What is the difference between DRDO and ISRO?

DRDO

ISRO

Ministry of Defence

Department of Space, Govt of India 

   Ministry

DRDO

ISRO

1958

1960

             Origination

DRDO

ISRO

Govt of  India

Dr Vikram Sarabhai

             Founder

DRDO

ISRO

Develops defence weapons, artillery, missiles etc for Indian Armed forces

Develops and builds Space projects, satellites and launch vehicles

            Functions

DRDO

ISRO

BrahMos, Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash

PSLV, GSLV, INSAT, MOM, Chandrayaan

           Products

DRDO

ISRO

The organization works only for defence purpose, to save the integrity of the Indian Boundaries

Works for domestic purposes too like agriculture, communication system, weather assessment, green area measurement etc

             Purpose