The Defence Minister Sh Manohar Parrikar gave away the RakshaMantri Awards for Excellence for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 in recognition of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the nine Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
The awards were given in three major categories, i.e., ‘Institutional Awards’, ‘Best Performing Division/Factory/Shipyard Awards’ and ‘Group/Individual Awards’.
Under the Institutional awards, there are two sub-categories for which DPSUs and OFB can compete i.e. overall performance and performance in exports.
In the second category, there are three awards; for the best performing division of DPSUs, the best performing factory of OFB and the best performing shipyard.
In the third category, there are three sub-categories – one on indigenization, one on design effort and one on innovation for which both OFB and DPSUs can compete.
List of Awardees for 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
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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
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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. |