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Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Part of Global Science and Innovation Network

26th September 2014 Mumbai, India

Let’s talk hybrid and electric vehicles

Turbocharging, sustainable range extenders, energy recovery – do these terms interest you? Then, please make sure you attend the UK-India workshop on hybrid and electric vehicles in Pune next month on October 14th. We’re bringing a UK delegation of automotive experts to Pune to discuss potential research partnerships with India in building hybrid and electric vehicles.

Several centres of excellence on hybrid and electric vehicles are located at leading UK universities. For instance, Vehicle Energy Facility at the University of Warwick, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Network at the Imperial College London, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff University, and Powertrain and Vehicle Research Centre at the University of Bath, among several others. A multi-institution research project titled, Developing Fundamental Understanding of Technologies for Ultra Reduced Emission (FUTURE) Vehicles has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. This project directs research towards the low carbon vehicle components such as batteries, and power electronics, among others.

Lately, electric vehicles have created tremendous excitement in India. Earlier this year, the students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay developed an electric racing car to participate in the Formula Student UK 2014 at the Silverstone Circuit. On the industry side, we’re already familiar with the Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles!

The UK’s expertise in hybrid and electric vehicles and India’s growing interest in building such vehicles surely warrants a discussion to determine areas where collaboration would be mutually beneficial. The potential for India-UK collaboration is this area is already demonstrated, with Mahindra already investing £20 million in new state-of-the-art facilities in the UK to support their Formula E racing team. If you’d like to participate in this dialogue, please drop me a line. I’ll keep you posted with the detailed agenda, when ready. See you in Pune!

What: UK-India workshop on hybrid and electric vehicles

When: Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Where: Pune, Maharashtra

7 comments on “Let’s talk hybrid and electric vehicles

  1. Hello,

    I am interested in attending this workshop.
    But at whom is the workshop aimed at?
    Because i am a fresh graduate with no much knowledge on HEV and EV`s but willing to learn about them.

    And finally whats the price of the workshop and duration?

  2. Hi Vijay,

    I met you at sometime ago when UKIERI visited IITI. Can you tell me the venue of this event in Pune?

    Thanks,
    Gourinath B
    Asst. Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
    IIT Indore

  3. Dear Vijay,
    I hope you ae doing great. I met you at the advance manufacturing workshop in Bangalore. You told me about this hybrid event.

    I want to attend, kindly do the needful.

    Rohit Ranjan
    Executive Director
    i3 Technologies

  4. Hello,
    We are the research group based in Pune, working on Smart Health Care and Intelligent Future Vehicle. Submitted one project under Horizon 2020 for funding waiting for result.

    We are looking for collaborative research projects in ICT, Health Care and Intelligent Transport System.

    We wish to attend the events in Pune. Kindly guide us how to register and venue of these event. If you need we can host the event.

    Regards
    Santosh Bothe

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About Vijay Iyer

Vijay Iyer is a Senior Science & Innovation Adviser with the British Deputy High Commission Mumbai. He facilitates UK-India research partnerships in sectors including energy, health, and life sciences. Previously,…

Vijay Iyer is a Senior Science & Innovation Adviser with the British Deputy High Commission Mumbai. He facilitates UK-India research partnerships in sectors including energy, health, and life sciences.

Previously, Vijay was the Intellectual Property Attaché - India for the UK Intellectual Property Office. He facilitated UK-India commercial, academic and policy partnerships in intellectual property rights and worked with UK companies to ensure they fully understood the Indian policy scenario, including in support of initiatives such as Make in India. Vijay is a Registered Patent Agent in India.

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