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EVENT

Report

JP Research India Pvt. Ltd. The session was moderated by by tying up with Institutions to conduct a detailed
Mr. Deepangshu Dev Sarmah, Editor, CarWale. analysis of these reports for better understanding and to
implement the corrective measures to prevent fatalities
The opening statements were made by Mr. Priyank Bharti
about the responsiveness of the vehicle to driver inputs on roads. He also explained that these reports will be
as Indian roads have a lot of intrusions while driving and IT-enabled, meaning any researcher can access these
how vehicle dynamics should play a part in reducing reports from anywhere in the country. Mr. Sawkar spoke
accidents. Mr. Deepak Sawkar spoke on the importance of about the importance of education in driving to prevent
2-wheeler dynamics and that the future focus should be accidents and gave an example of wearing seat belts in
on reducing the number of 2-wheeler accidents citing the 4-wheelers and wearing helmets in 2-wheelers. Mr. Chris
examples from Road accident data. Mr. Chris Mason from also spoke about the global level implementation and
FISITA, UK spoke about the safety concerns on the roads specialist groups involved in improving the road and
in the UK and across the world. Mr. Ravishankar from JP vehicle conditions and reducing the accident numbers.
Accident Research spoke about the aspects of Vehicle The two-day virtual workshop came to end after the
dynamics in the accident and how critical this can be in Valedictory session presided by Guest of Honour
saving a life. He went on to explain how many accidents Mr. V.K Mishra, Technical Director, JK Tyres; Chief Guest
occur due to improper driving habits, how delayed or Mr. Jayanta K Deb, CTO, MG Motors. Both Prof. Sudhir
no application of brakes leads to accidents, and which Gupte and Mr. IV Rao of SAEINDIA summed up the
class of vehicle has the maximum accident numbers. He two-day event by briefing about the workshop content
also spoke about the road conditions in India, which has and how, in time of COVID-19, such initiatives have
a direct effect on vehicle dynamics and the reduction of proven to be very successful in imparting the right kind
accident numbers. of knowledge to the participants from Industry and
Academia. The Chief Guest, Mr. JK Deb spoke about a
The discussion then moved on to what the Government
was doing to reduce the number of accidents on Indian brief history of NATRAX and stressed the importance
Roads and any policies that are being implemented/ of tyres. He gave an example of the different road
envisioned to reduce the fatalities due to road accidents. conditions and how the tyres should adapt to the random
Mr. Bharti elaborated that steps are being taken to road inputs in India. He also spoke about the modularity
ensure that a Detailed Accident Report needs to be filed of the vehicle dynamics and how electronics are playing
from every primary medical support personal or police a part in fine-tuning vehicle control. Lastly, he spoke
personal. This step has been mandated by the Courts about how ADAS has become an extension of the driver
to have a complete database of the accident caused and a helpful user interface from the vehicle. The Guest
of Honour, Mr. V.K Mishra
lauded NATRAX and
SAEINDIA for their initiative
to conduct a seminar which
was able to enlighten the
audience about Vehicle
Dynamics in all aspects,
be it vehicle level, system
level, or component level.
The Vote of thanks was
given by Mr. Venkataraj K
assuring the participants
that more such specific
workshops on vehicle
dynamics will be conducted
in the future.

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