S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), inspects the model electric vehicle charging station at the Technopark campus of C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram after inaugurating the facility on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Correspondent
Creating intellectual property for industrial applications is very important to ensure India’s competitive edge, said S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), here on Sunday.
“India is too big and too important as a country to depend on vital technologies. We should be able to develop vital technologies ourselves,” he said at the inauguration of a model charging station for domestic electric vehicles at the Technopark campus of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
Equipped with AC and DC fast chargers for vehicles ranging from two-wheelers to heavy-duty vehicles, the new facility is expected to play a pivotal role in creating an ecosystem to promote charging infrastructure with indigenous EV chargers. It will also promote research, development, commercialization and manufacturing by the industry, said a press release issued here.
Mr. Krishnan also inaugurated a hardware emulation facility for start-ups at C-DAC’s Vellayambalam campus. The centre will develop, test and validate hardware designs.
Technology transfers, MoUs and a product launch were also announced at the event. These include technology transfer for high voltage high frequency planar magnet technology developed by C-DAC and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore to Reliamotive Labs, Bangalore, MoU of collaboration between C-DAC, IIT, Gandhinagar and L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited to develop a system-on-chip based on the VEGA processor and MoU between C-DAC and Aheesa Digital Innovations Pvt. Ltd. to develop network security solutions for breach detection and comprehensive cyber forensics support. Two separate MoU collaborations by C-DAC were signed with Hykon India Ltd. and Tata Power Electric Mobility to develop and deploy Vehicle-to-Grid technologies while another MoU was signed between C-DAC and JMV LPS to develop, deploy and deploy the smart meter technologies. A Hybrid Power Conditioning System for Microgrid technologies developed by Hykon India Ltd. and C-DAC was also launched at the event.
The Minister addressed over 100 researchers and scientists in addition to key industry partners. Other industry representatives and senior officials from MeitY and C-DAC were present at the event.
