Ashwa Racing Newsletter - Dec 2018 Edition

Ashwa RACING NEWSLETTER - December 2018

LIVE IT. LOVE IT. RACE IT

CContents 1 15 Years of Ashwa 2 The Journey 3 Audit November 2018 4 Alumnus of the Month 5 Video Testimonials 6 Team Directory

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15 YEARS OF ASHWA

Ashwa Racing started out as a vision and has turned into legacy. It was started by a few mechanical engineering students, who came up with the idea of Formula student in India and since then, it has gone on to establish itself as a student initiative in the arena of Motorsport Engineering education, producing prototypes year after year, participating in various FSAE events.

Ashwa Racing rolled out its first ever prototype in the year 2005, becoming the only team to represent India in FSAE Australasia. During the course of the event, the team also set a FSAE record in ‘Cost Report’ event, bagging their first of the many more accolades www.ashwaracing.com December Newsletter

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to come. Over the years, Ashwa Racing has had the backing of strong Alumni Committee, our faculty advisor Dr. RS Kulkarni sir, our founding member Mr. Arunraj Subbaraj as well as all our sponsors. They have been the backbone of the team, guiding us through each and every step and streamlining our efforts in the right direction. Despite their busy schedules they have ensured that they allot more and more time for us, inspiring and motivating us to reach greater heights.

Moving along the lines of greener and environment

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friendly technologies, the project ventured into the Hybrid category, standing 7th globally in their first attempt in the Formula Hybrid event in 2015. The team has been rolling out 2 prototypes simultaneously ever since and stood second globally in both the 2017 and 2018 Formula Hybrid event. The year 2018 marked the www.ashwaracing.com

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diversification of the team into fully electric prototypes, becoming the only Indian team to fabricate three different prototypes in a year.

In the near future Ashwa Racing aims to move into solutions for mass mobility coming up with a usercentric autonomous prototype and guidelines of hyperloop concept, with the work on the former having already begun and looks forward to roll out its first passenger electric vehicle in 2019.

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THE JOURNEY

Since 2003, mutually beneficial partnerships have played a crucial role in Ashwa Racing’s success over the years. They have not only helped the team achieve greater heights, but have also nursed the all-round development of individual members of the team. One such organization is Sansera Engineering. Sansera Engineering Limited manufactures and supplies precision forged and machined components for original equipment manufacturers in India and internationally. Our relationship with Sansera Engineering has stood the test of time and they have been our our oldest sponsor. www.ashwaracing.com

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As the team diversified into various projects, in addition to financial support, they have aided in the manufacturing of components for all our prototypes, which are essential for the assembly of the car. This has greatly helped the team during the manufacturing and assembly phases. Interaction with the company professionals has not only given us a better understanding of our vehicle dynamics, but also the manufacturing process that goes into it. Over the years, they have identified our potential, constantly pushed us to exceed our limits, organizing motivational talks and team building exercises.

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As the team progressed over the years, Ashwa Racing’s relationship with Sansera Engineering changed from that of sponsorship into one that facilitated learning. They have helped us broaden our horizons as engineers and as individuals, organizing industrial visits for the team giving the students the opportunity to learn about the company’s manufacturing operations and management. Ashwa Racing has been fortuitous to have witnessed product seminars organized by the company in college, enabling the students to familiarize themselves with the current industry trends and technologies. In addition to this, www.ashwaracing.com

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Ashwa Racing is indebted to Sansera Engineering, for giving us multiple opportunities to be a part of various events organized by ACMA and interact with dignitaries present during the event and receive their valuable feedback. This has opened up a plethora of thoughts and ideas that have monumentally helped in the improvements of our prototypes.

We at Ashwa Racing would like to take this opportunity to thank Sansera engineering for their continued support over the years and greatly appreciate the willingness with which you support our efforts. We sincerely hope that this association continues for many more years to come.

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AUDIT NOVEMBER 2018

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ALUMNUS OF THE MONTH

Born on same day as the great minds Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani , we have one of our greatest project managers of Ashwa Racing, Sohan Shetty. This person can easily be introduced as one of the most meticulous and hard-working person Ashwa Racing has ever seen.

Sohan J. Shetty, the project manager of RZX6-H and RZX7-C, popularly known as ‘Shetty’ was part of the Suspension and Administration subsystem. The title of the subsystem he belonged to was strictly for the record. In actuality, there isn’t a subsystem that Shetty hasn’t put his hands in. He knew the car on the back of his hand and always had effective solutions in times of need.

Shetty is one of the kindest guys one will ever come across and at the same time, a firm leader. He struck the perfect balance between him being a cool, chill guy and the ideal Project Manager. This perfect balance 11 December Newsletter www.ashwaracing.com

was not just within Ashwa, he also had a 9+ GPA and his studies barely took a hit, even though he spent his time mostly in the workshop.

He has been the backbone of X7. He was a motivation to all him teammates, his level of commitment was unparalleled, seeing him give his 200% made all his teammates strive towards giving 100% at the very least.

Shetty's ability to plan and execute was commendable.

He did it with such ease that he made project management look like child's play. His batchmates barely remember days when he went and slept on a bed, he mostly worked late in the night and slept in the workshop. One rarely gets to see people with such dedication. He is extremely helpful and approachable, to his juniors and well as seniors.

Shetty was an exceptional project manager and he was proficient in this technical work as well. He was the go to person for all the conundrums his team encountered and he would always have a solution or at least a smart way to reach the solution. Shetty is the go-to person for people from every batch that's worked under him. Be it approving Project Management Presentation documents or even proofreading monthly newsletter articles! His seniors fondly say "There was nothing that Shetty didn't help us with. He was all over the place!".

Shetty’s batchmates, in addition to being great comrades were also among his closest friends and they genuinely appreciate the time and effort he’s invested www.ashwaracing.com

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in the project. They have seen him struggle for the team, but he never made it evident. He lead the team from the front, would always push his team to strive harder and in some cases, he would save the day. He made sure that the team reached the finish line, be it on the race track or even simply executing everyday tasks.

After a point, words can do no more justice to how amazing a character Shetty truly is. His following quote pretty much sums up everything about him.

"In everything you do, if you want to earn the respect of your men, you have to work harder than them. You have to stretch yourself more than them. Do not spare your men but more importantly do not spare yourself".

He is presently working in ITC. And it is a no-brainer that he is missed immensely in the workshop these days and that all members love him and wish him well.

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VIDEO TESTIMONIALS Mr. Dilbagh Gill Team Principal Mahindra Formula E Racing

Mr. Hubert Reilard, Hon’ble ex-President of Indo German Chamber of Commerce and ex-Managing Director of EFD Induction

Mr. Venkatesh Managing Director Uniflex

Mr. Mayur Bhagat Director Tuflite Polymers

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MS. Diksha Bhagat Alumni, Ashwa Racing Batch of 2016 Presently working in Toyota Kirloskar Motors

Mr. Rajat Kabra Alumni, Ashwa Racing Team Captain, Batch of 2016

Dr. Ravindra S. Kulkarni Faculty Advisor, Ashwa Racing Head of Department, Aerospace Engineering

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Team Directory FACULTY

NAME

DESIGNATION

Dr. R. S. KULKARNI

Faculty Advisor

STEERING COMMITTEE NAME

TELEPHONE

EMAIL-ID

ARUNRAJ SUBBARAJ

+9 68 9913 2457

rajashwa@gmail.com

SHUBHAM SAURAV

+1 7342392995

shubham.ashwa@gmail.com

SIDDHARTH MANDAL

+91 9619991933

sid.ashwa@gmail.com

NIKHIL JALI

+1 765 476 3370

nick.ashwa@gmail.com

SHARATH PRABHAKAR

+91 9000144355

shark.ashwa@gmail.com

Contents

ALUMNI COUNCIL

SUBSYSTEM ALUMNI EVALUATOR / MENTOR TECHNICAL

MANAGERIAL

Rules Committee : Ankur Revankar Safety

: Uday K, Ayush P

Aerodynamics

: G Y Rohit

Chassis

: Brian N Quadras

Workshop

: Arunraj Subbaraj

Suspension

: Kanal Sebastian

Admin

: Arunraj Subbaraj

Brakes

: Vamsi Naramsetty Logistics

: Pallav Rawat

Steering

: Eshwarmurthy T

Finance

: Mohammad Hannan

Engine

: R Manjeet

SMP

: Karan Chatrath

Drivetrain

: Rajat Kabra

HR

: Tejas Babaria

Electrical

: Siva Subramanian Testing

: Rajit Malik

Coding

: Arunraj Subbaraj

: Arunraj Subbaraj

IT

STATIC EVENT MODULE COORDINATOR Design Cost

: Arunraj Subbaraj : Gopika Hemachander

PMP : Arunraj Subbaraj Business Plan : Arunraj Subbaraj

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CHASSIS AND WORKSHOP COMBUSTION N V Uday Yogesh K

HYBRID

Chinmaya Khamesra Anirudh KN Harish Kumar M Shashank Vivek K Suhendra S Rao Surya

ELECTRIC

Praneet Gautam S

OSV

Hrithik Hardi Utkarsha Mohan Chiranth

+91 8105646294 +91 9483504314

udayvn.ashwa@gmail.com yogeshkumar.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91

chinmaya.ashwa@gmail.com anirudhk.ashwa@gmail.com harishk.ashwa@gmail.com shashankv.ashwa@gmail.com subhendra.ashwa@gmail.com suryaa.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 8792260131 +91 8884815512

praneet.ashwa@gmail.com gautamsingh.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9481482517 +91 9935610101 +91 9148007565

hrithik.ashwa@gmail.com utkarsha.ashwa@gmail.com chiranth.ashwa@gmail.com

ENGINE

COMBUSTION Dhruv Bhandari Denzil A Joy Utsav Majumdar

HYBRID

Aditya Ranjan Ayan Das Naveen G Rohan Vani Yash Bhat Arjun R Prasad Advait Parameswaran Nivedh Das M Rithik Reddy

9986618363 9886011428 9902221703 8217072622 8884496005 9591654269

+91 9448071404 +91 9845224424 +91 9830063525

dhruvb.ashwa@gmail.com denzil.ashwa@gmail.com utsavmajumdar.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91

adityar.ashwa@gmail.com ayandas.ashwa@gmail.com naveeng.ashwa@gmail.com rohanwani.ashwa@gmail.com yashbhat.ashwa@gmail.com arjunprasad.ashwa@gmail.com advait.ashwa@gmail.com nivedh.ashwa@gmail.com rithikreddy.ashwa@gmail.com

9686506810 7600109763 9591244280 7353027877 8904656645 7406626070 8880469001 8123721747 9299990772

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BRAKES AND LOGISTICS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Prashanth Tejas R Venkataramana Datta

HYBRID

Manjunath B D Ruthuparna H K Kausthub Inguva Poornesh N

+91 9632764845 +91 8971132335

prash.ashwa@gmail.com venkatrd.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91

manjubd.ashwa@gmail.com ruthuparna.ashwa@gmail.com kausthub.ashwa@gmail.com poornesh.ashwa@gmail.com

9481985585 9980479524 6362658483 8971834309

ELECTRIC Amol Mehta

OSV

Sathyanarayanan Prathyakh H U Rihan Rajan Manjesh Ganapathy

+91 9448377771

amolmehta.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91

sathyan.ashwa@gmail.com prathyakshhu.ashwa@gmail.com rihanr.ashwa@gmail.com manjesh.ashwa@gmail.com

9886203337 968623443 9916969826 9902011140

ELECTRICAL AND TESTING COMBUSTION Dhanush S Nehal Balachandran Nithin M Banakar

HYBRID

Goutham S G Sathvik Byram Siddhant V G Abhinav Agarwal Ajeet Mishma Toppo Shashank Shekhar Singh Swapnil Vinay Balamurali

ELECTRIC

C.R.Srinivas

OSV

BL Vidhath Amisha Singh Sriram Gangadhar Sarvesh Shashidhar Abhinav Murli Veluri Sai Teja

+91 8105105554 +91 7022831789 +91 8553562104

dhanush.ashwa@gmail.com nehal.ashwa@gmail.com nitin.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91

goutham.ashwa@gmail.com sathvikbyram.ashwa@gmail.com siddhantg.ashwa@gmail.com abhinavagarwal.ashwa@gmail.com ajeet.ashwa@gmail.com mishma.ashwa@gmail.com shashankshekhar.ashwa@gmail.com swapnil.ashwa@gmail.com vinay.ashwa@gmail.com

9972750249 9449967989 9482472738 7760677213 9448384944 9449310769 9810394307 8294877873 7411617753

+91 9482076140

srinivascr17.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91

vidhath.ashwa@gmail.com amisha.ashwa@gmail.com sriramg.ashwa@gmail.com sarveshs.ashwa@gmail.com abhinavm.ashwa@gmail.com saitejaveluri.ashwa@gmail.com

9482503247 9828733122 7760017314 7259418905 8105186521 9739470902

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COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Asfan Khan

DRIVETRAIN AND HR +91 7026255343

asfankhan.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91

bharatht.ashwa@gmail.com rhea.ashwa@gmal.com sathvikshetty.ashwa@gmail.com kireeti.ashwa@gmil.com adityasubramanian.ashwa@gmal.com

HYBRID Bharath Thalikoti Rhea Arora Sathvik Shetty Kireeti Krishnappa Aditya Subramanian

9901128400 7760430451 9482862669 9686700455 9742529108

ELECTRIC Pranave Nanda

OSV

Soumya Singhal Thamim Ansari Abhishek Sharma Piyush Saraf

+91 8431954647

pranave.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91

soumya.ashwa@gmail.com thamim.ashwa@gmail.com abhishekms.ashwa@gmail.com piyushsaraf.ashwa@gmail.com

9019592540 7337784457 9449033997 9620560600

SUSPENSION AND ADMINISTRATION COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Suhas B U Moksith Bohra V

HYBRID

Bharath E Smith Patel Rahul V Shreya NH Nikhil Potdar

+91 9036192262 +91 9036739049

suhas.ashwa@gmail.com moksith.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91

bharathe.ashwa@gmail.com smith.ashwa@gmail.com rahulv.ashwa@gmail.com shreyanh.ashwa@gmail.com nikhilpotdar.ashwa@gmail.com

8904651195 7621099887 8217299410 9113218828 9901195547

ELECTRIC Rahul Devarmani

+91 9845096342

rahul09.ashwa@gmail.com

OSV Nirmal Suresh Sidhant K Roy Nischith Anantha Ramu

+91 9449380635 +91 7829663523 +91 8296410059

nirmals.ashwa@gmail.com sidhant.ashwa@gmail.com nischith.ashwa@gmail.com

IT Harini V R Shreya Surya D Vignesh RB

+91 +91 +91 +91

7259700186 9148133246 8971711811 8310308482

harini.ashwa@gmail.com rshreya.ashwa@gmail.com suryad.ashwa@gmail.com vigneshrb.ashwa@gmail.com

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STEERING AND FINANCE COMBUSTION Chandrashekhar R

HYBRID

Ayuti Atul Goswami Shreyash Kalal Siddharth Reddy Raghuram Gunadeep Sai Teja

+91 9902804716

chandrashekhar.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91

ayuti.ashwa@gmail.com shreyask.ashwa@gmail.com siddharthr.ashwa@gmail.com raghuram.ashwa@gmail.com gunadeepsaiteja.ashwa@gmail.com

9741758678 7337680876 9538818876 7022273594 7259272998

ELECTRIC Utkarsh Agrawal

+91 9449853861

utkarsh.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91

atheeq.ashwa@gmail.com chinarjain.ashwa@gmail.com guruprakash.ashwa@gmail.com sainnath.ashwa@gmail.com

OSV Atheeq Rehman Chinar Jain Guruprakash Patil Sainnath

8105232016 7337883973 7259308777 9880369497

SPONSORSHIP , MARKETING AND PR COMBUSTION Komal J Tarun Kasa Dhanvin Nichani

+91 7760887376 +91 8762176189 +91 9940586576

komal.ashwa@gmail.com tarunk.ashwa@gmail.com dhanvin.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91 +91

hariharan.ashwa@gmail.com harshitap.ashwa@gmail.com rishika.ashwa@gmail.com nachiket.ashwa@gmail.com manasi.ashwa@gmail.com abhay.ashwa@gmail.com vikhyatjk.ashwa@gmail.com dheeraj..ashwa@gmail.com pranavkrishna.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID Hariharan R Harshita Parasampuria Rishika Dechamma PJ Nachiket Kakatkar Manasi Kadambi Abhay Agarwal Vikhyat Jk Dheeraj Omprasad Pranav Krishna

9916738430 9903848825 7022365497 8884954545 8105379956 6362972572 9110489450 9591275916 7259615633

ELECTRIC Srivatsa Deshpande

+91 8217439881

vatsa.ashwa@gmail.com

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