Ashwa Racing Newsletter - December 2017 Edition

NEWSLETTER - December 2017

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Contents 1

Pre - Season Testing

2

Product Seminar by Sansera

8

Video Testimonial

3

An Industrial visit to AMS

9

Combustion Sponsors

4

Celebrating Momentum ‘17

10

Hybrid Sponsors

5

India Manufacturing Show

11

Team Directory

6

Sponsor Focus

7

Alumnus of the month

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Pre - Season Testing

After months of relentless efforts, the combustion prototype RZ-X8C is finally set to undergo testing - a vital phase before shipping the car to the upcoming events in 2018.

Post the photo & video submissions for our first competition of the race season - Fomula Bharat 2018, rigorous testing of the prototype has begun in the college premises, ensuring sleepless nights for the team members.

The team hopes to push the prototype to its limits during the critical testing phase thereby identifying the potential of the car’s performance, as well as rectifying the minor glitches that may possibly arise, ensuring that the prototype is relaible and its performance is optimized.

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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. As a part of the regular Industry instutute partnering activities taken up by the team, professionals of Sansera Engineeing were invited by Ashwa Racing to organize a product seminar in the college on the 3rd of November.

Following a brief history of the company, the represenatitive from Sansera went on to provide detailed information about the types of machines used in the company, elaborating on its functioning, technological developments as well as their use in mass production.

The seminar proved to be an informative one for the students who attended, providing an insight into the technologies employed in the industry.

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An Industrial Visit to AMS Ace Manufacturing Systems Ltd., is one of the largest CNC machine tool builders in India today. The company has expertise in manufacturing of CNC vertical & horizontal machining centers and in providing manufacturing solutions centered around these products. Located in Peenya Industrial Area, the company was started in the year 1994 and has been able to install over 8000 machines locally and globally in total ever since.

An Industrial Visit to AMS’s plant was organised on 11.11.2017. The main objective of the industrial visit was to provide students an insight regarding internal working of a manufacturing company. The team was first greeted and addressed by Mr. Nagesh Adiga, the HR head of AMS. After a brief introduction about the history and

the operations of the company, the students headed to the Shop floor, where manufacturing and testing takes place. One of the senior employees walked the team through the basic functioning and testing of every one of the CNC machines on the shop floor. It was a highly interactive session and it helped the students gain practical knowledge about CNC’s.

Finally, the team was addressed by Mr. Umesh L S, the CEO of AMS. He long-windedly explained the vision, mission and the work atmosphere of the company. AMS values the depleting natural resources and has endeavoured to conserve them for the future generations. The industrial visit was not only informative, but also taught the team that good work culture and ethics go a long way in establishing a successful industry.

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Celebrating Momentum ‘17 Continental AG, also known as Continental, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, power train and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries.

Continental has been one of Ashwa Racing’s oldest sponsors providing the team with tires for all our prototypes along with invaluable monetary support.

The team of Ashwa Racing was invited by Continental to take part in Momentum - an event organised by the company that took place on 14 November 2017 at Continental Automotive Components, Electronic City, Bangalore. The team was provided with a slot to showcase three of our prototypes - the combustion, hybrid and the electric vehicle at the event site which was filled with innovative ideas of automotive display including attractive cars and bikes. Right from basic improvements in automobile subsystems to steps to enhance mobility, like autonomous and connected vehicles’ concept, were portrayed exquisitely.

Various dignitaries interacted with the team and we took great pride in presenting Ashwa Racing's legacy; our past, ongoing projects and our future plans. Many visitors and employees showed immense interest in our project.

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Recruitment

Each of our team members who attended the event were gifted with Continental’s elegant merchandise. The team was also gifted a swanky model of an early Mercedes car as a memento .

A huge shoutout to Continental for having us over and giving us an opportunity to display our work!

We hope to bolster this relationship with Continental in the future years to come. www.ashwaracing.com | December Newsletter

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Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together.

It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering as well as final assembly.

- James Dyson India Manufacturing Show is the country’s premier trade fair for engineering and related sector companies. It intends to be the catalyst to aculeate the manufacturing sector by bringing together the best talent, the best technologies and the best minds from across the globe while providing excellent marketing opportunities for all its participants.

IMS 2017 took place from 30.10.17 till 1.11.17 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre.

Each one of those days, team members of Ashwa Racing were present at the event, interacting with dignitaries, employees and

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representatives of various companies of the engineering sector.

IMS was an excellent opportunity for the team to talk to knowledgeable and experienced professionals of the manufacturing industry, elaborating on the work we do at Ashwa Mobility Foundation as well as our aims and future goals.

We even had the privilege of exhibiting one of our best prototypes, RZ-X7C, the combustion prototype of the 2017 race season.

We thank BIEC and organisers of IMS for giving us this beneficial opportunity of networking with industry professionals.

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SPONSOR FOCUS The Schaeffler Group is a global automotive and industrial supplier. By delivering high-precision components and systems in engine, transmission, and chassis applications, as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a variety of industrial applications, the Schaeffler Group is already shaping “Mobility for tomorrow� to a significant degree.

Ashwa Racing thanks Schaeffler Group for extending their support for the team by supplying bearings to be used on the 2018 prototypes.

----------------------------------------------------------------Kaynes Technology India Private Ltd, Mysore, India is a leading domestic player in the Electronics System & Design Manufacturing Services Space with Global foot print. Kaynes undertakes conceptual design, manufacture and testing of high reliability PCBAs, Box Build, Products and Systems Integration Services, Military Wire/Cable Harness for diverse segments of Industry.

We are delighted to have Kaynes Technology on board as a financial sponsor for the 2017-18 Race Season.

----------------------------------------------------------------Future Technologies, established in 2012 is a group company to ROHM Clamping Technologies Pvt. Ltd one of the fastest growing Machine Tool, Work and Tool holding, companies in India with presence in the Middle East. The team is glad to have Future Technologies as a financial sponsor for the 2017-18 Race Season.

----------------------------------------------------------------Power Control Equipments, presently one of the largest panel manufacturers in the country trusts in serving its customer with high quality, technically advanced and in-time delivery of electrical control panels.

We welcome Power Control Equipments to our family of sponsors and hope to strengthen this relationship in the upcoming years. www.ashwaracing.com | December Newsletter

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ALUMNUS OF THE MONTH

Karan Chatrath

was a member of the Engine and Sponsorship subsystem of Ashwa Racing’s first ever hybrid team which fabricated the RZ-X5H and RZ-X6C. In his four years in Ashwa, he worked extensively on the Intake manifold and was actively involved in the design of the onion shaped plenum which increased airflow rate and reduced turbulence. The 3D printed intake manifold, designed and fabricated by him as a part of his major project, was the biggest weight reduction in the engine subsystem in a decade. He also spearheaded the sponsorship team at a critical time when the team decided to diversify into the Hybrid domain.

Karan worked selflessly for the team and never left any work untouched.

He is often described by his teammates and juniors as a motivating presence inside and outside the workshop who was always willing to share his knowledge, skills and experience on and off the field which helped his juniors grow as better people under him.

As the present mentor of the Sponsorship team, he brought order and structure into the team, helping every member maximise their potential.

He was extremely encouraging when it came to taking up initiatives and valued everyone’s opinion enabling the team to always arrive at a collective decision. Karan always used his personal experience to help the team avoid mistakes as well as learn from the good decisions taken. His positive and contagious “Can Do” attitude continues to be the most vital ingredient in the day to day functioning of the Sponsorship team. His discipline and perseverance has and will continue to set the standards for many years to come. Thank you Karan for showing us that the will to act is everything.

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Video Testimonial

Mr. Dilbagh Gillis the Team Principal of Mahindra Formula E Racing

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

Mr. Rajat Kabra Alumni, Ashwa Racing Team Captain of Batch of 2016 Presently working as Product Manager in Rathi Group, Nepal Rajat Kabra was a member of the Drivetrain Team, and has taken part in two internatonal events in his tenure in Ashwa; Formula Hybrid in New Hampshire USA & Formula Student Czech Republic.

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2016-17 COMBUSTION PARTNERS

2016-17 SERVICE PARTNERS

2016-17 COMBUSTION - PRODUCT PARTNERS

2016-17 COMBUSTION - MANUFACTURING PARTNERS

EIGEN ENGINEERING SERVICES

HI-FLEX TECHNOLOGIES

SUN PRECISION TOOLS

2016-17 HYBRID PARTNERS

2016-17 SERVICE PARTNERS

2016-17 HYBRID- PRODUCT PARTNERS

2016-17 HYBRID - MANUFACTURING PARTNERS

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

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 Shrirang Agarwal

+91 9090905100

shrirang0509.ashwa@gmail.com

Varun V V

+91 9986220366

varunv.ashwa@gmail.com

Prateek Bhustali

+91 7259365998

prateekb.ashwa@gmail.com

N V Uday

+91 8105646294

udayvn.ashwa@gmail.com

Yogesh K

+91 9483504314

yogeshkumar.ashwa@gmail.com

K Praneet

+91 8792260131

praneet.ashwa@gmail.com

Gautham S

+91 8884815512

gautamsingh.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

Mubasshir Hussain

+91 8548043004

mubasshir.ashwa@gmail.com

Hrithik Hardi

+91 9481482517

hrithik.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

OSV

ENGINE COMBUSTION Rabindra N

+91 8105247150

rabindra.ashwa@gmail.com

Sidhartha

+91 9972373436

sidhartha.ashwa@gmail.com

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

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

Amol Mehta

+91 9448377771

amolmehta.ashwa@gmail.com

R.Venkataramana Datta

+91 8971132335

venkatrd.ashwa@gmail.com

Manjunath B D

+91 9481985585

manjubd.ashwa@gmail.com

Nitesh

+91 8123878516

nitesh.ashwa@gmail.com

Ruthuparna H K

+91 9980479524

ruthuparna.ashwa@gmail.com

Sathyanarayanan

+91 9886203337

sathyan.ashwa@gmail.com

Prathyaksh H U

+91 9686823443

prathyakshhu.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

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

C.R.Srinivas

+91 9482076140

srinivascr17.ashwa@gmail.com

Nithin M Banakar

+91 8553562104

nitin.ashwa@gmail.com

Goutham S G

+91 9972750249

goutham.ashwa@gmail.com

Kartik B

+91 7019537661

kbandarwad@gmail.com

Sathvik byram

+91 9449967989

sathvikbyram.ashwa@gmail.com

Siddhant V G

+91 9482472738

siddhantg.ashwa@gmail.com

+91 9482503247

vidhath.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

OSV BL Vidhath

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COMBUSTION COMBUSTION Sweekruth Shetty Tejas R Kulkarni

DRIVETRAIN AND HR +91 8792574818 +91 8861666990

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Pranave Nanda

+91 8431954647

pranave.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

Somya Singhal

+91 9019592540

somya.ashwa@gmail.com

Thamim Ansari

+91 7337784457

thamim.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

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

Rahul Devarmani

+91 9845096342

rahul09.ashwa@gmail.com

Animesh Kumar

+91 9430779567

animesh.ashwa@gmail.com

Bharath E

+91 8904651195

bharathe.ashwa@gmail.com

Smith Patel

+91 7621099887

smith.ashwa@gmail.com

Nirmal Suresh

+91 9449380635

nirmals.ashwa@gmail.com

Rohil Vashisht

+91 9902548584

rohilv.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID HYBRID

OSV IT Abhishek N

+91 9663615740

n.abhishek.ashwa@gmail.com

Anurit Gangh

+91 9540793578

anurit.ashwa@gmail.com

Sharath HN

+91 8861976307

sharathhnagaraj.ashwa@gmail.com

Varsha C L

+91 8296616209

varsha.ashwa@gmail.com

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STEERING AND FINANCE COMBUSTION Ashish Nair

+91 9482459774

ashishs.ashwa@gmail.com

Utkarsh Agrawal

+91 9449853861

utkarsh.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

Atheeq Rehman

+91 8105232016

atheeq.ashwa@gmail.com

Chinar

+91 7337883973

chinarjain.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

OSV

SPONSORSHIP , MARKETING AND PR COMBUSTION Sweekruth Shetty

+91 8792574818

sweekruth.ashwa@gmail.com

Tarun K

+91 8762176189

tarunk.ashwa@gmail.com

Komal J

+91 7760887376

komal.ashwa@gmail.com

Srivatsa D

+91 9663879557

vatsa.ashwa@gmail.com

Gaurav P

+91 9008091694

gauravp.ashwa@gmail.com

Dhanvin N

+91 9940586576

dhanvin.ashwa@gmail.com

Abhinav Mahesh

+91 8105863733

abhinav.ashwa@gmail.com

Hariharan R

+91 9916738430

hariharan.ashwa@gmail.com

Rishika Dechamma PJ

+91 7022365497

rishika.ashwa@gmail.com

Nachiket Kakatkar

+91 8884954545

nachiket.ashwa@gmail.com

Ninad D

+91 9148829341

ninad.ashwa@gmail.com

Alamela Nath

+91 9739381948

alamela.ashwa@gmail.com

Manasi Kadambi

+91 8105379956

manasi.ashwa@gmail.com

Harshita Parasrampuria

+91 9903848825

harshitap.ashwa@gmail.com

Saketh Saran

+91 8867733639

saketh.ashwa@gmail.com

Siddharth Sachar

+91 9971159466

siddharth.ashwa@gmail.com

Richa M

+91 7899803360

richa.ashwa@gmail.com

HYBRID

OSV

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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