Schaeffler India Enhances Computational Research Infrastructure at IISC, Bengaluru

Schaeffler India Enhances Computational Research Infrastructure at IISC, Bengaluru​

Schaeffler India Limited, the motion technology company, has announced a significant investment aimed at enhancing computational research capabilities at the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru. This development marks Schaeffler India's purposeful engagement with the premier research academia, bolstering advanced scientific research across multiple domains.

The initiative centers on opening a specialized computational research infrastructure at FSID. This advanced facility is designed to strengthen research capabilities by enabling High-Performance Computing (HPC) large-scale simulations, data-intensive modelling, and advanced analytics, focusing on materials, energy systems, and sustainable mobility. The enhancement is set to foster stronger industry collaborations, improve research quality and efficiency, and increase the relevance of research output in practical industry projects.

To achieve this, the initiative involves expanding FSID's computational facilities through the acquisition of dedicated lab space, advanced in-rack cooling systems, power backup, and high-performance hybrid computing workstations or clusters. These upgrades are expected to significantly boost computational efficiency and support cutting-edge research endeavors.

The enhanced facility will directly benefit a broad range of stakeholders, including faculty members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), startups incubated at FSID, external startups, and MSMEs accessing the advanced digital infrastructure. Furthermore, the expanded infrastructure will indirectly support PhD scholars, postgraduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and the broader academic and industrial ecosystem.

In line with this effort, Schaeffler India has also signed a Master Research Agreement (MRA) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), laying the groundwork for multiple future research projects and reaffirming its commitment to collaborative innovation.

Mr. Harsha Kadam, MD & CEO, Schaeffler India, stated, "At Schaeffler India, we are committed to building skills and manufacturing excellence rooted in India's unique strengths, aligned with its needs, and geared towards creating lasting value. Such efforts depend on strong academia-industry collaboration, with institutions like Indian Institute of Science playing a critical role in equipping researchers with the right tools and expertise. We're proud to support its latest computational infrastructure through Schaeffler India's CSR programme, HOPE. Beyond its immediate purpose, the facility will empower a wide spectrum of IISC research projects across diverse streams and teams, thereby amplifying the impact of collaborative research. Schaeffler India and IISC have a strong pipeline of joint projects, and our teams are fully aligned to move into execution."

Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, IISC, commented on the development, noting the potential impact. "The initiative of Schaeffler India to establish a high-performance computational facility for developing intelligent and sustainable systems at FSID, IISC, is highly commendable. With the long-term aim of creating a computational facility with a peak performance of around 32 PFLOPs, comprising a mixture of CPUs and GPUs, the facility will be highly beneficial for the research groups at IISC, startups incubated at FSID, and industries that collaborate with FSID/IISC. We look forward to the increasing digitalization, automation, and acceleration of research that this facility can create around the IISC ecosystem and the upcoming long-term collaborative activities with Schaeffler India."

Prof B. Gurumoorthy, Director of the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development, added that the new infrastructure will significantly strengthen FSID's ability to support researchers pursuing interdisciplinary research. "This collaboration with Schaeffler India marks an important step in enhancing FSID's capabilities in high-end simulations, data-intensive research, and next-generation technology development. We see this as a strong example of how industry-academia partnerships can accelerate research and innovation with real-world relevance."

By enhancing FSID's computational infrastructure, Schaeffler India aims to catalyze impactful and agile research engineering domains, thereby accelerating scientific deliverables, skill development for the next-generation workforce, and driving industry-relevant solutions.

Schaeffler India brings the 80-year global legacy of innovation in motion technology to the Indian market, offering precision engineering solutions. The company provides innovative technologies and products for electric mobility, CO₂-efficient drives, chassis solutions, and renewable energies, supporting a wide range of motion families from bearing solutions and linear guidance systems to repair and monitoring services.

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