NITK to offer MTech in Power Electronics & Control for Electric Vehicles
The institute partners with Bosch to offer the course. Initially, only Bosch professionals will be able to take up the course. The maximum seat intake is 40 students.
National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, has collaborated with Bosch Global Software Technologies Pvt Ltd to offer a two-year postgraduate programme (MTech) in ‘Power Electronics and Control for Electric Vehicle’ in the hybrid mode from October 2022.
Classes to be held in online mode
As per the institute, classes will be held regularly from Monday to Friday in the online mode from 5 pm to 9 pm. However, exams will be conducted in the offline mode. Only Bosch professionals will be able to take up the course in the beginning.
According to Dattatraya N Gaonkar, Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at NITK, an agreement was signed on September 16 for starting an industry-sponsored MTech programme.
Bosch sends list of professionals for course
He said Bosch will select its employees for the MTech programme and send their list to the NITK, which will screen them by conducting an interview or written test before admitting them to the course. The maximum intake is 40 students. “Bosch has sent a list of 27 of its professionals for the programme,” he said.
“All other regulatory requirements will be applicable to them as per the regular fully residential postgraduate programmes of NITK,” he said.
“The electric vehicle industry is growing rapidly. There is a huge demand for EV technical skill sets. Almost all automobile industries are focusing on manufacturing EVs,” he said.
Mr. Gaonkar said that battery management in electric vehicles has emerged as an area which needs focus. Hence, NIT-K will offer a market-oriented program with strong theoretical content and laboratory experience. The program has been designed in consultation with Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited.
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