Tata Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TiHAN IIT Hyderabad to collaborate in the areas of Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
“Through this collaboration with TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad, we aim to collaborate and support innovations in the area of SDVs and associated technologies that help automotive manufacturers develop and manufacture great products,” said Warren Harris, MD, and CEO of Tata Technologies.
“We will leverage our 25+ years of automotive domain knowledge and access to customers across the globe to help TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad develop a comprehensive set of solutions and accelerators for the automotive industry and upskill engineers on emerging technologies.” he added.
The collaboration between tata technologies and TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad will mainly focus on below two areas.
- Development of platform/s and Proofs of Concept (POC) that optimize product development timelines.
- Enabling upskilling and hands-on training for Tata Technologies engineers at TiHAN in new technology areas.
This collaborative approach to innovation will help guide the future of automotive technology and contribute to a more sustainable, connected, and technologically advanced industry.
As Automotive firms aim to develop SDVs with autonomous technologies, they look for innovative solutions and accelerators that help them reduce technology incubation time and cost.
Tata Technologies and TiHAN will collaborate towards solutions that address these specific challenges companies face in developing SDVs that incorporate the latest technologies.
Prof B S Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, congratulated both TiHAN-IITH and Tata Technologies on their collaboration. He emphasized the potential for significant innovation in the automotive industry that can result from this collaboration. Prof. Murty also highlighted the TiHAN Testbed, a state-of-the-art facility, and the first-of-its-kind in the nation, which is a dedicated facility for testing and validating a wide range of use cases of autonomous vehicles. He expressed his confidence that this collaboration will propel progress of innovative solutions for autonomous navigation with potential global impact.
Sriram Lakshminarayanan, President &CTO of Tata Technologies, expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration, stating, ” We can leverage our collective expertise and resources to explore use cases for SDV by adopting modern System on Chips (SoCs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Over the Air (OTA) frameworks, and connected technologies within the realm of Software Defined Vehicles. We believe that this collaboration will support the creation of solutions in SDVs, reaffirming our commitment to advancing the industry towards a technologically advanced future.”
About Tata Technologies:
Tata Technologies is a global product engineering and digital services company focused on fulfilling our mission of helping the world drive, fly, build, and farm by enabling our customers to realize better products and deliver better experiences. Tata Technologies is the strategic engineering partner businesses turn to when they aspire to be better. Manufacturing companies rely on us to enable them to conceptualize, develop and realize better products that are safer, cleaner, and improve the quality of life for all the stakeholders, helping us achieve our vision of #EngineeringABetterWorld.
About IIT Hyderabad:
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) is one of the eight new IITs established by the Government of India in 2008. In a short span of 15 years, the institute has become a top-ranker. It has 300+ full-time faculty, ~4,200 students, 18 Departments + Centre for Interdisciplinary Programs, nearly 200+ state-of-the-art laboratories, and five research and entrepreneurship centres. The institute has a strong research focus with approx. Rs ~700 crores of sanctioned research funding, with PG+PhD students accounting for about 60% of total student strength. IITH has more than 8700+ research publications with 1,30,000+ Citations, 190+ Published Patents, 2,000+ sponsored/consultancy projects with 500+ running projects, and about 125+ startups that have generated 1000+ jobs and a revenue of Rs. 800+ Cr.
About TiHAN-IITH
Department of Science and Technology (DST), under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), has sanctioned the prestigious Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in the technology vertical of Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, ROVs, etc.). Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN) at IITH is a multi-departmental initiative, including researchers from Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Design, Entrepreneurship at IITH with collaboration and support from reputed institutions and industry.
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