Specialized electric vehicles courses
launched by ARAI
To promote the electric mobility across the country and provide opportunities to professionals to work in EVs field, the Automotive Research Association of India (Arai) Academy, Pune has now started two specialised courses. Let us read more about the specialised electric vehicles courses by ARAI.
As the Central government is encouraging the use of electric vehicles and several automobile manufacturing companies have already started and some are thinking to enter into the EV industry for that the demand for skilled engineers in the automotive engineering sector increasing.
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K C Vora, senior deputy director and head of Arai Academy said, “The first course is the postgraduate diploma in electric mobility, it is a one year course which was started in August 2019. We have tied up with College of Engineering Pune (COEP), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and Cummins College of Engineering for Women. We intake 20 students from each institute. Every Monday and Tuesday they come to Arai academy and for the remaining weekdays, they go to their respective college for lectures. The students are given practical exposure about how electric vehicles are designed, tested and manufactured. New intakes will start in June.”
Specialised electric vehicles courses
- The first course is the postgraduate diploma in electric mobility which is for one year, started in August 2019.
- The second course is MTech in an electric and hybrid vehicle which is a two-year course.
“The second course is MTech in an electric and hybrid vehicle which is a two-year course. First-year is done at Vel Tech University in Chennai and the second year is completed at Arai Academy Pune. This course was also started last year, the intake is of 30 students and this year 25 students enrolled for it,” he added
The students who opt for these courses can pursue their career as a design engineer, test engineer or maintenance engineer for electric vehicles.
