5/11/2019
PUNE: SAEINDIA, a
professional Society of Automotive Engineers, in association with Mahindra
& Mahindra Ltd, today announced the commencement of the 13th edition of the
much-awaited BAJA SAEINDIA series. The finale will be held at the
NATRIP
facility at Pithampur near Indore, from 23rd to January 26, 2020, followed by Chitkara
University near Chandigarh from 6th to March 8, 2020.
Two hundred eighty-two entries from 486 SAEINDIA Collegiate
clubs across India, were received for BAJA SAEINDIA 2020, out of which 200
teams are shortlisted for conventional m-BAJA & 53 teams are shortlisted
for e-BAJA from the virtual round.
BAJA SAEINDIA tasks the students to conceptualize
design, build, test & validate a single-seater four-wheeled All-Terrain
Vehicle (ATV) to take part in a series of events spread across a course of four
days. The event will include Technical Inspection, Static Evaluation such as
Design, Cost & Sales Presentation, and Dynamic Events such as Acceleration,
Sledge Pull, and Maneuverability. Suspension & Traction followed by an
Endurance Event of 4 hours.
A remarkable feature unique to BAJA SAEINDIA is the adoption
of a new theme every year. This year, the theme for BAJA 2020
is 'Breaking Conventions,' that celebrates BAJA, which, is all about
challenging conventions, say it eBAJA or an all-girls team.
The Indian Mobility Industry is facing a few challenges
today. Baja SAEINDIA would like to convert these challenging times to
opportunities for our country's budding engineers and make them future-ready.
They could break the wall of conventional thinking in design & execution,
and ideas and become glorified innovators who can lead the future of Indian
mobility.
BAJA SAEINDIA initiated the eBAJA series in 2015, to
leverage the onset of Electric Mobility in India. The conventional BAJA
vehicles run on 10 HP Briggs & Stratton gasoline engine, common for all
Baja teams, whereas eBAJA vehicles will run on the electric motor with 6 kW
peak electric power and powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack.
Here, the students are free to source the motor, controller & battery and
design their own Battery Management System. This year, we have encouraged more
students from the Electrical & Electronic engineering field to participate
in the event, considering the requirement of Human Resource for Electric
Vehicles.
For BAJA SAEINDIA 2020, 25 colleges from Pune are among the
66 entries from Maharashtra that have qualified for the finale. For the last
few editions of the Baja SAEINDIA series, the maximum number of entries from
Maharashtra has been from the city of Pune. Colleges from Pune have won the
maximum number of awards in the finale in the last few years
For the BAJA finale, entries from engineering colleges from
across the country were screened at the Virtual Round held at Chitkara
University, Punjab, in July 2019, where they presented their Designs for the
BAJA Buggy vehicle that they wished to design for the final event.
The qualifying teams were selected through a thorough
analysis of their CAD Designs, CAE analysis, and the designs of Roll Cage,
Suspension, Steering & Brakes, along with with their Rule book VIVA
sessions and evaluation on extempore topics given to them. The entries
presented at the virtual BAJA were mock-ups that would be created with exact
specifications by the participants. The teams in the final round would showcase
their skills, understanding, and passion for automobiles while having
manufactured their buggy race car.
Speaking on occasion, S. Balraj, Convener, BAJA
SAEINDIA 2020, said, "Events like BAJA SAEINDIA provide students the platform
to instill the much-needed practical experience to prepare future designers and
leaders. I am hopeful, like every year, this year too, the teams would perform
to best of their abilities."
In India, the BAJA SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive
Engineers) began its journey in the year 2007 and was launched under the
leadership of Dr. Pawan Goenka (during his tenure as SAEINDIA President) and
the convenorship of Dr. K.C. Vora. As SAEINDIA ventured on to the unchartered
territory of holding a mega-event of this scale, NATRiP came forward to lend a
helping hand through an earmarked zone at its upcoming proving grounds- NATRAX,
situated at Pithampur, Indore. Similarly, IIT Ropar came forward to organize
the 2nd leg of BAJA SAEINDIA 2018 at Roopnagar.
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