NDMA, Home Ministry, DRDO To Come Up With India's First Ever NBC Institute

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Xclusive : NDMA, Home Ministry, DRDO To Come Up With India's First Ever NBC Institute​

Saturday, July 17, 2010

The Delhi-based National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with the help and expertise of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will build a NBC (nuclear biological chemical) Institute in Nagpur for research and development to be carried out, with funding from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Essentially for the para military and scientists, there will be a small representation by the defence forces also.

Till now the army had its NBC training in Pune, the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Delhi and the Navy in Lonavla, but there was no full-fledged training and research institute in the country for all the armed forces to come under one roof and train are carry out research together, said a source, adding that Nagpur was chosen as it was centrally placed.

The Institute, will have all the modern equipment and research facilities, keeping the NBC threat in mind in future wars. DRDO already has NBC research facilities in Jodhpur and Gwalior in its laboratories, but is at a small scale. Super specialization will also be provided in the Institute along with basic courses.

According to a source, the Institute will be world class and will begin in 2011. It is expected to be completed by 2016.

The Bhopal-based 21 Corps, falling under the Southern Command, had its first ever five-day war-game based on NBC warfare, in the deserts of Rajasthan, in January this year, named 'Amogh Raksha', where war plans against a nuclear backdrop were validated.

In the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, the army will have some of its trained battalions to provide a Chemical Biological Radio and Nuclear (CBRN) cover during the Games, as a threat is perceived in the Games with its huge international participation.

The IAF too will have its NBC team ready for the Games along with the army, to provide its cover, in identification and evacuation.

Chindits: Xclusive : NDMA, Home Ministry, DRDO To Come Up With India's First Ever NBC Institute