DRONES Technology improving by the hour – India hooked to be one of the largest players

 

DRONES Technology improving by the hour –

India hooked to be one of the largest players

Today we pay our phone, electricity bills and every other payment online by Google Pay/ Phone Pe / WhatsApp in a jiffy with many more such contenders in the pipeline as options for releasing payments via online.  In the 1960’s we had to stand in queue to pay our bills and I remember doing so wearing my school uniform with deadlines to meet.  Paying the EB/ Metro water/ Property tax / phone bills, etc., in a serpentine queue is no joke, especially when the sun is up and I vividly recollect there used to be no shelter those days from the blazing rays of the worst of summer or the incessant rains that battered, oblivious to one’s discomforts out of leaky roof-tops. All these nightmarish, endless hardships seem like a distant dream now, as technology has given room for new inventions. Yes, I am a living witness to the same. 

Now tree plantation drives are undertaken as a norm by Corporate as part of their CSR activities with Drone machines brought in to execute the same on a fast-forward mode. Garuda Aerospace is into the agricultural segment of Drones in India.

Then, ruling the roost were academics that gave birth to Doctors, Engineers, IAS Officers, Army – Police- Navy, Teachers, etc.  The era of Drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has just commenced. There is a need to understand what the UAV can do, the areas it can serve in, its usefulness, and therefore there is a beeline for students wanting to enroll and get trained in UAV.

There is a high demand for technical trainers as it is a specialized subject which has just sky-rocketed and lent its ears to a beeline of students who are wanting to know more and pursue their line of studies in UAV which is the ‘in-thing’ now.  Being in vogue matters, as it is also Vitamin -M in a situation as now, which is bereft of anything worthwhile, considering that hardly anything arose out of the recently pronounced Budget from the finance minister for the common man. This country as large as ours would need many UAV operators and specialists which is a win-win situation transforming not only individual lives, but that of our country too.

Studying what is relevant for the ‘morrow makes sense and students would do well to imbibe the new technology that is to prevail for a long time now.

The new Union Budget is also in favor of drones for usage in agriculture to map the crops and become part of digitization.  As a tip of the iceberg, let me inform you that there is an advanced Drone Pilot training program coming up shortly. Already there are increasing opportunities in the drone industry abroad and many countries are already going great guns covering many aspects to how it is being used extensively in their counties. To name a few:

Ensuring climate change, Going Carbon Neutral

UK is on the scene with its leading drone company, Sky Revolutions making an impact for carbon emissions and ensuring climate change by becoming carbon neutral. According to Ben Gorham, Director of Sky Revolutions. “We agreed to prioritize the work during 2021. The process helped us kick-start a range of initiatives including equipment recycling, tree-planting for new employees and the introduction of a new supply chain policy that encourages our partners and suppliers to provide sustainable services.”

Automated on-demand delivery services

According to sources, Magellan Rx Management is just the latest among a growing number of organizations that are partnering with Zipline worldwide. It is pertinent to mention here that Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated on-demand delivery service, completing over 235,000 commercial deliveries so far, with a delivery made once every four minutes on average, which goes to highlight the speed at which the operations are executed by way of the approach of adopting drone technology to their rescue.  It is to be noted however, that this option will first be made accessible to Magellan Rx members of North Carolina service area and will offer a re-imagined consumer-focused approach to serving healthcare patients there.

Healthcare & Delivery of medications to homes

As for USA, they have always prioritized healthcare and such being the scenario, not surprisingly, Zipline and Magellan RX aimed to deliver medications to homes via UAV.  It is for the delivery of prescription medications, which will include specialty medications for treatment of chronic, complex conditions, directly to patients’ homes by drone.

Surveillance & more--- geared to benefit Industrial, Energy & Port sectors

Despite an overall dismal trend with Corona on the heels of nations worldwide, drone-in-a-box solutions leader Azur Drones disclosed that it has secured nearly €8 million in funding to support its development in 2022 after its steady growth performance in 2021.

The company, originally designed for surveillance applications, is increasingly requested by industrials to conduct various other applications to support their operations. The drone-in-a-box solution has been deployed for over 2 years on critical sites of large industrial companies with major players from the chemical industry. It is estimated that with over 20,000 autonomous flights and nearly 200 daily users, it seeks to continue this diversification in 2022 with the launch of new solutions dedicated to industrial inspection, gas detection and quantification that will benefit the industrial, energy and port sectors.

Delivery alternative during Corona crisis in India

In India,  Mr. Vikram Singh CEO & Founder of Tech Eagle states that Drones is a new delivery alternative, rapidly emerging as an alternate solution, especially at a time when global supply chains have been disrupted and much of the aviation industry has been anchored during the pandemic.

Job openings in India envisaged 

The Central Govt. of India headed by Shri. Narendra Modi, as PM of India is taking giant steps to improve the living condition across India, thereby keeping abreast with the rest of the world to provide an iconic Bharat by promoting the Drone industries, as well as giving more scope and opportunities to the current generation to pursue this line of study to better their prospects for betterment in life.

 

India isn’t far behind as we have over 10 companies across India in the different Drone segments, albeit in a nascent stage.  The Sun sets, only to rise yet again and seemingly the drone technology too is similar in fashion, opting for new risings globally with each passing day.  Drone Companies in India are having several positions for Drone Industry coming up soon and the new emergence is sure to create a big surge of new entrants teeming with energy and bubbling with enthusiasm to change the market, true to the dictum, yesterday is a forgotten past and today is the new- in and here to stay. Stay tuned for job openings and portfolios in India from a trending industry.

All this is just the tip of the iceberg as companies world-wide extend their arms wide open, to engage themselves in UAV as their mainstream and structure to position themselves in accordance with the expected increase in deployments of new hires to match their requirement for R&D, support and operations for their visionary goals for the second half of 2022.  With plans set and curtains drawn to open out a new era of technology hitherto unknown, yet the possibility of reaching the skies with a boundary that is like a mirage, looms large --- ever expanding, over the fence, in terms of what it has to offer.

The pride of India would lie in Drones. We stand and await the turn of events to follow. 

Malini Kalyanam

Drone Writer.

Corporate Trainer - HR Consultant – Recruitment Specialist - Youtuber – Blogger- Holistic Healer – Yoga Therapist, Parent, Environmentalist, Social Activist - Freelance writer.  (Not necessarily in the same order.)