How private firms are arming India's defence forces
- Chethan Kumar
- TNNUpdated: May 17, 2025, 17:11 IST IST
Remember the scene in 2009 blockbuster film ‘3 Idiots’ where Ali Fazal’s character Joy Lobo flies his drone around the college campus? The prototype for that quadcopter — symbolising innovation in an environment of rote learning — belonged to three students from IIT Bombay, who are today the founders of IdeaForge, which manufactures drones for defence, mapping and surveillance.