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Today (01 June 2011), Mr Ratan N Tata, Chairman of major Tata companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Power, visited his good friend and founder of WMG, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.

We were very pleased to welcome a cross-party group of nine MPs to WMG for a stimulating debate on manufacturing with some of our staff who are involved in programmes in the aerospace, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.

The MPs visited as part of the Industry and Parliament Trust’s ‘Made in Britain Programme’ which aims to get parliamentarians right inside the dynamic, diverse and innovative world of manufacturing in the UK.

With whisper-quiet electric cars set to proliferate, the motor industry is under pressure to give them an artificial noise for safety purposes, but should they sound like traditional petrol vehicles? BBC News Magazine discuss the issue with WMG's Professor Paul Jennings.

Mr S Sridhar, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Bank of India, paid a special visit to WMG at the University of Warwick, on Tuesday 10 May, to sign an agreement to provide fast track student loans of up to 2 million (20 lakh) rupees (just over 26,000 UK pounds) to Indian students studying at WMG.

Mr S Sridhar signed the agreement with WMG Director Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.

WMG at the University of Warwick have revealed that Mr Li Shufu, Chairman of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Chairman of Volvo Car Corporation made a personal visit to the University campus and agreed with Lord Bhattacharyya to begin exploratory talks aimed at creating an R&D and education partnership between Geely Businesses and WMG.

Two of the robots developed by Warwick Mobile Robotics have been featured on Channel 5's Gadget Show (9th May 2011).

WMG hosted a visit from Mr Nihat Ergun, Turkish Minister of Industry and Trade and Mr Huseyin Tanriverdi, Member of the Turkish Parliament and Vice President of the Justice and Development party to WMG.

They had asked to visit WMG to find out more about its renowned ability to form highly successful partnerships between academia and industry. Turkey is looking to launch an innovation centre which will provide an opportunity for technology transfer and innovation within Turkish industry. They are also keen to develop the skills of the workforce, by working with industry to create relevant postgraduate management courses.

WMG welcomed a senior delegation from the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM). WMG is close to finalising an agreement with NDUM to deliver a specific variation of its world renowned Engineering Business Management MSc. Along with WMG and NDUM, Cranfield University is also involved in the collaboration.

Warwick on Wheels will be at the Gadget Show Live featuring the very latest in engineering research and innovation from Warwick.

The Gadget Show Live 2011 is open to the public from 13 to 17 April 2011 at the NEC Birmingham

WMG were pleased to host a visit from Dan Byles MP who is a member of the Energy and Climate Change select committee and a member of the All Party Parliamentary China Group. Meeting with Richard Seager, Business Development Manager and academics Dan was interested to understand more about the diverse research that is undertaken by the Group.