Mahindra BAJA SAE India 2015
SLIET team ‘Junkyard Warriors’ (23 members) under the guidance of Dr Shankar Singh, Professor (Mechanical) as Faculty Advisor (FA) designed & build the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and participated at 8th edition of the Mahindra Baja SAEINDIA 2015 held at National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project facility at Pithampur, near Indore from 19th -24th february, 2015.
About 323 teams had registered in the 8th year of BAJA SAEINDIA series, out of which 122 teams had qualified for the finale. The SLIET ‘ATV’ (#5) bagged the second prize in Endurance race (Durability Award) and a cash prize of Rs. 75,000/-.
Dr Shankar Singh, Faculty Advisor was awarded DHRONACHARYA AWARD (Ist prize) and a cash award of Rs. 30,000/-, from Chief Guest Mr. Anthony Je DeSa, IAS, Chief Secretary- Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP). Dr Singh has been incessantly participating and representing SLIET at Baja SAE India as Mentor of the team ‘JUNKYARD WARRIORS’.
EFFICYCLE 2015
SLIET team “Green Rangers” (10 members) under the guidance of Dr Shankar Singh, Professor (Mechanical) as Faculty Advisor (FA), designed and build a human-powered vehicle namely “EFFICYCLE ‘FATEH’ (#80) and participated at 6th season of "Efficycle 2015", a student competition by Society of Automotive Engineers Northern India section (SAE-NIS) was recently hosted at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar 15th-18th October 2015.
Nearly 100 teams of top engineering institutions, including IITs, NITs and government institutions from across India exhibited their motorised expertise.
The SLIET team bagged the Overall Winner Award and a cash prize Rs. 1 lacs/-; 2nd position in Endurance Race (Durabilty Award) and a cash prize Rs. 20,000/- and Marketing Award and a cash prize of Rs. 15,000/-. Dr Shankar Singh was also awarded Dhronacharya Award (Best Faculty Advisor Award) and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- at the event.
(Dr Shankar Singh)
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