Union Minister launches NITI Aayog’s Experience Studio on Drones

What is the News?

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation has launched NITI Aayog’s Experience Studio on Drones.

What is NITI Aayog Experience Studio on Drones?

Purpose: To help promote various applications of drone technology to public and private stakeholders as well as help them fast-track adoption of drone technology within their organizations and aid in building a robust drone industry in India.

What are the other initiatives launched?

The following challenges have been launched by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA):

– ‘Drones for Social Impact Competition’: For the start-up community to showcase their capabilities to solve critical problem statements in various use cases.

– ‘Robotics Workshop and Competition’: For students of Atal Tinkering Labs to foster the spirit of innovation and problem-solving.

What is the Cloud Innovation Center?

Launched in: 2021 by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Amazon Web Services(AWS) and Intel.

Aim: To help showcase the potential of frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), and Blockchain among others.

Source: The post is based on the article “Union Minister launches NITI Aayog’s Experience Studio on Drones” published in PIB on 10th May 2022.