TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD

TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD

Subject: Science & tech

Context: Union Minister of Education laid foundation stone of ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’, India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial).

Concept:

• The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, RoVs, etc.).
• The Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles at IIT Hyderabad, known as ‘TiHAN Foundation’ has been incorporated as a Section-8 company by the institute in June 2020.
• TiHAN Foundation is a multi-departmental initiative, including researchers from Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace, Civil, Mathematics, and Design at IIT Hyderabad with collaboration and support from reputed institutions and industry.
• Special Features of this Facility include Test Tracks, Emulation of Real-World Scenarios, State of the Art Simulation Technologies, Road Infrastructure, V2X Communication, Drone Runways and Landing Area, Mechanical Integration Facility, Centralized Control Room/Ground Control Station, Hangars and many more.

National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS):

• Union Cabinet approved the launch of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) in 2018.
• It had a total outlay of INR 3,660 crores for a period of five years.
• The mission implementation would develop and bring:

Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and associated technologies within reach in the country,

adoption of CPS technologies to address India specific National / Regional issues,

produce Next Generation skilled manpower in CPS,

catalyze Translational Research,

accelerate entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem development in CPS,

give impetus to advanced research in CPS, Technology development and higher education in Science, Technology and Engineering disciplines, and

place India at par with other advanced countries and derive several direct and indirect benefits.