Mitsubishi Electric Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) to promote industry-academia collaboration in science and technology. The agreement is effective for a three-year period until February 2029.T he MoU was signed by Prof. Budaraju Srinivasa Murty, Director of IITH, and Toru Oka, Executive Officer and Vice President, Corporate Research and Development, Mitsubishi Electric.
Under the agreement, Mitsubishi Electric and IITH will promote joint research and personnel exchanges in fields including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and cybersecurity. The collaboration aims to accelerate technology development and the societal implementation of research results to contribute to a more sustainable world, while nurturing talented R&D personnel.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) form a network of premier engineering universities established by the government to strengthen higher education in India. IITH, founded in 2008, is a rapidly growing institution that emphasizes industry-academia collaboration and entrepreneurship education. It has gained global recognition in science, engineering, and energy, and actively engages in personnel exchanges with Japanese universities and companies.
Mitsubishi Electric has ongoing collaborative activities with IITH, including accepting student interns and conducting joint research on autonomous navigation with the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN), a smart-mobility research center at IITH.
Mitsubishi Electric focuses on R&D into foresight technologies to address anticipated global changes and create new value. The company is also strengthening co-creation with domestic and international partners to accelerate the implementation of research results for a more sustainable world.
