Beating Retreat Ceremony 2023: ‘Around 1,000 Indigenously Built Drones To Form Part of Light Show’, Says Union Minister Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, January 28: Around 1,000 indigenously constructed drones will kind a component of the sunshine present on the Beating Retreat ceremony right here on Saturday night. This will make India the fourth nation, after China, Russia and UK, to hold out such a large-scale present with these unmanned aerial automobiles, Union Minister of State Science and Technology Jitendra Singh mentioned on Friday. "Indian StartUp "Botlab", funded by Technology Development Board (TDB) under Union Ministry of Science & Technology and led by IIT Delhi alumni, will fly 1,000 Drones in "Beating Retreat" ceremony tomorrow evening, as a part of the Light Show marking the conclusion of nearly week long programmes related to Republic Day," Jitendra Singh mentioned, including that it will make India the fourth nation, after China, Russia and UK, to hold out such a large-scale present with 1,000 drones. Republic Day 2023: 1,000 Drones To Display Multiple Formations in Sky at Beating Retreat Ceremony. At an indication of the Drone presentation right this moment, the Minister interacted with the "Botlab" StartUp group members at his residence together with Tanmay Bunkar, Sarita Ahlawat, Sujit Rana, Mohit Sharma, Harshit Batra, Kunal Meena and others. Singh mentioned that the Start-Up, Boatlab Dynamics was given an preliminary seed fund of Rs One crore rupees for R&D by Department of Science & Technology (DST) and subsequently Rs Rs 2.5 crore for scale up and commercialisation by Technology Development Board to develop first of its type technological venture in India. "The success of this project is a perfect example of inter-Ministerial coordination wherein everyone from senior officials to the last executing official of MoD, DST TDB and IIT Delhi all worked together to make this programme a success and supporting the company in demonstrating the accomplishment of Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission," he added. Rajesh Kumar Pathak, IP&TAFS, Secretary, TDB acknowledged that, "Due to paucity of time, the project came as a challenge to TDB but considering the innovation involved and contribution it would make to nation building. TDB took this up and we are glad that we could provide the assistance on time. Also, I would also like to thank Prof Ashutosh Sharma (Former Chairperson, TDB & Former Secretary, DST) for his timely support for the project and my predecessor Dr.Neeraj Sharma (Former Secretary, TDB) for understanding the project's national importance." (The above story first appeared on SociallyKeeda on Jan 28, 2023 08:20 PM IST. For more information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and life-style, go surfing to our web site sociallykeeda.com).