Autocar India’s sister magazine Autocar Professional will host its annual webinar on automotive safety on Monday, May 8. The day will also mark the start of the fifth UN Global Road Safety Week.

The third edition of the webinar will see top industry experts participate as speakers. Ramashankar Pandey, MD, Hella India Lighting; A V Mannikar, senior deputy director, Automotive Research Association of India; Deepak Sawkar, senior vice-president (technical administration), Maruti Suzuki India; Jaidev Venkataraman, head - engineering, vehicle dynamics, Continental Automotive Components India; and Alejandro Furas, technical director, Global NCAP, will share their presentations and participate in the webinar. The webinar will be moderated by Sumantra B Barooah, executive editor, Autocar Professional.

The panel of industry experts will discuss, debate and share knowledge on new and future regulations and safety technologies, trends, best practices, opportunities as well as challenges in making Indian roads safer.

New safety norms to kick in 

The year 2017 is a landmark year for motoring in India. If the new BS-IV emission regulation across all segments that kicked in on April 1 will help address the growing problem of pollution, the new safety norms that will be applicable from October 2017 could help save the lives of a large number of vehicle and road users.

The new safety standards and various other initiatives by OEMs, regulatory agencies and the concerned ministries to make Indian roads safer will definitely help the country climb down the podium of the countries with the highest road fatalities. Road fatalities data of 2015 reveal that 16 people died every hour in road accidents during the year.  

To participate in the webinar, hear from the experts and interact with them to understand how safety is becoming a big mission in one of the world's largest automotive markets, click here.