Frequently Asked Questions

Sustainability is the future of mobility. It will become mainstream as major players in the auto industry are committed to decarbonising the planet. In response to the efforts to go sustainable, the mobility industry is unleashing innovations in transportation systems, vehicle design practices, advanced traffic management, and parking systems.

The concept has further caught the attention of Governments and cities worldwide, thus introducing regulations and incentives to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility.

However, to embrace and survive this future of mobility and thrive under the disruption, reskilling becomes mandatory among professionals within the mobility sector.

The PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in Mobility Engineering aims to prepare professionals to lead and navigate the transformation. Through its practitioner’s curriculum and experiential learning format, it enables professionals to build high-performance mobility solutions.

The PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in Mobility Engineering by IISc in association with TalentSprint enables professionals with a deeper understanding of electric and hybrid vehicles.

• IISc edge: Get certified by IISc, India's #1 University and #1 Research Institute*
• High Impact Format: Leverage distinctive pedagogy of LIVE Online Sessions, case studies, industry interaction, and campus visits.
• Accomplished Faculty: Curriculum taught by an accomplished faculty group that dons research credentials from premier institutions and leading research groups at IISc.
• Mentor Support: Opportunity for direct interaction with industry experts and practitioners
• Experiential learning with iPearl: Attend live sessions on iPearl.ai -an award-winning AI-powered learning platform.
  

  *As per NIRF Ranking 2024

The programme is ideal if you

• Are a current and aspiring automotive industry professionalword file
• Are keen to be an early adopter in the future of mobility
• Appreciate the value of learning from the best in the world

On successfully completing the programme, you will not only accelerate your professional growth but also be able to fuel organisational growth by building high-performance mobility solutions.

• You will have gained a deeper understanding of the design, dynamics and systems of electric and hybrid vehicles. 
• You could scale your career with lucrative job opportunities in the fast-evolving mobility space where a skilled professional receives a 35% hike in remuneration.
• You can also tap into new opportunities in the mobility industry especially in the EV sector where investments worth $1.7 Bn were made in 2021 and now the space is soon to create 50 Mn jobs by 2030.

You will learn from eminent IISc faculty who hold academic and research credentials from the world’s best institutions. Meet your faculty here.

You are eligible if you

• B.E./B.Tech in mechanical/electrical engineering or allied areas with 2 years of work experience.
• Master's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering
• Marks: Minimum 50% marks in Degree

The programme will be delivered in an interactive online format, retaining effectiveness while maintaining safety. The format uniquely combines the benefits of an in-class programme with the flexibility and safety of online learning.

• Synchronous programme delivery by expert faculty
• Interact and get doubts answered by faculty
• Peer learning through working in groups with other participants
• Support from mentors for projects 
• Re-attend classes through recorded archives
• Access videos easily with searchable and indexed video archives
• Learn from the comfort and safety of your home
• Office hours with one-on-one mentor support

Your peer group will include professionals interested in transitioning to mobility roles and current automotive industry professionals working with leading organisations.

This is an expertise-building programme for experienced professionals. You will obtain a certification from the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) - IISc, India’s #1 University and Reasearch Institute.

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all programme requirements. All examinations and evaluations related to the certification are carried out by the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), IISc.

The programme format with LIVE Interactive Sessions, Case studies, Industry Capstone Projects, Industry Interaction and Campus immersion enables a conducive environment to network with your peers in the cohort. Most participants can continue to network even after the cohort by using the alumni portal.

As an institution of national importance, IISc was recognised as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Government of India in 2018 and has been consistently ranked among the top Indian institutions in world university rankings. Hence this is a fully approved certification programme offered through IISc.

All participants must execute, before the start of the program, an agreement that consists of the standard programme Terms and Conditions. It has the following components:

Part A: Etiquette and Platform Rights
Classroom Etiquette & General Policy Guidelines
Tools and Platforms in Use
Tools and Platforms: Terms of Use

Part B: Honor Code

Part C: Certification

Part D: Programme Fee, Refund, and Termination Policy

Candidates will be selected based on the details of education, work experience, and a statement of purpose submitted along with the application.

A Relationship Manager will be assigned to the applicant, who will gather all the necessary information and represent his/her candidature to the selection committee for review. The profiles will be sent to IISc for selection.

Join in these easy steps:

• Share your details and apply for the programme
• Submit all the necessary documents
• The programme selection committee will evaluate your candidature
• Upon selection, complete your enrolment and join the programme

Module 1: Electric Vehicles

1. Session 1: Introduction to Electric Vehicles: An overview of vehicular mechanics, architecture, and power train component sizing.
2. Session 2: Battery energy storage: Different types of traction battery chemistry, electrical modelling, and battery management system (BMS).
3. Session 3: Electric motors: Induction, PMSM and BLDC motors, construction, working principle and design.
4. Session 4: Control of electric motors: Dynamic modelling of electric motors, scalar control of DC machines, field-oriented vector control of AC machines.
5. Session 5: Power electronic converters: Fundamentals of switched mode power conversion, traction inverter and battery charger.
6. Session 6: Introduction to advanced concepts: DC fast charging, charging infrastructure, V2G-G2V, module summary.

Module 2: Power electronics for EV batteries and propulsion

1. Session 1 : e-mobility power electronics introduction, topologies
2. Session 2 : Batteries, charger electronics, control, active series and parallel
3. Session 3 : Drive train and drive power electronics
4. Session 4 : Digital controller design
5. Session 5 : Magnetics design
6. Session 6: Space vector and d-q architecture

Module 3: Hybrid Vehicles

1. Session 1 : Vehicle-level modelling, Drive Cycles
2. Session 2 : Sizing of Powertrain for Conventional and Electric Vehicles
3. Session 3 : Introduction to Hybrid Vehicles, Pros and cons of different types of hybrid powertrains
4. Session 4 : Hybrid vehicle Component sizing: Sizing of the electric machine, battery and combustion engine
5. Session 5 : Control of a hybrid powertrain,Simulation of a hybrid powertrain and its controller using MATLAB Simulink

Module 4: Vehicle Dynamics & Structural Analysis

1. Session 1 : Revisiting particle and rigid body dynamics
2. Session 2 : Compliant model dynamics: spring, mass, damper systems
3. Session 3 : Vibrations, impact and base excitation
4. Session 4 : Tire mechanical modeling, friction, vehicle-road surface interaction and driver dynamics
5. Session 5 : Handling, steering and driving performance
6. Session 6: Basics of Strength of Materials, Modeling, Material selection & Lightweighting

Module 5: Automotive HMI

1. Session 1 : History, Introduction, Relevant International Standards from NHTSA, JAMA, HARDIE, ISO, ITU and Case Studies.
2. Session 2 : Basics of Visual Perception, Cognition and Motor Action, Visual Angle Calculation, Virtual Touch and Rapid Aiming Movements.
3. Session 3 : Multimodal Interaction, Demonstrations of gesture, eye gaze, voice based interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Load Estimation
4. Session 4 : Introduction to AR/VR technology, Augmented and Mixed Reality based car dashboard, Introduction to Haptics and Spatial Audio
5. Session 5 : User Study Design, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Qualitative Analysis, Grounded Theory Based Approach, Case Studies on evaluation of Automotive UI
6. Session 6 : Physical Lab visit at IISc - demonstations of gaze controlled interactive HUD, Microsoft Hololens based ADAS, VR based cockpit.

Module 6:Thermal Management of Electric Vehicles

1. Session 1 : Introduction to heat transfer: Basics of conduction, extended surface heat transfer, convection, radiation
2. Session 2 : Introduction to heat transfer: boiling, condensation, heat exchangers
3. Session 3 : Active thermal management technologies: air cooling, liquid cooling, fans, pumps, jet impingement cooling, vapour compression systems
4. Session 4 : Passive thermal management technologies: heat pipes, thermosyphons, phase change materials
5. Session 5 : Thermal management of electric motors and power electronics
6. Session 6 : Thermal management of EV batteries
7. Session 7 : Thermal management of the cabin
8. Session 8 : Thermal management system integration

Module 7: Modelling Urban Transportation Systems

1. Session 1: Transportation demand and supply analysis and applications
2. Session 2: Travel generation and regression
3. Session 3: Spatial distribution of travel
4. Session 4: Modal distribution of travel
5. Session 5: Consumer/traveller behavior
6. Session 6: Introduction to transportation network analysis
7. Session 7 : Shortest paths
8. Session 8:Equilibrium algorithms
9. Session 9: Traffic flow models
10. Session 10: Agent-based modelling

Module 8: Smart Mobility & IoT Data Analytics

1. Session 1: Introduction to Mobility and IoT Data: Data Types, Characteristics, Data Quality, Data Pre-processing, Evaluations
2. Session 2 : Exploratory Data Analysis (Clustering, Visualization)
3. Session 3 : Model-based Learning: Linear and Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, Decision tree, ensemble models
4. Session 4 : Neural Networks (ANN and DL) based models
5. Session 5 : Anomaly Detection with case studies

Applications Closed for Batch 2.

It's a 9-month executive programme.

The programme includes

• Live Interactive Sessions by IISc Faculty
• 2 campus visits (2 days in the mid of the programme and 1 day at the end)
• Mentor Support by Industry Professionals 
• Best-in-class Self-learning Content, Case studies, and Industry Capstone Projects

The programme will be delivered through faculty-led interactive live sessions on TalentSprint’s ipearl.ai. These online sessions will be held at a schedule convenient for working professionals. Participants will be able to interact with the faculty through video, audio, and chat. They will also be able to chat with fellow participants of the programme during online sessions.

As per the programme norms, participants have to maintain at least 75% of attendance during the programme. Going by the curriculum, it is recommended that participants maintain attendance for enriched learning. In the event of unavoidable circumstances, if any, one can access the recorded lectures on our platform to cover up for the missed sessions.

The programme includes continuous formative and summative assessments. The final scores will be determined based on the sum of scores of various assessments.

Yes, participants are required to have their laptops.

Reading material (pre/post session) will be shared regularly through the Online Learning Management System. The access will be available for the duration of the program from the date of the commencement of the programme.

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all requirements of the programme. IISc carries out all examinations and evaluations related to the certification.

For programme fee-related details, please visit Fee page. You can also contact programme RM Anand @ +91-8977631691 to know more. Campus visit fee will be based on actuals and to be borne by the participants.

Flexible EMI options are available that enable you to pay the programme fee in instalments. Please reach out to your RM to know more about the schemes available.

Yes. For scholarship-related details, please visit Fee Page. You can also reach out to your RM for more details.

No, the application fee is non-refundable.

No. The programme fee is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.

Professionals have multiple options for funding.

• Sponsored by employer
• Self-funded: Based on our experience of enabling 3000+ professionals who have participated in our executive programs, self-funding is the most preferred option with over 80% choosing this.

Three key reasons why professionals opt for it:

• Freedom: To opt for a programme of their choice, at a time of their choice, with an institution of their choice and not be restrained by the organisation’s policy.
• Flexibility: To pursue greater career opportunities well even beyond their current employer or to nurture their entrepreneurial ambitions.
• Funding: Access to flexible EMI schemes (paying as low as Rs.8,605 per month).

We have also observed that the commitment levels were higher among self-funding participants.

iPearl.ai (Interactive Platform for Experiential and Remote Learning) is created by TalentSprint’s engineering team led by its Chief Technology Officer, an IIT Kanpur alumni. The platform integrates best-in-class open source technologies and SaaS services and perfected them over the last seven years.

When this platform was built, the objective was to offer it to TalentSprint’s partners and customers for digital learning and delivery. Since 2013, the platform has been extensively used by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, IIIT Hyderabad, and IIT Hyderabad, and many more of our customers and partners. To date, more than 300,000 students have used this platform, which is reputed for user experience, quality, and scale.

This feature-rich platform has become so popular that some of the partners are now using it for their academic needs.

The tried and tested direct-to-device platform enables 24 x 7 learning for its users. Some key benefits of the platform are:

• Intuitive student experience through a user-friendly LMS
• Seamless faculty experience through state-of-the-art Studios
• Highly Interactive Online Classes
• Effective group/peer learning/projects through Breakout Rooms
• Proctored Online Assessments with detailed analysis
• Insightful Reports on student engagement and performance
• Flexible integration with other components, as needed

A comparative study of iPearl.ai against Canvas, Impartus, Moodle, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom was conducted. Features in the following categories were compared:

• Instructor-led Learning
• Self-paced Learning
• Assessments/Evaluations
• User Experience
• Customer Support
• Scalability and Performance
• Integration and Customization
• Others

Do not worry. In case you miss a session, you will be given access to view the recorded version of the session soon.

• An internet-connected device, Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone, is enough to access the platform.
• Web camera and Mic with necessary power backup will be needed for proctored online assessments.

IISc (Indian Institute of Science) is the oldest and the finest higher education institute of its kind in India. It pursues excellence in research and education in several fields of Science and Engineering and is one of the first three publicly funded institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status. The alumni of IISc hold significant academic and industry positions around the globe. For more information, visit iisc.ac.in

The programme will be delivered by IISc’s Centre for Continuing Education (CCE). CCE delivers courses suitably designed to meet the requirements of target groups: Research & Development (R&D) Laboratories and Industries, Research Scientists/Engineers, to enable them to grow into competent managers of technology intensive and data-driven organisations. For more information, visit http://cce.iisc.ac.in