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{{ Infobox office holder <br />
| name = Avinash Chander <br />
| office = 11th Director General of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]<br />
| term = 2013-2015<br />
| predecessor = [[Vijay Kumar Saraswat]]<br />
| successor = [[ S. Christopher ]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Avinash Chander''' is an Indian scientist who was Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, the Director General of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)]], and Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development. He had succeeded [[V. K. Saraswat]] to this post but was sacked by the union government due to incompetency.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/missile-man-avinash-chander-appointed-new-drdo-chief/1123607/ |title=Missile man Avinash Chander appointed new DRDO Chief |access-date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131010137/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/missile-man-avinash-chander-appointed-new-drdo-chief/1123607 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=a>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitdalumni.com/node/40535 |title=AVINASH CHANDER |access-date=14 January 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402204910/http://www.iitdalumni.com/node/40535 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/avinash-chander-is-new-drdo-chief/article4769905.ece Avinash Chander is new DRDO chief]</ref><br />
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He is the chief architect of the [[Agni (missile)|Agni]] series of ballistic missile systems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SedwzW4fL7X2FobF9nQ2ZKLW8/view |title=In Conversation with Avinash Chander |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927045931/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SedwzW4fL7X2FobF9nQ2ZKLW8/view |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ndtv-fired /> Chander is a recipient of the [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]]<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Chander joined DRDO after completing his training in Electrical Engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]] (IIT Delhi).<ref name=ndtv-fired /> He subsequently pursued an MS in [[Spatial information|Spatial Information Technology]] and Doctorate from [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad]] (JNTU, Hyderabad).{{Cn|date=January 2025}}<br />
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== Sacking from DRDO ==<br />
After completion of 42 years of Service in DRDO, on 14 January 2015, the Department of Personnel and Training advised his contract to end due to poor performance on 31&nbsp;January 2015.<ref name=ndtv-fired>{{cite news |last1=Som |first1=Vishnu |title=After Sacking, Business as Usual for Avinash Chander at DRDO |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/after-sacking-business-as-usual-for-avinash-chander-at-drdo-727393 |accessdate=21 March 2015 |work=India News |publisher=[[New Delhi Television Limited]] (NDTV) |date=15 January 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090826/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/after-sacking-business-as-usual-for-avinash-chander-at-drdo-727393 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Chander is recipient of numerous awards, some of which are listed below:<ref name=a/><br />
# IIT Delhi Alumni Award<br />
# [[Padma Shri]]<br />
# DRDO Scientist of the year, 1989<br />
# Astronautical Society of India Award, 1997<br />
# Awarded by Dr. [[Rajagopala Chidambaram|R. Chidambaram]], Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India.<br />
# AGNI Self-Reliance Award, 1999<br />
# Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award, 2000<br />
# DRDO Award, 2007<br />
# Outstanding Technologist Award, 2008<br />
# DRDO Technology Leadership Award, 2008<br />
# Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineers<br />
# Fellow, System Society of India<br />
# Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences<br />
# Vice-president, Astronautical Society of India<br />
# Chairman – Sensors Research Society, India<br />
# [[Aryabhata Award]] - Astronautical Society of India.<br />
# Eminent Engineer Award, The Institute of Engineers (India) 2016.<br />
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