Satyam launches 'Digital Car' project

HYDERABAD, INDIA: Satyam Computer Services Ltd has announced to facilitate in developing HERA FxV-the first ever indigenously designed digital Car through formation of various consortiums, at the CII Conclave held in Chennai on Friday.

Ramalinga Raju, chairman and founder, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, said, “Now the time has come for India Inc to go beyond being a services outsourcing destination and get into the league of IP led innovation driven services and there by being acknowledged as the global R&D, design and innovation Hub.”

“e-Automotive R & D 2007 : The Opportunities Ahead”, brings the research institutes and the Government representatives connecting to the automotive and ICT industries to spearhead the research initiatives in diverse areas of automotive engineering.

This initiative brings the IT industry, institutions, R & D groups, various industry associations together to form groups of consortium and work on India’s first car of this kind.

Once completed HERA fxV, India’s first digital car would be a technological demonstration of India’s design capabilities and of course draw the attention of global players towards India as an innovation led design hub, Satyam said in a statement.