Skylark Drones Launches India’s First Software for Spray Management to Power India's Agricultural Drone Revolution

As India's agricultural drone sector prepares for exponential growth, Skylark Drones, a leading startup providing drone solutions unveiled DMO-AG at the Krishi Darshan Expo 2025 in Hisar - a first-of-its-kind software platform set to transform how agricultural drones are managed and operated across the country.

The launch is crucial when India's agriculture sector is rapidly adopting drone technology, driven by government initiatives and increasing demand for precision farming solutions. DMO-AG addresses a critical market gap by offering a unified platform that brings together farmers, drone operators, maintenance teams, and agrochemical companies.

"With DMO-AG, we expect a transformative shift in the agricultural industry. By democratizing access to drone technology, we anticipate increased adoption of precision farming, leading to higher yields, reduced input costs, and more sustainable practices. Our DGCA-compliant platform will not only empower farmers but also Drone Service Providers and Done pilots with real-time insights, automation, and Revenue management, ultimately making Indian agriculture more efficient, data-driven, and future-ready." - Mrinal Pai, Co-founder, Skylark Drones. 

Skylark Drones DMO AG

The DGCA-compliant platform introduces several groundbreaking features including real-time fleet management, crop-specific recommendations, and automated health monitoring - all accessible through an intuitive interface available in local languages. This comprehensive solution is compatible with all major autopilot-enabled controllers, making it a versatile tool for India's diverse agricultural landscape.

Skylark Drones, which has already executed more than 10 million autonomous drone flights and processed more than 100 million drone images across 120+ enterprise customers nationwide, brings substantial expertise to this sector. The launch of DMO-AG marks a significant milestone in its mission to make drone technology more accessible and efficient for India's agricultural community.

"With India's agricultural drone market expected to grow at 25-30% CAGR, surpassing $1 billion by 2030, DMO-AG is poised to lead this transformation. Backed by government support and the rising demand for precision farming, our platform democratizes access to advanced drone technology” adds Mrinal Pai

The company is backed by leading investors, including Thakral Corporation, Infoedge Ventures, Advantedge Partners, Turbostart Global, IIM Udaipur Incubation, and Hunch Ventures.

Use of Drones & UAVs Will Change The Working of Indian Mining Sector

Moving with the changing times is how one keeps ahead, and India's Ministry of Mines seems to have got this one correctly. The ministry has decided to give a major push to using of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in order to increase India’s mining sector efficiency.

Whether it is area inspection, preparation and monitoring of mining plans, production and dispatch, or even checking and curbing illegal mining, drones can prove to be effective in every mining process.

Piyush Goyal, Union minister of mines, who is also incharge of power, RE and coal ministries, recently posted a tweet about utilisation of drone technology by Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) in geological mapping to help determine its potential in regional exploration of greenfield land.

The minister has reportedly asked mining companies in the country to make use of all the modern and latest technologies that would help the future of mining in India.

In addition to asking the country's state governments and public sector mining units into focusing on exploring the usage and deployment of drone technology in their respective organisations, the ministry has also ordered MECL, its exploration company, to purchase one or two drones soon and start using them in order to set an example for others to follow their lead.

At a recently held event, Balvinder Kumar, union mines secretary, asked Tata Steel to showcase the usage of the drones technology at its Noamundi Iron Mine (NIM), which is the first mine in the country to have successfully introduced drone in mine monitoring.

Bengaluru- based firm Skylark Drones, which specializes in drone application in various industries conducted the event. In addition to the union mines secretary, the event also saw the presence of some officials from Tata Steel and India Bureau of Mines.

“We have initiated mining surveillance system using space technology along with a mobile app. This will help in stopping illegal mining, monitoring mining plan, production, dispatch and royalty payment. We requested Tata Steel to demonstrate it in Noamundi iron mine,” said the secretary at the Skylark Drones organised event.

While mining sector has started thinking about drone-related possibilities in the field, power sector has already been extensively making use of drones and helicopters to execute transmission projects in extremely difficult terrains and much ahead of time.

Since assuming office, Minister Goyal has laid a lot of focus on using the latest technology in order to increase the efficiency of the Indian mining sector and lift it to an international level.

Balvinder Kumar recently gave a statement to DefenceAcviationPost that he had asked all Public Service Units (PSUs) including National Aluminium Company, Hindustan Copper Limited, National Mineral Development Corporation, Steel Authority of India Limited, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, Bharat Gold Mines Limited and MOIL to start making use of drones to significantly cut down on the time taken to complete a project.

A number of academic institutions of the country like the IITs are also contributing towards helping the mining ministry and PSUs in adopting the drones technology and how they can be designed as per the requirements of a mining organisation.

While Indian mining industry has started taking baby steps towards making use of drones in mining sector, globally, the usage of drones in mining is quite popular. For example, Rio Tinto, a global mining major, has been using drones to survey its mining pits for quite sometime now.

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This Bangalore Startup Is About To Change Flying Drones' Accessibility & Reach

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) sounds alien, much like Batman's auto-pilot; but once you say Drones, it sounds so much cooler. And this is what Mughilan T R and Mrinal Pai have been making and working on since 2008. It all began during their college (R.V.College of Enginnering, Bangalore) team’s participation in SAE-Aero design competition when the duo met and realised their common interest.

Since then, all they have been doing is trying to come up with several kinds of Drones and making a significant impact on society. The official company Skylark Drones came into being in 2014.

"We built many drones ranging from fixed wing aircraft, multi-rotors, and micro-aerial vehicles”. Also, custom drones are built for a wide-variety of the businesses. These drones are user-specific, unlike other businesses which buy off the shelf drones for just aerial photography" says Mughilan, with a sense of little pride, for what they are doing and belief, for what they intent to doing coming years.



With Skylark's cutting edge STRAPDROP (Strategic Payload Drop) technology, they make sure the client gets what they need, wherever they need it, in any localized region. With on-board intelligence to provide dynamic adaptability, DROPBOTs are more capable than you think.

Their major breakthrough probably came when the team won the prestigious the NASA systems award for the best systems engineering used in development of drones in 2013, beating other 75 teams from worldwide. The competition involved breaking the problem statement in the logical statement, use of appropriate design techniques and analysis, cost estimation of the project and other things.

"The company offers a complete aerial solution for various terrestrial applications. Equipped with a high definition camera and controlled using a ground station computer, our drones fly over a pre-defined pattern to generate 3D model of land surfaces, which can be used for land surveying (GIS), and in turn, helps to generate more revenues for Real Estate business. Other major domains that we work in are advertising or like what we call it, Dronevertising, which is an ideal way to publicize brands in events, malls or any other indoor or outdoor locations" says Mrinal.

[caption id="attachment_98476" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A Drone used for advertising[/caption]

They are boot-strapped and raised seed funding by conducting workshops in various schools and colleges; and because Drones have always been a hot topic to discuss, it wasn't very difficult for the team to get noticed.

Mughilan, on questioning about some self-doubts that crept in, says “Plenty of times I had this question whether I and our team are doing it the right way. Discussing the possible outcomes of any problem with our team brought us closer and our thought process has evolved quite a bit since the time we started”.

Currently at a technological disruption phase, they are planning to expand globally. "We believe if we have the right product and the plan – We can scale globally into many of our markets. Also, the company is in talks with many multi-national companies for a possible partnership" Mrinal added.

[caption id="attachment_98474" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Skylark Drones Co-Founders - Mrinal Pai and Mughilan T R (L-R)[/caption]

Skylark Drones have a team of 17 interns and 3 full time techies based out of Bangalore. They have different teams working in divisions such as sales & marketing, drone operations, post production, research & development etc. Ashish Goel, CEO of Urban Ladder; Vineeth V , Head of IoT in Chennai and P.S.Rao, Former Director of Nishant UAV project are some of the prominent mentors of this enthusiastic team.

One of the most awaited technology start-ups in 2015; Skylark Drones may have to face strict government regulations over security issues. And only time will tell how this upbeat idea unfolds.