DRDO launches world’s highest terrestrial research and development DIHAR centre at Chang La
Q. DRDO has inaugurated an Extreme High Altitude Research Centre at which point in Jammu and Kashmir on 3rd October 2015?- Published on 06 Oct 15a. Nathu La
b. Chang La
c. Patkai Bam
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Chang La
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 3 October 2015 inaugurated an Extreme Altitude Research Centre/ DIHAR at Chang La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir at 17600 feet above mean sea level. This has the distinction of being world’s highest terrestrial research and development centre. Situated 75 km off Leh town in Pangong Lake, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research/ DIHAR will promote R&D in areas of food and agriculture as well as bio medical sciences for safety of soldiers in high altitude cold desert. DIHAR was formally known as Field Research Lab and it was established in the 1960s, under the supervision of India’s first PM Jawahar Lal Nehru.
