The recent helicopter mishaps that happened in India where two Chief Ministers lost their life and the one in Uttarakhand where the Airforce helicopter crashed killing 20 people, has created surmountable necessity for the operations manager to implement safety and security measures defined by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). Any such mishap besmirches the reputation of even a reputed aviation company.
However, by enlisting the services of SandRiver Technologies, a manager can rely on state-of-the-art technology and the best business practices which will allow a fleet to be effectively managed and losses kept to a minimum. SandRiver provides various solutions with the help of their partners to Aviation and SatCom industry. These solutions include Flight Tracking, FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance), FDM, FMS for private chartered airlines and small government fleet companies enabling highest possible security and international standards for international contracts.
SandRiver plans increased visibility as offset partner for international companies and partners for international companies in implementation for new compliances/standards in Aviation space. Besides this, the company plans developing a new product in area of tracking and security utilizing India's Gagan navigation system.
Founded in 2005, SandRiver is headquartered in Mumbai and is a global IT services company providing consulting, compliance testing for mission critical applications, product engineering, engineering design and product support to companies worldwide. The company's strong expertise in mobile arena made it enter Aviation & SatCom and understand the complexities, interfaces, regulations and standards in this vast domain.
"We travelled a long way from just being mere development team to next level team brainstorming for new features/product requirements for our customers in aviation and satellite tracking," says Ritesh Parekh, COO & Co-Founder, SandRiver Technologies.
SandRiver's motto is not to re-invent the wheel but to partner with the right OEM's and ensure the combined expertise are used to enable both of them increase business and safety in the aviation space. Today, it is the offset partner and Asia Pacific region partner for its customers ensuring it is fully aligned to its customer needs making it learn and run the fastest. This completes the entire circle with SandRiver acting as a development partner initially and now a solution partner for its customers opening revenue streams for them in the new emerging markets like South Asia.
The recent reports of Iridium planning to launch its services in India with the help of local telecom player and setup the virtual gateway will enable the Indian fleet owners to implement the flight tracking solution effectively. With the help of FMS, OperationsManager can have the data to effectively implement FOQA and MOQA (Maintenance Operation Quality Assurance) system to improve operation efficiency thus reducing the losses.
DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) is in favor of having increased car compliances from the fleet owners to its ICAO auditors. Implementing flight-tracking systems on the fleets will be a huge leap towards achievingthis increased car compliances.
"We are in talks with DOT to get us the selected permission to access Iridium and have received the replies to various RTI from Government of India. The responses are very positive, we are hopeful to get inroad in early 2014," adds Parekh.