{"id":17374,"date":"2018-12-06T18:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/with-draft-rules-in-place-skylark-drones-to-deploy-uavs-at-tata-steel-mine\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T18:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:39:30","slug":"with-draft-rules-in-place-skylark-drones-to-deploy-uavs-at-tata-steel-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/?p=17374","title":{"rendered":"With draft rules in place, Skylark Drones to deploy UAVs at Tata Steel mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t   By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our   \t   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/cookie-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cookie Policy<\/a> unless you have disabled them. 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The engagement could mean offering of a standalone software solution or the deployment of complete end-to-end solutions. Located in Jharkhand&#039;s West Singbhum district, Noamundi is one of the oldest operating mines in the country.      <\/p>\n<p>  \t&quot;We have co-created India&#039;s first mine monitoring system with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/topic\/tata-steel\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tata Steel <\/a>under the directives of the Indian Bureau of Mines. This encompasses three facets &#8212; compliance, monitoring and surveillance. As part of this engagement, we will have drone-based analytical capabilities being used for compliance reporting, monitoring volumetric production and automating lease boundary management,&quot; said Gokul Kumaravelu, the marketing lead at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/topic\/skylark-drones\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Skylark Drones.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \tDrone solutions are expected to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/topic\/tata-steel\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tata Steel <\/a>operate their mines more efficiently and raise productivity, besides ensuring higher regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n<p>  \tWith the Ministry of Civil Aviation unveiling its drone policy and commercialising their usage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/topic\/skylark-drones\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Skylark Drones <\/a>is eyeing wider applications. &quot;We have been awaiting regulatory interventions. Now, we are aiming to get our drones compliant by January or February next year,&quot; Kumaravelu said.<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe ministry&#039;s drone policy has gone live and online registration of drones has kicked off from December 1 this year. Flying drones or remotely-piloted aircraft has become legal in India from December 1 with the National Drones Policy coming into effect. The new policy, called &#039;Drone Regulations 1.0&#039;, clarifies where, when and how drones can operate within the country. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has designated five different categories of drones &#8212; nano,  micro, small, medium and large.<\/p>\n<p>  \tBesides Tata Steel, Skylark Drones is in advanced talks with three other major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/companies\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">companies <\/a>to deploy its solutions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/companies\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">companies <\/a>in question are active in the mining of key minerals like bauxite, copper and coal. &quot;The engagement should begin towards the middle of next year,&quot; Kumaravelu said.<\/p>\n<p>  \tSkylark Drones has placed huge bets on the mining sector. The company expects mining to be one of its top three verticals, alongside infrastructure and solar power. &quot;We started our operations in 2015 servicing legacy B2B (business to business) verticals. In this period, we have achieved scale in our core verticals of mining, infrastructure, agriculture and solar. In the process, we have crossed the initial stages of validation and finding the right product-market fit,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe technology is a web-based analytical platform that works by integrating data from different sensors to form different information layers such as 3D and thermal. It provides thematic analytics based on use-cases and applications. Though Skylark Drones has partnered with a few international tech companies such as Intel and Wipro, most of the technology that delivers value &#8212; such as understanding actual mine layout in the context of engineering plans and haul road route optimisations &#8212; to the mining customer has been developed in-house.<\/p>\n<p>  \t&quot;If a mining or infrastructure conglomerate needs to conduct a complete analysis of all their projects and assets using high-definition drone data as the basis, we can do it because of the distributed pilot networks we have that acquire data rapidly. Not just this, we have a unique delivery platform that makes it easier for end users in these companies to understand and use drone data without changing their systems or workflows,&quot; Kumaravelu claimed.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t     \t              \t             \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t                                              \t\t  \t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\tFirst Published: Thu, December 06 2018. 19:16 IST\t\t\t\t  \t  \t\t                                 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More On<\/a><\/li>\n<li>  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PREVIOUS STORY<\/p>\n<p>NEXT STORY<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t\t              \t\t\t              \t\t\t           \t\t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/prev-icon.jpg\" \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/next-icon.jpg\" \/>  \t\t\t           \t\t\t\t              \t\t\t\t                 \t\t\t\t                  <\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>  \t\t\t\t                 \t\t\t\t                 \t\t\t\t              \t\t\t           \t\t\t           \t\t\t        \t\t\t     \t\t\t                                         \t  \t\t              \t                  \t        Advertisements    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/click-tracker\/textlink\/id\/1482\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business Standard book for IBPS: 3000 GK Questions: GST, Budget 2017, Demonetisation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                                           \t\t  \t\t                                                       \t\t      \t\t      \t\t      \t\t      \t\t      \t\t  \t\t\t\t  \t      \t\t      \t                                                                  \t    \t\t                                       \t\t                                                                 \t        \t      \t      \t      &#039;;if(neverShowNotificaitonCookie==&#039;&#039;||neverShowNotificaitonCookie==&#039;undefined&#039;||neverShowNotificaitonCookie==null){var lastReminderCookie=getCookie(&#039;_ler&#039;+loginParamObj.uId);if((lastReminderCookie==&quot;&quot;)||(lastReminderCookie==&quot;undefined&quot;)||(lastReminderCookie==null)){$(&#039;body&#039;).prepend(notificationBox);}else{if(lastReminderCookie<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bsmedia.business-standard.com\/include\/_mod\/site\/html5\/images\/loading_round.gif\" \/>&#039;);$(&quot;#loading_invoice&quot;).show();var _id=this.id;$.ajax({&quot;type&quot;:&quot;POST&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.business-standard.com\/user\/api\/generate-user-invoice&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;request_id&quot;:loginParamObj.uId},&quot;success&quot;:function(data){$(&quot;#generate_invoice&quot;).text(&#039;click here&#039;);resopnseObject=JSON.parse(data);if(resopnseObject.status==&#039;success&#039;){if(resopnseObject.tinyUrl!=&quot;&quot;||resopnseObject.tinyUrl!=null){$(&quot;#notification_message&quot;).html(&#039;Your invoice has been sucessfully generated.<br \/>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/&#039;+resopnseObject.tinyUrl+&#039;\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to pay &#039;);window.open(resopnseObject.tinyUrl,&quot;_blank&quot;);if($(&quot;#generate_invoice_manage&quot;).length&gt;0){location.reload();}generateInvoice2=function(){};}else{alert(&quot;Your invoice has been successfully generated. 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