pune a workshop on introduction of drone with application in industry and society in association with apg learning was recently conducted for second and third year students of the department of mechanical engineering dr d y patil school of engineering lohegaon recentlythis workshop was organized by the center of excellence at the college by f b sayyad and head of department r n garad the presentation was conducted by ram nagarnaik manager skilling education apg learninga statement issued by the college said that in this workshop nagarnaik dwelled at length about drone technology a drone in technological terms is an unmanned aircraft drones are now also used in a wide range of civilian roles ranging from search and rescue surveillance traffic monitoring weather monitoring and firefighting to personal drones and business dronebased photography as well as videography agriculture and even delivery services nagarnaik saidhe also covered applications of drone in industry as well as in society automated drones are capable of completing a wide range of applications automated drones can be used in oil gas facilities for security surveillance emergency response and infrastructure inspection in sea ports drones can perform applications such as mapping surveying operational oversight and port monitoring and traffic control in mining operations drones can be utilized in stockpile management tailings dams inspections and more he said