We are proud to share that our team representing Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur participated in the 𝐍𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐑 Competition organized by the 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐃𝐅𝐈) in collaboration with the 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐘), 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.
Achievements: 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 – Precision Agriculture Problem Statement
Cash Prize: ₹𝟏,𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎
National Standing: Among the 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟓 teams in India, with participation of more than 100 teams
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞
The Precision Agriculture task required designing and fabricating the entire drone structure from scratch & demonstrating a complete autonomous drone ecosystem capable of :
• Autonomously scanning a 2-acre field
• Precisely geotagging yellow leaves (crop stress detection)
• Targeted pesticide spraying only on identified regions
• Executing the complete mission using two drones working collaboratively
• Completing everything within 20 minutes
Through continuous iterations, testing, and on-field validation, we built & integrated the entire system with dual decision spray system, implementing end-to-end autonomy algorithms to successfully detect & plan the mission, earning this national recognition.
Team Members:
Spruha Kshirsagar, Rajasi Deshmukh, Harshal Kolhe, Samiron Biswas, Kumar Ayush, Mrunmayee Limaye, Sanchet Dhalwar, Ishani Khaty, Abhinav Anand, Sunil Watgule, Tarun Kayala, Vishnu Swaminathan, Jayvind Baghel, Harsh Vyas, Srushti Mahajan, Shubhangi Desai, Ananya Goswami, Mayank Shirish Bari
Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank Dr. Shital Chiddarwar ma’am, Dr. Ashwin Kothari sir, and the Director, VNIT Nagpur for their valuable guidance and constant support throughout the competition.