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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.
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.
1935 – Indian Ordnance Service was introduced to administer the whole Defence Production Industry of India. 1954 – Indian Ordnance Service (IOS) renamed to Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS). 1979 – Ordnance Factory Board is established on 2 April.
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.
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.
INSAS rifle - The INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) 5.56 mm assault rifle is the standard-issue rifle of the Indian Army. At least 300,000 of these weapons have been sold to the Indian Army. [7] 7.62 mm 1A1 rifle - License produced variant of the British L1A1 self-loading rifle. It was the standard-issue rifle of the Indian Army and has been ...
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.
As an IOFS officer, he worked in several ordnance factories in India including Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur and the Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, and, in 1971, joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited where he rose through ranks to become its chairman in 2001, the second civilian to hold the post. [1]