The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Tech 24 Aviation (a unit of HRTECH 24 Private Limited) and Gap Avia LLP organized a webinar on "Introduction of Drone and Safety Assessment" on Friday, 28th August, 2020 from 4:30 pm on Zoom. The objective of the programme was to identify and help people become more aware of the opportunities of surveillance through Drones, the various applications of Drone, and also to help assess employment and livelihood opportunities in the segment.

Drones are nowadays used for multiple purposes, such as:
▪  Industrial Surveillance
▪  Aerial photography
▪  Shipping and delivery
▪  Geographic mapping
▪  Disaster management
▪  Precision agriculture
▪  Search and rescue
▪  Wildlife monitoring
and several others.

Representatives from industry houses, logistics and shipping sector, administrative officials, police and technical students (for future job opportunities in the market segment) attended the session.

The notable personalities who registered and/or attended included:
▪  Director, Civil Aviation, Government of West Bengal;
▪  Airport Director, Durgapur Airport;
▪  Head, Corporate Affairs, Zurich Airport;
▪  Joint Director, Ministry of Skill Development, Government of India;
▪  Several senior level officials from Airports Authority of India;
▪  Officials from Transport Department (Civil Aviation wing), Government of West Bengal;
▪  Executive Director, PWC India;
▪  Executive Director, KPMG;
▪  Associate Director, Deloitte;
▪  Vice President & Head - Corporate Centre, Larsen & Toubro;
▪  Fellows and senior officials from Indian Institute of Metals;
▪  Officials from Pawan Hans;
▪  Officials from Amazon;
▪  Director, Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences;
▪  Deans and faculties from several Universities and Colleges;
and many others.

The webinar was chaired by Mr. Tapas Das Gupta, Member, the Manufacturing & MSME committee, The Bengal Chamber and Senior Partner, SysPro Solutions Inc. The esteemed speakers of the Panel included Mr. Virender Singh, Managing Partner, GAP Avia LLP and Mr. Sunderesan N, Chief Drone Instructor, Tech 24 Aviation. Tech 24 is widely known for having acclaimed courses of training on Drone. Government of India has appointed HRTECH as a permanent member of the Drone Expert Committee.