The IIT plan: Are we going to see Indian driverless cars soon?

Three IITs working on projects to develop driverless vehicles from scratch

Are Indian automobile majors working on a confidential project to develop driverless vehicles for the Indian market? As per a report in the Economic Times, three IITs are at the heart of this project to develop "autonomous vehicle solutions". The three IITs involved in the project are IIT Kharagpur, Kanpur and Bombay.

The financial daily quotes, IIT Kharagpur's Debashish Chakravartym head of the autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) project: We are developing technology for driverless cars keeping the Indian market in mind, in contrast to the global tech majors who are building and testing technologies in the Western