IIT Hyderabad Project On Driverless Vehicles Has A Woman In Driver's Seat | Read

Women are no longer confined to the passenger seat. From heading design and engineering teams, holding key posts to running major automotive companies, their role in the world of motoring has evolved significantly.

Professor P Rajalakshmi, head of the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN) and a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, is one such pioneer who has made a significant contribution by heading a team of over 100 engineers to design and manufacture a 14 seater and six seater driverless shuttle vehicles or an autonomous car very similar to the driverless much talked about Tesla car company owned by Billionaire Elon Musk.