Global Automotive Research Centre


Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) is one of the state of art test centre established by Ministry of Heavy Industries and PE, Govt. of India (under NATRIP), located at Oragadam near Chennai, Tamilnadu. GARC has been authorized as test agency under CMVR 126 by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India. GARC has the full-fledged R&D and Homologation Test Facilities including the Test Tracks to certify all category of vehicles, systems and components as per national and international standards. As part of Government of India’s FAME-India Scheme, GARC established test facilities for development and certification testing of electric and  hybrid electric vehicles. To support electric mobility mission of government of India, GARC is ready for FAME-II Testing. GARC has got the accreditation from NABL as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories for its Certification Lab (Mechanical & Electrical Discipline).