To echo and support Honorable Prime Minister’s vision to make India a Global Automobile Hub, National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX), under NAB (Ministry of Heavy Industries, GOI) is organizing a Conference on “Global Presence of Indian Test Agencies – Way Forward” on Saturday, 27th April’ 2024.
Indian Automotive Industry has continuously grown since many decades and its accelerated growth in recent times is setting new benchmarks globally – the recent achievement of getting positioned as the third largest Automotive market in the world is a prized accomplishment. With the presence of impressive array of local and global Automotive and Technology players, start-ups, talent demographics, and supportive Government Policies, Indian Automotive Industry is well set to usher in a new era, which perhaps may get judged as Indian Automotive Renaissance period.
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In the last two decades, significant game changing work has also happened from Ministry of Heavy Industries in setting up of new greenfield Test Agencies (under NAB) and upgradation of existing test agencies. While Indian Test Agencies have evolved significantly in the last decade or two, but looking at Global Aspirations of all stake holders and ever-changing technology landscape, it is important to discuss path forward for Indian Test Agencies to take a forward leap in emerging as Global Players for R&D, Testing and Co-Development.
Dr. Manish Jaiswal, Director NATRAX opined that “the technology Landscape is evolving very fast, especially with the advent of SW enabled vehicles, and various technology mega trends. For India to go at par with the world in the new era of automotive technology, it is of paramount importance that new collaborative models are set across industry, which enables localization of R&D, testing and technology incubation. All this requires new type of Top driven collaborative mindset.”
Its first of its kind Automotive Leadership Conference (in association with SIAM, ACMA and ATMA), which intends to bring all high-level stakeholders on a single platform with an aim to discuss and deliberate on the way forward to break silos and create path forward to build and enable ecosystem in Test Agencies through intense collaboration between Industries, Government Bodies, Technology Players, and Academia.
Dr. Sudhir Gupte, Principal Engineer – NATRAX, opined to meet such high-level objective, presence of all stake holders, including Auto OEM’s, Auto component Manufacturers, Tyre Manufacturers, SW Technology companies and Academia, along with Govt. Officials is imperative and requested everyone to come forward to join the Conference. The Policy Times Chamber of Commerce is associated with NATRAX as the Organizing Partner for the event, with ET Auto as the media partner.
