Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), S. Krishnan on Sunday inaugurated the model electric vehicle charging station for the local population at the C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram Technopark campus.
S Krishnan, secretary of MeitY, said: “We should be able to develop critical technologies ourselves.”
According to the Ministry of Electronics and IT, this facility will have various AC and DC fast chargers for a range of vehicles, from two-wheelers to heavy trucks. The aim is to improve the electric vehicle charging infrastructure ecosystem by promoting research, development, commercialization and manufacturing of indigenous electric vehicle chargers.
In addition, Shri S. Krishnan inaugurated the Hardware Emulation Facility at C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram, which supports start-ups under C2S programme and DLI programme of MeitY.
This center supports the development, testing and validation of hardware designs for VLSI and SoC technologies and provides resources for emulating hardware designs on reconfigurable platforms such as FPGAs.
In his speech, S. Krishnan stressed the importance of developing intellectual property in India for industrial applications in order to maintain the country’s technological lead.
He said, “Creating intellectual property in India for use in industrial applications is very important to ensure that India stays at the forefront. The government has set a goal to introduce electric vehicles and renewable solutions in the country. Developing technologies and solutions in these areas will play a very important role in indigenising and making India self-sufficient.”
Several important announcements were made during the event.
The high voltage and high frequency planar magnet technology of C-DAC (T) and IISc Bangalore has been transferred to Reliamotive Labs, Bangalore. This technology can be used to design and test planar inductors and transformers for various applications up to 10 kV and frequencies up to 200 kHz.
C-DAC (T) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited to develop VEGA processor-based SoCs for various applications.
An agreement was signed between C-DAC (T), C-DAC Chennai and Aheesa Digital Innovations Pvt. Ltd. to develop network security solutions including CDAC Rakshak and Darpan Virtual Network Solutions. These solutions include proprietary AI algorithms and custom engines for cyber forensics and network software.
C-DAC (T) has partnered with Hykon India Ltd. to develop and deploy Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) technologies aimed at integrating power and transportation to support the grid and promote sustainable electric transportation.
An agreement was signed with JMV LPS to develop and deploy smart meter technologies for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to extend the capabilities of conventional smart meters.
Hykon India Ltd. in collaboration with C-DAC(T) has launched Hybrid Power Conditioning Systems for Microgrids. Developed under the NaMPET program, these systems provide resilient industrial microgrid solutions with robust hardware, advanced cooling systems and grid synchronization capabilities.
SK Marwaha, E Magesh, Kalai Selvan, Dr. Om Krishan Singh and representatives of various industry partners attended the inauguration and announcements.
