Students in India to learn with the latest, cutting
edge UAV mapping technology
WESTMINSTER, Colo.,
Nov. 29,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB)
announced today a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IIT
Kanpur) to support a new program in uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV)
to be offered by the Department of Aerospace Engineering. A signing
ceremony to officially launch the program was held on October 26 and attended by Professor Tarun Gupta, dean of research and development;
Professor Onkar Dikshit; Professor
Bharat Lohani; Major General Dr. B.
Nagarajan; and Professor Salil
Goel from IIT Kanpur. In attendance from Trimble were
Rajan Aiyer, managing director,
India; and Sanjeev Trehan, director, business development
and sales.
Trimble has contributed direct georeferencing (DG) products for
UAV survey and mapping to the institution. This includes a suite of
Applanix board sets and the supporting processing software. In
addition to the hardware and software, Trimble will also provide
training and support to educate the UAV engineering team on how
best to integrate and use the products within their teaching
curriculum.
India is projected to be the
fastest growing UAV market by 2025, according to a recent report by
PricewaterhouseCoopers. With this collaboration, the country will
gain local expertise in developing a set of best practices for UAV
georeferencing, while developing future generations with the
knowledge of and capability to work with the latest UAV
technology.
"We are excited to spearhead the development of UAV technology
in and for our country, which is being put in the spotlight under a
new government sponsored mandate for 'Made in India' commercial UAV solutions," said
Professor Salil Goel, PhD in
philosophy in geomatics and will be using the technology in his
student's coursework and lab exercises and for further research and
development. "Our collaboration with Trimble will allow
India to leverage the technology
for the country's agriculture, telecom, urban development and other
industries."
IIT Kanpur was declared an Institute of National Importance by
the Government of India under the
Institutes of Technology Act. With a dedicated program for UAV
education, it receives government funding to develop UAV technology
and build out labs to support student training and research. IIT
Kanpur's researchers are credited with creating the first solar
powered UAV developed in India,
named MARAAL-1 and MARAAL-2.
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