government collaboration is the way to synergise the rd efforts and maximise the returns on the governments huge investment in rd government laboratories csir drdo etc thinktanks like niti aayug cstep etc and regulatory bodies like arai will have an important role to play in driving the convergence of ecosystem partners and align their efforts in areas of strategic interest to the nation the author had recently led a technology roadmapping initiative for the indian government through inae to reduce the weight of vehicles a lightweighting technology roadmap that integrates design materials and manufacturing was created to reduce the weight of ice and electric vehicles such technology roadmaps will also be created for batteries motors automotive electronics and automotive software these roadmaps could effectively be used to channelise the governments rd funding into strategic technology areasopen innovation greatly accelerates the innovation journey reduces the risk of failure and empowers the innovators sky is the limit for collaboration in a digitally connected world where it is easy to leverage the best minds across the globe to solve complex problems automotive new product development is being done today in a globally distributed manner where the mechanical hardware ee hardware and the software can be developed in three different regions and seamlessly integrated and manufactured in a fourth region industry can easily use open innovation portals like ninesigma innocentive etc to host technology challenges and seek ideas from innovators across the world open innovation was used during covid crisis to build innovative and affordable healthcare solutions ge famously used their open innovation for ecomagination initiative to access a breakthrough innovation for weight reduction of the bracket for aircraft enginesinnovation through collaboration is the key that will open the opportunity to build world class ev products in india and take it to global marketsdr shankar venugopal is a vice president at mahindra mahindra and dean at mahindra technical academy recognised as a prolific inventor by world intellectual property forum 2023 and as one of the 50 most innovative leaders at the world innovation congress 2022 shankar is a member of the b20 task force to drive technology innovation and rd for business growth the article carries his personal views and does not necessarily represent those of his organisationread alsomobileye cuts revenue forecast on slow china ev demand shares sinkmaruti suzuki to integrate technologies relevant for customers and traffic into its products c v ramanopinion how nextgen technologies empower auto industry for better consumer experiencejourney of the electrical motor torque field weakening and motor design by shankar venugopal etauto contributor published on may 3 2023 at 0803 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join