ideaForge in the news

2020

Drones help Central Railway catch thieves; to now monitor trespassers – Mumbai Mirror, 18 Aug 2020
The Growth Potential For Drones In The Delivery And Logistics Domains – EFY, 04 Aug 2020
LIVEFIST Talks To India’s Drone Pioneer ideaForge – LiveFist, 26 Jul 2020
Chinese drone companies are actually in the business of ‘data arbitrage’: Indian drone maker ideaForge – Medianama, 23 Jul 2020
ideaForge launches unique drone buyback offer with benefits up to INR 1.5 lakh along with the industry’s first financing option – sUAS News, 22 Jul 2020
From Jet To Mountain Tanks: India Speeds Up Defence Acquisitions | Battle Cry – India Today, 18 Jul 2020
Another Import, Or Will Indian Army Choose Indian Infantry Drone – LiveFist, 14 Jul 2020
Ludhiana police deploys drone to keep an eye on containment zones – ANI News, 01 Jul 2020
Coronavirus lockdown | Drones act as invincible frontline workers in India’s fight against COVID-19 – Moneycontrol, 15 Apr 2020
How drones in India are taking the fight to coronavirus – Economic Times, 15 Apr 2020
Eyes in the sky to help police curb crowds in dense areas – The Hindu, 14 Apr 2020
How ideaForge is deploying drones to monitor social distancing during coronavirus lockdown – YourStory, 14 Apr 2020
Drones Drive Surveillance in Sealed Areas – Hindustan Times, 11 Apr 2020
#StartupsVsCovid19: India’s Drone Startups Join The Fight With Deliveries, Surveillance – Inc42, 11 Apr 2020
Covid-19 lockdown: Crowd control via eye in the sky – Financial Express, 09 Apr 2020
Caught On Drone Cam: Lockdown Norms Flouted Across Country – ABP News, 09 Apr 2020
Mumbai: Drones swoop into Dharavi to shepherd people to safety – Times of India, 07 Apr 2020
Guwahati Police deploy drone cameras to monitor situation amid coronavirus pandemic – ANI, 05 Apr 2020
Sangli, Guwahati police use drones to enforce Covid-19 lockdown – The Hindu BusinessLine, 31 Mar 2020
L&T, ideaForge sign pact for high-tech drone manufacturing – Economic Times, 07 Feb 2020
Fractal and IdeaForge Announce Global Technology Partnership to Launch AI-Powered Drones – AiThority, 04 Feb 2020

2019

L&T, ideaForge sign pact for high-tech drone manufacturing – Economic Times, 07 Feb 2020
Fractal and IdeaForge Announce Global Technology Partnership to Launch AI-Powered Drones – AiThority, 04 Feb 2020
Will Deeptech’s Fortunes Turn In 2020? – Entrepreneur India, 31 Dec 2019
Burning Taj Hotel Made Us Want To Use Our Drone Technology For Defence Purposes, Said This Co-founder – Entrepreneur India, 13 Dec 2019
From drones to wi-fi cameras, MSV to take centre-stage during Winter Session’s bandobast – The Hitavada, 12 Dec 2019
How UAVs Are Empowering Scalability In India – Silicon India, 26 Nov 2019
ideaForge and EM3 Agriservices form a potent partnership to double farmers’ income in India – sUAS News, 07 Nov 2019
Invest in technology to regulate drone usage, prevent threats – FICCI, 24 Oct 2019
Anti-drone regulations to be issued within week’s time: BCAS official – The Economic Times, 22 Oct 2019
Combating Disasters with Drones – ET NOW, 05 Oct 2019
NINJA UAV – The NPNT Compliant VTOL Micro Drone Takes Off – 01 Oct 2019
ideaForge and Aaronia announce their partnership to develop a state-of-the-art drone operations and monitoring solution for the Anti-drone rush – sUAS News, 27 Sep 2019
ideaForge partners German firm Aaronia AG to prevent unethical use of drones – The Hindu BusinessLine, 27 Sep 2019
ideaForge CTO, Rahul Singh talks about the implementation of Aaronia’s anti-drone system in India – India TV, 26 Sep 2019
Exclusive: Blueprint for anti-drone technology at top Indian airports soon – India Today, 23 Sep 2019
ideaForge selected for Unreasonable Impact Asia Pacific Programme 2019 – Unreasonable, 12 Sep 2019
Lynx – Lawrence and Mayo partners with ideaForge to provide highly specialised UAVs for the Indian Market – Geospatial World, 16 Aug 2019
Drones: The Vehicle for Business Transformation – FICCI, 16 Jul 2019
Drones – From military precision to business transformation – FICCI, 21 Jun 2019
5 brilliant innovations by IITians you should know about – Yahoo! News, 03 May 2019
Time to Take Off – Business Today, 04 Apr 2019
Transforming India into a Drone-Nation – Medium, 23 Mar 2019
Agriculture Drones: Exclusive Premiere for Tribal Youth Leaders in India – WeRobotics, 15 Mar 2019
ideaForge and HCL Technologies to showcase AI-powered drone solutions at the 2019 World Economic Forum – sUAS News, 25 Jan 2019
ideaForge CEO, Ankit Mehta provides further clarity on Civil Aviation Regulations 2.0 – ET NOW, 15 Jan 2019
Hon’ble Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri Jayant Sinha showcases ideaForge’s NPNT-compliant drones at Global Aviation Summit 2019 – 15 Jan 2019
Is it time for drone taxis? – Business Today, 13 Jan 2019
Drone Takeoff – Business Today, 11 Jan 2019

2018

Will the new set of regulations result in drone technology taking off in India? – The Hindu, 04 Dec 2018
The new guidelines for drone regulations came into effect from December 1 – ET NOW, 04 Dec 2018
These 5 startups are helping the armed forces safeguard the country – YourStory, 09 Oct 2018
These startups are keeping the military in top gear – Times of India, 07 Oct 2018
ideaForge wins Times Ascent Engineering Mastermind Quiz 2018 – Times Ascent, 08 Sep 2018
Decoding India’s Drone Regulations – Leaders of Tomorrow ET Now, 18 Jul 2018
Karnataka floods: An exclusive look at how drone technology helped rescue efforts in Kodagu – BGR India, 25 Aug 2018
Nine startups with promise. These ventures are making the right noises. – Forbes India, 18 May 2018
Meet the eight innovators who won at the seventh Marico Innovation Foundation Awards – YourStory, 24 Feb 2018
The drone-acharyas: Four friends and drones that spot terrorists, help in disaster relief and more – India Today, 06 Jan 2018

2017

Drone ‘Netra’ to keep surveillance on Amarnath Yatra: CRPF – United News of India, 29 June 2017
Drone startup ideaForge to make two UAVs for NTPC – Times of India, 19 June 2017
Battling insurgents and stone pelters, CRPF to begin using its ‘third eye’ in Kashmir operations – IndiaToday, 29 Mar 2017
Remember the Drone Rancho Was Flying in 3 Idiots? Meet the IIT Bombay Alumni Who Made It – The Better India, 27 Feb 2017
Ideaforge’s UAVs were deployed during Pathankot incident and Uttaranchal natural disaster – Entrepreneur India, 28 Feb 2017
How a bunch of tech-driven ventures are updating India’s outdated defence setup – The Economic Times, 08 Jan 2017
Startups serve India’s defence, and profitably – India Defence News, 06 Jan 2017
Geospatial Technologies in India – Success Stories – FICCI, Jan 2017 Edition

2016

Drone Startup IdeaForge Raises Funding from Infosys, Others – Techstory, 15 Dec 2016
Ardh Kumbh Mela opens to colourful start in Haridwar – Hindustan Times, 14 Jan 2016
Ardh Kumbh Mela: Cops to hire 3 drones for security – The Pioneer, 07 Jan 2016
Enter the Drone – Incredible India Magazine, 17 Oct 2016
Hitech startups urge PM’s support to ignite defence industry – The Hindu, 11 Jan 2016
ideaforge raises 10MN – 15 Dec 2016
India Finalizes $3B Blueprint for UAV Fleets – Defense News, 20 Mar 2016
40 days and Rs 1 crore later, maneating tigress killed – IndiaTimes, 21 Oct 2016
Infosys invests in Indian drone startup ideaForge – Economic Times, 15 Dec 2016
From Pathankot to Pampore, how ideaForge is powering the Indian Army – Economic Times, 15 Dec 2016
Geospatial World Magazine – November 2016 Edition
Pathankot attack: Indian Air Force to spend over $1 billion to secure its top air bases -The Economic Times, 04 Feb 2016
RAF deploys UAV for surveillance at Sabarimala – The Hindu, 17 Jan 2016
IdeaForge to raise $10m Series A funding – The Hindu, 24 March 2016

2015

Tamil Nadu battles massive floods, thousands rescued in Chennai – IBNLive, 03 Dec 2015
DRDO Netra Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV),Quadcopter, Indian Armed Forces – AerMech.in, 23 Oct 2015
DRDO Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness A Curtain Raiser – Business Standard, 27 Nov 2015
India tops list of drone-importing nations – Business Standard, 04 May 2015
Drone arrow in Assam cop quiver – 01 Oct 2015
Governors Now Magazine Article – January 2015
IdeaForge to raise $10m Series A funding – The Hindu, 23 Dec 2015
India: UAVs maker IdeaForge plans to raise $10m in series A round – DealStreetAsia, 29 Dec 2015
Amazon drones: Why drones in India should take wing soon – Livemint, 11 Apr 2015
Nepal earthquake relief: How drones from mumbai came to the rescue – Firstpost, 08 Jun 2015
Drones Meets Delhi Police for improving Security – Nextbigwhat.com, 21 Jan 2015
NDRF Netra reaches remote areas – Sakal Times, 01 May 2015
Drones are here to stay: Here are the startups seizing the space – SUAsnews.com, 13 May 2015
India tops list of drone-importing nations – The Times of India, 04 May 2015
Drones are welcome but where’s the policy framework – Observer Research Foundation, 15 Jan 2015
Using NETRA in elections – Jagran.com – 25 Aug 2015
Startups deploy eyes in the sky to aid search and rescue – YourStory, 04 Dec 2015

2014

DRDO Contingent at the Republic Day Parade‐2014 – DRDO, 23 Jan 2014
Cover Story: Game of drones – Graphiti The Telegraph Magazine, 09 Nov 2014
Using Drones to make peace, not war – Bloomberg Businessweek, 23 Oct 2014
India acquires eyes in the sky with drones – Ajazeera, 03 Oct 2014
Eye in the Sky – BLink(Business Line), 15 Nov 2014
Visitors get feel of combat systems at Defexpo – Business Standard, 08 Feb 2014
UAV to be used during Gujarat fair – Business Standard, 05 Sept 2014
Drones for all – Business Standard, 08 Nov 2014
Can Drones Revolutionise Business? – MindYourBusiness, 01 Sept 2014
IITians eye in the sky – Careers 360, 06 Mar 2014
Drones, a major draw at mumbai’s engineering expo – Daijiworld, 19 Dec 2014
Pune Landslide: Death toll raises to 20; UAVs, NDRF teams deployed for search and rescue operations – DailyBhaskar.com, 13 Dec 2014
Beas Tragedy: Two bodies found, unmanned aerial vehicle search on – DeccanChronicle, 13 Jun 2014
Drone cathches eyes at Mumbai engineering show – Gulfnews.com, 19 dec 2014
Drones are coming near you – VCCIRCLE, 10 Aug 2014
Drones Boom: The next big opportunity after e-commerce – rediff.com, 10 Nov 2014
Drones by IIT-Bombay grab attention at show – AsianAge, 18 Dec 2014
Forging Ahead: ideaforge – Enspace Vol VIII Issue I, 2014
FIPB to take up 48 FDI cases on oct 21 – Economic Times, 12 Oct 2014
NDRF uses UAV to survey pune landslide – Geospatial World, 05 Aug 2014
Netra UAV deployed in Mandi Beas search operations – Himachal Watcher, 14 June 2014
Delhi police to use DRDO Netra for street surveillance – IBNLive, 15 Dec 2014
Five cool Indian startups offering drone technology – The Economic Times, 25 Apr 2014
NDMA Deploys UAVs to trace human bodies – The New Indian Extress, 13 Jun 2014
Interview with Ankit Mehta, Co-Founder: ideaForge – Craxy Engineers, 16 Jun 2014
The tableau of DRDO passes through the Rajpath during the 65th Republic Day Parade 2014 – New Delhi, 26 Jan 2014
Ankit Mehta: Commecial use of drones to rise – LiveMint, 28 Jan 2014
Netra from NDRF to aid search operations in Himachal – The Indian Express, 14 June 2014
The tableau of DRDO passes through the Rajpath during the 65th Republic Day Parade 2014 – Press Information Bureau, 29 Jan 2014
‘We dont make UAVs to earn money and fame’ – rediff.com, 07 Feb 2014
IdeaForge Company updates – Signeture Issue, Feb 2014
Cool Drone Technologies Offered By Indian Companies – Silicone India, 21 Apr 2014
Start up questions – DC Media Corp, 2014
Stone Age cops prefer lathis to drones – The Free Express Journal, 31 Aug 2014
Technical startups flourish on deals with indian Police Forces – The Economic Times, 29 Oct 2014
The ‘Z’ Axis – An Eye in the Sky – Fundamatics, 18 Jul 2014
Beas river tragedy: UAV ecohosounder to help in search – The Times of India, 13 Dec 2014
Landslide wahses away Pune village, 17 dead 200 trapped, UAVs used – The Times of India, 31 Jul 2014
TTD to Buy UAV for Tirumala Security – The New Indian Express, 04 Jul 2014
Unmanned aerial vehicles- A look at upcoming players – The Economic Times, 21 Aug 2014
Flying high with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in India – Your Story, 07 Aug 2014
Beas Tragedy: UAV fails to find missing students, hightech search from today – ZeeNews, 13 Dec 2014
Delhi police force deploy mini UAV for night surveillance – FightGlobal.com, 15 Dec 2014
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A look at upcoming players – The Economic Times, 21 Oct 2014
In Unpredictable India, Security Services Embrace the Drone Revolution – Time, 06 Aug 2014

2013

‘Netra’ se nazar – Rajsthan Patrika, 25 Jun 2013
A bird’s eye view – The Smart CEO, 01 Feb 2013
Anti-Naxal ops: UAVs finally show results for CRPF – ZeeNews, 07 Sept 2013
Help for budding businessmen – The Telegraph, 18 Apr 2013
Uttarakhand News: Rescue operation to use UAV in Kedarnath – India Today, 23 Jun 2013
Idiots eye in search for life – Unmanned vehicle debuts in disaster relief – The Telegraph, 24 Jun 2013
UAVs to scrutinise operations – Deccan Herald, 25 Jun 2013
UAVs look for survivors as new landslides, rain hamper rescue – The New Indian Express, 25 Jun 2013
Weather may improve by Friday – The New Indian Express, 25 Jun 2013
To spot missing survivors, 3 UAVs overfly Kedarnath – The Times of India, 25 June 2013
UAVs keep watch as Modi flags off Jagannath rath yatra – Business Standard, 10 July 2013
Cell jammers , UAV made Narandra Modi’s BKC rally safe – DNA, 24 Dec 2013
Drones may be used in Maoist-hit Jangalmahal – Hindustan Times, 17 Oct 2013
Drones set to crowd Indian skies – Times Of India, 24 July 2013
A Man-Portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – EFY, 2013
Eye in the sky to scan puja crowd – The Times of India, 09 Oct 2013
Gujarat Police uses Netra UAV to keep watch over Rath Yatra – DeshGujarat, 10 Jul 2013
IIT Bombay incubated ideaForge’s unmanned aerial vehicle being used for rescue ops in Uttarakhand – Yourstory 27 June 2013
India debuts manpack VTOL UAVs for HADR – Shephard, 02 July 2013
Gujarat cops gets a high-tech eye in the sky – The Indian Express, 14 May 2013
UAVs keep an eye on the procession – The Indian Express, 11 July 2013
Yatra gets a Netra – The Indian Express, 14 July 2013
Interview – moneycontrol.com, 04 June 2013
More UAVs watching Bastar 24×7 ahead of polls – The Times of India, 02 Nov 2013
Netra in the news – Saamna, 24 June 2013
Netra in Rescue Operation – Navbharat Times, 25 Jun 2013
Gujarat bets on indigenous UAVs to keep surveillance help in public security – The Economic Times, 06 Jul 2013
R&DE’s UAV Netra watching over Rath Yatra – Sakal Times, 11 Jul 2013
Cell jammers , UAV made Narandra Modi’s BKC rally safe – sUAS news, 25 Dec 2013
An eye in the sky over Kolkata – The Statesman, 14 Aug 2013
Calcutta police testing their eye in the sky – The Telegraph, 09 Oct 2013
UAV built by IITB grads to provide security at Rath Yatra – The IITian, 24 Jul 2013
UAV rescue teaser for sikim – Sikkim Express, 13 Sept 3013
UAV in Gangtok skies – Telegraph, Sept 2013
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle To Keep Eye on Kashmir Capital – Free Press Kashmir, 14 Aug 2013
India deploys VTOL UAS for disaster relief – Shephard Magazine, Aug/Sept 2013
With the IIT-Bombay clan behind the hardware startup ideaForge: The makers of UAVNetra – YourStory 19 July 2013

2012-2011

Netra cameras to keep a close watch over New Year’s Eve hotspots – The Times of India, 31 Dec 2012
UAVs to keep an eye on Party Revelers during New year – The Times of India, 31 Dec 2012
Young Achiever: The Robo Boy – The Hans India, 30 Aug 2012
A Few men and a Flyign Machine – Enterpreneur Magazine, Oct 2012
CBI uses UAVs to nail illegal stone mining in MP – Firstpost, 08 May 2012
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle kept an eye on Raj Thackeray’s mega rally – The Economic Times, 22 Aug 2012
Cops introduce bird-in-the-sky surveillance for Raj’s mega-rally – Mumbai Mirror, 22 Aug 2012
‘Netra’ very effective at Girgaum: Cops – Hindustan Times, 01 Oct 2012
Battle-ready, but women commandoes can’t find job – Hindustan Times, 17 Oct 2012
Achievements of Ministry of Defence during year 2012 – Military & Aerospace, 18 Dec 2012
Tricity hopes against hope for some development – ExpressIndia, 01 Jan 2012
UAV from 3 Idiots now part of defence forces – Hindustan Times, 21 Jan 2012
UT may put brakes on UAV purchase – Indian Express, 02 Feb 2012
PC Inaugurates CRPF IED MAnagement School in Pune – newsoutlookindia, 23 Feb 2012
Netra off the radar after induction – Pune Mirror, 06 Feb 2012
India conducts flight trials of Micro, Mini Air Vehicles – The Economic Times, 25 Jan 2012
EYE IN THE SKY – Times of India, 23 Aug 2012
Attack of Drones – The Crest Mumbai, 03 Dec 2011
Innovators under 35, Ashish Bhat – Technology Review, 2011
Fly High – The Hindu, 12 Dec 2012

2010-2009

An eye in the sky – India Today, 16 Apr 2010
Aerial Eye to Guard Against Terrorism – Electronicsforyou, June 2010
Flood or enemies, tiny air vehicle will keep hawk’s eye – Times of India, 08 Aug 2009
Business of arsenals – The Economic Times, 24 Sep 2010
All charged up – Business Standard, 20 Apr 2009
‘Charge mobiles without electricity’ – EDUCARE: Role Model, 09 June 2009
The Future is here – Epaper, 05 Apr 2009
Innovation Station – Hindustan times, 08 Jan 2010
Drone of ‘3 Idiots’ could now serve Army, NSG; DRDO in talks – The Indian Express, 11 Feb 2010
AIMA Global Innovation Conference – AIMA, 2-7 Nov 2009
Product Review – My Mobiel Magazine, April 2009
Now charge your phone by hand – Technology review, Dec 2009
Using UAV for Surveillance – Technology review, Dec 11 2009