Youth leader agnishwar jayprakash, founder & md, garuda aerospace india pvt. Ltd.
How many of you know drones apart from what you see at the weddings and events? Those are just remote-control toys, according to me,
NO DISRESPECT. BUT DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT A DRONE IS?
I am the founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace. We have about 400 drones spread over 26 cities in the country.
WE ARE THE MOST VALUABLE DRONE START-UP AT ABOUT 200-250 MILLION DOLLARS. T A DRONE IS?
Throughout Covid, the one thing unaffected was that we ate three meals a day. That’s agriculture for you. Regardless of a pandemic, markets, recession, agriculture has always been agnostic. But not many care about the struggles these farmers go through to provide the food that we eat today. That was the founding motivation for me
I HAVE HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO KICKSTART A GREEN REVOLUTION 2.0 UTILISING DRONES. Advanced and autonomous, robust drones enabled with 4G and 5G, equipped with AI and machine learning which can disrupt two major multi-billion sectors – precision agriculture and industry 4.0 upgradation.
The goal was to figure out and understand the depths, lengths, and breadth where this disruptive technology can lead us to and how you can utilise this technology and galvanise youth and create a new revolution in our country. We started to fit drones with probes, magnetometers, sensors, different sprayers, etc
and we were capturing data and executing work in different ways.
That was just the beginning. We wanted to use drones for variety of other things including deliveries. Recently, Swiggy partnered with us in Bangalore.
WE ARE WORKING WITH AIRBUS TO MONITOR AIRCRAFTS; we are working with Tata Projects and with smart cities and municipal corporations, the survey of India, NHI, mapping, and so on.
THE FUTURE IS A COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND YOUTH, and this is the unique solution that I would like to give back. WE NEED YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE SELF-SUSTAINING TECHNOCRATS, going back to the villages and enhancing that ecosystem. That is what our goal is.
It is up to people like us to be the change that we want to see in the world. It is high time we realise that WE ARE NOT POWERLESS. Every single person has power in their own capacity.
HERE, AT ROTARY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR MONEY AND THAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE. Help our country by spending time with these youngsters. You have seen the world and they would significantly benefit from your inputs and advisory consultation.
RAPID-FIRE TUESDAYS WITH RCB
Texting or talking?
Texting.
What is the most rewarding advice you have ever got?
You are horrible and you have to get better.
Who gave it to you, if I may ask?
A person I hate the most – that motivates me.
So, you must be surrounding yourself with haters?
Yes, that is the best way. Keep enemies closer.
When are you most productive?
During the nights.
What was the last song that you downloaded?
Tamil song of Vikram.
What is something new happening in your life right now?
I am enjoying giving back to society in a ginormous way.
Invisibility or super strength?
Super strength
If you could go back in time, what year would you like to go to?
I’d like to go in the future.
How many years from now?
A few moments before my soul leaves the body because I’d want to know if I fulfilled whatever I had planned.
Advice you’d give your younger self?
Stay patient, you are definitely going to be great. You are going to be lovely.
What does a person need to be happy?
Happiness is a state of mind; you have to understand that.
Do you have a collection of anything?
I do. It’s a pin collection from my swimming days when I used to collect pins from India and then all the countries I travel-led to. So, I have about 120 different pins. And, also, I have a collection of my medals. My mom has made a trophy room in our house.
What is success to you?
Impact; if you are able to impact one million people’s lives positively, that’s my idea of success
