Indian Academy of Highway Engineers inks MoU with UNSW for CoE in smart transportation

This will be the world’s first transportation centre involving two countries committed to seeing technological innovation for economic development through improved safety and reduced congestion.

By Autocar Professional Bureau

14 Apr 2017

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Indian Academy of Highway Engineers inks MoU with UNSW for CoE in smart transportation

In line with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway’s aim to influence and adopt global innovation into the transportation sector, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry through the Indian Academy of Highway Engineers and University of New South Wales (UNSW) to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems (CATTS).

The MoU was exchanged between V L Patankar, director of IAHE, and Prof. Ian Jacobs, vice-chancellor of UNSW on April 10, 2017 in the presence of Simon Birmingham, Australian Minister for Education. The vision for CATTS is to:

- Accelerate the evaluation and adoption of new transportation technologies and explore market opportunities for them in India and Australia.

- Conduct research, development and training in the areas of transport system modelling and data for smart cities.

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