IIT Kharagpur inks LoI with Technical University of Munich
India Today
The collaborative Research & Development (R&D) between both institutions will emphasise the main areas of intelligent transportation, enhancing Electric Mobility Systems including automobiles, rail, marine craft, UAVs etc.
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur signed a LoI (Letter of Intent) with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on the Indo-German Collaborative Research Centre of Intelligent Transportation Systems (IGCRCoITS) at IIT Kharagpur. The collaborative Research & Development (R&D) between both institutions will emphasise the main areas of intelligent transportation, enhancing Electric Mobility Systems including automobiles, rail, marine craft, UAVs etc.
Vehicle Energy Management, Battery Management Systems, Transportation Software and Security, Public Transportation, Data-driven Transport Planning and Emerging Mobility Solutions will be the major focus areas.
The Indo-German Partnership (IGP) project was agreed on with sponsorship by Germany and India to foster collaboration and interactions between institutions. The first workshop was launched on November 25, 2020.
"The FutureTrans project assures the self-sustainability of IGCRCoITS in terms of resources and expansion along with inclusion of new participants from the academia and industrial domains, for both India and Germany.
The first phase of the FutureTrans project started in 2018, and established workshops, research groups, sponsored as well as doctoral research in diversified areas of academia along with numerous publications in reputed journals and conference papers in the area of Intelligent Transportation.
Along the lines of promoting Intelligent Transportation, lIT Kharagpur launched an MTech programme on Electric Transportation.
