National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX) organised a one day conference on the "Global Presence of Indian Test Agencies - Way Forward", on 27 April, 2024.
The conference held at Pithampur saw participation from VECV, Hero MotoCorp, ATS, JK Tyre, Greaves Electric Mobility and Bosch among others, alongside senior personnel from SIAM, ACMA, ATMA, besides IIT Indore and Hyderabad.
The unanimous consensus was that collaboration was the need of the hour for India to be fully developed by 2047 and
The Conference also saw the inauguration of the Cut and Chip Test Track (7 degrees gradient) for tyre testing by the Chief Guest of the Conference, Dr. Hanif Qureshi, which was created in collaboration with Apollo Tyres.