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NIDAR 2.0 Drone Innovation Challenge Launched by MeitY

15 July 20261 min read
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNIDAR 2.0 DroneInnovationChallengeLaunched by MeitY15 July 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

The IT ministry opened the second round of a national drone challenge for students, aiming at home-grown drone know-how.

Key facts

  • Organisers: MeitY with the Drone Federation of India (DFI); edition for 2026-27.
  • Nature: national hackathon for engineering students to design autonomous drone software, hardware and components.
  • Track 1 (system level): autonomous drones for swarm-based disaster response and rescue, emergency medical delivery and GPS-denied indoor inspection.
  • Track 2 (hardware level): indigenous flight controllers and autopilots on the VEGA microprocessor of C-DAC.

About SwaYaan

  • National capacity-building programme for UAS and drone technologies, approved by MeitY in July 2022.
  • NIDAR 2.0 promotes Aatmanirbhar Bharat in drones.

Exam angle

  • Nodal ministry: MeitY; partner: DFI.
  • Umbrella programme: SwaYaan (July 2022); related: UAS, VEGA, C-DAC.

Test yourself

1. NIDAR 2.0 is a drone innovation challenge launched by MeitY along with which body?

MeitY partnered with the Drone Federation of India for NIDAR 2.0 (2026-27).

2. Under NIDAR 2.0, indigenous flight controllers are to be built using which microprocessor?

Track 2 hardware uses the VEGA microprocessor developed by C-DAC.

3. NIDAR 2.0 operates under which MeitY initiative?

It comes under MeitY's SwaYaan Capacity Building Initiative for drones and UAS.

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