Ashwa Racing Newsletter - October 2018 Edition

NEWSLETTER - October 2018

LIVE IT. LOVE IT. RACE IT. Website : www. ashwaracing.com www.facebook.com/ashwaracing

CContents 1 Recruitment 2K18 2 Team Leaders 3 Electronica 4 In The Workshop 5 Happy Birthday Sir 6 Audit September 2018 7 EV-Expo 1 October Newsletter www.ashwaracing.com

8 Alumnus of the Month 9 Sponsor Focus 10 Video Testimonials

11 Combustion Sponsors 12 Hybrid Sponsors 13 Team Directory

RECRUITMENT 2K18

The recruitment for the incoming batch of budding engineers has begun in full swing, with the team receiving an overwhelming response from the freshers in the buildup to the recruitment. The recruitment is held in three stages, the first one being a general aptitude test.

The selected candidates have to then go through a personal interview. In the personal interview, the candidates are given a wordlist, comprising of concepts and technicalities used in various parts of the car. The primary objective of having a wordlist

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is to give the students an idea about the dynamics of the car and the various terminologies associated with it. Apart from the technical knowledge, the candidates are also evaluated for their interpersonal, soft skills.

In the final stage of recruitment, called the ‘Kart Event, the students have to build a rule compliant push kart within a given timeframe. The Kart Event is an Ashwa tradition and puts across a plethora of ideas. It not only gives them an idea of the life in Ashwa family but also puts to test, their determination, team spirit and passion towards the project.

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TEAM LEADERS Kireeti Krishnappa is the captain of the XX-H team and part of Drivetrain and HR subsystem. As a responsible leader, he doesn’t accept any excuses and is result oriented. He facilitates the work in the workshop in a kind and effective manner and makes sure that no team member is left behind.

Rahul V is the project manager of the XX-H team and belongs to the suspension and administration subsystem. He is a regular at the workshop and is always up to doing something productive. His hardworking nature and positive vibe boosts the morale of the team.

Shubhendra Rao is the chief engineer of the XX-H team. He belongs to the chassis subsystem and is also responsible for workshop management.

Shubhendra can be seen working on the car tirelessly at any point of time, in the workshop. www.ashwaracing.com

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Abhishek Sharma is the team captain of OSV project, PE-02 and belongs to the drivetrain subsystem. He never fails to motivate his teammates and is known to reduce conflict and direct the team towards the goal in an efficient manner. The word ‘Formula 1’ is just enough to induce an adrenaline rush to Abhishek.

Sidhant K Roy is the project manager of PE-02. He is part of the Suspension and Administration subsystem. He is the most technically sound member of the team. He is highly particular about deadlines and makes sure all tasks are completed well before the deadline.

Utkarsha Mohan is the chief engineer of PE-02 and belongs to the chassis subsystem. He is extremely amiable and helpful, can be relied upon at any point of time. His role in the norming process of the team is invaluable.

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ELECTRONICA

Electronica India is the leading trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications in India. The fair is one of the most important industry gatherings for the electronics industry in Asia.

Companies from across the globe, participate in this event. The trade fair showcases products such as Semiconductors, Embedded systems, Displays and LED, Micro– and nano systems, Sensor technology, Test and measurement, Passive components, PCBs, other circuit carriers and EMS.

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Ashwa Racing is grateful to Mouser Electronics for providing us an opportunity to display our combustion prototype RZ-X2 at their stall in Electronika. The prototype was eye catching and drew crowd towards the stall. It also provided the team an excellent platform to explain our project to various industrialists and dignitaries across the globe.

The team is thankful to Mouser Electronics for such fruitful collaborations.

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IN THE WORKSHOP

The team procured components for suspension, steering, brakes and drivetrain of the passenger electric prototype PE01 from the market. This will be followed by the CMM of the parts, so that a CAD model of the parts can be made, for the development of chassis design.

The design of the electrical and IT parts of the prototype is also under progress, and parts for the same will be procured once the design is validated and scrutinized.

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The two-part chassis, comprising the ladder and the cockpit, will be designed with reference to the procured parts, along with the bodyworks and the interior of the car and other elements like the seats, windshield and doors. After the design is validated, the required components will be procured and the manufacturing of the chassis will begin.

The assembly of the parts onto the completed chassis will be done in house, after which the car will be rigorously tested and tuned for optimum performance.

The car is on track to be revealed in the January ’19 Launch Event

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR

Dr. Ravindra S Kulkarni, one of the main pillars of our project, is our eternal source of wisdom and motivation. He has been the faculty advisor of Ashwa Racing since 2006 and has been a symbol of inspiration ever since. He has previously been the Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering and is currently the Head of Department of Aerospace Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering.

Over the years, Dr. RSK has extensively guided and interacted with every incoming and outgoing batch of Ashwa Racing. He also mentors the team in close coordination with our team founder, Mr. Arunraj.

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he allots more and more time for us, and actively looks for scope for involvement with the team's activities.

Dr. RSK has always followed an ethical approach which inspires the students to practice the operation in the right methodology. He is a firm believer of Operation excellence which has immensely helped the project to take the path of self-sustainability.

Being one of the only few people who have been associated with the team since it's inception, no one understands our vision better than Dr. RSK.

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Dr. RSK has been a father-figure for all of us, in the team. He gives a free hand to the team to bring out the progressive innovation into reality. His energy, both as the Faculty Advisor and as a Professor, inspires us every day: to be productive and constantly strive to be the best. He constantly pushes the team members to act as mature professionals. He has seen the team's ups and downs and is an integral part of our past, present and future.

We take this opportunity to express our gratitude towards Dr. RSK and hope to continue to make him proud. We are overwhelmed by the faith he has in us and by his love for us. We love you too, Sir. The team wishes you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! www.ashwaracing.com

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EV-EXPO

EV-Expo 2018 is the Eco Friendly Electric Vehicle Expo in India, offering comprehensive market information, great business opportunities and a platform for networking.

As a part of the networking and PR activities, the team visited the EV-EXPO 2018 held in Bangalore from 21st September, 2018 to 23rd September, 2018. The team interacted with various industry professionals and dignitaries from across the globe, explaining the project and also received their valuable inputs at the same time. Ashwa Racing is delighted to have had this opportunity to see and understand the latest trends in electric vehicles, components and services for convenient and environment friendly transportation of passenger and goods.

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AUDIT SEPTEMBER 2018

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ALUMNUS OF THE MONTH Pranjal Tyagi, one of our notable alumni, led X7C from the front.

Having belonged to the Chassis subsystem. He was the Chief Engineer of his batch. He has made significant contributions in designing the chassis, for not only his batch, but his juniors' as well. He was the mind-bodyheart and soul behind the designs of Ashwa’s lightest chassis ever. He was the main main driver of X6H and X7C and one of the best drivers in Ashwa's history. His determined, focused and hardworking nature constitute his solid personality.

Pranjal's methodical and systematic approach towards the simplest of tasks and situations is what sets him apart from the rest. His discipline of maintaining things in an orderly manner, be it his workspace or even the workshop, has been greatly appreciated by his teammates and juniors. He is lively, energetic and is still close to almost every single member of the X7 team.

His attention to detail is one of his major strengths. He developed the modern Suspension geometry of Ashwa Racing, alongside Nidith, his teammate. The Suspension geometry hasn't changed for two years, ever since, which speaks volumes about Pranjal's technical knowledge. Not just his batch and his juniors batch, Pranjal was one of the major resource for the senior 15 October Newsletter www.ashwaracing.com

batch of 2016 as well. No doubt, he was the most "demanded junior" during his recruitment.

Pranjal is well respected by all his juniors and they admire his righteous and courageous nature. He has helped them manufacture the chassis, in driver training and testing. He has given them some really useful tips before all their endurance runs. Respected and loved for the comfort that Pranjal provides in the worst of situations, his problem solving abilities are remarkable.

Pranjal’s batch mates accurately referred to him as Duracell - ‘bas chalta rahe’, which translates to something that never burns out. There were times when Pranjal was alone in the workshop and has still taken the car out for testing at 3am to the tracks, all alone; made any minor tweaks that were required and kept testing till the sun was up. The team firmly believes that he filled them with motivation and his relentless efforts has made their dream a pleasent reality.

After graduating from Mechanical Engineering in 2017, Pranjal is currently with TAAL Tech and continues to mentor the team. He's been a go-to person in case of any crisis, for his juniors. His never-say-die attitude has played a key role in bringing X7C all the accolades that it has earned so far.

Pranjal, we are deeply honored that you've been our strength and support, to keep us moving forward, Always! We, the team of Ashwa Racing, send our best wishes to you, for all your future endeavors! www.ashwaracing.com

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SPONSOR FOCUS

Tuflite Polymers are manufacturers pf polycarbonate sheets catering to the roofing indusrty for more than a decade. They aim to show one the many benfits of polycarbonate sheets. The assortment roofing and cladding solutions they provide validate their legitimacy. We thank Tuflite Polymers for ther continued support towards the Ashwa Mobility endeavour

Triton are India’s largest tyre valve manufacturers .

With the advent of tubeless tyres they began manufacturing tubeless tyre valves and evolved from a Tier2 to Tier1 supplier to the automobile industry.

With the objective of raising awareness about the significance of good quality tyre valves for road safety, they have launched their own e-commerce B2B platform ensuing the availabilty of best quality OEM specification tyre valves to even the smallest puncture repair shop in India. The team is grateful to have them on board for both the hybrid and combustion category.

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Mouser Electronics is a worldwide leading authorised distributor of semiconductors and electronic components for over 700 industry-leading manufacturers. They specialise in the rapid introduction of new products and technologies for design engineers and buyers. Our extensive product offering includes semiconductors, interconnects, passives, and electromechanical components. The team is thankful to their continued support and interest towards the porject.

Spicer India Private Limited, is a leading supplier of axles, driveshafts, drivetrain products and genuine service parts. The Company provides complete system solutions to OEMs and the related aftermarket in India.

Spicer India Private Limited is also a major exporter to Dana Holding Corporation, USA. We are extremely grateful to Spicer India for their unending support towards the project on the financial front www.ashwaracing.com

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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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COMBUSTION PARTNERS

SERVICE PARTNERS

COMBUSTION - PRODUCT PARTNERS

COMBUSTION - MANUFACTURING PARTNERS

HI-FLEX TECHNOLOGIES

MECKON SUN PRECISION TOOLS

HYBRID PARTNERS

SERVICE PARTNERS

HYBRID- PRODUCT PARTNERS

HYBRID - MANUFACTURING PARTNERS

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

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

+91 8105646294

udayvn.ashwa@gmail.com

Yogesh K

+91 9483504314

yogeshkumar.ashwa@gmail.com

Chinmaya Khamesra

+91 9986618363

chinmaya.ashwa@gmail.com

Anirudh KN

+91 9886011428

anirudhk.ashwa@gmail.com

Harish Kumar M

+91 9902221703

harishk.ashwa@gmail.com

Shashank Vivek

+91 8217072622

shashankv.ashwa@gmail.com

Praneet

+91 8792260131

praneet.ashwa@gmail.com

Gautam S

+91 8884815512

gautamsingh.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC

OSV Hrithik Hardi

mail.com COMBUSTION

+91 9481482517

hrithik.ashwa@gmail.com

ENGINE

Sharan Hegde

+91 8197965276

sharan.ashwa@gmail.com

Dhruv Bhandari

+91 9448071404

dhruvb.ashwa@gmail.com

Denzil A Joy

+91 9845224424

denzil.ashwa@gmail.com

Utsav Majumdar

+91 9830063525

utsavmajumdar.ashwa@gmail.com

Aditya Ranjan

+91 9686506810

adityar.ashwa@gmail.com

Ayan Das

+91 7600109763

ayandas.ashwa@gmail,com

Naveen G

+91 9591244280

naveeng.ashwa@gmail.com

Rohan Vani

+91 7353027877

rohanwani.ashwa@gmail.com

Yash Bhat

+91 8904656645

yashbhat.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

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BRAKES AND LOGISTICS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Nishchay Jain

+91 9820844708

nischay.ashwa@gmail.com

Prashanth Tejas

+91 9632764845

prash.ashwa@gmail.com

R.Venkataramana Datta

+91 8971132335

venkatrd.ashwa@gmail.com

Manjunath B D

+91 9481985585

manjubd.ashwa@gmail.com

Ruthuparna H K

+91 9980479524

ruthuparna.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9448377771

amolmehta.ashwa@gmail.com

Sathyanarayanan

+91 9886203337

sathyan.ashwa@gmail.com

Prathyaksh H U

+91 9686823443

prathyakshhu.ashwa@gmail.com

Rihan Rajan

+91 9916969826

rihanr.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC Amol Mehta

OSV

ELECTRICAL AND TESTING COMBUSTION Dhanush S

+91 8105105554

dhanush.ashwa@gmail.com

Sarthak B

+91 7829750305

sarthak.ashwa@gmail.com

Shridhar G

+91 8861149314

shridhar.ashwa@gmail.com

Nehal Balachandran

+91 7022831789

nehal.ashwa@gmail.com

Nithin M Banakar

+91 8553562104

nitin.ashwa@gmail.com

Goutham S G

+91 9972750249

goutham.ashwa@gmail.com

Sathvik byram

+91 9449967989

sathvikbyram.ashwa@gmail.com

Siddhant V G

+91 9482472738

siddhantg.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9482076140

srinivascr17.ashwa@gmail.com

BL Vidhath

+91 9482503247

vidhath.ashwa@gmail.com

Amisha Singh

+91 9828733122

amisha.ashwa@gmail.com

Sriram Gangadhar

+91 7760017314

sriramg.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC C.R.Srinivas

OSV

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COMBUSTION COMBUSTION

DRIVETRAIN AND HR

Sweekruth Shetty Tejas R Kulkarni

+91 8792574818 +91 8861666990

sweekruth.ashwa@gmail.com tejask.ashwa@gmail.com

Asfan Khan

+91 7026255343

asfankhan.ashwa@gmail.com

Bharath Talikoti

+91 9901128400

bharatht.ashwa@gmail.com

Rhea Arora

+91 7760430451

rhea.ashwa@gmail.com

Sathvik shetty

+91 9482862669

sathvikshetty.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 8431954647

pranave.ashwa@gmail.com

Somya Singhal

+91 9019592540

somya.ashwa@gmail.com

Thamim Ansari

+91 7337784457

thamim.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC

Pranave Nanda

OSV

SUSPENSION AND ADMINISTRATION COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Mohammed Atiqh Ahmed

+91 9632206015

atiqh.ashwa@gmail.com

Rakesh H N

+91 9449723028

rakesh.ashwa@gmail.com

Suhas B U

+91 9036192262

suhas.ashwa@gmail.com

Moksith Bohra V

+91 9036739049

moksith.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9430779567

animesh.ashwa@gmail.com

Bharath E

+91 8904651195

bharathe.ashwa@gmail.com

Smith Patel

+91 7621099887

smith.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9845096342

rahul09.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9449380635

nirmals.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC

Rahul Devarmani

OSV

Nirmal Suresh

IT Harini V

+91 7259700186

harini.ashwa@gmail.com

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STEERING AND FINANCE COMBUSTION Ashish Nair

+91 9482459774

ashishs.ashwa@gmail.com

Chandrashekhar R

+91 9902804716

chandrashekhar.ashwa@gmail.com

Ayuti Atul Goswami

+91 9741758678

ayuti.ashwa@gmail.com

Shreyash Kalal

+91 7337680876

shreyask.ashwa@gmail.com

Siddharth Reddy

+91 9538818876

siddharthr.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9449853861

utkarsh.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC Utkarsh Agrawal

OSV Atheeq Rehman

+91 8105232016

atheeq.ashwa@gmail.com

Chinar

+91 7337883973

chinarjain.ashwa@gmail.com

SPONSORSHIP , MARKETING AND PR COMBUSTION Sweekruth Shetty

+91 8792574818

sweekruth.ashwa@gmail.com

Komal J

+91 7760887376

komal.ashwa@gmail.com

Tarun K

+91 8762176189

tarunk.ashwa@gmail.com

Dhanvin N

+91 9940586576

dhanvin.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 8105863733

abhinav.ashwa@gmail.com

Hariharan R

+91 9916738430

hariharan.ashwa@gmail.com

Harshita Parasrampuria

+91 9903848825

harshitap.ashwa@gmail.com

Rishika Dechamma PJ

+91 7022365497

rishika.ashwa@gmail.com

Nachiket Kakatkar Manasi Kadambi

+91 8884954545 +91 8105379956

nachiket.ashwa@gmail.com manasi.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9663879557

vatsa.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

ELECTRIC Srivatsa D

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