Environment

IIT Delhi To Set Up Electric Vehicle Research & Innovation Science Park next year

IIT Delhi last Friday has announced setting up two new centres of Research and Innovative science park in its campus of national capital region. According to media reports these centres will come up next year and will be supported by both private and public industries.

V Ramgopal Rao, Director IIT Delhi

Director of the Institute, V Ramgopal Rao, said that the two centres will focus on solving contemporary issues of the society. Rao added that electric vehicles play a crucial role in pollution control, but unavailability and inefficiency are causing hindrance in its use. The centre will work on issues ranging from bringing down their cost, reducing the charging time to improving the battery capacity.

The other centre, ‘Centre for Cyber Physical System’, to solve issues with the help of information technology. This centre according to Rao, will focus on connecting systems to internet that can provide data on which can help make accurate decisions to solve day-to-day problems. For example, to improve the productivity in agriculture, farmers should have the accurate information on how much water to put, exact soil moisture and what nutrient or fertilizer to use. And, to access that information deploying sensors is needed that can collect the data and help the farmers to take intelligent decisions.

This innovation park will work closely with DRDO or Defence Research and Development Organisation. DRDO currently has more than 50 laboratories which work in varied fields ranging from aeronautics to electronics.

The announcement has come soon after the IIT received Institution of Eminence Status or IoE which will help it get grants worth ₹200 crore per year from the government in the next five years. IIT Delhi has come up with ideas such as ‘Student Start-Up action’ wherein the institute funds student research in exchange for equity in their start-ups.

I am Renew

Recent Posts

John Cockerill secures India’s largest electrolyzer supply order from AM Green

AM Green has placed India's largest electrolyzer order with John Cockerill Hydrogen for one of…

3 days ago

Cultivating A Thriving Biofuel Ecosystem: What It Takes To Fuel India’s Green Future

By-Nipun OS  India's energy goals for the next two decades are threefold: achieve energy security,…

5 days ago

India’s biogas sector to offer opportunities for the next 5-10 years: Jan and Anting, Weber Entec

How do you find the Indian CBG market on this visit? What’s the general sentiment?…

6 days ago

BAUR FOLIEN now market leader worldwide; ideally fit for India: MIROSLAV BENKA, MD

MIROSLAV BENKA, MD of BAUR FOLIEN talks to I am Renew and explains its business…

7 days ago

To step-up biogas solutions worldwide, Sistema.bio acquires Inclusive Energy

Biogas developer & innovator, Sistema.bio has acquired Bengaluru headquartered Inclusive Energy (IE) which is at…

1 week ago

ARYA raises 100 crore to develop biogas projects

ARYA, the project development division of GPS Renewables, has secured INR 100 crore in mezzanine…

1 week ago