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STORY, PHOTO & VIDEO BY ANDREA BRUNAIS
OUTREACH & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Indian company Mahindra, takes up
residence in corporate research center
One of the largest com-
panies producing farm
equipment worldwide,
Mahindra Group, joins
the Virginia Tech Corpo-
rate Research Center in
May to become its largest
internationally headquar-
tered tenant, said Guru
Ghosh, vice president for
Outreach and Interna-
tional Affairs at Virginia
Tech.
The new center seeks
From left: Tomo Furukawa, professor of mechanical engineering, Yuki Omori, ('18) and Tamer Attia, a doctoral
to create breakthrough
student, in the artificial vineyard with a wheeled humanoid robot they are developing.
products for North
radwaj, chief technology officer for Mahin-
American markets. At
dra’s farm equipment sector in Chennai,
the same time, the company’s Virginia Tech
India, said, “The Virginia Tech Corporate
research project in mechanical engineering
aims to advance emerging farm technologies, Research Center offers the perfect setting for
both research and testing.
like fruit-picking robots.

Read the whole story at VTnews.
Rajesh Jejurikar, president of Mahindra &
Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector, said,
“Mahindra Group strives to be at the fore-
front of technology and innovation with a
view to improve lives of our customers. We
believe that leveraging the ecosystem of a
leading academic institution such as Virginia
https://youtu.be/VfRSzTytYko
Tech will foster innovation and enable us to
stay ahead globally.”
The Virginia site was selected for its rep-
utation in supporting research endeavors,
according to the company. Mahindra North
America is headquartered in Houston, Texas,
which also was considered. Aravind S. Bha-
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