Mahindra & Mahindra ltd., India’s leading Automobile and Farm Equipment Company, has set up a co-branded Innovation lab at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun. The facility was inaugurated on October 18 by Akhil Saxena, Head HR, M&M Haridwar in presence of Utpal Ghosh, Pro Vice Chancellor of UPES.
Arun Dhand, Director UPES informed that UPES offers highly specialized and industry aligned courses for the Automobile sector. Mahindra & Mahindra is also a regular annual recruiter of UPES students. This year also they have given placement offers to several students of UPES pursuing their B.Tech in Automotive Design and Electronics Engineering streams.
More than 50 students of UPES have been placed in Mahindra & Mahindra and their allied group of companies over the years and are making worthy contributions already. The setting up of this cobranded laboratory is a much needed step in the direction of increasing the Industry – Academia interface.
The Innovation lab is set with an endowment of latest & contemporary automobile parts, assemblies & sub-assemblies provided by Mahindra & Mahindra which include a complete CRDi Engine, a turbocharger, a rear axle assembly, a catalytic convertor, a gear-box assembly , suspension assembly and various other sub-assemblies.
Explaining the benefits which will accrue to the students Dhand informed that students will get an insight in how engines based on the CRDi technology (Common Rile Direct injection) work, CRDi engines are now being used by almost all SUV’s manufacturers. Students will get to learn how the turbo charger maintains balance of the fuel – air mixture by supplying additional air to the extra fuel which is drawn by the engine when the vehicle is running under heavy loadings.
They will be able to get a better understanding of how the catalytic convertor works which helps in keeping the environment safe by converting the highly toxic Carbon Monoxide (CO) & Nitrous monoxide (NO) gases to Carbon–di-oxide (CO2)and Nitrogen-di-oxide.