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Sarvesh Sharma, Himachal Student Who Built A ₹87,000 Drone And Secured ₹3.5 Crore Defence Funding

A Himachal Pradesh student received Rs 3.5 crore from the Defence Ministry to develop a surveillance drone for high-altitude border areas.

By FlyForce AdminPublished 07 Oct 2026

A fifth-semester computer engineering student from Himachal Pradesh has secured Rs 3.5 crore from the Union Ministry of Defence to develop a drone for surveillance in high-altitude border areas.

Sarvesh Sharma, a student at Government Polytechnic, Hamirpur (Baru), is developing the Rudra Edge T-1 (Spectra) under the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) and Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative. The project focuses on surveillance in mountainous areas, where difficult terrain and high altitude can make monitoring challenging.

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