IIT Madras to offer M.Tech in EV

Taking cue from the Central government’s drive to promote electric vehicle (EV) technology platforms, Indian Institute of Technology Madras has announced a Master’s programme on electric vehicles. The objective is to help students develop the skill sets required to pursue job opportunities in EV product development including EV integration, vehicle aggregate engineering, communication and calibration, verification and validation, and product and portfolio planning.

Students are expected to enroll in this programme from January 2022 during their third year of BTech and dual degree courses. The initial intake is expected to be 25 students.

“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”, says T. Asokan, head, department of engineering design, IIT Madras. “Over the next few years, we are hoping to have more programmes with different structures in the eMobility space”.

IIT Madras provides its undergraduate students with an option to upgrade to IDDD programmes where the students will study for five years and obtain B.Tech in a parent discipline and M.Tech in an interdisciplinary area.

“These are exciting times for the eMobility sector. We are clearly at the tipping point. It is important to have more resources skilled in various aspects of EV Engineering and eMobility," says Karthick Athmanathan, professor of practice, IIT Madras.

IIT Madras already has a Centre for Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicles (CBEEV) and incubates a host of start-ups in the eMobility space through its cell.