New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) and IIT Delhi are collaborating on joint research programs.
This will create shared pathways for knowledge development. The organisations have formalised this through a five-year Master Research Agreement.
This will strengthen efforts to bring academia and industry closer through joint research. The association will focus on research areas that support the future of mobility and engineering systems.
These include quantum technologies, future materials, neuromorphic engineering, and electric mobility, where fundamental research and applied engineering intersect to create opportunities for knowledge development and intellectual property creation.
The identified themes create a clear direction for collaborative research, combining academic depth with real-world engineering needs.
As part of the initial phase of this collaboration, a research project in quantum sensors and battery systems is launching. IIT Delhi’s Prof. Nirat Ray (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), with Prof. Saurabh Saxena (Centre for Applied Research and Technology), is jointly steering the research efforts.
The initiative will bring together interdisciplinary researchers from IIT Delhi and engineering teams at MBRDI to accelerate innovation through joint research, prototype development, and real-world validation, to create scalable, high-impact technology solutions.