Where innovation takes flight.
A student team from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, building unmanned autonomous systems since 2011.
Students building aircraft that fly themselves.
Team Edhitha is a student team at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, that designs, builds and flies autonomous aircraft. Our work is aimed at search and rescue: drones that can survey an area, find people and deliver help without a pilot.
Founded in 2011, we have flown at SUAS in the USA almost every year since. We won it in 2015, the first Asian team to do so, and in 2026 we won NIDAR in India, ahead of 350+ teams.
Along the way we have added SAUVC in Singapore and IARC in the USA to our calendar, taking a new aircraft to the start line every season.
Meet the team →Season by season.
- 2011Founded
3rd in Autonomous Flight and 5th in Journal Presentation at SUAS.
- 20151st overall
Won SUAS outright, the first Asian team to do so in the history of the competition.
- 20165th overall
The year the team developed its own algorithm.
- 2018Mapping
Completed a mapping project for third parties covering about 8,000 acres.
- 2022Award
Dawn Jaeger Tenacity Award at SUAS.
- 2023Award
JustJoe Sportsmanship Award at SUAS.
- 20244th overall
First SAUVC, in Singapore. At SUAS: 4th overall and 1st in technical design and flight readiness.
- 20254th overall
3rd in technical design at SUAS.
- 20261st at NIDAR
Won the Disaster Management category ahead of 350+ teams across India. Built the swarm airframe for IARC.
How we work.
Autonomy for search and rescue
We build aircraft that survey an area, find what matters and act on it without a pilot, alone or as a coordinated group.
Students do it all
Design, software, electronics, structures, events and sponsorship are all run by students, from the first sketch to the flight line.
Learning by competing
Every season a new aircraft goes to international competitions, SUAS in the USA, SAUVC in Singapore, IARC and NIDAR, and the lessons come home with it.