MeitY launches NIDAR 2.0 to develop drones powered by Indian-made chips

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Drone Federation India (DFI), on Monday launched the second edition of the National Innovation Challenge for Drone Application and Research (NIDAR 2.0), challenging students to build autonomous drones and indigenous flight controllers powered by India’s homegrown VEGA processor.

According to a MeitY release, NIDAR 2.0 offers a prize pool of more than Rs 65 lakh, along with startup incubation, cloud computing credits, software support and corporate internships for participating student teams.