Pune, October 12, 2018: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in association with SAEINDIA, a professional Society of Automotive Engineers, announced the commencement of the 12th edition of the much-awaited BAJA series. The finale will be held at the NATRIP facility at Pithampur near Indore, from 24th to 27th January, 2019 followed by IIT Ropar near Chandigarh from 8th to 10th March 2019.

363 entries were received for BAJA SAEINDIA 2019, out of which 201 teams are shortlisted for conventional m-BAJA & 50 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 series of events spread across a course of 4 days. The event will include Technical Inspection, Static Evaluation such as Design, Cost & Sales Presentation and Dynamic Events such as Acceleration, Sledge Pull, 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 2019 is ‘Adventure Reloaded’, which celebrates the passion, hard work and perseverance of the budding engineers and the fervour to take up challenges and ability to maximize efforts.

BAJA SAEINDIA also 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 201 mBAJA teams, whereas eBAJA vehicles will run on 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 Electrical & Electronic engineering field to participate in the event, considering the requirement of Human Resource for Electric Vehicles.

For BAJA 2019, 24 colleges from Pune are among the 70 entries from Maharashtra that have qualified for the finale. For the last few editions of BAJA 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.

In the first part of BAJA 2018, which was held at Pithampur, Indore, the coveted title was won by Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune for eBAJA, followed by D.Y. Patil College of Engineering and College Of Engineering, Pune who were declared the Joint winners of mBAJA. Govt. College of Engineering College, Coimbatore were declared the winners in the second part of BAJA 2018 which was held at IIT Ropar, Punjab from 8th to 11th March 2018.

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 2018, 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 on their CAD Designs, CAE analysis and the designs of Roll Cage, Suspension, Steering & Brakes along 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 own buggy race car.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Bala Bharadvaj, President, SAEINDIA said, “At SAEINDIA, we have been championing the cause of BAJA SAEINDIA since its inception in 2007. Over the years, we have successfully created excitement about automotive engineering in engineering colleges. In fact, as an organization, we are dedicated towards instilling passion for automotive engineering and what better platform to do it than BAJA SAEINDIA.”

Mr. Umesh Shah, Sr. VP & COO (CVRBU), Gabriel India Ltd., Convener – BAJA SAEINDIA 2019, Pithampur said, “BAJA SAEINDIA for the past 11 editions has been providing an unique opportunity for the future of automotive engineering by bringing industry and academia together. The event structure offers a hands-on experience that helps students learn critical to professional success skills such as team-work and competitiveness. It is a perfect platform to bring prospective employers to get the best human resource to be inducted in their companies.”

About BAJA SAEINDIA

BAJA SAEINDIA is an educational pursuit for the engineering college students, an out-of-classroom-education system, where engineering students can participate as a team, giving them pragmatic exposure to real-world challenges as faced in the industry. Originally started in the USA by the SAE International as Mini BAJA SAE, today it is being organized in several countries. In India, it is being organized as BAJA SAEINDIA. An international student level competition in which teams from universities all over the country, design, analyze, fabricate and validate an all-terrain vehicle. This is evaluated during a series of Static, Dynamic and Endurance events like the design, cost evaluation, sales presentation, acceleration, maneuverability, sledge pull and main endurance.

Over the years, BAJA has grown in popularity and has become a bigger event nationally signifying its increasing popularity. It serves as a platform for young engineering talent to showcase their skills and acquire a real-life experience while overcoming obstacles and challenges- something that is critical for their long-term success. These engineers showcase their passion for automobiles by conceiving, designing and fabricating a 4-wheeled single-seater All-Terrain Vehicle.

Mahindra is playing a prominent role in slating the event since its inception under the able leadership of Dr. Pawan Goenka as the Chairman of the Steering committee of BAJA SAEINDIA. Since last 9 years, Mahindra is the title sponsor and proudly continue to remain the same this year too, and others like ARAI, Altair, Anand Automotives, Ansys, AVL, Bharat Petroleum, BKT, Bosch, Briggs & Stratton, Chitkara University, Continental, Compage Automation Systems Pvt Ltd., Cummins, Eleation, Faurecia, GM, IAC, iCAT, ITW Chemin, IIT Ropar, Lear, L&T, LNCT, Math Works, Medanta Hospital, MP Consulting, NATRiP, OYO Rooms, Padmini Engineering, Power Equipment, Trim India Pvt. Ltd., Radisson Hotels, Think Creative Solutions Ltd., Varroc, V J Production and Wurth are also proudly continuing their support towards the event. It is also supported by SIAM, ACMA, ASDC and AICTE.

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