Technology Development Projects

Through open calls, we support translational research and technology development projects that address critical national needs.
We enable innovators to advance India’s next generation of Positioning & Precision Technologies from research to real-world deployment.

26 Projects from Technology Development Calls across Editions 1–4 are advancing innovative solutions through translational research and technology development. 

RF Frontend Technologies for multiconstellation
GNSS Systems

Application Sector:

Defense & national security, Agriculture

About the Technology:

GNSS/IRNSS Antenna System with Anti-spoofingLNA model/layout for IRNSS/GNSS applications and PLL model/layout for GNSS applicationonospheric Model of the Indian sub-continent for use in IRNSS

Institute / Organization:

SASTRA Deemed University
In Campus Navigation Assistive System for Blind School Students

Application Sector:

Assistive Technology for theVisually Impaired blind school students

About the Technology:

An assistive system for blind school students for their in campus independent mobility which comprises the NavIC receiver along with environmental sensors

Institute / Organization:

National Engineering College Kovilpatti
Development of a transportable all-optical trapped ion atomic clock for PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) applications

Application Sector:

Navigation

About the Technology:

Development of an all-optical portable 40Ca+ (Calcium) ion clock for PNT applications

Institute / Organization:

IIT Tirupati
5G-GNSS System for Improved Navigation and Positioning of Drones

Application Sector:

UAV Communication and Navigation, Disaster Management and Emergency Response, Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring

About the Technology:

The technology integrates GNSS with 5G networks and employs a switched beam antenna array to overcome fading, multipath, and visibility challenges, thereby enhancing drone localization

Institute / Organization:

SASTRA Deemed Universit
Design and Development of a Quantum-based PNT system for underwater robot Navigation

Application Sector:

Maritime surveillance, reconnaissance, and defense operations,Deep-sea exploration and mining,Environmental monitoring agencies, etc

About the Technology:

Quantum-based PNT uses quantum clocks, sensors, and QKD to enable precise, secure navigation in GPS-denied underwater environments

Institute / Organization:

National Institute of Technology Raipur
Precision Positioning and Navigation of Multiple UAVs for Indoor Radio Environment Mapping

Application Sector:

Maritime surveillance, reconnaissance, and defense operations,Deep-sea exploration and mining,Environmental monitoring agencies, etc

About the Technology:

The project aims to develop accurate, low-cost Radio Environment Mapping (REM) and indoor navigation using small UAV networks for improved connectivity

Institute / Organization:

IIT Madras
Tracking Pollution Patterns: NavIC Empowered City Air Quality Surveillance with Energy Harvesting

Application Sector:

Environmental monitoring & pollution control

About the Technology:

Integrates NavIC and LoRaWAN for real-time environmental monitoring using energy-efficient sensors on public transport, enabling GIS-based analysis and decision-making.

Institute / Organization:

International Center for Free and Open Source Solutions (ICFOSS)
Autonomous underwater navigation and mapping

Application Sector:

Marine Research , Oceanography, Environmental Monitoring , Resource Exploration

About the Technology:

A techniques for ocean exploration, Environmental Monitoring,real time system that integrates advance sensors, AI- driven navigation algorithm, 3D mapping, resource management

Institute / Organization:

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)
Autonomous navigation and mapping of underwater environments with ROS based AUVs

Application Sector:

Marine and Environmental Research, defence coastal surveliance,oil and gas mining

About the Technology:

ROS-powered AUV is an autonomous underwater vehicle that uses SLAM and sensor fusion for real-time 3D mapping, accurate navigation, and environmental monitoring in shallow or turbid waters across scientific, industrial, and defense applications.

Institute / Organization:

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Development of a Next-Generation Autonomous Underwater ROV for Coral Reef Health Monitoring in GPS-Denied Environments

Application Sector:

Underwater Surveillance, Marine and Environmental Conservation

About the Technology:

Next-Gen Autonomous Coral Reef Explorer is an underwater ROV that operates in GPS-denied environments to gather real-time ecological data for non-invasive coral inspection, biodiversity assessment, and marine conservation, using advanced sensors and intelligent navigation to reduce human risk and support ecosystem monitoring.

Institute / Organization:

Agni College of Technology
Design and Fabrication of Hyperspectral Camera for Remote Sensing

Application Sector:

Land mapping, crop mapping , Mineral identification , fruit & Vegetable screening for pesticide

About the Technology:

Next-Generation Hyperspectral camera is an indigenous camera which can capture the detailed information of a scene at all possible wavelengths. A novel compressed sensing approach is combined with a multilayer thin-film coating for precise sensing.

Institute / Organization:

Karunya Institute of Science & Technology
Development of indigenous Fiber Bragg Grating interrogator for structural health monitoring applications

Application Sector:

Civil Infrastructure & Structural Health Monitoring

About the Technology:

An indigenous optical interrogator system for measuring the Bragg shift, which has applications in strain-sensing in buildings, bridges, landslides, defense, etc.

Institute / Organization:

IIT Tirupati
Radar Detection and Positioning System Based on Microwave Spintronics Sensor

Application Sector:

Defense, Surveillance , Autonomous Navigation systems, Industrial & Infrastructure monitoring

About the Technology:

An advanced radar system using spintronic sensors and MTJ technology for ultra-sensitive detection, compact design, and high-frequency performance in defense, navigation, and industrial applications.

Institute / Organization:

IIT Tirupati
Targeted Spraying for Precision Agriculture

Application Sector:

Crop Health Monitoring, Agriculture

About the Technology:

The technology uses drones with multispectral imaging and AI to detect pest-affected areas and enable targeted spraying, reducing pesticide use and environmental impact while improving precision agriculture efficiency.

Institute / Organization:

IIT Tirupati
NavIC-based Multipurpose Open Hardware Drone

Application Sector:

Agriculture, Mapping & Digital twin , Disaster Management

About the Technology:

A NavIC-enabled open-source drone designed for high-accuracy positioning, reliable autonomous flight, and efficient real-time navigation in disaster management, mapping, and environmental monitoring.

Institute / Organization:

International Center for Free and Open Source Solutions (ICFOSS)
Small Objects Detection and Tracking in Aerial Images under Diverse Weather Conditions

Application Sector:

Defense & airspace surveillance,Homeland security & border monitoring ,Smart cities & public safety

About the Technology:

This project focuses on building an end-to-end computer vision pipeline for real-time detection and tracking of small objects such as drones, even when object visibility is degraded due to poor illumination, small object size, or adverse weather (fog, rain, haze, low light).

Institute / Organization:

IIT Tirupati
A comprehensive livestock and goods tracking with error detection, feedback and connectivity to farmer and customers

Application Sector:

Livestock , Diary Farming, Supply chain Monitoring, Goods Transport , Farm security & Animal welfare

About the Technology:

A real-time tracking system using sensors, cameras, and mobile connectivity to monitor livestock, transport, and product conditions, enabling early issue detection and efficient communication.

Institute / Organization:

GITAM Deemed to be University, Bengaluru
Development and Deployment of Reliable, Robust and Cost-Effective Positioning Solution within inches Accuracy for enabling Digital Bharat

Application Sector:

Agriculture, Defence,Urban Planning,Smart cities, Mining

About the Technology:

Digital BharatInch is an innovative technolgy aligns with Indias land record modernization, aimed at ensuring a precise positioning for surveying and navigation. This is a combinational technology of uses the GPS and Real-Time Kinematics (RTK).

Institute / Organization:

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
An AI Augmented Underwater Vehicle Prototype Development for Marine Ecosystem

Application Sector:

Environmental monitoring & conservation, Defense & maritime security

About the Technology:

Underwater vehicles enable marine research and conservation by collecting data on ecosystems, supporting non-intrusive monitoring, and detecting threats early.

Institute / Organization:

GITAM (Deemed to be University)
Automatic and Real Time Public Transportation Monitoring System

Application Sector:

Urban Mobility, Urban Planning

About the Technology:

Underwater vehicle prototypes support marine research and conservation by accessing challenging environments. Equipped with advanced sensors, they collect data on marine life, habitats, and human impacts, enabling ecosystem monitoring, non-intrusive studies, and early threat detection.

Institute / Organization:

G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Sciences for Women, Autonomous
Building and Developing an AR platform for Tirumala Darshan

Application Sector:

Tourism, Cultural & Heritage, Smart City

About the Technology:

The proposed technology integrates augmented reality (AR) and natural language processing (NLP) to enhance on-site exploration. It delivers immersive content for Tirumala Darshan and real-time translation, creating more interactive, inclusive, and engaging cultural experiences for users.

Institute / Organization:

IIIT Sri City
Development of a Large Language Model-Based Geotagging and Mapping System

Application Sector:

Disaster Management,Tourism,smart Mobility,Urban Planning,Infrastructure

About the Technology:

GeoMapper is an LLM-powered geotagging and mapping system that integrates linguistic and geospatial data for real-time analysis, enabling personalized travel planning and disaster mapping through text, satellite imagery, and crowdsourced inputs, with multilingual processing, live visualization, and spatial reasoning for context-aware decisions

Institute / Organization:

:IIT Bhubaneswar
Developing a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for sustainable agricultural water management

Application Sector:

Agriculture

About the Technology:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies in agriculture using Remote Sensing Satellite Imagery and Geographical Inforamtion System

Institute / Organization:

RGUKT-Nuzvid
An Integrated NavIC Reflectometry Approach for Soil Moisture Estimation, Crop Health and Height Monitoring using NavIC-IR Multipath Signals and Deep Learning Algorithms

Application Sector:

Agriculture, Crop Monitoring, Vegetation , Soil Moisture

About the Technology:

The NavIC system by ISRO enables interferometric reflectometry (IR)-based agricultural monitoring using a novel antenna design. Leveraging multipath signals that penetrate dense vegetation, the system integrates machine learning to accurately estimate soil moisture and crop height from NavIC-IR

Institute / Organization:

IIT PATNA
An adversarially robust FL based underwater lidar image classification system

Application Sector:

Rural Fishing,Maritime Navigation,Environmental Monitoring

About the Technology:

HydroLens is a federated learning-assisted underwater scene analyzer designed for low-resource systems, using on-site data collection and LiDAR-based classification to deliver efficient, secure underwater perception under bandwidth and computational constraints.

Institute / Organization:

Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam
Dynamic Topographic Mapping through Aerial Cartography with UAV-Lidar Advancements

Application Sector:

Semi Urban Planning,Environmental, Monument Conservation , RS and Geospatial Aanalysis

About the Technology:

Aimed at the accurate topographic data collection, enabling precise and efficient mapping, this is an advancement in the aerial mapping technology leveraging cutting-edge UAV and LiDAR sensors.

Institute / Organization:

Paavai Engineering College

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