As part of the MoU, NITC will get a centre of excellence (CoE) in electric mobility
Kozhikode, NFAPost: The National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Elxsi for collaborative research on e-mobility and associated technologies.
NIT-C Director Prasad Krishna and Tata Elxsi Vice President and Transportation Business Unit Head S Shaju signed the MoU at a function held at the NIT-C on Tuesday.
The MoU sought to encourage exchange of industry professionals, faculty members and students of NIT-C through sponsored research projects, internships, industrial training, and sharing of research and development facilities and equipment to promote academic and industrial research, said a press release here.
As part of the MoU, a centre of excellence in electric mobility will be established to foster research in transport electrification and associated embedded software under the leadership of Nikhil Sasidharan and M P Shreelakshmi of the electrical engineering department.
The centre’s first project on electric vehicle motor design with C-Electric, a start-up, was also signed on the occasion.
