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1. Massive Growth Opportunity

As per Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) 2026, the Indian automotive industry will create 65 million jobs over the next decade.

  • 'By 2030, journeys will become more integrated, intelligent and connected, as people will demand personalized mobility solutions.' 1
  • 'Worldwide roads on course for 31.1 million EV milestone by 2030.'2
  • 'The Indian EV industry is expected to gain USD 20 billion by 2030.' 3

2. High Impact Format

  • Interactive Live Sessions With expert faculty from IISc
  • Experiential Learning Supported by case studies
  • Industry Interaction Mentor support by industry practitioners
  • Experience IISc campus 3 days of campus visits

3. IISc Advantage
India's #1 University and #1 Research Institute*

IISc

IISc (Indian Institute of Science) is the oldest and the finest higher education institute of its kind in India. It pursues excellence in research and education in several fields of Science and Engineering and is one of the first three publicly funded institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status. The alumni of IISc hold significant academic and industry positions around the globe. For more information visit www.iisc.ac.in

The PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in Mobility Engineering will be delivered by IISc’s Centre for Continuing Education (CCE). CCE delivers courses suitably designed to meet the requirements of various target groups, eg: research & development (R&D) laboratories and industries, research scientists and engineers, to enable them to grow into competent managers of technology-intensive and data-driven organizations. For more information, visit cce.iisc.ac.in

Expert Faculty

Taught by eminent IISc Faculty Group


Programme Director
Prof. R V Ravikrishna

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Head, National Centre for Combustion Research & Development, IISc

Research Expertise: Energy Systems & Thermal Sciences, Combustion, Atomization & Sprays, Laser-based Diagnostic Techniques & Applied CFD

  • An IIT Madras alumnus, he holds 7 patents to his credits.
  • Authored 200+ papers published in reputed journals and conferences.
  • Guided Ph.D. candidates who now work as a faculty across various IITs.
  • Member of The Combustion Institute (India) and ILASS - Asia.
  • Principal Investigator for funded projects of GAIL, NCCRD and Siemens

Prof. Pradipta Biswas
Associate Professor, Department of Design and Manufacturing & Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems, IISc

Research Expertise: Human Computer Interaction, User Modelling, Multimodal Interaction, Intelligent Interaction

  • He set up and lead the Interaction Design (I3D) Lab at CPDM, IISc.
  • Vice chairman of ITU Study Group 9 and a Co-Chair of the IRG AVA and Focus Group on Smart TV at the International Telecommunication Union.
  • Taught courses on AI/ML, Automotive UI, AR/VR, and allied areas in educational institutes and top tech companies.
  • Won grants for his research work on gaze-controlled applications, AR/VR, Automotive UI from Microsoft, Facebook, DRDO and, other organisations.
  • Many of his research works have been covered by reputed media outlets.

Prof. Pradip Dutta
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Solar Thermal Technologies, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Solidification, Materials processing

  • At IISc, he teaches Thermodynamics, Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow and Convective Heat Transfer subjects.
  • Holds leadership positions in organisations like the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer and Solar Task Force, DST
  • Worked as a Principal Investigator for sponsored projects of NCCCR&D, Solar Energy Research Institute (India, USA) and MNRE, GoI.
  • Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, IEEE Transaction on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
  • Elected Fellow Member of renowned scientific councils - ASME, Indian Academy of Sciences, ASTFE to name a few.

Prof. Tarun Rambha
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc

Research Expertise: Shared Ride and Transit Systems, Applications of Reinforcement Learning, Traffic Network Optimization

  • Prior to IISc, worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University.
  • Most of his research works are primarily focused on the optimization of transportation networks.
  • His teaching areas include Transportation Logistics, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Network Equilibrium and Markov Decision Processes.
  • Taught Operation Research courses in IIT Kanpur and ISB Hyderabad.
  • Worked as Principal Investigator for projects funded by the IISc, DST - GoI, IMPRINT - GoI, MeitY - GoI and RAKSHAK - GoI.

Prof. Kaushik Basu
Associate Professor, Division of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science, IISc

Research Expertise: Power Electronics

  • Counted among the leading researchers in power electronics, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, USA.
  • Founding Chair Member of IEEE Power Electronics Society and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - Bangalore Chapter.
  • Appointed as the Technical Program Committee Vice Chair for the prestigious IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (2020).
  • Winner of the Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award for Asst. Professors for Engineering for the year 2019, conferred by IISc.
  • Holds a brief industry experience by working with companies - ColdWatt India Private Limited (India) and Dynapower Company LLC, Vermont, USA.

Prof. Punit Rathore
Assistant Professor, Robert Bosch Centre for Cyberphysical Systems (RBCCPS) and Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation, and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc

Research Expertise: Big data analytics, Unsupervised learning, Explainable AI/ML, Data-Driven Analytics for Autonomous Systems and Transportation, Spatio-temporal Data Mining, Streaming data analytics, and Urban Sensing and Analytics.

  • He worked as a Researcher at TATA Steel Ltd and developed many image processing and ML-based real-time systems for manufacturing industries.
  • He also worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT - Cambridge and the National University of Singapore (NUS) and worked on mobility analytics.
  • He is a Reviewer for IEEE and its niche chapters - Transactions on Big Data, Knowledge and Data Engineering, Cybernetics and more.
  • At IISc he teaches Data Science for Smart City Applications and Theory and Applications of Bayesian Learning subjects.
  • Majority of his research work revolves around Driving Behaviour Study using Human-Machine Interactions, Big Data, Smart Mobility and IoT.

Prof Debashish Das
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Experimental Nanoscale Solid Mechanics Nanoscale Biomechanics Multifunctional Materials and Interfaces

  • Before joining IISc, he was a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • His academic journey began with a B.E. in mechanical engineering from Jadavpur University, followed by an M.E. from IISc.
  • Pursued Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • He has published 12+ research papers and has co-authored more than 50+ papers.

Prof. Jishnu Keshavan
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Autonomous Aerial and Ground Systems, Nonlinear Estimation and Control Theory, Data-driven & Learning-based Control, Robust Control Systems Design, Vision-based Navigation

  • Acknowledged expert in Robotics and Automation.
  • Previously worked as the Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Dept. at Mississippi State University, USA.
  • Journal Reviewer for leading publications like IEEE, AIAA, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems & Control Engineering Practice, Sadhana.
  • Presented research works in international conferences.
  • Authored various research papers published in reputed journals.

Prof. Amrit Ambirajan
Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Thermal Management, Two-phase Heat Transport Devices, Thermal Property Measurements, Radiation Heat Transfer, Thermo-Acoustic Devices

  • From 1998 to 2019, he worked with the Thermal Systems Group, U. R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO.
  • At ISRO, he worked as thermal engineer where he was involved in R&D related to spacecraft thermal management.
  • An IIT Madras alumnus, he is also an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
  • Published research papers on topics like space vehicles, thermal management, and thermodynamics.
  • He has also worked as a consultant for thermal management and air pollution monitoring projects.

Prof. L. Umanand
Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Power electronics - Renewable Energy Systems, Photovoltaic-based Systems, Bond Graph Modelling, Power Conversion

  • Acknowledged expert in electronic systems engineering with emphasis on power electronics.
  • He holds 4 patents to his credit and has authored 160+ research papers.
  • His research work on revolves around power and energy systems with an emphasis on societal benefits.
  • Some of his significant research work include Solar cooking, Photovoltaics integrated microgrid, Integrated magnetics and Rimless wheel walker.
  • He has authored books - Power Electronics: Essentials & Applications and Design Of Magnetic Components for Switched Mode Power Converters.

Prof. Abdul Pinjari
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Expertise: Travel Demand Modeling and Forecasting, Choice Modelling, Transportation Planning

  • Previously taught in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida - USA.
  • Served as Faculty Affiliate for the Center for Urban Transportation Research and Patel College for Global Sustainability, University of South Florida.
  • Served as an Advisor for organisations like Caliper Corporation, Cambridge Systematics and Gannett Fleming.
  • Member of Editorial Board for scientific journals and niche committees set up for Transport Modeling and Travel Demand Forecasting.
  • Under his guidance, students have won scholarships to pursue doctoral studies in top universities.

Prof. Vishnu Iyer
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Power Conversion Systems for Transportation Electrification, DC Microgrids, Differential Power Processing, Power Electronic Systems - Control & Stability

  • Before joining IISc, he was a Lead Engineer at GE Research, Niskayuna, USA.
  • He holds 5 patents to his credit and authored various papers presented in international conferences.
  • Before his doctoral studies, he worked as Power Electronics Engineer at GE Research, India.
  • Much of his research is aimed at addressing fundamental problems in the area of power electronics.
  • Power Conversion for e-Mobility, Microgrids and Power Magnetics are among his active research projects.

Prof. Sarasij Das
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise: Power Systems, Smart Grids and Renewable Energy.

  • An acknowledged expert in Power Systems, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy.
  • Previously worked as the Assistant Professor at IIT Kharagpur and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada.
  • Has previous industry experience of working with PRDC and Schneider Electric India.
  • Associate Editor at IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, IEEE Access, Journal of Modern Power System and Clean Energy, and International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems.
  • Presented research works at national and international conferences.
  • Authored various research papers published in reputed journals.

Curriculum

You will deepen your knowledge of urban transportation system, electric vehicles, modern vehicle design and more, delivered through the state-of-the-art curriculum, designed by distinguished IISc Faculty.

Module 1: Electric Vehicles

  • Session 1: Introduction to Electric Vehicles: An overview of vehicular mechanics, architecture, and power train component sizing.
  • Session 2 : Battery energy storage: Different types of traction battery chemistry, electrical modelling, and battery management system (BMS).
  • Session 3 : Electric motors: Induction, PMSM and BLDC motors, construction, working principle and design.
  • Session 4 : Control of electric motors: Dynamic modelling of electric motors, scalar control of DC machines, field-oriented vector control of AC machines.
  • Session 5 : Power electronic converters: Fundamentals of switched mode power conversion, traction inverter and battery charger.
  • Session 6 : Introduction to advanced concepts: DC fast charging, charging infrastructure, V2G-G2V, module summary.

Module 3: Hybrid Vehicles

  • Session 1 : Vehicle-level modelling, Drive Cycles
  • Session 2 : Sizing of Powertrain for Conventional and Electric Vehicles
  • Session 3 : Introduction to Hybrid Vehicles, Pros and cons of different types of hybrid powertrains
  • Session 4 : Hybrid vehicle Component sizing: Sizing of the electric machine, battery and combustion engine
  • Session 5 : Control of a hybrid powertrain,Simulation of a hybrid powertrain and its controller using MATLAB Simulink

Module 4: Vehicle Dynamics & Structural Analysis

  • Session 1 : Revisiting particle and rigid body dynamics
  • Session 2 : Compliant model dynamics: spring, mass, damper systems
  • Session 3 : Vibrations, impact and base excitation
  • Session 4 : Tire mechanical modeling, friction, vehicle-road surface interaction and driver dynamics
  • Session 5 : Handling, steering and driving performance
  • Session 6: Basics of Strength of Materials, Modeling, Material selection & Lightweighting

Module 5: Automotive HMI

  • Session 1 : History, Introduction, Relevant International Standards from NHTSA, JAMA, HARDIE, ISO, ITU and Case Studies.
  • Session 2 : Basics of Visual Perception, Cognition and Motor Action, Visual Angle Calculation, Virtual Touch and Rapid Aiming Movements.
  • Session 3 : Multimodal Interaction, Demonstrations of gesture, eye gaze, voice based interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Load Estimation
  • Session 4 : Introduction to AR/VR technology, Augmented and Mixed Reality based car dashboard, Introduction to Haptics and Spatial Audio
  • Session 5 : User Study Design, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Qualitative Analysis, Grounded Theory Based Approach, Case Studies on evaluation of Automotive UI
  • Session 6 : Physical Lab visit at IISc - demonstations of gaze controlled interactive HUD, Microsoft Hololens based ADAS, VR based cockpit.

Module 6: Thermal Management of Electric Vehicles

  • Session 1 : Introduction to heat transfer: Basics of conduction, extended surface heat transfer, convection, radiation
  • Session 2 : Introduction to heat transfer: boiling, condensation, heat exchangers
  • Session 3 : Active thermal management technologies: air cooling, liquid cooling, fans, pumps, jet impingement cooling, vapour compression systems
  • Session 4 : Passive thermal management technologies: heat pipes, thermosyphons, phase change materials
  • Session 5 : Thermal management of electric motors and power electronics
  • Session 6 : Thermal management of EV batteries
  • Session 7 : Thermal management of the cabin
  • Session 8 : Thermal management system integration

Module 7: Modelling Urban Transportation Systems

  • Session 1: Transportation demand and supply analysis and applications
  • Session 2: Travel generation and regression
  • Session 3: Spatial distribution of travel
  • Session 4: Modal distribution of travel
  • Session 5: Consumer/traveller behavior
  • Session 6: Introduction to transportation network analysis
  • Session 7 : Shortest paths
  • Session 8: Equilibrium algorithms
  • Session 9: Traffic flow models
  • Session 10: Agent-based modelling

Module 8: Smart Mobility & IoT Data Analytics

  • Session 1: Introduction to Mobility and IoT Data: Data Types, Characteristics, Data Quality, Data Pre-processing, Evaluations
  • Session 2 : Exploratory Data Analysis (Clustering, Visualization)
  • Session 3 : Model-based Learning: Linear and Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, Decision tree, ensemble models
  • Session 4 : Neural Networks (ANN and DL) based models
  • Session 5 : Anomaly Detection with case studies

Detailed Curriculum

Is this programme ideal for me?

The programme is best suited if you

  • Are a current and aspiring automotive industry professional
  • Are keen to be an early adopter in the future of mobility
  • Appreciate the value of learning from the best in the world

Eligibility


  • B.E./B.Tech in mechanical/electrical engineering or allied areas with 2 years of work experience.
  • Master's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering
  • Marks: Minimum 50% marks in Degree

How can I enrol for this programme?

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What is the return on my investment?


On successfully completing the programme, you will not only accelerate your professional growth but also be able to fuel organisational growth by building high-performance mobility solutions.

  • 35% hike in remuneration for skilled professionals in the mobility sector
  • Indian EV Market could reach
    $7.09 Bn by 2025
  • 50 Mn jobs in the Indian EV space by 2030

Programme Fee

Details 9 Months Programme
Programme Fee*
With Scholarship 		₹2,50,000
₹1,87,500

12-Month 0% EMI available Nominate your employees to avail special benefits *18% GST extra as applicable

(i) Application Fee of ₹2,000/-, and
(ii) Campus visit fee will be based on actuals and to be borne by the participants

Fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.


Frequently Asked Questions

Who should attend this programme?

The programme is ideal if you

  • Are a current and aspiring automotive industry professionalword file
  • Are keen to be an early adopter in the future of mobility
  • Appreciate the value of learning from the best in the world

Who will teach this programme?

You will learn from eminent IISc faculty who hold academic and research credentials from the world’s best institutions. Meet your faculty here.

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