IIT Guwahati soon to have a Drone Flying School, signs MoU with AMTRON and RCH.

The
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) on Thursday, January
19, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with industry partners, Assam
Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) and RC Hobbytech Solutions (RCH).
The MoU
was signed by Parameswar K Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, S Sundar,
IFS- Managing Director, AMTRON and Biswajit Dey, Co-Founder, RC Hobbytech
Solutions Pvt Ltd.
The
tripartite MoU signed aims to work on strengthening and expanding drone-based
training, research and development, manufacturing for various sectors such as agriculture,
disaster management, wildlife conservation, and health care.
Speaking
during the MoU signing event, Professor Parameswar K Iyer, officiating director
at IIT Guwahati, said, the three organizations will work in tandem to actively
engage in the research and development activities and the esteemed members of
IIT Guwahati Drone Centre and Technology Incubation Hub will be integral parts
in this endeavour for the greater good of the region.
According
to an official press release, under the MoU, the campus will soon to have a
drone-flying school which will offer professional drone flying courses and even
connect the students with organizations who are in search of professional drone
flyers and much more.
“The Commercial
Drone Flying School will offer commercial drone flying fresher courses and
other related advisory and consultancy services such as renewing their drone
flying license, securing necessary commercial drone permits and helping prepare
students for drone flying tests,” stated the release.
Some of
the professional courses the school will be teaching will offer a wide range of
services are drone-based survey and mapping; Geographic Information Systems
courses; coding and AI-related courses; coding and AI- related courses, and
others.
Since the
campus will be set up in IIT Guwahati, the classes for these courses will also
take place at the IIT Guwahati campus.
IIT
Guwahati along with the two other industry partners, AMTRON and RCH will
initially work on developing a few prototype drones with an aim of getting them
certified by the Quality Council of India (QCI).
These will
be used in Agricultural activities such as spraying/seeding and crop health
monitoring and Vertical Take-Off and Landing fixed wing Drone for payload
delivery, mapping and surveillance.
Then a
Disaster Response Management System will be developed to identify and actuate any
disaster response within the state.
And for
this, a team of students and professionals along with ready-to-fly surveillance
and payload delivery drones will be set up for emergency response, the release
said.
While IIT
Guwahati will develop drones to cater to the needs of the state to contain
disasters, AMTRON will provide communication support, and RCH will provide the
necessary technical expertise in developing the drones and associated systems,
the release further stated.
Apart
from these, a Disaster Response Cell will be established at IIT Guwahati which
will be operated by the Drone Helpline Student Volunteer Team of the Institute
and AMTRON Drone team, the release said.
Speaking
about the objective of the agreement, Biswajit Dey, Co-Founder – EduRade said,
“Our mission is to train youths of North Eastern region in emerging technology
so that they can upskill themselves and find relevance into the ever-growing
technological landscape of current world. We are quite optimistic about this
endeavour that our efforts will bear fruit and youths of this region will be
able to take the self-employment route at large scale.”
Notably,
IIT Guwahati is progressively working on developing a network of industry and
academic experts to work on disaster risk reduction. The recent collaboration
will lead towards strengthening the Disaster Management Strategy for the state
of Assam.
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