GUWAHATI: Along with Assam Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) and RC Hobbytech Solutions (RCH), the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on enhancing and extending drone-based manufacturing, research, and training for a variety of industries. Agriculture, disaster management, conservation of wildlife, and health care are some of the possible industries.
Professor Parameswar K. Iyer, the IIT Guwahati Officiating Director, said during the MoU signing event that the three organisations would collaborate to actively engage in research and development activities and that the esteemed members of the IIT Guwahati Drone Centre and Technology Incubation Hub would play a key role in this endeavour for the benefit of the region.
A news release on Thursday stated that one aspect of the new partnership's operations will be the construction of a commercial drone-flying school on the IIT Guwahati campus.
According to the press release, "The Commercial Drone Flying School will offer commercial drone flying fresher courses as well as other related advisory and consultancy services such as renewing their drone flying licence, securing necessary commercial drone permits, and aiding students in preparing for drone flying tests." Additionally, the school will put its pupils in touch with businesses that require qualified drone pilots.
This goal will include professional drone courses that will provide a variety of services, including drone-based survey and mapping, Geographic Information Systems courses, coding and AI-related courses, and other relevant courses. The IIT Guwahati campus will be the location of these courses' classes. The beginning creation of a few prototype drones for surveillance and agriculture research and development:
In the beginning, IIT Guwahati will develop a small number of prototype drones in collaboration with industry partners with the goal of getting them certified by the Quality Council of India (QCI). These drones will be used for tasks like agriculture, spraying, seeding, and crop health monitoring, as well as vertical takeoff and landing fixed-wing drones for payload delivery, mapping, and surveillance.
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