Slowdown: DRDO attracts students from IITs,NITs

DRDO used to get only up to five students from the IITs every year.

The current economic environment coupled with improved pay packages and the prospects of exciting work,has led students,who had earlier ventured abroad or into the IT sector,to show more interest in DRDO,the organisations Chief Controller for Research and Development Services Interaction Dr Prahlada said

The DRDO hires nearly 600 fresh graduates every year and is hoping to evoke similar interest in the NITs when campus recruitments open in August,officials said. The changed economic scenario has also seen a better retention rate at DRDO. The attrition used to be around 17 to 18 per cent per annum,it has reduced to almost zero with only retirements seeing employee outflow, Dr Prahlada said.