IIT Hyderabad to Develop India’s first Autonomous Navigation Test Bed 'TiHAN', Union Education Minister Sanctions Fund of INR 135 Crores

IIT Hyderabad: The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ sets the foundation stone of TiHAN (Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation). This is going to be a new technology innovation hub of IIT-Hyderabad, which will act as a testing facility for Autonomous Navigation Systems both on the ground as well as in space.

The virtual event for the discussion on the aforesaid matter was also attended by the State’s Education Minister Sanjay Dhotre, IIT Hyderabad Director Professor BS Murty, and the IIT Hyderabad Board of Governors’ Chairperson Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy.

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IIT Hyderabad received INR 135 Crores from the Union Government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) for the project TiHAN. The institute is also allotted two acres of land to set up TiHAN.

Mr. Pokhriyal while talking about the newly launched project said that TiHAN Foundation originated at IIT-H is a multi-departmental initiative, comprising researchers from the fields of Design, Mathematics, Civil, Mechanical & Aerospace, Computer Science, and Electrical. 

He further said that in association with the reputed institutions and industries, this is a step ahead towards the Atma Nirbhar Bharat, Digital India, and Skill India. He said that TiHAN is aiming to address various challenges hindering the real-time adoption of unmanned autonomous vehicles.

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The IIT Hyderabad Director Professor BS Murty while highlighting the necessity to test the new innovation stated that generally both UAV and UGV testing may include collisions and crashes with obstacles, resulting in damage to costly sensors and other components.

He further said that because of the aforesaid reason it is important to test new technologies developed in a safe, controlled environment before deployment. The reports suggest that this move is going to be the first step in creating a testbed to examine the autonomous navigation of vehicles.

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