KPIT–IIT Bombay Tie Up To Link Research With Mobility Products

KPIT Technologies, a global leader in mobility technology solutions, has announced a strategic research collaboration with IIT Bombay, one of the world’s leading technology institutions, to create an industry-ready research ecosystem that bridges academic excellence with real-world engineering and product development needs in the automotive & mobility space. The collaboration will focus on AI and tap into it for research and solutioning. 

The collaboration was formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at IIT Bombay and is aimed at aligning master’s and doctoral research programs with contemporary and future mobility problem statements, accelerating the journey from laboratory proof-of-concepts to deployable products, and shaping technology and policy thinking for next-generation mobility.

At the heart of this partnership is a shared vision: transforming research outcomes into scalable, validated technologies that can be adopted by industry. The program will focus on converting early-stage innovations into higher technology-readiness-level solutions through structured engagement between IIT Bombay faculty, postgraduate researchers, and KPIT’s engineering and R&D teams.

Research scholars will work on industry-defined problem statements, gaining exposure not only to advanced research methods but also to product engineering, system validation, regulatory considerations, and deployment environments. This approach is designed to ensure that research outputs move beyond academic publication toward real-world mobility applications.

The collaboration brings together IIT Bombay’s deep academic rigor and KPIT’s industry-driven engineering expertise to create a unified research-to-product pathway. By aligning postgraduate and doctoral work with real mobility challenges, the partnership aims to elevate early-stage research into validated, scalable technologies while strengthening systematic, research-led problem-solving within KPIT. It also offers students and faculty exposure to real engineering environments, technology development cycles, and policy considerations - helping shape solutions across safer mobility systems, intelligent vehicle platforms, sustainable powertrains, and future transportation infrastructure. Together, IIT Bombay and KPIT are committed to developing a research talent pool that is both academically strong and industry-ready, while accelerating innovation that can meaningfully shape the future of mobility.

By tightly integrating academic research with industrial engineering and validation processes, the KPIT–IIT Bombay collaboration aims to contribute meaningfully to India’s deep-technology ecosystem.