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Autonomous Connected Electric and Shared
Electric Vehicle Simulation - Energy Management

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Vehicle Autonomy and a Road Map for India
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Autonomous vehicles – The culmination of
Connected, Electric & Shared Mobility”
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Mobility Mr. Shekhar Malani , Managing Director Mr. SreeGururaj

Mr. Murugadass Kannan
Mr. Murugadass Kannan – System engineering &
Online lecture series MBSE expert with over 15 year of experience in
the field of Automotive & Aerospace. Currently
managing Automotive, Farm & Allied Industries
across India with a primary focus on MBSE
28th Sep 2020 application.
to With Siemens over 10 years as Simulation
Specialist, in the past Rolls-Royce (Performance
3rd Oct 2020 Engineering CIVIL Aerospace) & GM – short
period on Transmission group.
Registration Link
https://forms.gle/utPpJWLog2jmvJ3S7
Devise Electronics Pvt Ltd
He has done his BE Electronics from Nagpur
University and MS Electrical Engineering with
specialisation in Control Systems from University
of South California US. He has worked in
Organisations like Cummins Emission Solutions,
Ascend Academics, Vroomble Service Pvt
Limited before starting as proprietor @ Devise
Electronics Pvt Ltd in 2015. He has Coursera
Verified Certifications on “Foundations for
Teaching , “Developing New Ideas for Innovative
Companies”.
He has done certification courses in Digital
Control Systems ,Engineering Vibrations,Fault
Diagnostics/Prognostics for Equipment Reliability
and Health Maintenance ,Linear Quadratic
Control,Linear System Theory,Nonlinear and
Mr.Sreegururaj heads the Autonomous &
Sustainable Farming group at Mahindra Research
Valley, the R&D division of Mahindra auto & farm
sectors. He is responsible for the co-creation and
deployment of technology strategy in the farm
electronics domain, in his ability as the principal
engineer of the group. His focus is on developing
relevant new technologies in advance vehicle
programs which help in reducing time to market and
launch reliable products for M&M.
He has around 18 plus years of experience in the
automotive industry and has worked in various
domains like vehicle dynamics, embedded controls,
electric vehicles & connected solutions. He was the
project leader for “DiGisense” - Cloud based
connected vehicles solutions from Mahindra. He is
currently engaged in the development of autonomous
vehicles & electric off-road vehicles for Mahindra.
The recently launched autonomous tractor from
Mahindra was under his technical leadership. He has
7 International Papers and 7 International & Indian
patents to his credit. He had served as the principal
jury for the Mahindra Driverless car challenge & is
also in the review panel of several such Govt.

AUTONOMOUS CONNECTED ELECTRIC SHARED

Adaptive Control. His wide range of services in
the electronics domain with specialization in
automotive electronics include Electric Powertrain
development and vehicle integration ,Electronic
initiatives on C.A.S.E (Connected, Autonomous,
Shared & Electric)
He holds a M.S in Electrical Engg from the
University of Texas, Arlington and a master’s &

1st Oct 2020 2nd Oct 2020
Connected Cars – Way of future mobility.
Electric & Autonomous Mobility Future
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Mr. C.Nandagopalan
Mr. Ajith Raj Mr. C.Nandagopalan is currently Principal
Engineer – Electronics, Mahindra & Mahindra.
He obtained his Post-Graduate degree in
Mr Ajith Raj is an automotive software engineer
engineering design from PSG College of
passionate about autonomous vehicles. He
Technology, Coimbatore.
completed his B.Tech from SRM University in He has total 19 years of experience in in various
Electrical and Electronics. He has also completed facets of product development which includes
development of innovative features & He did his MMS (Master of Management Science)
many online courses including the Self-Driving technologies for Mahindra & Mahindra product
Car and Sensor Fusion Nanodegrees from Udacity. range inclusive of XUV 500, Scorpio and Bolero.
In his present capacity, he works on Connected
His research interests and projects showcase a
Car and Functional Safety. He has led end-to-end
wide variety of domains including robotics,
development of technologies such as Ecosense,
computer vision and sensor fusion. He is currently Connected Apps, Micro-Hybrids, Brake Energy
Regeneration, Non-Contact Sensors and
working as an Engineer in Sensor Fusion based integration of Android Auto which are being cross
Algorithm Tools Development at ZF deployed across product range.
Known for his frugal approach and innovative
mindset, he owns/co-owns 15 patents and 9
publications in international/national conferences
to his credit. Technologies developed by
Mr.C.Nandagopalan has won several accolades
Rs. 400 per delegate for students such as Global Environmental Award, Golden
Peacock Eco-Innovation Award, Innovation of the
Contact : Mr. Arun - 07904498885
Contact : Programme Executive
SAEINDIA Southern Section
Block-1, Modules: 29 & 30, SIDCO Electronic
3rd Oct 2020
Mobility as a Service -Present and Future Complex, Thiru-Vi-Ka Industrial Estate,
Faculty Guindy, Chennai - 600032
Mr. Pradeep Chandrasekaran
Phone: 044-42188651-52
Mr. Pradeep Chandrasekaran is working as General
Manager, Reserch and Development FORCE
MOTORS Limited, Pune.. Prior to this, He Wok with Email: manager@saeiss.org
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd for 11 years, he. Completed
his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Registration Link :
Government College of Engineering, Salem. Masters in
Automobile Engineering from Madras Institute of https://forms.gle/utPpJWLog2jmvJ3S7
Technology , Anna University , Chennai
Online Account Details :
from Pune University. He has about 19+ years of total
experience in the field of Integration , New Product SAE INDIA Southern Section”,
Development, Small, Commercial Vehicle applied to
Automotive / Farm Machinery products. He has 6
Bank Account Number : 38517580801
publications in refereed International journals and
several conference papers in the field of Materials /
EMobility / LightWeighting / Materials/Combustion. Bank Name & Branch : State Bank of India,
He is a Certified 6Sigma Black Belt & completed
courses in Project Management. He is a Management
Kottur
Committee Member in SAEINDIA Southern Section
2018-20. He was Champion of SAEINDIA Southern
Electric 2Wheeler Design competition 2019. MICR Number : 600002023
He is actively participating in evaluating technical
papers for SAE and officiated as judge for several IFSC Code : SBIN0001669
SAEINDIA Competitions such as BAJA , SUPRA etc
(E certificate will be given to those
who attend all 6 Days)