A permanent DRDO exhibition known as Darpan, has been setup at RAC to showcase the achievements of DRDO. The exhibition was inaugurated by Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Hon'ble Raksha Rajya Mantri, Govt. of India; Shri M. Natarajan, SA to RM, DGR&D and Secretary DR&D; Dr. K.V. Raghavan, Chairman RAC; Dr. W. Selvamurthy, DS & CCR&D (LS & HR) and Dr. Arun Kumar, Director RAC on 24th Mar 2008.
The displays and the working models of the exhibition cover main functional areas of DRDO viz, Aeronautics, Armaments, Combat Vehicles, High Energy Compounds, Electronics, Life Sciences, Materials, Metallurgy, Missiles, Naval R&D, Systems, Technologies and Human Resource Development.
The direct beneficiaries of this exhibition are: