Department of Aerospace Engineering
Venue: FET Seminar Hall, Jain Global Campus, Ramanagara District, Karnataka – 562112
A 2-Day National Seminar on
Advances in UAV Technology
Day 1, 25th Oct, 2024 (Friday)
Time Topic Speaker
09:00-09:30 Registration
INAUGURAL PROGRAM
09:30-09:35 Invocation
09:35-09:40 Welcome by Dr. Antonio Davis, Director, IIAEM, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)
09:40-09:50 Address by Dr. S. A. Hariprasad, Director, FET, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)
Inaugural address by Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Former Chancellor and Principal Adviser,
09:50-10:00 JAIN (Deemed-to-b e University), Former Chairman, HAL
10:00-10:10 Address by Dr. Raj Singh, Vice Chancellor JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)
10:10-10:20 Address by Shri. Ravindra Bhandary, Vice President, Jain Group of Institutions
Address by Dr. Chenraj Roychand, Chancellor, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) and
10:20-10:35
President, Jain Group of Institutions
Keynote address by Dr. P V Sathyanarayana Murthy, Chief Scientist & Head, UAV Division,
10:40-11:25 CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
Design and Development of UAVs for Civil and Military applications - CSIR-NAL initiative
11:15-11:35 High Tea
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Session I
Design of heavy payload (100 kg)
Shri. Shashant Anand, Senior Scientist, CSIR-
11:40-12:15 Autonomous Vehicles for Geophysical NAL, Bangalore
Mapping Applications
Propulsive performance of a bio-inspired Dr. Parag Deshpande, Principal Scientist,
12:20-12:55 oscillating flexible propulsor for UUV CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
12:55-01:00 Q&A/Remarks by Session Chair
01:00-01:45 Lunch
Session II
Dr. Ravindra S. Kulkarni, HoD, Departmen t
01:50-02:25 FUEL- CELL BASED UAVs_ Possibilities and
Challenges of Aerospace Engineering, RVCE, Bangalore
Powering the Future of Flight: Advanced
Dr. Kuldeep Singh Kakran, Principal
02:30-03:05 Lithium Batteries and Hybrid Systems for Scientist, CSIR-CECRI, Chennai
UAVs
03.05–03:20 Tea Break
UAV Research, Design, Development and
03:20-03:55 Testing Shri. Nishikant Tamrakar, Sc’F’, ADE
04:00–04:35 Artificial Intelligence for UAV Smt. Lakshmi Ravishankar, Sc’H’, ADA
04:35-04:40 Q&A/Remarks by Session Chair
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Department of Aerospace Engineering
Venue: FET Seminar Hall, Jain Global Campus, Ramanagara District, Karnataka – 562112
A 2-Day National Seminar on
Advances in UAV Technology
Day 2, 26th Oct, 2024 (Saturday)
Time Topic p Speaker
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Key Note Address by Shri. Shiv Varun Singh Rajput, CEO Nautical Wings, Bangalore
09:30-10:10 India's New Golden Age in Aerospace: Paving the Path to a Drone Hub by 2030
and Net Zero in Aviation by 2047
Dr. S. N. Omkar, Chief Research
10:15-10:50 Drone Computing Scientist, IISc, Bangalore
10:50-11:05 Tea
Session III
Control Algorithms design for fixed wing Shri. Alexander Kale, Principal Scientist
11:05-11:40 UAVs – Open-Source Autopilots CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
Shri. Shrikant Dudhe, Dy. GM (Design),
11:45-12:20 Manned Unmanned Teaming Systems UAV Group, HAL, Bangalore
12:20-12:25 Q&A/Remarks by Session Chair
12:25-01:10 Lunch
Session IV
Fixed Wing UAV Development in India, Shri. Kiran Kulkarni, Director, Haribon
01:15-01:50 current scenario and needs of future. Aeronautics Private Limited, Bangalore
Precision Agriculture using high resolution
Mrs. Devshree Kumar, Principal
01:55-02:30 Remote Sensing Drones: CSIR Initiative to Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
boost farming
Applications of UAV in the Defense and Shri. Rohan Fernandes, Manager,
02:35-03:10 Enterprise Sectors DRONEachar ya, Pune
03:10-03:15 Q&A/Remarks by Session Chair
03:15-03:35 High Tea
VALEDICTORY PROGRAM
Valedictory address by Dr. Sridhara Murthi, Advisor, Chancellor's Advisory Board,
03:35-03:55 JAIN (Deemed-to-b e University), Hon. Director, International Institute of Space Law
03:55-04:00 Vote of Thanks
