icat said that department of heavy industry dhi govt of india under the leadership of secretary heavy industries has decided to promote innovation rd and product development in india for various sectorsnew delhi international centre of automotive technology icat on friday has announced the launch of the automotive technology eportal aspire which stands for automotive solutions portal for industry research and educationin a release icat said that department of heavy industry dhi govt of india under the leadership of secretary heavy industries has decided to promote innovation rd and product development in india for various sectors the new automotive technology eportal is claimed to be a part of that strategy advt as it said a step towards this mission is the creation of technology platform eportals where such technology development information exchange and innovation can be facilitated it further informed that there are five portals being developed for specific sectors by different organizations viz bhel for power sector equipment hmt for machine tools cmfti for manufacturing technology icat and arai for the automotive sectorthe eportal is claimed to be facilitating the indian automotive industry to become selfreliant by assisting in innovation and adoption of global technological advancements by bringing together the stakeholders from various associated avenuesthe activities that will be promoted here would include rd product technology development technological innovations technical and quality problem resolution for the industry manufacturing and process technology development hosting challenges for technology development and also conducting market research and technology surveys for identifying the trends in the indian auto industry claims icatthe eportal will aim to bring together the automotive oems tier 1 tier 2 and tier 3 companies rd institutions and academia on matters involving technology advancements informs icatalso read hybrids at the heart of future powertrains etauto published on jul 18 2020 at 0957 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 the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app icat international centre of automotive technology aspire indian automotive industry research and education automotive solutions portal for industry homenewsindustryicat launches automotive technology eportal aspire