Garuda Aerospace Introduces Equality Drone Training Program to Empower People with Disabilities
3 min read~ In Partnership with Bharat Drone Association and National Drone Pilot Association ~
~ Present on the launch of this initiative are Varsha Kukreti Augustine, Founder and CEO of AutoMicroUAS, and Dr. MJ Augustine Vinod, Group Captain (Retd)~
05 September 2023, National
Garuda Aerospace, India’s main drone producer, alongside with Bharat Drone Association and National Drone Pilot Association proceed to spearhead class progress by making a secure, clear, reliable drone ecosystem in India. In a bid to strengthen its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEandI) initiatives, Garuda Aerospace now launched the Equality Drone Training program alongside with Bharat Drone Association and National Drone Pilot Association, particularly designed for individuals with disabilities. The program will present free-of-cost coaching, schooling, and ability improvement over a span of 10 days to individuals with disabilities, kickstarting in Chennai. The Equality Drone Training program is supported by Varsha Kukreti Augustine, Founder and CEO of AutoMicroUAS, and Dr. MJ Augustine Vinod, Group Captain (Retd).
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Equality Drone Training program is designed to practice people with bodily disabilities together with deafness, speech impairments, and mobility constraints. The programme with idea and sensible classes will cowl elements throughout each, upkeep and operation together with knowledge evaluation. The program spans utilisation of drones throughout agriculture, surveillance and mapping, and e-commerce and supply, thus equipping members with abilities required throughout a variety of industries. The coaching is tailor-made to people relying on their incapacity to additional empower them.
“Drone know-how is changing into an integral a part of companies throughout classes. The want for drone pilots is now extra urgent than ever. Garuda Aerospace, alongside with the Bharat Drone Association and the National Drone Pilot Association, have all the time been on the forefront of figuring out and coaching new expertise, thereby persistently creating alternatives for youth to change into impartial. More importantly, additional strengthening our DEandI outlook, our new coaching program is designed to ability and upskill individuals with disabilities; it empowers youth with a necessity of the hour ability set. We are proud to be an enabler on their journey of self-reliance and monetary independence. We have already welcomed 20 individuals from Chennai and can quickly start rolling this system out throughout India with an goal to ability not less than 10,000 individuals by 2025. I additionally lengthen my heartfelt gratitude to Varsha Kukreti Augustine, Founder and CEO of AutoMicroUAS, and Dr. MJ Augustine Vinod, Group Captain (Retd), for his or her invaluable help and collaboration on this endeavour.” stated Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO at Garuda Aerospace.
“It has been a implausible journey offering drone publicity to college students with particular wants since 2015. Creating an inclusive studying surroundings is essential to making certain that everybody has equal alternatives to study and discover their potential. By providing drone coaching to college students with particular wants, Integrated Drone Training Academy (IDTA) gives them with a novel and thrilling studying expertise and empowers them to change into competent creators and contributors within the drone ecosystem. This inclusive method helps break down obstacles and promotes the concept that everybody, no matter their skills, can actively take part and excel in numerous fields. I’m pleased with how IDTA has formed and continues to present alternatives for college kids with particular wants to discover their pursuits and abilities on the planet of drones.” stated, Varsha Kukreti Augustine, Founder and CEO of AutoMicroUAS.
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