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This led to the birth of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme with [[Abdul Kalam|Dr. Abdul Kalam]], who had previously been the project director for the [[Satellite Launch Vehicle|SLV-3 programme]] at [[ISRO]], was inducted as the DRDL Director in 1983 to conceive and lead it. While the scientists proposed the development of each missile consecutively, the Defence Minister R. Venkataraman asked them to reconsider and develop all the missiles simultaneously. Thus, four projects, to be pursued concurrently, were born under the IGMDP:

* Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam started multiple projects simultaneously to develop the following types of Indian Guided Missiles missiles.

* Short range surface-to-surface missile (code-named [[Prithvi (missile)|Prithvi]])

*# Short Range Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) ‘Prithvi’

* Short range low-level surface-to-air missile (code-named [[Trishul (missile)|Trishul]])

*# Long Range Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) ‘Agni’

* Medium range surface-to-air missile (code-named [[Akash (missile)|Akash]]) and

*# Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) ‘Akash’

* Third-generation anti-tank missile (code-named [[Nag (missile)|Nag]]).

*# Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) ‘Trishul’

*# Anti-tank Guided Missile (ATGM) ‘Nag’ ([https://www.itworkss.in/best-indian-guided-missiles-part-1/ Read More] )

The [[Agni (missile)|Agni missile]] was initially conceived in the IGMDP as a technology demonstrator project in the form of a re-entry vehicle, and was later upgraded to a ballistic missile with different ranges.<ref name="brahmos-site-igmdp" /> As part of this program, the Interim Test Range at Balasore in Odisha was also developed for missile testing.<ref name="fl-missile-shield">{{cite news