IIT (BHU) team secures first place globally at the Shell Eco-marathon 2021
Varanasi: Team AVERERA, an automobile research team of IIT (BHU) Varanasi, has brought laurels to the Institute through its accolades in the Shell Eco-Marathon 2021.
Team AVERERA won the 1st position at the Shell Eco-marathon Global League 2021 season among 235 teams from 50 nations across the globe and received prize money worth US$ 8250. Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, the Director of IIT-BHU congratulated the team for their huge success in the competition and making nation proud.
“Shell Eco-Marathon is an annual event to test the student teams in Research, Development, Creativity and Technical prowess through various competitions,” said Dr. Amitesh Kumar, Team Mentor and Asst. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department.
Shell conducted various competitions throughout the year under the hood of Global League. Team AVERERA also won 1st position in the Virtual Technical Inspection, proving its Urban-concept vehicle to be compliant with the automotive industry standards. Moreover, the phenomenal performance of the team in the Autonomous Programming Competition and Virtual Off-Track awards for Vehicle Design, Engineering Simulation Practices and Driver Safety helped the team to fetch the 1st global position in the Virtual League Table.
The vehicle developed by the team is highly aerodynamic, ergonomic and efficient with a carbon fibre body, which makes it extremely lightweight with a high strength-to-weight ratio to guarantee the driver’s safety. The team inducted efficient manufacturing of its vehicle, motor and battery simulations to reduce the vehicle’s weight and increase its range.
As India battled the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also put a massive halt to the team’s progress. Despite these trying times, the team restructured its work to achieve maximum efficiency remotely and develop the Urban-concept vehicle Shivaay 1.0 with utmost precision. The hard work of team members – Himanshu Sahu, Snehal, Shubham Yadav, Abhay Agrawal, Shashank Kumar, Rishabh Singh, Sweekar Banthiya, Tejas Chavan, Shashank Maddeshiya, Sushrut Mirzapure, Rohan Nemade and Vikas paved a way to this success.
Achieving this great feat was possible also because of the guidance of the dedicated faculty mentors of IIT (BHU) – Dr. Sandip Ghosh (Electrical Engineering), Dr. Shyam Kamal (Electrical Engineering), Prof. H L Pramanik (Chemical Engineering) and constant support of Prof. Rajiv Prakash, Dean (R&D) of IIT (BHU). Team AVERERA is now actively planning for the future of mobility and has decided to develop an autonomous vehicle.
