Auto stylish Dilip Chhabria tied up with DY Patil Group and announced the launch of India’s unique institution for Automotive Studies - the DYP - DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies at the expo.

Also Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi unveiled the first car from DYP-DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies designed specially by Dilip Chhabria. The car is an audacious mid-engine concept purportedly to generate a new segment where a SUV need not be boxy and rugged but sexy and sensual. I is a visual treat whose goal is to spawn a new design direction and segment.

The DYP-DC Center is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and is spread over an area of 100 acres in Lohegaon, Pune. The admission process for the academic year 2010-11 will commence from February 2010. The classes will begin from first week of August 2010.   
Dilip Chhabria will be the chief mentor at the DYP-DC Center and will drive its ethos, design philosophy and curriculum that are rooted in the actual industry practice. DYP - DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies will start with offering undergraduate and post-graduate course in automotive styling from August 2010. The course will be for a period of 3 years and 2 years respectively.
    Another special feature of the DYP-DC Center is the “Center for Research”. Research is an extremely important component of any educational process. On one side research helps to augment the quality of education and on other side , it builds bridges with the industry and society. The main objective of Center for Research will be to promote and perform a broad range of world-class research to provide solutions to the automotive industry’s  most-pressing challenges. The research spectrum would include: intelligent design, future of transportation, green materials, new materials, alternative fuels; sensors and actuators; safety systems; environmental impacts; vehicle design; and human factors / ergonomics.
    Over the coming three years the Center would be offering a mix of undergraduate and post graduate specializations in Automotive Design, Engineering and Management. The eligibility criteria for admission are completion of XII for under graduate courses and graduation in any discipline for post-graduate courses. The intake will be  carefully selected after a rigorous entrance examination and the perceived ability of student to create a positive difference to the automobile  industry. The DYP-DC Center will be the only leading resource for the automotive industry.