A TEAM of Cranfield graduates won the inaugural Drone Olympics competition at Aero India, Asia's largest military aviation exhibition held last month in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.
They won the first and second place in the surveillance categories. The team from INDrone Aero Systems – competing under the name of Drovengers were returning to Aero India after meeting at a Cranfield alumni event during the show in 2017.
Anurag Joshi, managing partner and co-founder of INDrone, said: “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) entrants for the surveillance challenge needed to be light, have maximum endurance and be able to detect human-sized objects. We were the only team to identify all targets and showcase high endurance as necessary."
INDrone Aero Systems was founded by Anurag Joshi and Abhishek Somanagoudar in June 2016. The company uses drones to provide data in order to improve the planning, monitoring and execution of projects for businesses across sectors including transport infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and disaster management, said Cranfield University in a release.
Reena Barai, chair of the PB Conference, on the podium with Sadik Al-Hasan, Harry McQuillan, Shilpa Shah and Nick Kaye on stage
Yasmin Karsan, Pritee Panchmatia and Fin McCaul
Baba Akomolafe, Rachna Chhatralia, Patricia Tigenoah-Ojo and Raj Matharu
Shailesh Solanki 
Reena Barai 
Janet Morrison
David Webb 
