Ashwa Racing Newsletter - Mar 2019 Edition

Ashwa RACING NEWSLETTER - March 2019

LIVE IT. LOVE IT. RACE IT LIVE IT. LOVE IT. RACE IT.

CContents 1 Launch 2019

8 Video Testimonials

2 The Unveiling

9 Team Directory

3 The Beasts 4 Formula Bharat 2019 5 Imtex 2019 6 Audit February 2019 7 Alumnus of the Month 1 March Newsletter www.ashwaracing.com

LAUNCH 2019

On the 9th of February, Ashwa Racing hosted its annual Launch Event at college to display the new prototypes. The event was attended by the sponsor representatives, faculty, students, friends and the entire Ashwa Racing family. This year, the launch also marked 15 years of the Ashwa Racing legacy.

Over the past few years, Ashwa has had a remarkable, progressive and successful journey. Ashwa started with a Combustion prototype in the year 2005. Fast forward to a few victories and a few years later, Ashwa launched its first ever hybrid in the year 2015 followed by the launch of a few more prototypes.

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One of the key highlights of the launch this year was that Ashwa also launched their first ever Electric Prototype, despite the technical fault, the team’s hard work and effort paid off. Their perseverance and dedication not only made us proud, but also marked a new beginning in the Ashwa History.

The day started off by a talk from Mr. Arunraj, Mr. Dilbagh Gill, Team Principal, Mahindra Racing and our team faculty advisor Dr. RS Kulkarni. Their words moved and left the whole team pumped up and motivated to continue their winning and victory streak.

This was followed by mementoes being given to our sponsors, whom we are thankful for their constant support which always encourages the team to excel at what they do.

The team then went on to brief the gathering about all the achievements and new goals Ashwa accomplished in the past one year. The gathering was also briefed about all of the four prototypes: Combustion, Hybrid, Electric, and PE. Ashwa also displayed the progress of the OSV prototype and the chassis of the same was displayed at the workshop. The OSV prototype is set to debut in Tubitak Energy Efficiency Challenge in Turkey this August 2019. www.ashwaracing.com

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THE UNVEILING

This year marked the launch of Ashwa’s first running electric prototype. The electric was run by Rhea Arora. This was followed by the launch of 2019 Hybrid prototype which was run by Shashank Vivek. The 2019 Hybrid car is set to take part in Formula Hybrid held in New Hampshire in the month of May and will be shipped to US in the first week of March.

Last but definitely not the least, the 2019 combustion prototype RZ-X9C was driven by the team captain Asfan Khan and definitely stole the limelight with all the power and fancy showcasing of what they calleda donut.

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Ashwa family wishes all the team members of all the prototypes the best of luck and are extremely proud of the work done and effort put in by each and every one of them to make the launch a very successful and memorable one. We would also like to thank our parents and our sponsors for their never ending support. www.ashwaracing.com

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THE BEASTS

RZ - X9C

RZ - X9H

RZ - X9E

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FORMULA BHARAT 2019

The combustion prototype – RZ-X9C took part in Formula Bharat held in Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore from 23rd to 27th January, 2019. The prototype was powered by a Suzuki GSXR-600cc engine. The prototype consists of other OEM components such as the Willwood PS1 Calipers, Drexler LSD Differential, and ZF dampers which were incorporated on a careful make vs buy analysis.

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clear the technical inspection with fair ease. Apart from these, the car was also tested on the following basis ● Brakes ● Noise ● Tilt The static events also comprises of the Design Event, Buisness Presentation, and the Cost event.

Design Event: Design event evaluates the student’s engineering process and effort that went into the design of the vehicle as well as the ability to meet the market needs. The team was one of the few teams to progress to the finals of the Design event, amongst more than 60 teams.

Business Presentation: The objective of the business event is to evaluate the ability of the team to develop a business model, given a hypothetical situation where the team builds the cars on a commercial scale.

Cost Event: The cost event evaluates the team’s understanding of the manufacturing process and costs associated with components on the car. This assessment includes qualitative/ quantitative analysis, the tradeoff such as make or buy decisions and understanding the difference between prototype and mass production. The team put in their best efforts in 9 March Newsletter

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the cost event.

Dynamic Events After the static events, the team directed its efforts towards the dynamic events. Dynamic events consist of Acceleration, Skidpad, Autocross and Endurance events. The team carried over its strong showing in the Acceleration event from the last race season. The car roared to thumping 2nd place in the Acceleration.

All in all, Formula Bharat was steep learning curve for the team. With an understanding on the areas that need to be worked on, the team now directs its efforts towards the upcoming FS Italy event in the month of July.

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IMTEX 2019

As a part of the team’s networking and PR activities, we visited IMTEX 2019, held in Bengaluru from 24th to 30th January. IMTEX is a flagship event for the Indian machine tool cutting industry organized by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association. The event showcased the machine tool accessories, tooling systems and the current/upcoming trends in the tooling industry. The event was attended by both Indian and foreign exhibitors, demonstrating the latest technologies and manufacturing solutions for their product lines.

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During the event, the we also interacted with some of our existing sponsors who had exhibited their wide range of products and technology. We at Ashwa Mobility are grateful to have had this opportunity to interact with various industrialists and dignitaries that were present during the event, thereby expanding our network and receiving their valuable inputs at the same time which has constantly motivated us to expand our domain and think beyond the horizon.

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AUDIT FEBRUARY 2019 R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Ashwa RACING

Ashwa RACING workshop, R. V. College of Engineering R. V. Vidyaniketan Post, Mysore Road, Bengaluru-560059

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e-mail: arf.finance@gmail.com website: www.ashwaRACING.com contact: +91 - 9449853861 +91 - 7975443324

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ALUMNUS OF THE MONTH

Gokul Suresh, the team captain of X7C, belonged to the Drivetrain and HR subsystem. Being the sole member of his subsystem, his contributions to the project have been invaluable. His team mates have rightly associated him to half shafts, as he was the go to person, if the half shafts broke- irrespective of what time of the day it was. His dedication and outspoken nature often set him apart from the rest of the team.

Gokul, by nature, is an extremely fun loving person.

He's the kind who adored ALL his teammates and cared for them, except he never explicitly showed it.

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that no member was stressed to their threshold level, he would help them regain their composure. He has played an instrumental role in all of X8's decisions. It is safe to say that Gokul has been an ideal team captain and one of Ashwa's best team captains so far.

Gokul has been admired by all his subsystem juniors.

He has been of great support to them. His hardworking nature, high levels of patience and calmness, and his overall personality is the reason why his juniors idolize him and resort to him for guidance. He even accompanied the X8C team to Formula Bharat, 2018. He has motivated the team captains of the junior teams and ensured to keep their spirits up high!

Gokul has been applauded by his teammates and friends for his emotional, mental and physical strength. At Formula Bharat 2017, things didn't seem to go well for the X7C team. They encountered multiple unforeseen circumstances and the team's morale was starting to fall rapidly. It was Gokul, who then consoled the other team leaders and team members, cheered them up and motivated them to work for the Italian event- despite all the struggles the team came across throughout the national event.

Gokul is currently working with ABB. His juniors continue to seek direction from him and miss him immensely at the workshop. Gokul, the Ashwa Racing family sends out best wishes to you, for all your future endeavors!

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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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