Theta Enerlytics / 04 — Division

Entrepreneurship development

Aadhunik Udhyojak Yojna — in partnership with the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI), Theta is creating and hand-holding 5,000 drone entrepreneurs over five years. 25% targeted from the seven-sister states of the North-East. SC and ST youth at the centre of India’s drone revolution.

The MoU

DICCI × Theta Enerlytics × Theta Foundation.

Five-year MoU between Theta Enerlytics, the Theta Foundation for Development, and the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) to create and run 5,000 drone enterprises across India.

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Mobilisation + training

We identify candidates, run DGCA-aligned drone training programs, and certify pilots ready for field work.

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Tools + drone

Each entrepreneur receives a drone, laptop, GIS tools and the software required for their chosen vertical.

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Aggregation

We aggregate the services back to large customers under 3–5 year contracts — no capex, licensing, storage, recruitment or insurance burden on the customer.

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7% flat fee

Theta charges entrepreneurs a flat 7% management fee. The economics work for both sides.

Drone-entrepreneur training session with operator and trainees

Verticals served

From agri to telecom.

Drone entrepreneurs are placed across verticals where the customer needs UAV services but doesn't want to own the operation.

Drone-entrepreneur cohort at a field demonstration

Agriculture — spraying, multispectral survey
Forest Management Services
Town and City Planning Services
Revenue and Planning Departments
Police Services + Smart City surveillance
Power plants — thermal hotspot detection, ROW
Mining companies — stockpile measurement
Construction — site progress, structural audit
Oil & gas — pipeline ROW, leak detection
Telecom & broadcast — tower inspection

North-East focus

25% from the seven sisters.

25% of total deployment is targeted from the seven-sister states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura — with explicit focus on Scheduled Tribes and women-led enterprises.

Backed by Stand Up India and the Mudra Scheme
Active deployments in Mizoram (Digital Agri Mission, agri, PWD)
Co-operative-led model with multi-state agro societies (incl. SONACO)
“What we can do for our country — not what our country can do for us.”

Woman drone operator in field PPE pre-flighting a hexacopter spray drone on rural farmland at golden hour