ARAI :Automotive research Association Of India:- 1. ARAI is co-operative industrial research association by the automotive industry with the Ministry of Industries, Government of India. The ARAI is located in the western part of Pune, Maharashtra established in 1986. 2. The Role of the Association are to provide research & development in automotive engineering for industry, Product design and development, Evaluation of automotive equipment, Testing, Certification and Calibration services to the industry for developing safe, reliable and eco-friendly & user-friendly vehicles / components / products, Carry out test and calibration in accordance with stated methods and customer's requirements and to Harmonize Indian automotive standards to global standards 3. In order to meet the development requirements of Industry, several facility and competence build-up projects are completed. These are Engine Design/Simulation Software Installation, Development of bi-fuel CNG kits, new techniques and software capabilities in Noise, Vibration, Harshness Analysis, Vehicle Crash Analysis, VDACS software for chassis dynamometer control, Particulate Measurement System and Digitally Controlled Load Simulation. 4. ARAI is only automotive engineering R&D institute in India to be awarded ISO 9001 Quality System Certification. 5. ARAI is the first Indian institute to develop HCNG (Hydrogen blended CNG) fuel engine complying with EURO V standards for light commercial vehicles. (HCNG is greener than CNG and perceived as the ultimate alternative for fossil fuels. The engine has been developed for Tata Motors)
VRDE: Vehicle Research & Development Establishment Functions and role of VRDE: 1. Its primary function is to help the defense and automotive industry regarding design, development, testing and certification of vehicle components. 2. To evaluate requirements of defense services as well as automotive industry. 3. The National Centre for Automotive Testing (NCAT), a separate division of VRDE, provides one stop solution to all vehicles testing (Laboratory as well as Road testing). 4. Development of specialist vehicles and systems for various roles including road mobile launchers and support vehicles for strategic missile programmes 5. Development of engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. 6. Development of light battle tank and systems for various combat roles. 7. Development of armoured wheeled vehicles and variants for various roles. 8. Development of systems and unmanned vehicles for nuclear, biological and chemical recycle and after-treatment. 9. Development of light unmanned aerial vehicles for low intensity conflict operations. 10. Development of multi feed gasification with poly generation technology. 11. Testing of military and commercial vehicles and engines for design validation and performance evaluation including emission tests