Gour Kundu

Experience

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  Indian Navy

  Oct 1985 - Dec 2008

  Commanded operational missions for Ops Pawan (Sri Lanka Ops) from Ramnad, Tamilnadu. Instrumental in the first ever landing of Islander aircraft from paved surface at Ramnad. Commanded operational missions by day & night for Brass-tacks (from Porbandar). Awarded commendation medal by the Commanding-in-Chief for day & night operations from Andaman & Nicobar Islands against gun runners. Maintenance Test Flights after major and minor overhauls of Islander and Dornier aircraft. Conversion training of pilots on Dornier aircraft in Coast Guard while on deputation. Show less

  • RPAS Chief Instructor

    Jun 2002 - Dec 2008

  • Senior Training Manager

    Jun 2000 - Jun 2002

  • Executive Officer

    Oct 1998 - Jun 2000

  • Squadron Pilot / Senior Pilot

    Oct 1985 - Oct 1998
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  MDA

  Jun 2010 - Mar 2019

  Schiebel trained Camcopter S-100 UAS Pilot and MX10 Payload Operator. Flight Safety Coordinator at the site of operations. An Independent Training and Technical Services Consultant for UAV programs all over the world, including Canada and Australia. Heron UAS Instructor for ab-initio UAV Pilot training. Conducted theoretical and practical flight training for Canadian and Australian Armed Forces.

  • Chief AVO (RPAS Pilot)

    Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Consultant for Technical Support Services - Heron UAV Programs

    Sept 2015 - Jan 2018

  • UAV AVO Instructor

    Jun 2010 - Aug 2015
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  Canadian UAVs

  Feb 2016 - Jan 2018

  RPAS Training Consultant/Operations Manager

  Preparation of syllabus, course material and conduct of online and classroom training for Transport Canada compliancy to fly Commercial UAVs. Writing Operations Manual, Training Manual and SOPs for Commercial UAV Operations in Canada. Lockheed Martin Indago 2 trained UAV pilot. Conducted operational flights for Oil & Gas inspections in Alberta. Conducted flight training on Indago 2 UAV.

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  Canadian UAVs

  Apr 2019 - now

  Director of Operations