Establishment of Center of Excellence (CoE)

for UAV/DroneThe center of excellence for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles is being setup with support from Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is envisaged as an interdisciplinary center that would bring all stakeholders from across the state under one umbrella to initiate capacity building, training and design of UAV / Drone technology through statewide joint effort between the users, developers, researchers, manufacturers and service providers.

The center is envisioned to play three roles:

• Cutting edge technology development in relation to UAV systems and its commercialization to enable delivery of affordable customized solutions,
•  Provide training on state-of-the-art UAV systems and tools to the stakeholders and support capacity building through manpower creation, and 
• Hand holding of various startups and providing technical consultancy to established companies in the domain of UAVs. 

The key focus of the center is to carry out and support product development and manufacturing of various UAVs for application to multiple sectors.