Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 in various categories. For the year 2012-13, BEL has won Raksha Mantri Awards in the categories of ‘Best Performing Division of DPSUs’ (Sonar & Communication Systems/Naval Systems); ‘Indigenisation’ (for the design and development of retrofit security solution for Shakti and indigenisation of AK630 Gun Drive); and ‘Design Effort’ (for L70 Gun upgradation and systems of IACCS networks). For the year 2013-14, BEL has won the Raksha Mantri’s Institutional Awards for ‘Excellence in Performance’ and ‘Best Performance in Exports’; ‘Indigenisation Award’ (for configuring, developing and engineering weapon control modules and Bharani Radar); and ‘Design Effort’ (Gun mount for Electro Optical Fire Control System).