A Diwali Wish For All the Droners From VAI

Graphic with a diya, a drone icon and the VAI Aviation Knowledge Processing logo, captioned "A Diwali Wish"

On the eve of Diwali, i.e. on November 13, 2020, stunning night-time visuals via a Drone were being streamed live from Ayodhya. While over 5.5 Lakh diyas were being lit, there was also a piece of sad news being reported of at least seven Indians being killed during cross border shelling on the Line of Control (LOC). Among them were three Army personnel and a BSF Jawan

As the growing “Drone Community ” wishes and greets each other on this Diwali, we must remember that wherever we are, we have a task cut out before us.

The latest addition to the growing list of DGCA/MoCA authorised Drone operators is ICRISAT.

Table listing DGCA-recognised flying training organisations in India granted conditional exemptions to operate drones and conduct drone training, with grant dates

Work is in progress too to undertake BVLOS operations accorded to various consortia.

List of 13 consortia named in the April 2020 Ministry of Civil Aviation order for experimental BVLOS drone operations

 So the following is the Diwali message to all the RPA specialists and “Droners” out there. Even though it is Shri Amber Dubey JS MOCA Speaking, the words must echo in our ears as we lay down the Dronscape around us.