MOTION OCP for “Deep Tech and its Applications” in Automotive Domain

About this Challenge

“MOTION” – a CoE in Automotive: Autonomous Connected Electric Shared Mobility (ACES) by STPI

• Objectives:Creation of a holistic eco-system for encouraging R&D, innovation, Entrepreneurship in the Automotive: ACES sector in India by providing physical infrastructure and support services for prototyping, developing, testing & marketing; to incubate start-up units to create innovative solutions to meet the existing and emerging needs of automotive sector; to provide business and technological mentorship & guidance in the domain; to provide networking services linking up with funding sources and other stakeholders (alumni, academic institutions, other incubators etc.); to enable creation of IPs domestically;

• Location: Ground Floor, Electronics Sadan -III, MIDC, Bhosari – 411026

• Chief Mentor: Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, Executive Chairman and Founder of 5F World

• Partners:   Partners include

• Government: MeitY, STPI, Govt of Maharashtra, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd
• Academia: College of Engineering Pune (CoEP), SINE IIT Bombay, TiHAN IIT Hyderabad
• Industry: M/s. Tata Motors Ltd., M/s. Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions, M/s. Intel Technology   India Pvt. Ltd., M/s. Visteon Technical and Services Centre Pvt. Ltd and M/s. MathWorks India Pvt. Ltd
• Industry Association: Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAE India), The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)

• Facilities & Services: The services available for the beneficiaries of Motion shall include

• Physical infrastructure including 75-seater state-of-the-art incubation and physical laboratories viz. EV Lab, AV Lab, Connected & Shared Mobility Lab
• Mentoring
• Access to Financial Support
• Technical Support
• Marketing Support
• IPR/Patenting Facilitation
• Legal, Accounting & other support Services

• Target Beneficiaries: 50 start-ups are expected to be benefitted over a period of 5 Years.