ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN

DEFENCE SECTOR OF INDIA

 PRESENTED BY-

 SANIYA HUSSAIN

 SARTHAK PRABHAKAR

 SATYAM JAIN

 SATENDRA PRATAP

 SAURABH SATSANGI
 ENGINEERS ARE THE FIRST
B E F O R E I N FA N T RY T H AT M A K E
T H E V I C T O RY P O S S I B L E
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 INTRODUCTION

 JOB OPPRTUNITY

 MES

 COMBAT ENGINEERS

 BORDER ROAD ORGANIZATION

INTRODUCTION
 INTRODUCTION
 Defence engineering focuses on the development andproduction of
technology that is used to ensure nationalsecurity and maintain the stability
of goverments and nationsthroughout the world. Engineering is the
backbone of the Army. It provides thepractical framework and lays the
logistical foundationsthat keeps this large organisation functioning as a
high-performance unit. Whether you’re providingtheoretical expertise or in
building and maintaining key infrastructures. Your role as an engineer
involves working with cutting edge technology and hardware to improve
lives in some of the world’s hardest hit regions.
 DRDO

 The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is an

agency of the Government of India, charged with the military's research
and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was formed in
1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the
Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian
Ordnance Factories with the Defence Science Organisation. It is under
the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, Government of
India.
WEAPON ENGINEERING

 Weapons Engineering is specialization option (usually for

postgraduates) for Mechanical & Electrical Engineers. Weapons
Engineering involves developing and testing the weapons of a nation’s
military. As technology continues at an exponential pace, the demand
for greater national security is a priority across the globe.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
C O M B I N E D D E F E N C E S E RV I C E S

 It is conducted twice a year by the

Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) for the recruitment of
candidates into the Indian Military
Academy, Officers Training Academy,
Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air
Force Academy.

 The UPSC will conduct the CDS

exam twice a year in the month of
February and September.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
 Candidates must be physically and mentally fit.
 A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds
from any of the training academies of Armed Forces is not eligible to
apply.
 Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body are not acceptable
 The concessions are not applicable for Air Force Height and Weight
standards are mentioned i the official notification for Army and Navy
only. Interpolation for weights against height not mentioned may be
done.
 NATIONALITY
 A Citizen of India.

 A subject of Nepal.

 A subject of Bhutan.

 A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the
intention of permanently settling in India.

 A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or
East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia,
Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently
settling in India.
 E D U C AT I O N A L Q U A L I F I C AT I O N

 For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy-Degree of a

recognized University or equivalent.

 For Indian Naval Academy-Degree in Engineering from a

recognized University/Institution.

 For Air Force Academy-Degree of a recognized University (with

Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of
Engineering.
 CDS EXAM ANALYSIS
 The CDS examination consists of three sections, namely English
Language, General Knowledge and Mathematics. The duration of
each subject is two hours.
 English Language - 120 questions
 Mathematics - 100 questions
 General Knowledge - 120 questions
U N I V E R S I T Y E N T RY S C H E M E

 Short Service Commission

 Only for Men

 Only for Engineers

 Navy Service
 ELIGIBILITY
 Applicant should be in the final year (regular BE/B Tech or
integrated degree course) in an AICTE recognized university with
one of the following educational qualifications and should have
obtained a minimum of 60 % aggregate marks till pre-final year
(till V semester of regular BE/B.tech and VII Semester of 5-year
integrated degree course).
 BRANCH/CADRE

 (i) Information Technology (ii) Computer Science Engineering

(iii) Computer Engineering
ENGINEERING BRANCH

 (i) Mechanical (ii) Marine (iii) Instrumentation (iv) Production

(v) Aeronautical (vi) Industrial Engineering & Management (vii)
Control Eng. (viii) Aero Space (ix) Automobiles (x) Metallurgy (xi)
Mechatronics (xii) Instrumentation & control.
 ELECTRICAL BRANCH

 (i) Electrical (ii) Electronics (iii) Telecommunication

(iv) Electronics and Communication (v) Power Engineering

(vi) Control System Engineering (vii) Power Electronics

(viii) Avionics (ix) Electronics & Instrumentation

(x) Instrumentation & Control (xi) Instrumentation.

T E C H N I C AL E N T RY S C H E M E

 Permanent Commission

 4 years

 10+2

 Permanent Commission in
the Army in the rank of Lt.
COMMANDS
• Southern

• Eastern
• Western
• Central
• Northern
• South western
 MILITARY ENGINEERING
SERVICES

 MES was formed in December 1923 with a goal to

provide rear line engineering support to Armed forces.
Engineer -in-chief is the head of MES.
It has budget of around 13000 crores.
It has both civillian and Army components of
officers and other coordinate staffs.
 INTRODUCTION
 A combat engineer (also called field
engineer, pioneer or sapper in many armies, except the U.S. Army)
is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and
demolition tasks under combat conditions.

 The combat engineer's goals involve facilitating movement and

support of friendly forces while impeding those of the enemy.
 INTRODUCTION
 Typically, a combat engineer is also trained as an infantryman, and
combat engineer units often have a secondary role fighting as infantry.

 Combat engineers build fighting positions, fortifications, and

roads.
W H AT C O M B AT E N G I N E E RS D O ?

 Typical combat engineer missions include construction and

breaching of trenches, tank traps and other fortifications; bunker
construction; bridge and road construction or destruction; laying or
clearing land mines; and combined arms breaching.

 They conduct demolitions missions and clear minefields

using specialized vehicles.
 CONTINUED……….

 They are also responsible for construction rigging, the use

of explosives, and the carrying out of demolitions, obstacle clearance,
and obstacle construction assault of fortifications, use of assault
boats in water obstacle crossings, helipad construction, general
construction, route reconnaissance and road reconnaissance, and
erecting communication installations.
 PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES

 Combat engineers are force multipliers and enhance the survival

of other troops through the use and practice of camouflage,
reconnaissance, communications and other services. These include
the construction of roads, bridges, field fortifications, obstacles and
the construction and running of water points. In these roles, combat
engineers use a wide variety of hand and power tools.
 MOBILITY
Mobility : Improving the ability of one's own force to move around the battlefield. Combat engineers typically
support this role through reduction of enemy obstacles which include point and row minefields, anti-tank
ditches, wire obstacles, concrete and metal anti-vehicle barriers, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and
wall and door breaching in urban terrain. Mechanized combat engineer units also have armoured vehicles
capable of laying short bridges for limited gap-crossing.

 Overcoming trenches and ditches

 Opening routes for armoured fighting vehicles
 Constructing roads and bridges
 Route clearance
 Clearing terrain obstacles
 Counter Mobility : Building obstacles to prevent the enemy from moving around the
battlefield. Destroying bridges, blocking roads, creating airstrips, digging trenches, etc. Can also
include planting land mines and anti-handling devices when authorized and directed to do so.

 When the defender must retreat it is often desirable to destroy anything that may be of use to the
enemy, particularly bridges, as their destruction can slow the advance of the attackers. The retreating
forces may also leave booby traps for enemy soldiers, even though these often wreak their havoc
upon non-combatant civilians.

 Planting land mines

 Digging trenches and ditches
 Demolishing roads and bridges
E Q U I P ME N T S A N D V E H I C L E S

 Basic combat engineering tools include safe use of:

 driving tools and chopping tools (hammers, mauls, sledges,

screwdriver, and bits)

 cutting tools and smoothing tools (saws, chisels, planes, files

and rasps, brush-cutting tools, miscellaneous cutting tools)

 drilling tools, boring tools, and countersinking tools

 E Q U I P ME N T S A N D V E H I C L E S

 Measuring tools, leveling tools and layout tools (rules, tapes, marking tools, levels,
plumb bobs, squares)
 Gripping tools, prying tools and twisting tools (pliers, wrenches, bars)
 Holding tools, raising tools and grinding tools (vises, clamps, jacks, grinders, and
oilstones)
 Timber handling tools and climbing tools; digging tools (shovels, posthole diggers, picks,
and mattocks)
 Portable power tools and trailer-mounted tools (electric tool trailer and generator,
portable power tools)
 Miscellaneous tools.
 E Q U I P ME N T S A N D V E H I C L E S

 Measuring tools, levelling tools and layout tools (rules, tapes, marking tools,
levels, plumb bobs, squares)
gripping tools, prying tools and twisting tools (pliers, wrenches, bars)
holding tools, raising tools and grinding tools (vises, clamps, jacks, grinders, and
oilstones)
timber handling tools and climbing tools; digging tools (shovels, posthole diggers,
picks, and mattocks)
portable power tools and trailer-mounted tools (electric tool trailer and generator,
portable power tools)
miscellaneous tools.
OBSTACLE BREACHING
 For obstacle breaching, including minefields, the combat engineers use a variety of
vehicles, explosive devices and plastic explosives including:

 Minefield breaching devices

 Dozer blade
 Mine rollers
 Bangalore torpedo
 Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System
 Mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC)
 Bomb disposal robots
 Explosives, mines and bombs
 Field-deployable bridges, for example, French EFA and bailey bridges
 C O M B AT E N G I N E E R I N G C O R P S

 Combat engineers are a key role in all armed forces of the world, and invariably found either
closely integrated into the force structure, or even into the combat units of the national troops. In
many countries, combat engineers are members of broader military engineering corps or branches.
However, some nations have distinct combat engineering corps or branches which are separate from
other types of military engineers. The Danish military engineers corps is almost entirely organized
into one regiment of combat engineers, simply named Ingeniørregimentet ("The Engineering
Regiment"). During the War in Afghanistan and the 2003–2011 Iraq War the US Army tasked its
combat engineers with route clearance missions designed to counter rising threats of IEDs. To
increase the effectiveness of these units EOD and mechanic teams are typically embedded with the
combat engineer platoon. Due to rising IED threats US Army sends some combat engineers rank
specialist or higher to complete Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent training to familiarize
themselves with types of unexploded ordnance.
B O R D E R R O A D O R G A N I Z AT I O N

Introduction

History

Organization

Role of BRO
 INTRODUCTION
 The Border Roads Organization (BRO) develops and maintains road
networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring countries. Officers from
the Border Roads Engineering Service (BRES) and personnel from the General
Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) form the parent cadre of the Border Roads
Organization. It is also staffed by officers and troops drawn from the Indian
Army's Corps of Engineers on extra regimental employment (on Deputation).
Currently, the organization maintains operations in twenty-one states, one UT
(Andaman and Nicobar Islands), and neighboring countries such as Afghanistan,
Bhutan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
 HISTORY
The BRO was formed on 7 May 1960 to secure India's borders and develop
infrastructure in remote areas of the north and north-east states of the
country.[4] In order to ensure coordination and expeditious execution of projects,
the Government of India set up the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB)
with the Prime Minister as Chairman of the Board and Defence Minister as Deputy
Chairman. Today, the board exercises the financial and other powers of a
Department of Government of India and is chaired by the Raksha Rajya Mantri
(RRM). Among others, Chief(s) of Army and Air Staff, Engineer-in-Chief, Director
General Border Roads (DGBR), FA(DS) are members of the BRDB.
 ORGANIZATION

 The BRO consists of Border Roads Wing under the Ministry of

Defense and the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF). Officers are
selected through the Indian Engineering Services (IES) Examination
conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Few officers
are also deputed from Indian Army Corps of Engineers, who are posted
to GREF on ERE. The GREF includes Civil Engineers, Mechanical
engineers, Administrative officers and Medical officers. The organization's
operations are spread across India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tajikistan,
and Afghanistan.
 ROLE OF BRO
 During Peace
1. To Develop & Maintain the Operational Road Infrastructure of General Staff
(GS) in the Border Areas.
2. To Contribute to the Socio-Economic Development of the Border States.
 During War
1. To Develop & Maintain Roads to Keep Line of Control through in Original
Sectors and Re-deployed Sectors.
2. To Execute Additional Tasks as laid down by the Govt Contributing to the
War Effort.