BANGALORE:  In a severe blow to the already shrinking number of researchers in  defence laboratories across India, 20 top scientists of the Defence  Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have quit their jobs in the  last six months.
With  the economy looking up and IT sector beginning to hire in a big way,  defence scientists are opting for better opportunities. Scientists  working in the field of computer science, electronics and communications  are the most sought after by the private sector, as per DRDO records.
Vijaykumar Saraswath, scientific adviser to defence minister A K Antony, said on Friday: "In  the last six months, I have signed about 20 resignations of top  scientists. We are losing scientists from our labs and IT sector is  picking them up. There were no such en masse resignations in the last  two years."
 
 
 
 
 
 







 
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