Taking place in Hall 1, the new high-level summit commenced with a keynote address from Damodaran Subramanian, CEO, ChipEdge Technologies/Sarinx/Celton, followed by a session on future technologies. Speakers included Dr G Nagarajan, president, SAEIndia; CV Raman, member of the executive committee, Maruti Suzuki/past president, SAEIndia; Dr Saurabh Dalela, director, ICAT; and Dr N Saravanan, president and chief technology officer, Ashok Leyland.
Subramanian announced SAEIndia’s collaboration with UKi Media & Events, saying “This partnership reflects our shared vision to elevate the level of discussion, knowledge sharing and strategic thinking in automotive testing, validation and quality engineering. As a curtain raiser to this collaboration, we are delighted to host a leadership summit right here at ATE India 2025. This summit brings together thought leaders, policymakers, technologists and industry veterans on a common platform to explore what lies ahead in the automotive testing domain. In a time when the automotive industry is undergoing transformational changes driven by electrification, autonomy, digitalization and sustainability, testing and validation have become more critical than ever. Through this summit, we aim to spark meaningful conversations around the challenges we face, the opportunities ahead and the innovations that will shape the future of mobility.”
The theme of collaboration pervaded the session. Ashok Leyland’s Dr Saravanan spoke about how collaboration is key to shift to more smart testing and virtual validation. ICAT’s Dr Dalela discussed ways to save costs in testing and still be reliable, including simulation, foreseeing future regulations with which OEMs will need to comply and warning that public awareness and acceptance of EV technology is critical to EV success and adoption.
Maruti Suzuki’s CV Raman emphasised a focus on industry-academia collaboration due to a multitude of dynamic changes in automotive technologies, saying that 10 years from now, the industry won’t have core workers in mechanical engineering. Raman called on mechanical engineers to partner with universities to find ways to grow together.
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