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BETTING ON A DRONE BOOM

Vishal Singh and Suhas Banshiwala had a particularly bright idea in 2013. They planned to use the then emerging drone technology for commercial applications such as carrying out land surveys. Their company, Aarav Unmanned Systems, which entered commercial operations in 2015, was only the second commercial drone company in the world. It has done well in the past six years, bagging contracts worth $4.5 million (around Rs 34 crore) from the public and private sectors. Aarav has an inventory of 40 drones right now and by next month will have augmented its fleet to 150 drones.

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