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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.
