: Focus on quality, innovation & indigenization to make India global drone hub: MoS VK Singh #FinanceIndia #StockMarketNEWS Focus on quality, innovation & indigenization to make India global drone hub:

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Focus on quality, innovation & indigenization to make India global drone hub: MoS VK Singh New Delhi, Sept 2 (KNN) FICCI in collaboration with the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a two-day conference on Making India a Global Drone Hub from Sept 1.

Addressing the conference, Gen VK Singh (Retd), Minister of State for Civil Aviation said “for India to become a global hub for drones it is imperative to focus on quality, innovation and indigenization leading to lower cost.”

“This is how industry will be able to capture the market in India and abroad. Initial investment on research and development will get you the market and will get you what has been invested in larger measure,” he said.

Singh further highlighted that the government is also looking at ensuring that the PLI scheme fructify in pushing up the industry. It will also encourage others to join the bandwagon so that the PLI scheme can help them in taking their own markets forward.

Speaking at the occasion, Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, emphasized on the need to increase the number of training institutes for skilled manpower and urged the industry to collaborate with the government to increase the number of teachers for RTPO (remote pilot training organization) training.

“In next 2-3 months, all three regulators (UGC, AICTE and NCVT) are coming up with credit transfer framework where a 30-hour course can be transferred from one to another,” he added.

Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt of India said that three Ts including Type Certificate, Training and Tracking are critical to boost the drone sector in India.

“I urge the industry to develop the quality standards to set-up manuals and policy suggestions and it is the quality that will take the country ahead. We are moving towards a completely system-based system,” he added.

Other key speakers at the event included Jalaj Dani, Member, SCALE Committee, DPIIT, Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General, DGFT, Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation, Ankit Gupta, Co-Chair, FICCI Committee on Drones and Arun Chawla, Director General, FICCI.

FICCI-EY report ‘Making India the Drone Hub of the World’ was released during the event. (KNN Bureau)