Aiming to make the country a world leader in the field in five years, the Defence Research and Development Organisation is developing Nanotechnology- based devices for health and industrial applications. DRDO, which has realised carbon nano tube, has drawn up an action plan and making efforts to develop various applications, the organisation's chief controller (R and D) Dr A Sivathanu Pillai told reporters here today. Thirtytwo specialised institutions across the country were being involved in the research in the field, he said adding DRDO was working out on the investment requirement to enter into device-making in a big way, by which India would become one of the world leaders in the field within five years.
Defence Research Development Establishment at Gwalior has developed a kit, by which one can identify typhoid within three minutes, the fastest in the world, Pillai said, adding talks were on for its large scale commercial production.
