Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 14: Government Polytechnic Bikram Chowk Jammu in collaboration with IIM Jammu and IIT Delhi organized an EV start-up workshop here on Tuesday.
As per a statement, the event was supported by FITT, IIT Delhi under the aegis of SONA COMSTAR grant challenge for electric vehicles and Government Polytechnic, Bikram Chowk, Jammu, which nests the CIIT CoE for electric vehicles.
In his welcome note, Er Arun Bangotra, Principal of the college welcomed the participants of different institutions and invited them to make use of facilities available at CIIIT Jammu for joint research objectives in various technologies.
The press statement said that the main speaker of the occasion was Jawaad Khan of Bhaderwah, who is the owner of the start-up Tadpole. His company has received order of retrofitting of 50 gypsies of Indian Army with EV motors.
Khan shared his story of how a student of average academic scores and an economically weaker section from Bhaderwah, learnt about electric vehicles and reached at a stage where he is retrofitting EVs for Indian Army and HNIs besides assisting IIT Delhi and other IITs set up hi-tech EV research labs.
During the presentation and Q and A session with Chief Innovation Officer of IIM Jammu, Dr Vivek Sharma, Khan discussed a lot of research areas where the academic community can undertake research and build start-ups.
The press statement further said that the program was organised with the motive of making the faculty and students of the region aware of the current challenge statement in EV industry and invite them to form research groups to solve specific problems related to EVs.
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