Tata Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TiHAN IIT Hyderabad to collaborate in the areas of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
The collaboration will specifically focus on developing platform/s and Proofs of Concept (POC) that optimise product development timelines and enable upskilling and hands-on training for Tata Technologies engineers at TiHAN in new technology areas.
Warren Harris, MD and CEO, Tata Technologies, said, “We will leverage our 25+ years of automotive domain knowledge and access to customers across the globe to help TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad develop a comprehensive set of solutions and accelerators for the automotive industry and upskill engineers on emerging technologies.”
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Prof B S Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, emphasised the potential for significant innovation in the automotive industry that can result from this collaboration.
As per Sriram Lakshminarayanan, President & Chief Technical Officer, Tata Technologies, the duo can leverage their collective expertise and resources to explore use cases for SDVs by adopting modern System on Chips (SoCs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Over the Air (OTA) frameworks, and connected technologies within the realm of SDVs.