Future of Agriculture Through Drones
Future of Agriculture Through Drones: India’s leading drone manufacturer and service provider Marut Drones was invited to participate in a day’s workshop on Stewardship and Innovative Technologies in Crop Protection at Regional Agricultural Research Station (PJTSAU), Warangal on Friday. The workshop came as a joint initiative by CropLife India and Foundation for Agriculture Sustainability and Transformation (FAST). Mr Mr. Prem Kumar Vislawath from Marut Drones gave a session on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Drone Technologies’ and gave a perspective on the current drone technology landscape in the country and the way forward. The session was aimed at benefitting both the students and the stakeholders in agriculture research alike.
The event was attended by students, researchers, academicians, and agriculturists. The Chief Guest Mrs. Usha Dayal, District Agriculture Officer, Warangal, delivered an address on developing the country as a pioneer in innovative technologies especially in agriculture.
The Founder of Marut Drones Mr. Prem Kumar Vislawath said, “It is an opportune moment for us to be here at the workshop as the students will get some hands-on experience which is very important in giving them the right exposure of the drone industry in India and understand the right skills they need to acquire in this direction. Our vision is to make India ‘atmanirbhar’ when it comes to innovative technologies, and here we are sharing our vision.”
Recently Marut Drones was also a prominent was part of the Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting as an esteemed panelist at the three-day event. Hosted by the Government of India Y20 at IITG between 6-8 February it aimed to provide the youth a platform to raise their concerns on issues faced in the modern world, contribute vision and ideas towards the policy-making process of the G20 leaders through policy recommendations, and lay the groundwork for programmes of Y20 during India’s G20 Presidency.
About MARUT DRONES:
Marut Drones is India’s leading drone technology manufacturer with a focus on developing drone based solutions to persistent societal problems. Established in 2019 by three IIT graduates, Marut Drones has a vision to Advancing Agriculture. It aims to build the agricultural infrastructure of the next 100 years that will provide the world with sufficient, diversified, and safe food.
Marut Drones recently commenced its $4 million investment round for rapid adoption of this technology in agriculture and help farmers.
