Drone-Startup AVGARDE lifts Champion Title in DRDO Dare to Dream 4.0 Contest

By Team Startupcity  |  Wednesday, 03 April 2024, 18:08 IST

Drone-Startup AVGARDE lifts Champion Title in DRDO Dare to Dream 4.0 Contest
AVGARDE, an innovative Deeptech startup was announced the winner of the DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation led Dare to Dream 4.0 contest for National level Startup innovations in 'countermeasures for drone and swarm of drones'. Nurtured at IIT Guwahati & IISc Bangalore, the Deeptech startup AVGARDE is generating a cutting-edge AI-powered object sensing platform for managing the low-altitude airspace.  
Established in Assam, AVGARDE holds its offices in Bangalore & Guwahati with overall operations in India & co-ordinates the nurturing consumers across the nation. 
Dare to Dream, an admired DRDO competition presents an inventive opportunity for startups & innovators to underscore the core challenges in booming technologies that amplify the drones in aerospace & defence capabilities of India, whereas contributing to the STI - Science, Technology and Innovation ecosystem to attain a self-reliance in technological advancements. 
Experssing his gratitude on winning the contest, Manash Bhuyan, Managing Director & Co-Founder of AVGARDE says, "We are honored and proud to be a winner at DRDO's coveted innovation contest, Dare to Dream 4.0. This award is a testimony of our globally competitive technology developed by our amazingly talented team. With this recognition, the innovation journey of AVGARDE is further validated as we continue to develop our best-in-class AI-driven airspace management platform for various applications, including drone countermeasures. With the proliferation of drones, the low-altitude airspace is confronted with many potential risks and threats for civilian and military dual-use cases. As we address these new-age challenges, AVGARDE is motivated to develop pioneering indigenous technology and contribute effectively towards a self-reliant India."
Likewise, Nilutpal Choudhury, CEO  & Co-Founder of AVGARDE expresses, "This award is a phenomenal milestone for AVGARDE and I have immense admiration and gratitude for our diverse and great team. DRDO's Dare to Dream is a great platform to validate innovations as it's a multi-stage screening process with various selection criteria considering aspects of novelty, applicability, implementability, technical merit and maturity. Therefore, it is a great honour to be recognized by DRDO, our country's esteemed R & D organization for aerospace and defence. Our team is further encouraged to innovate continuously to develop advanced home-grown technologies to fulfill our commitment towards Atmanirbhar Bharat”.

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