As fascinating as drones are, the regulations around buying, importing and using drones have been a quagmire for quite some time, especially for enthusiasts. However, a lot of that has changed, in the last 8-10 months or so, when authorities placed proper regulations and requirements around drones. With a number of food and grocery delivery startups as well as established e-commerce players planning to get into drone based deliveries , we need strong players in the Indian market, who have developed the technology indigenously. Therefore, we got in touch with Vipul Singh, the CEO and Co-founder, Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS), a Bangalore-based commercial drone technology startup that is among the country’s top providers of UAV-based land surveying solutions. We tried to understand, what unique challenges does the Indian urbanscape create for startups who are looking to integrate drones into their logistics, and how viable is drone-pilots or drone flying as a career...
