National Seminar    

• Dr. P V S Murthy, Chief Sci. & Head UAV Division, CSIR-NAL

• Dr. Parag Deshpande, Principal Scientist, CSIR-NAL

• Shri. Nishikant Tamrakar, Scientist F, ADE

• Smt. Lakshmi Ravishankar, Scientist H, ADA

• Mr. Shashant Anand, Senior Scientist, CSIR-NAL

• Mr. Alexander Kale, Principal Scientist, CSIR-NAL

• Shri. Kiran Kulkarni, Director, Haribon Aeronautics Pvt. Ltd.

• Mr. Shiv Varun Singh Rajput, CEO, Nautical Wings Aerospace

• Dr. S N Omkar, IISc

• Mrs. Devshree Kumar, Principal Scientist, CSIR-NAL

• Dr. Ravindra S Kulkarni, RV College of Engineering

• Dr. Kuldeep Singh Kakran, Principal Scientist, CSIR-CECRI 

The seminar will cover a range of topics including,

• Design of heavy payload (100 kg) Autonomous Vehicles for Geophysical Mapping Applications

• UAV Research, Design, Development and Testing

• Control Algorithms design for fixed wing UAVs – Open Source Autopilots

• Application of UAV in Defense sector

• Propulsive performance of a bio-inspired oscillating flexible propulsor for UUV

• Artificial Intelligence for UAV

• Drone Computing

• Fuel-Cell based UAVs Possibilities and Challenges

• Regulatory Requirements and Ethical Consideration

• Precision Agriculture using high resolution Remote Sensing Drones: CSIR Initiative to boost farming

• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies including 3D Printing

• Powering the Future of Flight: Advanced Lithium Batteries and Hybrid Systems for UAVs