Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Aug 8: Team Mechanix of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra has emerged as the only team to qualify for the next stage from the Jammu & Kashmir and ranked under 50 among new teams in the SAE BAJA 2018.
The team consisting of 25 members mentored by Dr RK Mishra, Associate Professor and Er. Mir Irfan-Ul-Haq, Assistant Professor was represented by five members Shivam Yadav (Captain, Steering Design), Abhishek Kumar (Vice Captain, Roll Cage Design), Abhishek Shukla (Manager, Suspension Design), Manish Kumar Singh (Transmission and Tyres) and Aditij Tandon (Core Team Member) for the Virtual Round in Chandigarh.
BAJA SAE INDIA gives engineering students an opportunity to showcase skills in designing four wheeled, single seater and all terrain automobiles. These vehicles are evaluated on the basis of Static, Dynamic and Durability events taking into consideration design, cost, presentation, build quality, innovation, acceleration, maneuverability, hill climb, suspension, traction and endurance. Promoted by Mahindra and Mahindra, This year, the organizer’s received 388 entries, out of which 180 college have been shortlisted for conventional Baja and E-Baja.
In the two day event held at Chitkara University, Chandigarh on July 13 and 14, 2017, the registered teams were scrutinized for their knowledge and capability to participate successfully in the main event to be held in 2018. In which Team Mechanix obtained 149 marks out of 200 (62.4 percent) in Design Presentation including viva and (86.6 percent) in extempore.
Based on the performance in Virtual BAJA, the team has been selected for participation in the main event to be held at IIT Ropar, Punjab or NATRIP, Pithampur near Indore. The event is being coordinated by the Automobile Club, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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