IIT Madras Launches Mobility and Intelligent Transportation; Know Details Here

IIT Madras has launched the ‘Mobility and Intelligent Transportation’ (MInT) project to create a global digital infrastructure for mobility, fostering collaboration and competition among industry competitors, government bodies, and academic leaders.

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has launched the ‘Mobility and Intelligent Transportation’ (MInT) collaboration, aimed at developing a worldwide digital infrastructure for mobility. This initiative operates on the "collaborate and compete" principle, where the Institute intends to unite industry rivals, government entities, and academic pioneers to jointly develop the mobility digital infrastructure (known as the Bharat Multi-Modal Mobility Stack or BM3S). 

Mobility and Intelligent Transportation (MInT) 

This collaboration aims to facilitate comprehensive system solutions. MInT represents a worldwide effort focused on constructing a digital infrastructure for mobility and a research and development (R&D) portfolio, in addition to nurturing a talented workforce dedicated to creating innovative mobility solutions. This initiative aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, including

• Sustainable Transport (11.2): 50% reduction in total transport emissions
• Accident Prevention (3.6): 50% reduction in fatalities
• Energy Efficiency (7.3): 50% of all transport from net zero modes

Addressing the launch event virtually, Chief Guest Neeraj Mittal IAS, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, said, “This initiative is appropriate because our country is passing through a phase where it can define new frontiers. It can change the way our citizens live the next decade and the decade thereafter is going to be very defining for India and its citizens. This initiative is very critical for our well-being and sustainable future.”

Neeraj Mittal IAS also added, “Telecommunication is a basic infrastructure which will support all these innovations. You can see the improvement in speed in many areas. Our median speed, which used to be 1.8 Mbps in 2014, has reached somewhere around 50 Mbps. The cost of data is 1/10th to 1/20th of most advanced nations. The density of smartphones has also increased significantly. The upcoming 6G technologies, which are going to integrate sensing, quantum computing will really open this opportunity for all of us to work and hand over this world and India to the future generations in a sustainable manner.”

Congratulating the faculty from the Transportation Group and of the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Alumni and Corporate Relations), IIT Madras, said, “Mint is an essential first step to understanding this very ‘traffic jammed’ world of mobility. There is a lot to be done. India is a growing country. The rate at which we add mobility needs is just unbelievable both in terms of cargo and people’s desire to move as well as just the quantum of the vehicles that are now being added to the roads every day. ”

IIT Madras will anchor the MInT Collaborative with its world-leading technological and human resources in numerous fields. The field of mobility serves as a prime example where the convergence of different perspectives is crucial for discovering comprehensive solutions that amplify beneficial results and reduce or completely negate potential negative impacts.

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