BWI: Sri Sai Ram Engineering College Emerged First Amongst South Indian Collegesfor Design and Fabrication of All Terrain Vehicle

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Source: Sri Sai Ram Engineering College
Friday, February 25, 2011 12:30 PM IST (07:00 AM GMT)
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Sri Sai Ram Engineering College Emerged First Amongst South Indian Collegesfor Design and Fabrication of All Terrain Vehicle


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Friday, February 25, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Sri Sai Ram Engineering College team emerged first amongst the South Indian college teams in an all India level technical competition - SAE INDIA BAJA 2011 - for designing and fabricating All Terrain Vehicle.

This competition organised by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently at Pithambur, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Every college needs to design and fabricate an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) which is capable of sustaining rugged terrains and cross the boundary successfully.

SAE INDIA BAJA is a technical event conducted annually providing opportunity to budding and aspiring engineers from all over India to showcase their mettle and compete with the best peer engineering groups from different parts of the country.

A total of 79 teams were selected from an initial entry of 198 colleges includes IIT's, NIT's, University colleges and Government colleges via elimination through Virtual BAJA held at New Delhi for the main event SAE INDIA BAJA 2011 held from 28th January to 2nd February, 2011. Among 79 teams selected, 25 teams were from colleges of South India - especially comprising 13 teams of Tamil Nadu.

The team `The Most Wanted' from Sri Sai Ram Engineering College bagged the 1st position in South India and secured an overall 4th position.

In the event, the vehicles designed by the students were tested and evaluated on several aspects including Brake Test, Speed Test, Rough Terrain Test on hills and Competitive features. Experts from Research and Development departments of leading organizations assessed the overall competitiveness of the vehicles.

The team comprised of 21 members from the Mechanical Engineering department and 2 members from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering department who fabricated an ATV with all the technical expertise and knowledge.

The ATV designed by the students of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College was completely fabricated in the college workshop and is capable of manoeuvring obstacle laden terrains with minimum effort. The 4 tyre single seater vehicle consists of a LGA 340 petrol engine and Mahindra Alfa transmission System and weighs 401 kg.

The features such as centre steering, dual wishbone system, diagonal braking system and rear wheel drive - all for enhancing the performance of the vehicle and providing excellent comfort. These apart, the vehicle also incorporates high-quality brake circuit and other main spare parts manufactured by leading automobile companies.

Adherent to the `Go Green' theme of BAJA 2011, the vehicle was designed with the innovative `Energy Harvesting' aspect that converts unwanted vibrations in the vehicle into useful energy supplied to electrical systems. Also, the students developed a `Negative Ion Generator' that was aimed at cutting down on the emissions from the exhaust by generating excess negative ions to neutralise the positive ions and in turn release cleaner, fresh air from the exhaust.

The team bagged Safe Vehicle Award with a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000 towards the team's innovative ATV and the team was also chosen for the `Chairman's Award' with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 for team effort, effective leadership, good co-ordination and team spirit.

Talking about the advantage of SAEINDIA BAJA event, MJF.Ln.Leo Muthu, Chairman, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College said "Technical events like SAE INDIA BAJA helps in increasing the competitiveness of students and open the doors for innovation to meet the real time practical demands. Thus it becomes necessary on the part of the colleges to provide the students with enough practical knowledge that could give them a winning edge in job opportunities."

Also proudly claims that Department of Mechanical Engineering bagged GOLD MEDAL in the academic year 2009-10 in addition to three university ranks. The college bagged 43 University ranks including 4 Gold Medals in the academic year 2009-10 in the examination conducted by Anna University, Chennai.

The management sponsored for fabricating ATV during this year, in addition to earlier years 2009 and 2010. The team was also sponsored by Leather Leader Pvt Ltd, Synergy Maritime Pvt Ltd, Vincart Services Pvt Ltd. etc., LGA 340 petrol engine of Lombardini and Transmission System of Mahindra & Mahindra were given to all the 79 final participant teams through SAE.

SAE INDIA BAJA is being conducted in India since 2007 and Sri Sai Ram Engineering College has so far participated in three annual events from the year 2008 or 2009.

Chairman of the college MJF.Ln.Leo Muthu, Secretary Mr. M. Vasu, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Sai Prakash Leo Muthu, Director Prof. Mr. V.R. Rajamanickam, Principal Dr. C.V.Jayakumar, Dean (R&D) cum Head of the department Dr. A. Rajendra Prasad and BAJA-2011 Coordinator Mr. K. Natarajan were the supporters behind the success of the college team.

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Students' team of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College with its in-house designed All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that bagged the 1st position amongst the South Indian colleges in an all India level technical competition - SAEINDIA BAJA 2011 - conducted recently at Pithambur, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
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Students' team of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College with its in-house designed All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that bagged the 1st position amongst the South Indian colleges in an all India level technical competition - SAEINDIA BAJA 2011 - conducted recently at Pithambur, Indore, Madhya Pradesh


CONTACT DETAILS
Dr. A. Rajendra Prasad, Dean (R&D) cum Head of the Department, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, +91 9445253233

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