Tata Tech signs MoU with  TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad      

As part of the collaboration, engineers at Tata Technologies will undergo upskilling and hands-on training at TiHAN in new technology areas. Moreover, TiHAN has a dedicated facility for testing and validating use cases of autonomous vehicles.

Tata Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TiHAN IIT Hyderabad, to collaborate in the areas of Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), to drive automotive technology towards a sustainable and advanced technology base.

As part of the collaboration, engineers at Tata Technologies will undergo upskilling and hands-on training at TiHAN in new technology areas. Moreover, TiHAN has a dedicated facility for testing and validating use cases of autonomous vehicles.

Tata Technologies seeks to address the product development challenges and utilise its domain knowledge to enable automotive companies to manufacture safer and cleaner products.

Warren Harris, MD, and CEO of Tata Technologies, said, “We believe that automotive companies rely on Tata Technologies to address their product development challenges and enable them to conceptualize, develop and realize better products that are safer, cleaner, and connected. Through this collaboration with TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad, we aim to collaborate and support innovations in the area of SDVs and associated technologies that help automotive manufacturers develop and manufacture great products. We will leverage our 25+ years of automotive domain knowledge and access to customers across the globe to help TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad develop a comprehensive set of solutions and accelerators for the automotive industry and upskill engineers on emerging technologies.”

Prof B S Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, expressed his congratulations to both TiHAN-IITH and Tata Technologies on their collaboration. He emphasized the potential for significant innovation in the automotive industry that can result from this collaboration. Prof. Murty also highlighted the TiHAN Testbed, a state-of-the-art facility, and the first-of-its-kind in the nation, which is a dedicated facility for testing and validating a wide range of use cases of autonomous vehicles. He expressed his confidence that this collaboration will propel progress of innovative solutions for autonomous navigation with potential global impact.