New Delhi, July 1 -- Five senior scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation have been called for interview by the search-cum-selection panel to find the next chief of the premier defence research body.

The office of the Chairman, DRDO, has been lying vacant for a month now after the retirement of its former chief Dr Samir V Kamat.

Defence sources told ANI that the Search-cum-Selection panel will meet the scientists on Friday to interview them.

The scientists who have been called for the interview include Director, SPS, Anupam Sharma; DG Electronics and Communication BK Das; DG Armament and Combat Engineering Prateek Kishore, DG Missiles and Strategic Systems Jagannath Nayak; and Director, RCI Anindya Biswas.

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