IIT-Madras Backs EV’s With New Masters Course On EV’s

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IIT-Madras) is launching a master’s program on Electric Vehicles (EV) as an inter-disciplinary dual degree (IDDD). The new course is aimed at boosting the students’ engagement with e-mobility and will be offered for its BTech and dual degree students.

This program would enhance the research capabilities in this field, a press release from the premier technical institute said.

Students are expected to enrol in this programme from January during their third year of BTech and dual degree programs. The initial intake is expected to be 25 students.

Highlighting the unique aspects of this program, Prof T Asokan, Head, Department of Engineering Design, IIT-Madras, said, “The course will be the result of nearly eight departments collaborating to induct the skills required for a student to engineer Electric Vehicles.”

“The content offered is carefully curated to build sufficient depth in each domain, starting from vehicle basics and going to very specific EV aggregates including batteries and motors,” he added.

IITs in the country are increasingly working towards bringing the green energy and technology wave into the classrooms. In October last year, for instance, the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, (IIT-Delhi) announced a new undergraduate course – B.Tech. in Energy Engineering – to be offered by the institute’s department of energy science and engineering (DESE).

Further, IIT-D also launched a new postgraduate programme in electric mobility in the last academic session. The MTech course in E-mobility is being offered by the institute’s Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART), which was established in May 2019 with a vision to promote interdisciplinary research in EVs and related areas.