Gwalior: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday met a student Medhansh Trivedi, who captured national attention, here for developing a human-carrying drone after being inspired by the drone technology of neighbouring country China.
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Medhansh, who is in class 12 at the Scindia School in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, has developed a single-seater drone that can carry a person weighing up to 80 kg and sustain flight for nearly six minutes.┬а

Union Minister Scindia met Medhansh at his residence in Safdarjung in New Delhi on Thursday and congratulated him for his innovation.┬а

The Minister encouraged Medhansh, advising him to consider this innovation his launchpad and set a goal for the future.┬а

Union Minister Scindia also advised Medhansh to prepare himself for studying in the world's top institutions and assured all possible help.┬а

"I met Medhansh Trivedi and congratulated him for his innovation. I have assured him of all possible help to ensure his bright future," he said.┬а

Medhansh claimed to have developed a heavy-duty drone able to carry a human being up to 80 kg weight after being inspired by the drone technology of neighbouring country China.┬а

He has developed the drone named MLDT 01 at a cost of Rs 3.5 lakh.┬а

It took Medhansh three months to develop the drone.┬а

"I got the inspiration to make this drone after seeing the drones in China. My teacher Manoj Mishra has helped me a lot technically along with motivation to develop the drone," Medhansh said in a statement issued from his school.┬а

He said that the drone is 1.8 metres long with equal width and is currently being flown only up to a height of 10 metres for safety concerns.┬а

During the Foundation Day celebrations of Scindia School, Union Minister Scindia and ISRO Chief, S. Somanath also praised Medhansh for developing the human-carrying drone. IANS