Garuda Aerospace to make 1 lakh kisan drones by 2024

Garuda Aerospace, a Chennai-based drone start-up, launched India’s first drone skilling and training virtual e-learning platform at its manufacturing facility here.

Around 10,000 students joined virtually from 1,000 colleges in 500 districts across India. The start-up also announced ‘drone yatra’ and ‘Operation 777’ to educate and demonstrate the efficacy of drones for different agricultural uses across 777 districts in India.

Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting, Anurag Singh Thakur, inaugurated both the programmes at the Agni College of Technology Campus. He also launched the first of the 1,000 planned Drone Centre of Excellence.

Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace, said the drone yatra will help farmers understand more about the technology and give them a better perspective on growing crops.

With a dual objective of empowering farmers and creating employment for Indian youth, the company is committed to manufacturing at least 1 lakh kisan drones by 2024.