‘Automotive R&D Trends 2015’ seminar on March 8 in Chennai

February 14, 2013: The Confederation of Indian Industry’s Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Center is organising the fifth edition of a one-day conference on ‘Automotive R&D Trends 2015’ with ‘Cost Effective Green Mobility’ as a theme. The conference is to be held on March 8, 2013 at the Hilton Hotel in Chennai.

The objectives of the conference are to:

• Provide a platform for knowledge and process sharing for the automotive value chain

• Bring systemic approach to development of mobility system innovation

• Create awareness among the end-users and consumers on current automotive and mobility technologies and trends

• Ensure growth and sustainability by identifying major challenges for transportation systems

• Bring advancement of technology for the automotive industry in India

• Assist in the development of effective policy to the government agencies

• Aid Indian industries in interaction with international networks for collaborative R&D and product development

• Facilitate knowledge flow by working with international organisations through bi-lateral / multilateral cooperation mechanism.

The conference theme will have the following sessions:

• Environmental impacts of the transportation sector and mitigations

• Automotive manufacturing – Reduce, Refuse & Reuse

• Greener alternatives in the automotive sector

• Mass transit and non-motorised transportation in India

The seminar will see a galaxy of eminent speakers from the automotive industry. They include:

• Dr V Sumantran, Conference chairman & executive vice-chairman, Hinduja Automotive Ltd

• Ravi Pandit, chairman & Group CEO, KPIT Cummins Info Systems Ltd

• Dr R K Malhotra, director – R&D, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

• Chetan Maini, chief of strategy & technology, Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles

• Shrikant Marathe, director, Automotive Research Association of India

• Arvind Goel, president & Head Business Group, Tata Autocomp System Ltd

This initiative would help explore opportunities for joint technology development, identify new business areas for technology development and transfer commercially available off-the-shelf scalable technologies from academic institutes, research laboratories and industries in active collaboration with research laboratories and industries, exchange programmes and industry institutional partnerships. Around 250 senior management personnel from diverse industries all over India and abroad are expected to attend this conference.

Autocar Professional is the media partner for this key seminar.

For registration / sponsorship, contact: G Shivek Gurubaran / K Samuel Johnson, Phone: 044-42444555 /42444530 (D), Email: shivekgurubaran.g@cii.in / k.s.johsnon@cii.in