This document provides information about the eVIT CONCLAVE - 2.0 event on electric vehicles. It will be a two-day virtual conclave hosted by Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai on October 23-24, 2020. The conclave will bring together industry and academic experts from India and overseas to discuss technologies, policies, R&D, strategies and the future of electric vehicles. It aims to be a knowledge sharing platform for companies and organizations at the forefront of electric vehicle technology and implementation.

1. Mr. AnandaKumaran Nair
Managing Director,
SLDL Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India
Dr. Nimith Sheth,
Senior Manager
(Applications Technology),
Neo Performance Materials,
Singapore
Dr. Sivakumar P
Former Director(Retd.) ,
CVRDE, DRDO, India
eVIT CONCLAVE - 2.0
electric Vehicles-Initiatives and Technologies
23rd & 24th OCTOBER, 2020
Mr. Christie Fernandez
Founder & CEO,
SOOORYA EV, Singapore
Dr. Christopher Gerada
Professor of Electrical Machines,
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor,
University of Nottingham, UK
Adviso
rs
Mr. Ashish Deshpande
X-Lead System Engineer,
Jaguar, Singapore
Dr. Chris Tighe
Founder and Director,
Electrical Cooling
Solutions,
Nottingham, UK
Mr. Shivam Bhatia
Co-founder,
Rizel Automotive,
India
Dr. Mahesh Krishnamurthy
Professor,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
USA,
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions
on Transportation Electrification
Dr. Jose Castellaos
E-Insulation and Materials R&D,
Electric Machinery - WEG group,
Minneapolis, USA
Dr. Jose Antonino - Daviu
Professor,
Polytechnic University of
Valencia, Spain
Mr. Vikas Gangad
OBD Calibration and Electric
Vehicle Control System
Engineer,
FEV India Pvt. Ltd. , India
Mr. Adithya Tiwari
Lead Electric Vehicle -
COE, Mahindra Research
Valley, India
Mr. Zach Thayyil
Senior Staff Engineer,
Continental Automotive
Systems, USA
Chief
Guest
Guest of
Honour
In Association with
Electric Vehicle Incubation and Testing Division, VIT Chennai
Academic Partner - IIT Patna Industry Partner - Entuple Technologies
Technical Partners - IIM, ASM International
Dr. Sanjeevikumar. P
Professor,
Aalborg University, Denmark
Dr. Atif Iqbal
Professor,
Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Amit Kumar Jain
Associate Professor,
IIT Delhi, India
Mr. Ganesh Nagarajan
Director of Engineering & Country
Manager,
ePropelled, India
Dr. Antti Lehikoinen
Electric Motor Designer and FEA
Developer, Espoo, Southern Finland,
Finland
Mr. Shashank Kumar
Hardware-in-the-Loop
Simulation Specialist using
Typhoon HIL., India
Mr. Chandrasekar V
Senior Director/ Scientist
‘G’,
Power Electronics Group,
C-DAC,
Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Gopalan R
Regional Director,
ARCI, Chennai, India
Dr. Soumya Shubhra Nag
Assistant Professor
IIT Delhi, India
Mr. Saravana Chandran S
Managing Director,
Invent Solutions, India
Mr. Vijayalayan R
Manager,
Auto Industry and Control
Design Product Verticals
Application Engineering,
MathWorks India Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Shankar G S
Engineering Manager ,
Integrated Components and
Solutions Divison ,
Caterpillar, India
Dr. Piyush Desai
Vice President(Motor
Design)/
Co-Founder,
Turntide Technologies,
California, USA
Mr. Varatharaj Neelakandan
Head-Electric Motor
EV/Hyrbid Vehicle and Drive
Train Simulation Technology,
Sona Comstar Pvt. Ltd, India
Dr. Shravana
Musunuri
Team Leader, OPAL-
RT, India

2. The Indian transport sector is one of the most diverse and fast growing in the world. It contributes 5.5 percent to the
nation’s GDP. Fossil fuel based automobiles impact our environment. Green mobility is the only solution to minimize the
environmental impact caused by the transportation sector without impacting the growth momentum. The e-Vehicle market in
India has huge potential for growth. In addition, the government is providing lot of encouragement and incentivising electric
vehicles and mobility by 2030. Academic institutions in collaboration with Industries have a vital role to play in realizing this
ambitious plan by the government. In this connection Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai (VIT) is planning to hold a two
day electric Vehicles-Initiatives and Technologies - 2.0 Virtual Conclave (eVIT-2.0) on 23rd and 24th of October 2020. eVIT-2.0
will bring together key players from automotive industries and academic leaders from India and overseas to discuss various
initiatives, technology advancements, research and development (R&D) programs and policies that will impact future programs
of electric vehicles. The eVIT-2.0 Conclave will have sessions from both industry and academic experts discussing
technologies, policies, R&D, Strategies, barriers and future sustainability of business. The Conclave will serve as a knowledge
and best practice sharing platform and will draw participation from leading companies and organizations that are at the
forefront of Technology and Implementation as well as global thought leaders, experts, policy makers and the entire value
chain connected with this.
CONCLAVE OVERVIEW
Themes & Program Schedule
About VIT
DELEGATE REGISTRATION
Founded in 1984, VIT has made a mark in the field of higher education in India imparting quality education in a multi-
cultural ambience, intertwined with extensive application-oriented research. VIT was established with the aim to provide
quality higher education on par with International Standards. It persistently seeks and adopts innovative methods to improve
the quality of higher education on a consistent basis. VIT was established by well-known educationalist and former
parliamentarian, Dr. Viswanathan G, Founder and Chancellor, a visionary who transformed VIT into a center of excellence in
higher technical education. Govt. of India recognized VIT as an Institution of Eminence (IoE). MHRD, Govt. of India ranked
VIT as No.15 among the Engineering Institutions (NIRF-2020 ranking). VIT Chennai is ably spearheaded by
Dr. Sekar Viswanathan, Vice President, Dr. Sandhya Pentareddy, Executive Director, Dr. Narayanan S, Vice Chancellor(IC)
and Dr. Kanchana Bhaaskaran V.S, Pro-Vice Chancellor.
Dr. Lenin N C
Professor
+91 94445 06077
lenin.nc@vit.ac.in
Dr. SIVAKUMAR R
Professor
+91 94878 33044
sivakumar.r@vit.ac.in
ORGANIZING
SECRETARIES
mail to: evitconclave2.0@gmail.com
eVIT-2.0
Inaugurati
on
23/10/202
0
9.30 AM
IST
Chief Guest Address
23/10/2020
10.15 AM IST
Thermal Management
23/10/2020
11.00 AM - 1.00 PM IST
Power electronics
23/10/2020
6.30 PM – 8.30 PM IST
Guest of Honour Address
24/10/2020
10.00 AM IST
Control Systems
24/10/2020
11.00 AM-1.00 PM IST
Electrical Machines
24/10/2020
6.30 PM – 8.30 PM IST
Valedictor
y
24/10/20
20
8.30 PM
IST
Registration Fee – Rs. 500 (Indian Participants) $ 25 (Foreign Participants)
Register Online @ https://vitchennaievents.com/
Organized by
School of Electrical Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Viswanathan
G Chancellor
Dr. Sekar
Viswanathan
Vice President
Dr. Sandhya
Pentareddy Executive
Director
Dr. Kanchana Bhaaskaran V.
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Pro Vice Chancellor
Dr. Narayanan S
Vice Chancellor
(IC)