Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 30: Students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University have designed an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) capable of treading the untrodden be it mud, hills or gravels.
With encouragement and co-operation from Director of School of Mechanical Engineering, Balbir Singh, a dedicated team “MECHANIX” of 24 students under the guidance of Dr Ankush Anand, Varun Dutta and Mir Irfan Ul Haq qualified the virtual phase of national event namely BAJA 2013-14, an event conducted by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) every year.
Teams from about 360 renowned colleges across India including IITs and NITs participated in the 1st phase of the event out of which only 125 teams qualified for the next phase, team MECHANIX of SMVDU being one of them. Sumit, Arjun, Harshvardhan and Tawqeer representing SMVDU presented the virtual design the ATV-The Wild Banteng, which was validated by a committee of R&D authorities and was green flagged for the next phase.
Team Mechanix is all set to proceed to the next phase i.e, fabrication of the ATV according to the virtual design, which would cost approximately Rs 6.2 lakh. Sponsorship and support is expected from various agencies and organizations to make the event a grand success.
SMVDU being the only university from the State of Jammu & Kashmir to qualify the event, the students are looking forward for the support from people of the State.
A good performance by the team may earn them a promotion to the international level of the competition, thereby earning a global acclamation for SMVDU and an opportunity for the sponsors to promote themselves globally.
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