Rajnath hands three new systems built by DRDO to Armed Forces Rajnath Singh also presented awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 to NV Kadam “for his contributions for developing control and guidance schemes for missiles”, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. December 19, 2020 5:12:28 am Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handovers a model of ASTRA Mk-I Missile to Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, during the DRDO awards function, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed three indigenously-developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems — one of which is already being used in eastern Ladakh where India and China are involved in a standoff — to the armed forces at the annual DRDO awards on Friday.