Enord, India’s first AI on-edge Drone Tech Startup participated and exhibited in India’s biggest Drone Festival “Bharat Drone Mahotsav” inaugurated by Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi, from May 27th to 29th, 2022. The startup was incorporated as Pvt. Ltd. company in January 2021 by the promoters Muhammad Anas and Zain Saeed, currently incubated at IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center (IIITD-IC), IIT Mandi Catalyst, IIT Mandi iHub & HCI foundation, IIMK LIVE, and part of the NVIDIA Inception program.

The startup is designing & developing India’s first AI Pilot™ drone namely, ‘INSPECTOR®’ which is specifically designed for conducting inspections. Critical Inspection of assets, Industrial inspection of High-Power transmission lines, telco-towers, and thermal lines, are some of its inspectional functions which create ease in day-to-day operations.

INSPECTOR® is being operated in confined spaces, without GPS and human pilots using new cutting-edge technology and helping in generating insights for improving the operational efficiency of the end-user. During the exhibition, Enord showcased a model and the teaser of their first upcoming product ‘INSPECTOR®’ specifically designed for inspection industries targeting the B2B (Business to Business) & B2G (Business to Government) market. More than 500 delegates including investors, private organizations, and government officials visited the exhibition and gave impressive responses to the technology developed by Enord. Also, provide visitors with their first drone flight experience in the Flying Arena during the event.

Enord is now starting and focusing its trails in the field with institutes, industries, and private organizations.

The start-up has been supported well by including mentoring, connect with government officials in the Aviation Ministry, infrastructure & testing support, lab support, etc. and the start-up has been performing well. We have supported more than 50 startups till now and help them in their entrepreneurial journey.

~ Naresh Priyadarshi, CEO, IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center.

IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center (IIITD-IC) is a Section 8 company promoted by IIIT Delhi. The Company was established in 2017 to promote Entrepreneurship, Innovation, incubation, and acceleration services to Startups providing technology and management consultancy services and infrastructure support. IIITD-IC is functioning as a Technology Business Incubator under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, as an Incubation Center under the initiative of Department of Training and Technical Education (DTTE), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, TIDE Center of Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Govt. of India and as a PRAYAS Center under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.