Meghalaya to issue Drone Pilot’s License soon

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 22, 2022

After setting up its own UAV & GIS centre, Meghalaya is in the process of setting up the two Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO) for the purpose of training and certification of Drone pilots to obtain Drone Pilot’s license.

Given the demand, this will enable a number of local youth to be certified and generate employment in this field.

By bringing all these capabilities under the UAV & GIS Centre, it will enable it to integrated various data from various sources into a common digital platform so that there is better interoperability, coordination and even enable decision support system that are based on sound data.

The MBDA has already begun an apprenticeship program to train GIS personnel and UAV experts and pilots to make them job ready.

The program provides intensive on the job learning in the real world and has already proven to be quite successful, with 23 Apprentices trained to date.

These have now moved on to fill various requirements both within MBDA and outside.