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- Droneacharya Aerial Innovations Ltd (DRONACHRYA.BO), a DGCA-certified drone solution provider founded in 2017 and headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India, specializes in drone pilot training, customized drone manufacturing, supply, maintenance services, and drone-as-a-service offerings including survey and mapping, surveillance and videography, precision spraying, multi-sensor aerial surveys, 3D mapping, underwater and land inspections, GIS data processing, drone delivery, and advanced analytics such as bathymetry, volume estimation, and asset health monitoring; the company serves sectors like agriculture, mining, oil and gas, utilities, infrastructure, urban planning, defense, and government clients with operations spanning India, North America, Europe, the UK, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and subsidiaries or partners internationally. Droneacharya offers specialized training programs in aerial cinematography, GIS, Python, and industrial applications, post-training consultancy for pilot industry transitions, hardware and software solutions including firmware, anti-drone systems, UTM air traffic management, and indigenous products like the Agriveer multi-purpose agricultural drone, which received DGCA Type Certification; it also develops in-house inspection products using SLAM technology and surveillance drones for defense, with recent demonstrations of FPV and kamikaze drones in high-altitude trials and projects for the Indian Army, Munitions India, and Force One. In recent developments, the company launched Agriveer and expanded training with over 1,000 DGCA-certified pilots across 125 batches, new RPTOs in Delhi NCR and Coimbatore, and contracts from the Indian Army for pilot training and drone labs; it secured major projects like the Bengaluru Ring Rail LiDAR survey, Dholera SIR survey, and Tata Communications solutions, alongside partnerships with Volatus Aerospace for global solutions, EY and IIT Ropar for Nepal's drone ecosystem, and work orders worth over Rs 10 crore from the Indian Army for FPV drones, while achieving 84% export-driven revenue and pursuing acquisitions in drone-centric firms despite FY2024-25 financial provisions and SEBI proceedings on prior IPO matters.