The university has established a Centre of Excellence for Electric Vehicles and Related Technologies (CoE for EVRT) to impart training & research in the thrust area of electric vehicles and related technology. The centre will help in developing an ecosystem for transformation from a traditional to eco-friendly transportation system. A state-of-the-art facility for training and testing will be created to carry out interdisciplinary research in electric vehicles and their associated areas.
The CoE for EVRT was inaugurated by Prof. Yogesh Singh, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Technological University, on 7th October 2021. This centre is jointly funded by the Delhi Knowledge Development Foundation (DKDF), the Government of NCT of Delhi, and Delhi Technological University, Delhi. CoE for EVRT-focused research areas will include, but not be limited to, design, development, and analysis of electric vehicle motors and drives; charging station infrastructure; charge controllers; communication infrastructure for information dissemination between the power grid and EVs; battery management systems; retrofitting; etc. This centre is not only providing interdisciplinary research and development ecosystems but also offering internships, skills development courses, entrepreneurship programs, and facilitating industrial training for undergraduate/postgraduate students and research scholars. In addition, the centre will also offer regular PG/certificate courses in the near future. The facility will strive for networking and collaboration with industries, research laboratories, and other institutions of excellence in India and abroad to carry out cutting-edge research and development in EVs, along with offering postgraduate programs.
Many faculty members of the Department of Electrical Engineering, DTU, are already working in different areas related to electric vehicle technologies through various sponsored research projects. These islands of research endeavors and the expertise of the faculty members involved in them are being gainfully collaborated for the development of a CoE for EVRT. In a very short span, the CoE for EVRT has established strong industry-academia collaborations to achieve the objectives of the centre.
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