IIT-Guwahati to Foster EV Technologies; signed MOU

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• Apr 17, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

"The solution will provide deep insights for proactive fault prediction, maintenance schedule formulation, and design and manufacturing defect traceability," the company said.

Digital
Desk: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Tata Elxsi
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on creating and
commercializing cutting-edge solutions for the electric mobility sector.

Tata Elxsi is a significant global provider of
automotive and transportation technology services.

Professor Parameswar K. Iyer, Officiating
Director of IIT Guwahati, and Manoj Raghavan, Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director of Tata Elxsi signed the MoU.

Prof Praveen Kumar, Department of
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Anil Radhakrishnan,
Director Products, and Atul Kulkarni, Chief Technical Officer, Tata Elxsi were
also present.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"The collaboration between IIT
Guwahati and Tata Elxsi will bring together researchers and experts for
advanced research in the fields of Material Science, Digital Twins, Deep
Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning techniques," according to
the announcement.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer stated on the
occasion, "Electric vehicles are increasingly being considered the
solution to carbon emissions from the transportation sector, and there is an
essential need to create more future-ready solutions in the EV automotive and
transportation industry."

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"The shared knowledge between IIT
Guwahati researchers and the Tata Elxsi team will help build a research
ecosystem in this field, and their commitment to further strengthen the
partnership in the future will help achieve the Government of India's mission
of making our country 'Atma Nirbhar'," he added.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">According to the press announcement,
"one key area of work under this collaboration will be the digital
analysis of electrical signature data for traction motors, which underpins EV
mobility across segments including Automotive and Rail."

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"The solution will provide deep
insights for proactive fault prediction, maintenance schedule formulation, and
design and manufacturing defect traceability," the company said.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"This collaboration will bring
together the best minds from Tata Elxsi and IIT Guwahati to envision and
develop future-looking solutions for the fast-evolving space of electric
mobility," said CEO and MD of Tata Elxsi. The fault analysis solution is
an outstanding illustration of how industry-academia collaboration can bring
together creative thinking and the application of the latest digital technology
to answer specific industry needs from transportation operators, OEMs, and
system suppliers."

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"The collaboration
between IIT Guwahati and Tata Elxsi will enable both
collaborators to apply their research capabilities to real-world problems,
advancing state-of-the-art predictive maintenance," he added.