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The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian Ordnance Factories, which provide the indigenous defence production capabilities of India.
The main gate of the National Academy of Defence Production. The National Academy of Defence Production, erstwhile known as the Ordnance Factory Staff College, was established in 1978 with a sole purpose to impart training to the officers recruited under the Indian Ordnance Factories Service, a group A gazetted service under the Ministry of Defence of the government of India.
This is a list of officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS). Pages in category "Indian Ordnance Factories Service officers" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Technical posts account for about 87% of the total cadre. The doctors (surgeons and physicians) serving in OFB belong to a separate service known as the Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service (IOFHS). IOFHS officers are responsible for the maintenance of health of the employees, and the hospitals of OFB. They report directly to the IOFS officers.
Mantosh Sondhi was an IOFS officer. [1] He served as the first General Manager of the Heavy Vehicles Factory, [2] [3] [4] one of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories.He was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of Bokaro Steel Plant.
In 1967, the Indian Armament Studies was renamed as the "Institute of Armament Technology" (IAT) and was moved to its present location in Girinagar, Pune. From the relatively narrow scope of Armament Studies in the 1950s, the role of the institute was considerably enlarged by the Defence R&D Council in 1964, and then again in 1981.
Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer. [2] During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability and social work. [ 3 ]
Santu Jouharmal Shahaney was an IOFS officer. He served as the first Indian Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factories. [1] He was awarded Padma Shri in 1962, and Padma Bhushan in 1965, for his contributions during the Indo-China War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, respectively.