Context: Recently, afive-member expert committee has been constituted to review the charter of duties for all laboratories of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Key Facts

• Headed by: The committee is headed by Professor V. Ramagopal Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Terms of Reference

• To study and review the charter of duties of all the labs of the DRDO
• To redefine the charter of duties of the labs on the current and futuristic defence and battlefield scenario and
• To minimise the overlap of technologies amongst the labs.