NATrIPs is a unique joining of hands between the Government of India, a number of State Governments and Indian Automotive Industry to create a state of the art Testing, Validation and R&D infrastructure in the country. The project aims at creating core global competencies in automotive sector in India by facilitating seamless integration of Indian Automotive industry with the world, through setting up state-of-the-art, four green field automotive testing, homologation and R&D infrastructure facilities and up-gradation of two existing facilities with new technology and equipment
Presently there are 7 testing facilities finalised. They are: a) GARC Chennai, Tamil Nadu. b) iCAT Manesar, Haryana. c) NATRAX Indore, Madhya Pradesh. d) NCVRS Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. e) NIAMIT Silchar, Assam. f) VRDE Ahmednagar, Gujarat. g) ARAI Pune, Maharashtra.