Jamshedpur, Aug. 5: NIT Jamshedpur stood first among 400 technical institute of the country in the redesigned virtual round of BAJA SAEINDIA held on July 14 and 15, 2017 at Chitkara University, Punjab. NIT team Daksh was led by captain Abhishek Kumar, Shubham, Vishal, Anand and Sanjeet. The students have designed four-wheeled All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to win top honours.
Captain Abhishek Kumar said that the event is all about the passion, and hard work of the budding engineers, who start their journey from scratch and traverse throughout the year to come up with their dreams converted into reality.
BAJA SAE Series is an event for the undergraduate engineering students, organised globally by the Society of Automotive Engineers, USA. The event spread like a wildfire since its inception in the year 1976 and broaden its horizon in the countries like USA, Mexico, South Africa, Korea, Brazil and India.
In India, the BAJA SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive Engineers) began its journey in the year 2007. BAJA SAEINDIA tasks the students to conceptualise design, build, test and validate a single-seater four-wheeled All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to take part in series of events spread across a course of three days.
The finale will be held at the NATRiP facility at Pithampur near Indore, from January 24-28, 2018, followed by an HR meet on January 29-30, 2018, and IIT Ropar from March 8-11, 2018, followed by the HR Meet on March 12, 2018.
A remarkable feature unique to BAJA SAEINDIA is the adoption of a new theme every year. This year the theme for BAJA was ‘Ground To Glory’.
“I am delighted to see that over the years, BAJA has grown in popularity and has become a bigger event nationally signifying its increasing popularity. I have seen the enthusiasm of students who have been participating in this competition. I must say it is an apt platform for the young engineering talent to showcase their skills and acquire a real-life experience,� noted an official of NIT.
