Volvo, IISc join hands for R&D future automotive technologies

Volvo, IISc join hands for R&D future automotive technologies

Volvo Group Trucks Technology (GTT), the global research, development and engineering arm of Volvo, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) today joined hands to undertake R&D in future automotive technologies.

Volvo Group and IISc will collaborate on long-term research collaboration in selected technology areas under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Volvo Group in India said in a statement.

IISc will join a list of international universities, including, Penn State University, US, INSA in France and Chalmers University of Technology, Malardalen University and the University of Skovde in Sweden with which the Volvo Group collaborates globally.

Commenting on the development, Volvo Group Vice President Advanced Technology and Research Jan-Ove Östensen said: “This initiative demonstrates Volvo Group’s commitment to continually work with academic institutions to innovate in research and to strengthen industry-academia collaboration globally.”