Combustion newsletter, april 2017

ASHWA RACING

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APRIL NEWSLETTER -2017

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Year after year, we bring twelfth month of hard work and dedication onto a dais for all of our sponsors, friends and family. This year, with the onset of our 13th season we rolled out our 12th Combustion and our 4th Hybrid prototype with a conscious display of glamour and passion.

The launch is not just a mere unveiling for us. It is a platform where we express ourselves and show the world what we truly believe in.

We started off with this small journey, within our bigger picture, with a deep insight into the timeline of the race-season brushing on the team camaraderie.

Starting from industrial visits, corporate meetings and technical seminars to all the way where we shared our knowledge and enthusiasm with students from other universities in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, we had everything set for us to step into the competitive arena of Formula Student. Along the way, as much as we learned about the latest technology, and gained a plethora of skills and hands on experience, we also learned the gentle art of give and take and the importance of meeting someone halfway. We saw ourselves cutting to the chase, bending over backwards, and shooting from the hip in our workings with others and ourselves. And when faced with opposition, we were determined to go down swinging, together, even when others said it was a long shot.

With the encouraging words from our college principal we moved on to the technical presentation.

Ashwa Racing believes in evolution more than revolution. We trust that with 5% change every year we can saturate our design potential and contribute to the engineering a lot more. Thus the presentation covered the intricacies and improvements made in the latest prototypes in addition to our approach towards the static events of the competitions that we participate in.

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"To work hard and have our supporters behind us and believing until the end, you run a little bit more".

We at Ashwa Racing know that without our supporters we would not have reached where we stand today. We expressed our sincere gratitude to all our sponsors by presenting them a memento as a small token of appreciation. We thanked everyone immensely for having been a part of the event and thus adding value to our passion.

Their presence was humbling and it sure adds warmth to our often walk down the memory lane. It's only due to such belief, faith and encouragement that we keep the strength to pursue our goals and go further ahead to achieve them.

With this heart warming ceremony we moved outdoors, at last, to remove the covers on our beasts and roar them to life.

While the Hybrid raced with poise and grace, the Combustion roared with passion and hunger. The race-car zoomed down the stretch and the made donuts at the very end adding to the exoticism.

And thus the launch had served it's purpose.

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We would like to thank Mr. Gautam Maini and his sons, Arjun Maini and Kush Maini for taking out time and interacting with the team!

Gautam Maini, Managing Director of the Maini precision, has himself raced in the National Racing Championship in the late 1990s. His Karting team, BPC RACING has totally changed the outlook of motorsports in India. Arjun races for the Jenzer motorsport in GP-3 series and Kush is a leading Formula 4 racing driver, being the youngest in the category! It was an honour for us to have Arjun drive the RZX7-C and give his valuable feedback. We thank you for sharing your experiences with us and look forward to your continued guidance. He's the youngest driver to break into the Top 10 standings in GP3 history! He comes from a family who have the love of speed running in their blood. His brother and himself are all set to drive for Jenzer Motorsport in this race season. He is none other than, the most talented and the most promising Formula driver of Indian Motorsport, Arjun Maini.

Gautam sir and the entire Maini family have always been encouraging and strengthening motorsport culture in our country. Our team was fortunate to meet them and to be offered driver simulator training in their facility.

We would like to extend our gratitude and wish both Arjun and Kush the very best for their upcoming GP3 series. Eagerly waiting to cheer the Maini brothers in Formula one soon.

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The Hybrid car is sailing on its way to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway and has crossed Colombo port and is heading towards its destination. The team awaits to see it in the Speedway soon.

Bone Voyage X7H

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SPONSOR FOCUS Bhatia Tools and Technology and Bhatia Aerospace is the Brain child of the Bhatia's born year 1987 , nurtured and nourished over three decades it is a One stop Solution for all the Aerospace/Aviation/MRO and Heavy Industries needs for Manufacturing. The journey in BT&T is from a Spanner to an Aircraft itself.The all encompassing range of Hand tools, Instrumentation, Test Equipment, Raw Material, Special Purpose Machinery. We are proud to introduce Bhatia Tools And Technology as our Gold Sponsor for 2017 Race-Season.

Ajax Fiori (India) Pvt Limited is one of India's leading Concreting machinery manufacturers. Incorporated as a collaborative venture between Ajax Engineering, India & Fiori S.p.A Italy, we have over 25 years of strong experience in manufacturing, distributing & supporting Ajax Fiori branded Concreting equipment solutions Ajax Fiori has partnered with Concreting machinery manufacturers across the world, to infuse contemporary, affordable and technologically smart solutions in India. We would like to thank Ajax Fiori for extending their support for 2017 RaceSeason.

Sansera Engineering is a committed and highly trusted engineering partner offering precision engineered components adhering to the highest standards of excellence and complexity, for some of the leading international & domestic automotive & aerospace manufacturers and OEMs over the last quarter of a century.

Sansera is one of the very few precision engineering companies capable of delivering requirements which are customised to critical specifications. We would like to thank Sansera Engineering for extending their support for 2017 Race-Season

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AUDIT - FEBRUARY 2017

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AUDIT - MARCH 2017

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ALUMNI FOCUS

Ankur Revankar, the chief Engineer of our very famous RZX2, is our alumni of the month. We take this opportunity to thank him for his continued guidance to the team.

Ankur's guidance has helped the team in making decisions throughout the race season. He has been available to sort every query which was hampering the car building process.

Even if the help meant spending sleepless nights in the workshop with the junior batch, Ankur has always been the lead senior in doing so .He has helped the team, making them thorough with the technical scrutiny and has guided the team at every challenge the team faced, both in the workshop as well as the event.

Ankur was one of the lead scrutineer at the Formula Bharat 2017. His experience in the Formula Student arena which includes his participation as a core team member in the 2012 FSAE ITALY, as well as his involvement in the national event since 2015 has been helping the team improvise on its past mistakes.

He is currently working at Volvo Trucks as a Verification Engineer and takes out time to come to the workshop and interact with the team. Had it not been his guidance at various instances at the event, the team would have had to face numerous hardships and we whole heartedly thank Ankur for always being a strong Pillar of support and for guiding the team at all times.

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OUR COMBUSTION SPONSORS

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OUR IN KIND SPONSORS

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OUR IN KIND SPONSORS EIGEN ENGINEERING SERVICES

HI-FLEX TECHNOLOGIES

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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

raj.ashwa@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

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DRIVETRAIN AND HR COMBUSTION GOKUL SURESH

+91 9738664458

gokuls.ashwa@gmail.com

SWEEKRUTH

+91 8792574818

sweekruth.ashwa@gmail.com

TEJAS KULKARNI

+91 8861666990

tejask.ashwa@gmail.com

PRANAVE NANDA

+91 8431954647

pranave.ashwa@gmail.com

ASFAN KHAN

+91 7026255343

asfankhan.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

STEERING AND FINANCE COMBUSTION ABIN V

+91 7204377300

abinpv.ashwa@gmail.com

ASHISH NAIR

+91 9482459774

ashishs.ashwa@gmail.com

CHANDRASHEKAR

+91 9902804716

chandrashekhar.ashwa@gmail.com

UTKARSH

+91 9449853861

utkarsh.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

BRAKES AND LOGISTICS COMBUSTION PRANITH C

+91 9741122120

pranith.ashwa@gmail.com

SANTOSH

+91 8123424663

santosh.ashwa@gmail.com

SHAMVEEL M

+91 9895093888

shamveel.ashwa@gmail.com

NISHCHAY JAIN

+91 9820844708

nischay.ashwa@gmail.com

R. VENKAT

+91 8971132335

venkatrd.ashwa@gmail.com

AMOL M

+91 9483533771

amolmehta.ashwa@gmail.com

PRASHANTH T

+91 9632764845

prash.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

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SUSPENSION AND ADMINISTRATION

NIDITH RAI

+91 8496897985

nidith.ashwa@gmail.com

UPENDRA

+91 8970896969

upendra.ashwa@gmail.com

SOHAN J SHETTY

+91 9482673143

sohan.ashwa@gmail.com

RAKESH H N

+91 9449723028

rakesh.ashwa@gmail.com

ATIQH AHMED

+91 9632206015

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SUHAS B U

+91 9036192262

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MOKSITH

+91 9036739049

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CHASSIS AND WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT

ABDUL R

+91 8095772640

abdulrahman.ashwa@gmail.com

PRANJAL

+91 9686984750

pranjal.ashwa@gmail.com

N RAGHU

+91 9177956956

raghun.ashwa@gmail.com

PRATEEK B

+91 7259365998

prateekb.ashwa@gmail.com

VARUN V V

+91 9986220366

varunv.ashwa@gmail.com

N V UDAY

+91 8105646294

udayvn.ashwa@gmail.com

YOGESH K

+91 9483504314

yogeshkumar.ashwa@gmail.com

K PRANEET

+91 8792260131

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GAUTHAM S

+91 8884815512

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ELECTRICAL AND TESTING COMBUSTION LALITH K

+91 9900461054

lalith.ashwa@gmail.com

KIRAN

+91 8095173892

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DHANUSH S

+91 8105105554

dhanush.ashwa@gmail.com

SARTHAK B

+91 7829750305

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SHRIDHAR G

+91 8861149314

shridhar.ashwa@gmail.com

ANANT N D

+91 8892671250

anantd.ashwa@gmail.com

VISHNUSAI Y

+91 7760085229

vishnusai.ashwa@gmail.com

UTSAV M

+91 9830614797

utsavmajumdar.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ENGINE COMBUSTION PRANAV N

+91 9886132069

pranav1512.ashwa@gmail.com

RABINDRA N

+91 8105247150

rabindra.ashwa@gmail.com

SIDHARTHA

+91 9972373436

sidhartha.ashwa@gmail.com

SHARAN HEGDE

+91 8197965276

sharan.ashwa@gmail.com

DENZIL A JOY

+91 7022696907

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DHRUV B

+91 9739403220

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HYBRID

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SPONSORSHIP , MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COMBUSTION ANUSHREE HN

+91 8147264020

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AISHWARYA

+91 9880433144

aishwarya.ashwa@gmail.com

ROUNAK M

+91 8277564198

rounak.ashwa@gmail.com

GOVIND S

+91 9035710867

shenoy.ashwa@gmail.com

SWEEKRUTH

+91 8792574818

sweekruth.ashwa@gmail.com

MOHIT K N

+91 9828843522

mohitkn.ashwa@gmail.com

GAURAV P

+91 9008091694

gauravp.ashwa@gmail.com

ABY

+91 9844361832

aby.ashwa@gmail.com

KOMAL

+91 7760887376

komal.ashwa@gmail.com

PRANEETH

+91 9448739397

praneethrao.ashwa@gmail.com

NITHIN J

+91 9632756650

joshynitin.ashwa@gmail.com

TEJAS GOWDA

+91 9900024090

tejasgowda.ashwa@gmail.com

TARUN K

+91 8762176189

tarunk.ashwa@gmail.com

SRIVATSA D

+91 9663879557

vatsa.ashwa@gmail.com

DHANVIN N

+91 9940586576

dhanvin.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID