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Big Role of Drones for Digital India


            India’s  drone  power
        is  growing   exponentially
        by  the  day  and  along  with
        Government efforts, fuelling
        this technology are India’s
        drone   startups.  Among
        many innovative startups,
        VECROS is an Indian drone
        manufacturer and a leader
        in autonomous flight.
            Our       Doordarshan
        team spoke to CEO  Besta
        Prem Sai about  their  drone
        technology.                       fertilizers. Apart from this, there
            “Nowadays,   drones   are     will be no misuse of materials in
        being used in multiple use cases   large construction buildings as
        but there are  very few drone     the drone can make 3D models
        pilots in India. The reason being   and  find  out  how  much  sand
        that the training period required   or cement has been used and
        to become a drone pilot is long   which sections of the building
        and  it  is  also  difficult,  which   has  been  built.  With  our  end-
        many people can’t complete.       to-end  technology  drones  can
        But we have made a drone that     track all of this. Here, we are
        everyone can operate. Also, one   making this drone indigenously
        person is needed to operate       so that the drone hardware is
        one drone at a time, if you want   made for Indian conditions and
        to operate 10 drones, 10  people   is beneficial for the Indian user.
        will be needed, but now with the      As the Prime Minister  had
        help of AI, even one person can   said that India is now at a
        fly  10  drones  which  are  seen  in   stage of becoming the drone
        drone shows.                      hub of the world. Many drone
            We have made this drone       innovations are happening right
        technology mainly for inspection   now and by 2030-2040, India can
        and    mapping.    Agricultural   become the world drone leader.
        inspection can be done in 10      The drone market is based on
        minutes  on  200-300  acre  fields   75  per  cent  data  analysis,  and
        to  find  out  which  patch  of  the   in future, quality assurance can
        land requires more fertilizer     be done from the data of drones
        and water. As a result of this, 80   only. And with the help of AI,
        per cent of the fertilizers used   drone technology will play a big
        in farms will be saved and it     role in India's goal of becoming
        will also avoid the overuse of    Digital India.”

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