Indian Institute of Technology Madras
VerifiedPremier engineering institute and home to the Centre for Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicles (C-BEEV) — one of India's most active academic EV research hubs across cells, BMS, motors and powertrain.
Affiliated with Institute of National Importance
Research overview
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IIT Madras runs the country's most prolific academic EV research program through C-BEEV — measured by published papers, patents filed and startups spun out. The institute incubated Ather Energy through the IITM Research Park, and continues to anchor India's deep-tech EV ecosystem with sponsored research from Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra and the central government.
Research centres (4)
Centre for Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicles (C-BEEV)
Cell chemistry, BMS, motor control, vehicle integration
Established 2020 · Head: Prof. Aravind Kumar Chandiran
Centre for Automotive Energy Materials (CAEM)
Cathode + anode materials, electrolyte chemistry
Established 2019
Power Electronics & Drives Lab
Traction inverters, SiC / GaN devices, motor controls
Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP)
EV policy, grid integration, charging economics
OEM collaborations (6)
Ather Energy
BMS algorithms + motor-control IP partnership
researchsince 2018Hyundai Motor India
Hyundai-CBEEV joint EV research lab
researchsince 2021Tata Motors EV
Direct hiring + sponsored PhD program
placementsince 2019Mahindra Electric
Battery thermal management research
researchsince 2020Bosch India
AUTOSAR + functional safety joint courses
researchsince 2019Ola Electric
BMS firmware engineer hiring pipeline
placementsince 2022
Ongoing research projects
Solid-state Li-ion cells with sulphide electrolyte
Cell chemistry · Funded by DST + Tata Sons · ACTIVE
Aging-aware BMS state-of-health estimation
BMS algorithms · ACTIVE
GaN-based 22-kW DC charger reference design
Power electronics · PILOT
V2G integration with Indian DISCOM grid
Grid integration · ACTIVE
Major facilities & labs
- ▪Cell-formation cycler bank (Arbin + Maccor + BaSyTec)
- ▪Climatic test chambers (-40°C to +80°C)
- ▪Motor dyno (up to 200 kW)
- ▪Anechoic EMC chamber
- ▪Battery abuse test cell (AIS 156 compliant)
- ▪Hi-pot + insulation rigs
- ▪Cell characterisation suite (XRD, SEM, ICP-OES)