For more than fifty years, ARAI has provided its design and development expertise to the Indian automotive industry, focusing on the testing and evaluation of components and systems to meet national and international standards. ARAI has also taken strides in research and development per requirements of the stake-holders from automotive industry. Along the side, ARAI has achieved international recognition in these areas. In keeping pace with the globalization of economy and business, ARAI continues to enlarge its scope of services to meet the requirements of automotive industries around the world

In addition to utilizing state-of-the-art technology, laboratories and highly-skilled personnel, ARAI recognizes the need to develop a new generation of engineers to meet the demands of the automotive industry, not just in India but across the globe.

It has tied up with SRM University Chennai, KARE Kalasalingam Academy of Research & Engineering (Krishnankoil), COEP Technological University (Pune), Chitkara University, (Chandigarh), MIT World Peace University, (Pune), RIT, Sangli, SIT, (Pune), JSPM University (Pune).