India’s first Autonomous Navigation facility, TiHAN launched at the IIT Hyderabad

Tags: Science and Technology

The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh inaugurated India's first autonomous navigation facility, called TIHAN, on the campus of IIT Hyderabad.

• Important facts

• The navigation facility has been developed by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology with an outlay of Rs 130 crore.

• What is Tihan?

• It is a multi-disciplinary initiative that aims to make India a global player in 'smart mobility' technology for the future and the next generation.

• The platform will facilitate high quality research between industry, academia and R&D laboratories locally and globally.

• TiHAN stands for "Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation".

• Importance

• TiHAN Test Bed strives to make India a global leader in autonomous navigation technologies.

• TiHAN-IITH will help in precise testing of next generation autonomous navigation technologies.