BEL has its own in-house software Division called BEL Software Technology Centre (BSTC), which is CMMI Level 5 certified. For more than 2 decades now, BEL has successfully realised complex, high quality software solutions. The key to this has been an established software team with expertise and outstanding skill levels. With such expertise, BEL’s software intensive systems are deployed in challenging operational environments for varied customers. The key customers include the Indian Defence Forces, Para-Military Forces, Election Commission of India, DRDO and other PSUs.

BEL offers customizable software solutions which can be integrated with legacy and existing systems. State-of the-art technology and industry standard process are applied to achieve compliance.

BEL’s Software Division includes a specialised team of Certified Project Management Professionals, Software Developers, Software Quality Auditors, Reliability Engineers, Six-Sigma Practitioners, Penetration Testers, Security Auditors, Software Testers and Test Managers. The expert team applies comprehensive analysis and problem solving techniques in the most effective manner to deliver a customised optimal software solution that suits each customer engagement.

BEL’s Software Division was established in Bengaluru in 1996. It was primarily opened for application software development and maintenance of BEL’s own software intensive projects.

Now, BEL has collective software experience of 5000+ person years and 30+ Million Lines of Code. The project base includes Defence, Non-Defence and even civilian products such as the Electronics Voting Machine and the Doppler Weather Radar. The Division also provides software assurance services such as Software Quality and Security Audits, IV&V, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.

The Division is geared to leverage its expertise in both Software Development and Software Assurance Services for domestic and export markets.

BSTC’s Capability

The division has several process, quality and security accreditations in place, to enable its operations to be at the expected industry standards:

• Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI-DEV Ver 1.3) Maturity Level 5
• ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS)
• ISO 14001: 2015 Environment Management System (EMS)
• ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System (ISMS)
• CEMILAC (Centre For Military Airworthiness & Certification) Test House Approval
• CERT-In empanelment as an IT security Organisation comprising of VAPT and Security compliance audits is presently being pursued.

BSTC’s Strengths

The division’s strengths include:

• In-depth understanding of Defence Domain
• Lifetime Operational Support for Projects
• Integrated Project Teams with continuous customer interactions
• On field Support during Field Exercises
• Integration of Sensors, Legacy Systems & Equipment
• Well Established Quality Processes, Adherence to Industry Standards & Practices and state-of-the-art tools and technologies.

Technical Proficiency at BSTC

The Division has skilled teams and subject matter experts in the following:

• Mission critical, Web-based, Real-time and Embedded Software
• Platform Neutral Software Development
• Customization of Diverse Database and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• Security Hardening and Pruning of Operating Systems (OS) such as Windows and Linux and other Commercially Off The Shelf (COTS) Software like ArcGIS
• Varieties of application programming languages and IDEs, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software Architectures, Relational Database, Big Data and Software Assurance.

Contact:
Mrs Durga GK
General Manager (Software)
Bharat Electronics Limited
Jalahalli Post, Bangalore-560013
Phone: + 91 80 22197107 | Fax: +91 80 28380100
Email: durgagk@bel.co.in

Product Development & Innovation Centre (PD&IC) is a Centre of Excellence (CoE) established in December 2014 as a centralized facility to cater for new product / sub-system development requirements of all the SBUs / Units of BEL. With the formation of PD&IC, after phased merger of Central D&E, the 3-tier R&D is re-structured as CRL, PD&IC and SBU / Unit D&Es. PD&IC is involved in design & development of state-of-the-art technology modules and sub-systems through continuous innovation, ensuring high value-addition leading to self-reliance through adaptation of current technologies to bring in new products to address BEL’s business needs. Multi-disciplinary resources in a single location with required infrastructure ensures effective development, avoiding duplication of design and bringing in standardization.

PD&IC is setup in a centralized air-conditioned five-storey building in 26 acre land adjacent to CRL, Bangalore, and can house about 700+ engineers. To support the development activities and work as a self-sufficient design house, major infrastructure for prototyping, testing and design validation, such as EMI/EMC lab, ESS labs, Rate Tables, Clean Rooms, etc are part of the in-house facilities. The other general facilities include a 250 seat Auditorium, multiple conference halls, Canteen, Display halls and Admin offices. To enable the R&D engineers to innovate, PD&IC is equipped with the latest hardware and software tools for design, 3D modeling, verification, documentation, etc.

Development activities started from the new location since end October 2018. PD&IC engineers with various domains of engineering viz. electronics, mechanical, computer science, electrical & optics, collaborate to design, develop, prototype and generate necessary manufacturing documents for modules, products and sub-systems which can be marketed as standalone products or can be used in development of larger systems or system-of-systems by BEL business units.

Product Development & Innovation Centre is formed to achieve the following:

• Create an environment with focus on In-house Product Development and benchmarking with World Class Products.
• IPR creation in strategic areas.
• Lesser external dependence for critical sub-systems and standardization of sub-systems.
• Increasing offset opportunities.
• Strengthening ToT process and building over the expertise.
• Strengthening collaborative design efforts.
• Single window agency for vendor development of common items across the company.

The technology verticals of PD&IC are in the area of:

• Electro Optics, Lasers & Stabilization platforms
• Telecommunication, Radio Communication & Satellite Communication
• RF Components
• Microwave Components
• MMICs
• Embedded Systems
• Radar Signal Processing
• Navigation & Sonar systems
• Power Electronics

Further, to provide more emphasis on innovation, eight innovation cells addressing the various technologies have been formed within PD&IC. Apart from this, Centre-Of-Excellences in the area of Radar & Weapon Systems, Communication and Electro-optics & Lasers are under formation within PD&IC.

Thus far PD&IC has filed about 113 patents and presented about 115 technical papers in various conferences and seminars.

Number of people working at PDIC: 271

Contact:
Mr Suresh Kumar K V
General Manager (PDIC)
Bharat Electronics Limited
Jalahalli Post, Bangalore - 560013
Phone: +91 80 28381431
Fax: +91 80 28381879
e-mail: sureshkumarkv@bel.co.in

Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) have been appointed by BEL to carry out more focused Research and Development activities in certain areas. The CTOs will enable enhancement of the productivity of Development and Engineering (D&E) department of the SBUs / Units with inputs on the latest trends. They will help in mapping the state-of-the-art technologies with the product requirements, building the sub-systems and systems, thereby contributing to the generation of business of each SBU/Unit.

• Mr Amrendra Kumar Singh, CTO (Electro Optics and Laser)
• Mrs Padmini Balchandra, CTO (Radar and Weapon systems)
• Mr Sampath Kumar P, CTO (Communications)