Aereo, SJCIT open first Centre of Excellence for drone education

The Centre of Excellence will provide exposure to students and help them build a career in India’s booming drone industry. The courses will be taught by industry experts. 

Aereo (formerly Aarav Unmanned Systems), end-to-end drone solutions startup, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SJC Institute of Technology to open a Centre of Excellence. The institute will serve as a platform where students learn the fundamentals of drones, drone mapping, GIS, data processing, and a certified remote pilot training course.  

The MoU signing ceremony took place on April 5, 2023, on the SJCIT campus in Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The signing ceremony was followed by a live flight demonstration of Aereo’s survey-grade PPK drone. As a token of gratitude, Aereo also mapped the college campus using its drone. It will create a digital 3D twin and an ultra-high resolution 2D map of the campus.

These datasets will aid the development activities of the campus and act as a learning tool for the civil engineering students. The Centre of Excellence will provide exposure to students and help them build a career in India’s booming drone industry. The courses will be taught by industry experts.

 After signing the MoU, Vipul Singh, CEO of Aereo, said, “This Centre of Excellence will lay the groundwork for drone education in the country. We are extremely grateful to SJCIT for their collaboration and look forward to providing top-notch drone education to the youth of Karnataka. Lack of high-skilled workforce is a primary bottleneck for the Indian drone industry. By imparting holistic drone education along with remote pilot training, we aim to create thousands of new drone-related jobs and pave the way for R&D in indigenous drone technology. It will equip students with real-world experience and skills required to forge a lucrative career in the Indian drone industry.” 

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