MG Motor India and IIT Delhi join hands to develop in-car child safety App

On 28th July 2018, MG Motor India, a fully-owned subsidiary of China's largest carmaker SAIC Motor Corporation has announced a project titled “Geofencing for child safety through ECU control”. It is taken place at the FITT (Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer) silver jubilee function held at IIT Delhi campus.

First and foremost, the application is developed to support the drivers of upcoming MG cars in India track their children’s position. Secondly, it can alert the drivers if the car is driven beyond a pre-defined route map.

MG Motor India has entered into a partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi

Talking about the benefits of the app, Rajeev Chaba, President & Managing Director, MG Motor India said

"MG Motor India continuously looks at providing a platform to innovators, students and start-ups to develop technologies and features for our upcoming cars that will be produced in India. This project has been conceptualized to fast-track realization of better child safety mechanisms in cars. IIT Delhi engineers will also conduct research and development activities to explore other car features that enhance child safety," 

Anil Wali, MD of FITT also added, 

"IIT Delhi has been committed to developing the latest technologies in close collaboration with the leading industry players. We are glad to partner MG Motor India to research and develop applications to enhance in-car child safety, which is the need of the hour."

Apart from this project, MG Motor India has already got involved in various initiatives to promote innovation amongst students and start-ups in India. The two successful examples of it are “MG Innovation Program” which was launched in 2017 and hackathon program. Their aims are fostering a culture of innovation and making the transportation safer and cleaner respectively. 

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