Saturday, July 24, 2010

DRDO ME BANDARBAT (DRDO - Institutional Project Scam)



Most Urgent                                                                                 Fax Number -011-23011519
To                                                                     Date -11th June 2010
Dr.V.K.Saraswat
Scientific Advisor to RM & Secretary Defence Research and Development
531 DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi -110105

Dear Dr V.K.Saraswat Sir, right under your nose some of the criminal act is going on.

It has come to my notice that SASTRA University, Thanjavur has submitted 34 projects proposal for sanction by DRDO Hqrs under various scheme. Out of 34, 14 projects have already been sanctioned.

Today under the patronage of Dr. W Selvamurthy, CC R&D (LS & HR) & DS different committees will discuss and approve the sanctions of rest of the projects submitted by SASTRA University, Thanjavar.

Such irregularities violates the objective of DRDO where to best of judgment the projects are to be granted to other universities between Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Gujrat to Itanager (Arunachal Pradesh)
           
If the facts remain unnoticed, proper RTI will be followed.
           
Hope you will take appropriate measures to maintain the dignity of DRDO.

Regards

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008,
Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
Blog http://corruptionindrdo.blogspot.com

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Shameful day for DRDO. Five employees jailed

Dear Dr. Saraswat Ji Good Morning                                                      20th July 2010

It is shameful day for DRDO because five employees were sent to jail yesterday evening for the fault which was purely generated due to irresponsibility of then Director IRDE Sh.JAR Krishnamurti.

Please remember the fatherly role played by the directors of DRDO labs like Sh Naryan Rao, Dr RP Shenoy, Dr E Bhagirath Rao, Dr R Hidyanath, the stalwarts of yester years. They were not only administrative head but behave as father/guardian figure and even family problem of colleagues were taken care by them.

The modern directors are selfish lot, they are bluffers and they always look for easy flow of money by any means in their pocket. Sh Sundarm when he joined as Director, IRDE, he would have to take corrective measure to solve the issue in front of his table. But he was only busy on TD see the data. The ignorance of small problem of union conflict was now gave a big shame for elite scientific community of DRDO.

The condition of DRDO is deterring fast and I wish  that from technical leadership you will also work for the cohesive environment of DRDO.
In my school days I was taught two stories which is relevant today and you might have read this but I have prefer to share with you as you are  commanding DRDO  you should know the faithfulness of your surroundings.

“There was four friends, a blacksmith, a tailor, a goldsmith and a pandit. They belongs to village and were going to earn money in the cities. While in journey they had to cross a dense jungle area. They decided that during night the first quarter from 6-9 will be guarded by blacksmith, 9-12 by tailor, 12-3 by Goldsmith and 3-6 by pandit. The blacksmith had to pass the time when other taking rest, he cut a wood piece and made a beautiful doll, the tailor in his turn made a beautiful dress, the goldsmith in his turn decorated the doll with ornaments. The pandit when he woke, he saw the beautiful doll and performed a puja. The doll become alive and converted into beautiful girl”

The story says that four people from different field were master and they have respect for each other. That’s why they were able to deliver the perfect output.

DRDO in which you are commanding people don’t have respect for each other. We malign  the image of scientific and technical community.

Second story “ A guru asked his disciples to bring a glass of milk, when they come to next morning to school. Every disciple thought that how any one notice if he carry a glass of water, because other will bring pure milk.. as result the earthen pot which  have supposed to be filled  with milk was now filled with water. Guru showed the earthen pot to every disciple and said that this is the truth.”

The story says that the everyone is cunning and they have not respected of truth.
In DRDO you are surrounded with such truthful scientist and technical experts. Who have least respect for the nation, they least bothered for national security, the tax payers money are paid to give milk, but every expert contributing glass of water. Yes something is flourishing i.e. corruption, nepotism, castism and regionalism. DRDO is now master in misappropriation of fund and misinterpretation of Government rules.

I have written to you several letters that I am a whistle blower and informed the  Government agencies time to time the ugly act of Dr.AS Bains, then Director DEAL and his close associates. The successive directors including DRDO Hqrs bolster   and openly helped/protect the culprits.

You are surrounded by the criminal elements who helped Dr.Bains to commit crime.
To save the DRDO do something big. Best of luck

Regards

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008
Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879, 
Copy to
1.     Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, United Progressive Alliance  Fax no.23018651
2.     Defence Minister  Fax No 011-23019474
3.     Director, IRDE Fax No.2787161/2787128

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Fighting Prevailing Corruption in DRDO

To                                                                                                          15th July 2010
Shri Satpal Maharaj Ji,
Chairman, Committee of Defence
13, Municipal Road, Dehradun

Subject         : Fighting Prevailing Corruption in DRDO  
Reference     : You’re Visit to DEAL, Raipur Road, Dehradun on 16th July 2010 A/N

Honorable Shri Satpal Ji Maharaj,
Heartily welcome to DEAL, Dehradun. We feel honored to welcome you in your constituency /city’s premier research centre of DRDO as a chairman, Committee of Defence.  Your responsibility multiplies when you are reporting back to honorable parliament the development witnessed here in DEAL, DRDO,  Dehradun.
1.       1.   DEAL is a nodal agency of defence communication system development and in 1995 the Govt. of India spent multi crores on a project of developing Nuclear Hardened Communication Terminal. DEAL did justice but what happened to further development and deployment, it is big question and today’s challenge for strategic defence preparedness.
2.      Like India our neighbor is also having nuclear arsenal. Have we explored the protection mechanism for our strategic commutation systems in the event of nuclear conflict? Please see what DEAL has done? 
3.      Being a Chairman, Committee of Defence it is your arena please analyze the reasons, why with a huge infrastructure and best manpower, DEAL, DRDO has failed to deliver a product (Communication Systems) especially during Kargil War.
The reasons are following please look and do the needful.
a)    Corruption
b)   Nepotism
c)    Castism
d)   Loss in faith in management
Due to above reasons lack of team sprit has inculcated which is the most important part of R&D success. Successive Director has [played with the sentiment and ignored the national defence need.
4.      Director, DEAL has planned to present you selected people of his choice and confidence  outside the main DEAL, building at SIDAC premises
5.      Please try to meet randomly to general DEAL officials from the various location and services like Technical Officers Associations, Admin Officers /Associations and DEAL Unions representatives to access the lacunas for remedial actions.
6.      Director, DEAL has made an effort to give you a gift (Goddess Idol) costing approx Rs 15000/- to specially purchased from Delhi by sending a senior Scientist Sh Hemant Gupta, Sc ’F’ on temporary duty (Government expenditure  on TD more than cost of gift)  to managing the show.
7.      The inefficiency, incompetence in the addressing the national security/defence isuues are almost visible everywhere. To guard the personal interest DRDO, Directors/ officers do not hesitate to spend Govt. funds in TA/DA for private journey specially to attend marriage parties of children of their immediate boss. ( Recently more than 110 officers from various DRDO labs attended the marriage party of Dr. R. Sreehari Rao, CC R&D’s daughter’s wedding)   
8.      The nation expects from your highness give an honest analysis of DEAL’s environment as gift to poor tax payers and help the organization to deliver a product of strategic defence importance.

Thanking you.

Regards

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008
Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,

Copy To
1.    Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, United Progressive Alliance  Fax no.23018651
2.    Defence Minister  Fax No 011-23019474
3.    Scientific Adviser to RM  to RM Fax No. 011-23018216
4.    Director DEAL, Dehradun Fax No 2787265/2787290

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

RTI request to expose the corruption in DRDO

To
The CPIO
DEAL, Raipur Road
DEHRADUN - 248001

Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005

1.       M/S Wave Components System Associates (India) Ph - / fax -26225293  M-39 (LGF), Chitranjan Park
New Delhi – 110019 is or was registered firm in DEAL, Dehradun and supplied various material/items vide different supply orders.
2.       M/S Celestia Impex Pvt. Ltd Ph/fax-26225293   557, Tower-II , Kailash Apatment  New Delhi- 110065
is  or was  registered firm in DEAL, Dehradun and supplied various material/items vide different supply orders.
i)                    Kindly provide copy of above both the firms registration at DEAL, Dehradun
ii)                   Sales Tax number of above both the firms
iii)                 PAN umbers of above both the firms
iv)                 Copy of Supply orders of closed cases up to 2004 of both the firms
v)                  Payment details of respective supplies from both the firms up to 2006

Note: above required information is directly related to corruption and not come under schedule -II
Find the application fee for the request attached with this application. If you feel that above requested information does not pertain to your department then please follow the provisions of Section 6(3) of the RTI Act, 2005/Also as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 please provide the details (Name and Designation) of the first appellate authority w.r.t to your department with the reply to the above request., where I may if required file my first appeal.

I do hereby declare that I am a citizen of India. Kindly provide me with the information at the address/email id mentioned with the application. I request you to ensure that the information is provided before the expiry of the 30 day period after you have received the application. 

Enclosed- Rs 10 Postal order 60E034426

Regards,

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur
Dehradun-248008
Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879, e-mail id prabhu@dandriyal.com

Date – 26-05-2010
Place-DEHRADUN

Reply of CPIO, DEAL 
CPIO, DEAL Letter No DEAL/RTI/2010/38 Dated 31st May 2010 (mentioned that Para i) to iv) of my request is will be disclosed after third party consent. Para –v information relates to the stores procured from two firms for sensitive projects being progressed by DEAL, information denied.

Now I appealed  with  Dr. Prahlada, Appellate Authority, CC R&D
Date 10th July 2010
RTI/FAA/DEAL/FF/10/7/2010

To                                                                                 To
The Finance Secretary                                              The Chief Information Commissioner
Room No.- 130, North Block                                     CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
New Delhi-110001                                                     August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Kama Place                 
                                                                                      NEW DELHI 110066
To
Smt. Nita Kapoor                                                        To
Secretary (Defence Finance)                                    The Central Vigilance Commissioner
139, South Block, New Delhi                                     Central Vigilance Commission
                                                                                       Satarkta Bhawan, GPO Complex
                                                                                       Block-A, INA, NEW DELHI – 110023
To                                                                                           
Dr.S.C.Pandey                                                                      
Additional Financial Adviser (P) & JS                       To             
537, DRDO Bhavan, Rajaji Marg                               The PCDA (R&D)       
New Delhi-110105                                                       West Block - V,  R. K. Purum
                                                                                        New Delhi – 110 066


The Right to Information Act, 2005
First Appeal for Central Govt.


I.D. No_________ Date: _________ [For office use] 

To                                                                                                                   
Dr. Prahlada, Appellate Authority, CC R&D (Ae & SI) & DS,
Room No.439, DRDO Bhawan , Rajaji Marg

New Delhi – 110105

Sir,
As I am aggrieved by decision/no decision of Central Public Information OfficerI hereby file this appeal for your kind decision. 

1. Details of appellant
1.1       Full Name :                 Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
1.2.      Full Address :             21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008
1.3       Phone/Cell No.            0135-2787750 / 919411114879
1.4       Email ID :          prabhu@dandriyal.com Blog - http://corruptionindrdo.blogspot.com

2. Details of CPIO:
2.1 Name/Designation:           Sh. PK Sharma, Scientist ‘G’ CPIO, DEAL, DEHRADUN
2.2 Full Address :                    DEAL, Raipur Road, Dehradun -248001
2.3 Name of Public Authority: DEAL, DRDO, Ministry of Defence

3. Details of RTI application to CPIO:
Date of Application  : 31st  May  2010
Mailed on:  28th  May 2010
by  speed post 
 
4. Particulars of payment of filing fee:
Paid Rs.10/- by   Postal Order No. 60E034426

5. Details of information sought:

Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005

1.    M/S Wave Components System Associates (India) Ph - / fax -26225293  M-39 (LGF), Chitranjan Park
New Delhi – 110019 is or was registered firm in DEAL, Dehradun and supplied various material/items vide different supply orders.
2.    M/S Celestia Impex Pvt. Ltd Ph/fax-26225293   557, Tower-II , Kailash Apatment  New Delhi- 110065
is or was  registered firm in DEAL, Dehradun and supplied various material/items vide different supply orders.
i)              Kindly provide copy of above both the firms registration at DEAL, Dehradun
ii)             Sales Tax number of above both the firms
iii)            PAN umbers of above both the firms
iv)           Copy of Supply orders of closed cases up to 2004 of both the firms
v)            Payment details of respective supplies from both the firms up to 2006

6. Particulars of Decision of CPIO:
    i)      CPIO, DEAL Letter No DEAL/RTI/2010/38 Dated 31st May 2010 (mentioned that Para i) to iv) of my request is will be disclosed after third party consent. Para –v information relates to the stores procured from two firms for sensitive projects being progressed by DEAL, information denied. (Copy enclosed)
   ii)      CPIO, DEAL Letter DEAL/RTI/2010/Misc dated 29th June 2010 Para – 4 information completely denied (Copy enclosed)

7. Brief facts of the case: 

Why did they call it sensitive? I never asked the project details, I only asked for the procurement details and they can’t be sensitive, because they are procured from an open market with tender.

Dr A.S Bains, then Director, DEAL, DRDO, Dehradun, when appointed in DRDO at DRDL, Hyderabad, who did the police verification? The Shah Times News Report (Copy enclosed) says that he might be relation with “Babar Khalsa” terrorist outfit, who was active in Punjab insurgency and had Hqrs in England.

The money minted by Dr. A. S. Bains with few of his close associates by establishing these fake firms might be used for supporting terrorist outfits. At that time Dr. A. S. Bains was the Director, DEAL; orders were placed with these firms for the supply of items in quantity with enormously high prices and siphoned the precious foreign currency.

DRDO Hqrs since the expose of this case has come under pressure and has declared the purchase made, as sensitive. The officers who were Scientist ‘C/D’ during that period, were given out of turn promotions as reward to conceal the facts. Sh. R.P. Dixit, Sc’G’ and holding presently the charge of CFA in DEAL, Sh.S.C Jain Sc’G’  due to retirement has been given two years extension. Dr. K.D.Nayak Sc ‘H’, CC R&D and Sushil Verma, Sc’F’ were involved and were the master designer of these procurement from fake firms and as well as concealing the facts.

Dr. V.K.Atre, then SA to RM has a very close association with Dr.AS Bains, in fact Dr.Atre made him member of Sh. Arun Singh committee on defence expenditure, when I brought the facts of Dr.AS Bains to then NSA, Sh Brijesh Mishra personally. Dr.AS Bains was removed by each and every committee and was confined to DEAL only until he retired.

The appellate authority of DRDO, Dr. Prahlada is committed to protect Dr. AS Bains and go to any extent to conceal the facts.

Only an independent agency is therefore required to investigate the total no of procurements cases / supplies under place with these fake firms and identify those culprits who still protecting the criminals.

During US sanction the uses of Custom Duty Exemption Certificates by these firms is required to be investigated, because to see the proximity with Dr.AS Bains the CDE’s might be used for benefiting terrorist outfits of Punjab.

i)      Both firms did business only with DEAL, Dehradun and belongs to one person  Lt.Col Deepak Badhwar, Resident of 37/7, Vijay Colony, Dehradun ( IB revealed and IB report is enclosed)
ii)     He is a good friend of Dr. A. S. Bains’s (then Director DEAL, Dehradun) ( News paper revealed copy enclosed)
iii)    Dr. A. S. Bains  (then Director DEAL, Dehradun) is a mysterious personality and might  be link with terrorist  as per news paper report (Paper cutting enclosed)
iv)   As per Tender Procurement Committee the supplied were state of art components/devices and were in the critical list of post US sanctions.   
v)    So question is whether both firms used CDE or not because they cannot import these items from US due to sanction.
vi)   It is the larger possibilities that with bonding with Dr. A. S. Bains the CDE might be used for support to terrorist outfit.

 Dr. A. S. Bains (then Director DEAL, Dehradun) aim was to damage the organization’s financial deals and help his friends, who were parting the hefty commission/omission. Example – a purchase of Digital display Synthesizer (DDFS) which was required for Composite Net Radio (CNR a prestigious project of DEAL), he directed project in-charge to put his friend’s company’s name (M/S Wave Components & Systems, 1409 W, Woodcrest, Fullerton CA 92833, USA) in the quotation enquiry. The best part of that the firm’s rep supplied the item in person (in the shape of scrape which is still lying with CNR project) at DEAL’s gate well before the quotation’s opening date and with item there were no papers enclosed that the items were imported from US. The plea was given by firm’s rep that his luggage was stolen at airport.  It can be verified with DEAL’s gate records. The matter was exposed by me, the file was closed but he had to give money to his friend, so again a new file was raised as per direction in proprietary base case with new nomenclature as DDES instead of DDFS, order were placed to US, LC opened, money was drawn but the item were not send from US. As expected that he had already delivered back at DEAL’s gate. After two years RBI asked for FE settlement, and then DEAL asked the firm to send anything against the said supply. But because of the Pokhran Blast, US sanction was imposed and company was not able to supply, but again they adopted DRDO’s Scientist gimmicked and arranged locally, a bogus airway bill no and with empty box they deposited via their Delhi based firm by courier. They forget that they established a relation between a firm and later on in other quotation they used this firm as their competitive.
M/s Wave Components and Systems          Contact Person – Mr.Manikant Thakur
1409 –W, Woodcrest                                     Ph – 310-541-3617
Fullertone, CA- 92833
Residence of Mr.ManiKant Takur as per US municipal records 
i)              Mr. Manikant Takur has accepted that he is good friend of Dr.A.S.Bains to Tahalka Correspondent Mr. Shashi
ii)             The above firms received crores of rupees order from DEAL. The origin and existence of this firm is also mysterious.
iii)            The firms deals with only DEAL, Dehradun
iv)           The firms have no dealership of any manufactures
v)            The firm does not have a single leaflet/brochure’s/any professional existing document which proves that they are very well in the business later on due course of CBI inquiry they generated few but they found bogus.
vi)           The firm supplied MMIC components/Li batteries, quartze crystal etc. It shows big variation in business field
vii)          The firm always asked for splitting the order because to avoid FERA and other agencies who normally not bother for small transactions.
viii)         The asked for change the nomenclature of the items so it can help to fool, financial member, custom authorities and US commerce department.
ix)           Not a single fruitful output was generated by DEAL by using items supplied by said firm. If one can go for physical verification will find the only scarp, in case of 35 GHz Down Converter the CBI, Dehradun was found that out of 150 nos half were not working, some odd 20+ were pasted without use or any output and some they said were given to Project Trishul (i.e 18 GHz project not 35 GHz) and rest to CERI, Pilani. It is a complete eyewash.
x)            What was the DEAL’s  gain, all scientists who helped in procurement got outstanding reports and got promotions the main example Dr.KD Nayak presently holding post  of CC R&D and Mr. Sushil Kumar Verma presently Sc ‘F’ and recently posted to DRDO Hqrs with Dr KD Nayak, so they can again create a new gimmick.

After Pokhran Blast all pending orders of M/S Wave Components & Systems,  1409 W, Woodcrest, Fullerton  CA 92833, USA  were converted in RE and diverted to garment and rice exporter firms belongs to Dr. Bains landlord Lt Col Deepak Badhwar.

1.            M/S Wave Components System Associates (India) Ph - / fax -26225293
M-39 (LGF), Chitranjan Park
New Delhi – 110019

2.            M/S Celestia Impex Pvt. Ltd Ph/fax- 26225293 As MTNL record this phone
557, Tower-III Kailash Apatment                       belongs to Lt.Col Bhatia Kewal
              New Delhi- 110065                                              Kumar

Lt.Col Deepak Badhwar, Resident of 37/7, Vijay Colony, Dehradun owns both the above firms. He is a regular visitor to US, and good friend of Dr. A.S.Bains, Director, DEAL, DRDO, Dehradun ( As IB report revealed the facts) and also related with Mr. Moti Kapur of 4804- Astreria, Torrance, CA – 90503, this address they used for another firm M/s S.K. Components for quotations game.

Just to compete the coram for quotation formalities they included two more firms name which do not exist in US.( I have collected sufficient evidences in respect which can be produce to government investigation agencies)

  1. M/s SK Components                                     Contact Person – Sivam Kapur
4804,W Asteria Street                                     Ph – 310-370-3856    
TORRANCE, California –90503
             Residence of Moti Kapur /Indra Kapur as per municipal records of Torrance relative of Lt.Col Deepak Badhwar

2.    M/s Ruby Electronics         Ph – 618-322-0873
145 – Woodland Dr
Salem, IL – 62881
Residence of Dr. Gautam Jha, MD and well known medical practitioner at Salem, US and have no connection with any electronics business activity.

Dr. AS Bains also violated the govt. rules by asking quotation from US based firms during US sanctions for just route the money of poor tax payers of India.  Anyone can imagine the quotations are coming from US and TPC reflecting in the minutes these companies are well known firms in their field based on the DEAL’s procurement records.

Sir, have any finance rep ever asked about the credential of any firms or verify with any other lab or source, I can understand the pressure on other TPC members because they are from DRDO and always worried for their carriers.

Under the forging details there is no room to allow the culprits to go scot free. Anyone asks details from various investigation agencies who have worked in this respect and are perplexed. Please contact Major Chetri, then in-charge, MI, Dehradun, Mr. Bist, then SP, CBI, Dehradun, IB, Dehradun, Director, CAG, Dehradun.

This is a tip of iceberg if you people allow me to work with financial agencies for uprooting the corruption in DRDO; I can produce tons of information and info related to their modus of operandi.

8. Reasons/grounds for this appeal:
   i)
It is clear cut case of corruption and national security interest.
ii) A holistic approach of expose the weak procurement process of DRDO as a façade.
             
9 Any other information in support of appeal: 
I requested top financial authorities of Government of India and all responded and seriously take the issue of national interest. (Copy enclosed)
CVC is already taken it as complain and doing needful action to save our premier organisation DRDO from corrupt official. (Copy enclosed)
   
10. Prayer/relief sought for: 
It is requested that please provide me correct information as per request of my RTI dated 31st May 2010 in larger public interest, because it is directly related to corruption and poor tax payers money.

11. Enclosures: 
i)              My RTI request dated 31st  May 2010
ii)             CPIO, DEAL Letter No DEAL/RTI/2010/38 Dated 31st May 2010
iii)            CPIO, DEAL Letter DEAL/RTI/2010/Misc dated 29th June 2010
iv)           IB confidential report DVS/02/2020/M/1/20-A
v)            News paper Clip Shah Times
vi)           News Paper Clip Rastriya Sahara
vii)          News clips Danik Jagran
viii)         My letter to top financial authorities of Government of India No.RTI/FINEXP/1/6/6/2010
ix)           Copy of my letter to CIC dated 25th May 2010
x)            Copy of CVC letter no CVC/RTI/10/Misc/001/91611 dated 25th June 2010
xi)           Copy of CGDA letter No. AN/III/3053/RTI/CPIO/Vol.VI dated 17th June 2010
xii)          Copy of CAG letter no 10(2)/TA/2010/189-191 dated 28th June 2010

12. Declaration:

I hereby state that the information and particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I also declare that this matter is not previously filed with any information commission nor is pending with any Court or tribunal or authority.

Regards

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008
Phone – 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,