Kia India, RTIH to set up advanced prototyping centre in Amaravati

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Dhatri Reddy, Group CEO of RTIH, and Tae Hyun Kim, Chief Administrative Officer of Kia India, speech   the MoU for mounting  up   the Advanced Prototyping and Innovation Centre astatine  the RTIH Amaravati Hub successful  Mangalagiri connected  Monday.

Dhatri Reddy, Group CEO of RTIH, and Tae Hyun Kim, Chief Administrative Officer of Kia India, speech the MoU for mounting up the Advanced Prototyping and Innovation Centre astatine the RTIH Amaravati Hub successful Mangalagiri connected Monday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The Ratan Tata Innovation Hub (RTIH) and Kia India Pvt. Ltd. person signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to found the Advanced Prototyping and Innovation Centre (APIC Labs) astatine the RTIH Amaravati Hub.

The statement was signed connected Monday by Dhatri Reddy, Group CEO of RTIH, and elder representatives of Kia India, including Tae Hyun Kim, Chief Administrative Officer, Jungho An, Senior Advisor for Legal, Compliance, Corporate Affairs, CSR and PR, and T. Somasekhara Reddy, Principal Advisor.

The projected APIC Labs volition supply innovators, startups and entrepreneurs entree to precocious prototyping equipment, merchandise investigating facilities and industry-grade manufacturing infrastructure, helping them alteration ideas into market-ready products.

According to RTIH, the centre volition absorption connected emerging sectors specified arsenic artificial intelligence, robotics, electronics, embedded systems, astute manufacturing, mobility technologies and concern automation. It is expected to accelerate merchandise development, beforehand entrepreneurship and enactment the maturation of technology-based startups successful Andhra Pradesh.

Officials said the collaboration reflects RTIH’s efforts to physique a robust innovation ecosystem done partnerships among government, manufacture and academia. The installation is expected to fortify Andhra Pradesh’s presumption arsenic a hub for deep-tech innovation and precocious manufacturing portion supporting the improvement of globally competitory products and enterprises.

Published - June 01, 2026 06:49 p.m. IST

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