National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)
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- NTRO or National Technical Research Organisation is a Technical Intelligence Agency.
- NTRO is a Organisation under the National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister Office (PMO), India.
- Established 2004.
- Agency Age 19 Years.
- Total Employee – 1081.
- Responsible Minister – Prime Minister of India
- Parent Agency – Cabinet Secretariat
- Website – ntc.gov.in
- NTRO has the same “Norms of Conduct” as the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)
- NTRO originally known as the NTFO (National Technical Facilities Organisation).
- NTRO is a highly specialised technical intelligence gathering agency.
- NTRO operates Indian’s INS Dhruv (Ocean Surveillance ship) with Indian Navy.
- NTRO Operates from Technology Experiment Stellite (TES), CARTOSAT – 2A, EMISAT, CARTOSAT – 2B, besides 2 Radar Imaging Satellites namely RISAT-1 AND RISAT-2.
- RISAT-2 was acquired from Israel $110million and placed into orbit using a PSLV Launcher in 2009.
- Whistleblower reported in 2011 that NTRO has tapped 7.5 Lakh phones illegally.
- In 2013 Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) accused NTRO of Cracking national informatcs center(NIC) network.
