Smit Shah talks about the future of drones in India, working on public policy, and startups | 9 - a podcast by What the HAT!? - Podcast

About the guest:  
Smit Shah is the Director of Partnerships at Drone Federation of India (#DFI).  He actively engages with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, India to advocate drone policy and works towards setting up of industry standards for ensuring safe and secure integration of manned and unmanned aviation.  Currently, during the #Coronavirus pandemic, Smit has founded the National Drone Rapid Response Force (#NDRRF), an initiative of the DFI which is a collective of #drone pilots across India to spread social-distancing awareness and help in lockdown monitoring.  
After graduating from D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering (#HereAtDJSCE), Smit worked with Germin8 as core team member of technology in the Social Intelligence powered customer care product which helps its partners stay connected with their customers for quick engagement using automated workflows for response on Social Media. Smit was also the co-founder of CheckApp which created #healthcare data-exchange protocol for on-demand access to clinical data across different healthcare service providers. 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitshah93in/  
Drone Federation of India: http://dronefederation.in/  
Digital Sky Initiative: https://digitalsky.dgca.gov.in/    
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Key Insights in this episode:
Life in College
How working with different sets of people helps with leadership?
How participating in activities outside of the curriculum could land you a job?

Healthcare & Social Analytics Startup
Disrupting the healthcare space
Startup culture & working in robust roles
Learning experiences in taking on diverse responsibilities 

Drone Policy and Drone Federation
Advocacy for drone policy
Working in the public policy sector
Regulations related to manufacturing and use of drones in India (#MakeInIndia)
Future of drones in India

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