South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has opened a new research centre in the Indian capital of Delhi in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), to collaborate on electrification and battery systems research tailored for the local market.
The Hyundai Center of Excellence (CoE) for future mobility technology has identified nine individual joint research projects for its long-term academic-industrial cooperation framework with IIT Delhi, focused on the following areas: battery cells, systems and testing; battery management systems (BMS); energy density enhancement; safety; durability; diagnostic technologies; new materials; system components; and battery design.
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The steering committee of the new Hyundai CoE will be co-chaired by Hyundai Motor India’s managing director Chang Hwan Kim and Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi, dean of IIT Delhi.
Heuiwon Yang, HMG’s head of R&D, said in a statement: “We’re excited to work with India’s brightest minds in battery innovation. Collaborating with leading researchers and IIT professors through the Hyundai Center of Excellence for future mobility technology will help us develop technologies tailored to India while contributing to its economy and society. We see this partnership with India’s academia and industry as a foundation for building a sustainable future together.”
HMG also announced that it is expanding its Future Technology Research Program, which has been in operation in India since 2021. The company pointed out that “unlike the general operation methods of academic-industrial projects, the programme allows university faculty members to propose their own research topics, which are then reviewed and selected by HMG.”
This programme was previously only available to South Korean universities and South Korean professors at overseas institutions, but it has now been expanded to include foreign faculties – beginning with professors at IITs. The automaker said “this marks a significant step in globalizing HMG’s academic collaboration efforts.”
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