Raksha Mantri awards for excellence for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14

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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 27 January 2016 presented the Raksha Mantri awards for excellence for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 in New Delhi. 

The awards are presented in recognition of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the nine Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). 

The awards were given in three major categories, Institutional Awards, Best Performing Division, Factory, Shipyard Awards and Group and Individual Awards.

List of awardees for the year 2012-13

(a)INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS
(i)Excellence in performance	HAL
(ii) Best performance in Exports	BEML
(b)DIVISION /FACTORY /SHIPYARD AWARDS
(i)Best Performing Division of DPSUs	BEL,(S&CS), Bengaluru
(ii) Best performing Factory of OFB	Ordnance Factory, Kanpur
(iii) Best performing Shipyard	GRSE
(c) GROUP /INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
(1) Indigenisation
(i)Design & Development of Retrofit   Security Solutions for ‘Shakti’	Network Communication System-BEL, Bengaluru
(ii)Indigenisation of AK 630 Gun Drive Units	AK 630 GUN Drive Indigenisation Group – D&E Division, BEL, Chennai
(iii) Indigenisation of Special Tools Test Equipments & fixtures for Milan-2T warhead	Milan Group, BDL, Hyderabad
(2) Design Effort
(i)L-70 Gun Upgradation	Gun upgrades Group – BEL, Chennai
(ii)Systems of IACCS Networks	BEL, Ghaziabad
(3) Innovation (Jointly)
(i)Electro-Plasticity Assisted Incremental   Forming (EPAIF) (ii)Deployable Flight Data Recorder System	Transport Aircraft Division, HAL, Kanpur Avionics Division, HAL, Korwa

List of Awardees for the year 2013-14

(a)INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS
(i)Excellence in performance	BEL
(ii) Best performance in Exports	BEL
(b)DIVISION /FACTORY /SHIPYARD AWARDS
(i) Best Performing Division of DPSUs	HAL, Avionics Division, Hyderabad
(ii) Best performing Factory of OFB	Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur
(iii) Best performing Shipyard	GRSE, Kolkata
(c) GROUP /INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
(1) Indigenisation
(i)Floating Deck High Voltage (FDHV) Module for PAR 2080 C	SLRDC, HAL, Hyderabad
(ii)Configuration, Developing and Engineering Weapon Control Modules (WCM 176) for AK 176 Gun Mount	D&E, FCS/SBU-NS (Radar & FCS) Group – BEL, Bengaluru
(iii) BHARANI RADAR	BEL, Ghaziabad
(2) Design Effort
(i)EOFCS – U1 for Control of Medium Calibre 76 mm Gun Mount and High Rate of Fire AK 630 Gun Mount	D&E, FCS/SBU-NS (Radar & FCS) Group – BEL, Bengaluru
(ii)Design & development of 50 knots Interceptor Boat	Ship Design Group – Goa Shipyard Ltd (Under own initiative)
(3) Innovation
(i)Development of composite Armour Panels for MI-17 Helicopters	MI-17 Team – MIDHANI, Hyderabad.