IIT Madras launches zero e-mission to drive Nation’s electric vehicles growth

CHENNAI: IIT Madras on Monday launched ‘Zero e-mission’, a set of e-mobility initiatives across different domains ranging from education, skilling and research to policy, outreach and safety.

Spearheaded by the Department of Engineering Design, IIT-M, a press note from the institute stated that the initiative, including the EV battery engineering lab, battery charging infrastructure laboratory, certificate programme on eMobility, and web-enabled MTech in e-mobility, envisages strong industry collaborations to speed up the EV transition in India.

These initiatives were launched on campus by Hanif Qureshi, additional secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries (GoI), Preeti Banzal, scientist G, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (GoI) and PK Banerjee, executive director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). V Kamakoti, director, IIT-M, said, “We’ve been working on this for the last four years, and are now in a position to offer solutions that address the needs of the country in general and the industry in particular. Our teams have already been providing consulting and skilling services. It was time we consolidated all our activities and channelised them in a framework that is easier for government and industry to utilise.”

Expressing confidence in IIT-M’s role in being a reliable partner to the government and the industry, Qureshi added: “The MHI is happy to see such structured initiatives, which will help with rapid electrification of road transport. IIT-M’s approach will help in faster implementation of the strategic and policy decisions that the industry and GoI will take over the years in e-mobility.”

Further, a technical report on ‘Safe electrification of battery electric trucks for inflammable and hazardous goods transportation’ was also released at the event.