Jaipriya K S,
Content Writer, siliconindia

As the technology is soaring with each passing day and bestowing us with updated and upgraded products which are making our life efficiently blissful. Driven by strong demand and technological advancements, drone start-up ecosystem of India is witnessing an extraordinary development. Fuelling to this exponential growth, the significant government initiative ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ - Make-in-India is set to nurture all the in-country start-ups and businesses by updated regulations and support systems that tend to set for massive product manufacturing within the nation.

Drone is perfect example of all-rounder which is catering nearly every industry whether it is defence, agriculture, security, weather forecasting, Archaeological inspection and more. The global market of drones has geared up to clock $54 billion by 2025. Contributing to that, India’s potential of manufacturing high-ended drones could reach the value of $4.2 billion by 2025 and it is projected to touch $23 billion by 2030 indicating a positive note on nation’s $5 trillion economy.

Let’s delve into the article to explore the Rise of Drone Start-ups in India and how their rapid growth is surpassing the global countries.

Start-ups sculpting the drone sector:

Being at the forefront of the drone landscape, start-ups in India are launching ground-breaking innovations including strict safety measures, AI-based autonomous drones and greater efficiency and energy management systems which are making drones as a vital tool in various industries ranging from superior level to grassroot level. The introduction of regulation relaxation including the Drone rules 2021 has presented a significant boost to the industry, creating it simpler for start-ups to invent and scale their operations.

They are pushing the boundaries and rewriting the concepts of what can drones do conventionally. The advancements in autonomous flight abilities permits the drones to function with lesser human intervention, greater efficiency and minimal operational costs.

The innovations such as AI-driven drones are being designed and launched to examine the huge datasets in real time and delivering actionable insights in the areas such as agriculture where the highly efficient drones can monitor the crop health, predict the harvests and even assist in supporting the activity of precision in farming. In addition, start-ups are operating on integrating advanced drones with supreme safety measures in order to make them more accessible and reliable in more populated areas.

Notably, in the logistics sector, the innovations of drones are being used widely for delivering the goods efficiently and rapidly, especially in the rural and areas that are harder to reach. As the current infrastructure of logistics challenges the conventional methods, the advanced drones are becoming more applicable in India. Also, the companies are examining and discovering the inventive use cases of drone for further vital purposes such as mobility, food delivery and emergency medical services.

“The potential of drone technology for industrial automation is vast. Drones can be used for a wide range of tasks, including inventory management, quality control, and even security. They can navigate complex environments with ease, collect data quickly and accurately, and perform tasks that would be too dangerous or time-consuming for humans to undertake”. - Sanjeev Bhandari, Co-Founder & CSO, Scandron