DIPR
Established primarily to empower the Indian Armed Forces, The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has grown multidimensionally – adopting a more holistic approach by encompassing a wide range of disciplines. In 1949, the Psychological Research Wing (PRW) was founded under the Defense Science Organization and made significant contributions in the field, ultimately growing into a full-fledged independent institute.
The Defense Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR) is functionally human centric and revolves around two primary goals. The first area of work is personnel selection where the institute is responsible for adopting scientific and psychometric principles in the construction, standardization and validation of intelligence, aptitude and personality assessments. Given the high pressure work environment, the second key operation is the institute’s aim to cultivate the right atmosphere in order to enhance productivity and overall well-being at every level.
To emerge as a center for excellence in Military Psychology.
Mission
DIPR’s principal mission is to provide psychological support to the armed forces by enhancing mental health and operational efficiency within the system
Team
Dr K. Ramachandran, Outstanding Scientist and Director, is a PhD in Psychology from the University of Delhi. He has been serving as the Director, DIPR, from 01 Mar 2013 till date. His areas of specialization are Experimental and Human Engineering, Aviation Psychology and Environmental Psychology. He has been awarded the `DRDO Technology award, 2003’ and the `Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance, 2005 & 2015’. Under his leadership, the institute has been awarded ‘Titanium Trophy – 2014’ of DRDO.
Dr E. Kalpana Rani, Scientist ‘G’, DRDO, holds M.Sc and MPhil in Psychology from Sri Venkateswara University and Ph.D in Psychology from Bharatiar University, Coimbatore. Her areas of specialization include Development of Psychological tests and Psychological assessment. She has undertaken number of research projects in the areas of Personnel Selection and Personality Assessment and has published around 25 articles in national and international journals including technical reports to her credit.
Dr YK Nagle, Scientist ‘F’, DRDO, is MA,PhD in Psychology from Devi Ahilya University, Indore.He is a trained Counselling Psychologist form BarkatullahUniversity,Bhopal and also Trained in Occupational Testing (Personality and Ability Testing) from the Psychometric Centre, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. His areas of area of specialization include personality assessment, development of personality tests and psychological counselling. He has contributed to over 68 research articles in national and international journals.
