IITG inks pact with industry partners to boost drone technology in Northeast

The agreement was signed between Prof Parameswar K Iyer, officiating director, IIT Guwahati, and S Sundar, managing director, AMTRON, and Biswajit Dey, co-founder, RC Hobbytech Solutions Pvt Ltd. 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (AMTRON) and RC Hobbytech Solutions Pvt Ltd (RCH). The aim is to work together on strengthening and expanding drone-based training, research and development, manufacturing for varied sectors such as agriculture, disaster management, wildlife conservation and health care, among others. 

The agreement was signed between Prof Parameswar K Iyer, officiating director, IIT Guwahati, and S Sundar, managing director, AMTRON, and Biswajit Dey, co-founder, RC Hobbytech Solutions Pvt Ltd. 

Iyer said, “The three organisations will work in tandem to engage in the research and development activities and the members of IIT Guwahati Drone Centre and Technology Incubation Hub will be integral parts in this endeavour.” 

Scope of operations under collaboration  

Establishment of Commercial Drone Flying School at IIT Guwahati: 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 licence, secure necessary commercial drone permits and help prepare students for drone flying tests. Along with this, the school will also connect the students with organisations that need professional drone flyers. 

Professional drone courses: Professional courses in the field of drones that will offer a wide range of services such as drone based survey and mapping; geographic information systems courses; coding and AI-related courses, and other related courses will be a part of this objective. The classes for these courses will take place at IIT Guwahati. 

R&D for initial development of few prototype drones for agriculture and surveillance purposes: IIT Guwahati along with the industry partners will work on developing few prototype drones with an aim of getting it certified by the Quality Council of India (QCI) which will be used in activities, including agriculture; spraying/seeding and crop health monitoring, and vertical take-off and landing fixed wing drone for payload delivery, mapping and surveillance. The institute will provide all the necessary machinery, software related hardware and other utilities for the same. 

Development of disaster response management system to identify disaster response within Assam: By utilising the expertise of all stakeholders, a Disaster Response Management System will be developed to address the identify and actuate any disaster in Assam. For the same, a team of students, professionals along with ready to fly surveillance and payload delivery drones will be setup for emergency response. 

For the same, 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 necessary technical expertise in developing the drones and associated systems. Along with this, 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.

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