Formed in 2005, the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) was a major initiative of the Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India aimed at enhancing as well as bringing in top-of-the-line testing, validation and R&D infrastructure in the country. Auto Tech Review caught up with Neeti Sarkar, CEO and Project Director, NATRiP to know how it is addressing the diverse testing requirements of the automotive industry in the current scenario.
Neeti Sarkar has been serving as CEO and Project Director of NATRiP since March this year. A 1995 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer, she had earlier served as Director – Finance & Administration, NATRIP from June 2017 to March 2018. Sarkar earlier had a five-year stint in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as Director of Broadcast Content, a role that involved granting various permissions to private TV channels, among others. She also worked with the Indian Railways, focusing on automation of massive loading statistics and on-boarding station balance sheets on automated systems. She was also instrumental in evolving the first E-auction system in Northern Railway. Prior to that, Sarkar had worked with Research, Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) and handled important assignments. She had a four-year stint at the Department of Electronics as a Class 1 Scientist and Test Engineer at its Jaipur Lab. She was also associated with the prestigious ‘Jammu- Udhampur Rail Link’ project.
Give us a perspective about the operations of National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP)?
The objective behind setting up the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) by the Department of Heavy Industry in 2005 was to bring in top-of-the-line automotive testing and R&D facilities in India. With the growth of the Indian auto industry, the homologation, quality and emission requirements as well as the testing arena have diversified drastically, thus necessitating the need for setting up an entity like NATRiP.
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