This works as a defense agency under the Ministry of Defence. DRDO is India’s largest research organization. The headquarter is situated in New Delhi and was formed in 1958. It has a huge network of research laboratories engaged in developing defense technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems.

Every year DRDO takes exams to recruit various candidates in different fields through the recruitment process. DRDO offers the passionate engineers opportunity to work with them in research and development. For candidates who are curious and passionate about the field of research then this is the golden opportunity for them to work. Interested candidates can appear for the DRDO exam which has vacancies in the posts of Technicians, Scientists, and MTS, and also for getting a research fellowship.

There is mainly two Important recruitment process by which DRDO provides an opportunity to candidates to serve in the Defence of our country. These are the exams conducted by DRDO for recruitment purposes:

• DRDO MTS
• DRDO CEPTAM

We are providing some details about the exams conducted through DRDO for recruitment:

DRDO MTS

The selection process for DRDO MTS Exam will consist of Tier–I and Tier II. Both the Tiers will be 100 marks and 90 minutes.

1. Computer-Based Test (CBT), For Screening Purpose
2. CBT (Final Selection)

The below table will show detailed information about the exam pattern.

DRDO CEPTAM

1. Tier-I will consist of objective-type questions only.
2. Candidates will be selected for the next stage based on their performance in the Tier-I examination whereas Tier-II (Skill/ Physical Fitness and Capability Test, wherever applicable) is qualifying in nature) For the post of Junior Translation Officer, Tier-II will be Descriptive in nature.
3. The medium of examination will be Hindi and English.
4.  No negative marking will be there.
5. The minimum qualifying marks for UR/OBC/EWS candidates are 40% and 35% for SC/ST candidates.
6. The document verification process of provisionally shortlisted candidates will be done at the time of joining by the concerned Laboratory/Establishment.