The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) opened its new state-of-the-art and modern test facilities installed as a part of the National automotive testing and R&D infrastructure project (NATRiP) on May 29.
The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) opened its new state-of-the-art and modern test facilities installed as a part of the National automotive testing and R&D infrastructure project (NATRiP) on May 29.
Mr. Anant G. Geete, Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, inaugurated the facilities in the presence of Mr. Vishwajit Sahay, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy industry, Mr. Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Mr. Kenichi Ayukawa, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Ms. NeetiSarkar, CEO & PD, NATRiP, and Mr. Dinesh Tyagi, Director, ICAT, and various dignitaries from the Indian automotive industry.
The NATRiP project was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in July 2005. ICAT was set up in 2006 and is the first of the new world class centres established under NATRiP. The Government has recognised ICAT as one of the accredited ‘Type Approval and Homologation’ agencies in India under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) 126. It has also been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).
With a capital investment of over Rs. 1,100 crores and the facilities spread over 8 acres at ICAT Centre-I and over 46.6 acres at ICAT Centre-II, the centre is rendering valuable services to the automotive industry in the country.
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