IIT Madras to launch PG course in electric vehicles

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

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is set to launch a master’s programme in electric vehicles. The interdisciplinary dual degree will boost the students’ engagement with eMobility and will be offered for its BTech and dual degree students.  

Students are expected to enrol in the programme from January 2022 during their third year of BTech 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. 

T Asokan, head, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, said, “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.” 

IITM’s Engineering Design Dept to anchor programme 

Asokan said, “While the Department of Engineering Design will anchor the programme, it will be delivered as a joint effort from various departments. 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 interdisciplinary dual degree programmes where the students will study for five years and obtain BTech in a parent discipline and MTech in an interdisciplinary area. The objective is to provide greater flexibility to students, giving them the opportunity to take courses across disciplines and build towards expertise in modern interdisciplinary areas that will define the future of engineering and technology. 

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