A stakeholders meeting was organised under the Mission for Advancement in High-impact Areas (MAHA) Electric Vehicle mission to discuss collaborative efforts for advancing the country’s e-mobility ecosystem.

Researchers, industry leaders and experts across India working on various aspects of Electric Mobility, came together at the meeting.

The meeting served as an interactive platform, with over 300 participants representing academia, government agencies, and industry joining in person and through online mode. They interacted with the senior government officials to clear their doubts for preparing to submit their proposals for the current call under MAHA-EV Mission.

Professor Ajay K Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, said, “We have launched this mission to support India’s shift to sustainable mobility in line with national goals. The importance of e-mobility within our automobile sector cannot be overstated.”

“This mission is designed to catalyse innovation and collaboration among stakeholders, ensuring India builds robust expertise in EV technology,” he added.

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology and CEO, ANRF, Professor Abhay Karandikar, highlighted the ambitious goals of the MAHA-EV Mission.

“We have initiated significant investments through ANRF, establishing a high-powered governing board to guide mission strategy. The MAHA-EV Mission aims to foster advancements in EV battery technology, power electronics, and charging infrastructure.”

“We have opened the call for proposals in consortia mode to enable interdisciplinary research and development across institutions, research labs and industry,” he said.

The first call from ANRF on the MAHA-EV mission which aims to boost India’s expertise in EV battery technology, strengthen R&D in power electronics, machines and drives and improve charging infrastructure, is designed to fast-track translational research, innovation and technological breakthroughs in this area of national priority and bring about global impact.

Further, Dr. Shashi Bhushan Pandey, Program Coordinator of the EV Mission at ANRF stressed that fostering such partnerships would lead to substantial advancements in India’s EV landscape.

On the sidelines of this event, Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DST unveiled three thematic R&D Roadmaps on Tropical EV Battery, Power Electronics, Machines and Drives and EV Charging Infrastructure, which were prepared by DST.