IIT-Madras to launch a master’s programme on electric vehicles – Times of India

CHENNAI: With the electric vehicles (EV) industry seeing growth in recent years, the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) is launching a master’s programme on electric vehicles. This Interdisciplinary dual degree course (IDDD) will boost students’ engagement with e-mobility and will be offered for its B Tech and Dual Degree students to enhance research in the field, the institute said.

Students are expected to enrol in this programme from January 2022 during their third year of B Tech and dual degree programmes. The initial intake is expected to be 25 students.

The students graduating from this programme will have 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.

“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,” T Asokan, head, department of engineering design, IIT-Madras, said.

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.

IIT-Madras has played a key role in building capabilities for e-mobility through its various centres and programmes including the Centre for Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicles (CBEEV) and incubating startups through its IIT-Madras Incubation Cell.