VIRTUAL BAJASAEINDIA 2015

Beyond Boundaries!!

1st – 2nd Aug 2014

Gujarat Technological University (GTU)

Ahmedabad, India.

Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA 2015: A Report

August 1st 2014, Ahmedabad: Virtual BAJA

SAEINDIA 2015, the pre-qualifier to BAJA

SAEINDIA 2015, was successfully conducted

here at Gujarat Technological University

(GTU) on 1st and 2nd Aug 2014. A total of 313

teams, geared up for this elimination round,

poured in from every corner of the country to

GTU campus first week of August to secure

their position in the final list of teams going

for the BAJA SAEINDIA 2015, an all India

engineering challenge for undergraduate

engineering students slated from 20th – 22nd

Feb. 2015 at NATRAX facility of NATRiP,

Pithampur, Indore.

BAJA SAEINDIA: An Introduction

BAJA SAEINDIA 2015 is the 8th edition of the

BAJA SAEINDIA series started in the year

2007 under the aegis of SAEINDIA and ARAI.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the leading

Automobile Manufacturing Company of India,

has been the co-sponsor for the event since

inception and the title and principal sponsor

for last four consecutive years.

In the year 2007 BAJA SAEINDIA was

launched under the leadership of Dr. Pawan

Goenka, President, Automotive Sector, M&M

Ltd and former president, SAEINDIA. Dr. KC

Vora, the then Sr. Asst. Director, ARAI, was

the convener for this first event. The event is

organized on the lines of BAJA SAE Series®,

organized globally by Society of Automotive

Engineers (www.sae.org) across six different

countries. BAJA SAE simulates the real world

engineering challenges and under its

purview, groups of undergraduate student

are assigned the tasks of designing, building,

testing, promoting and racing an off road

vehicle that will withstand the rigors of a

rough terrain. The underlying purpose of the

event is to provide SAE student members

with challenges that reflect the steps involved

in the entire process from design and

engineering to production and marketing.

Teams vie with one another to get their

designs accepted by a virtual firm and are

expected to raise funds for supporting their

projects, without hampering their educational

priorities.

Figure 1: Official Poster – 2015 BAJA

SAEINDIA

SAEINDIA: An Affiliate of SAE International

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is a

network of engineers, executives, educators

and students from more than 100 countries

who come together to share information,

exchange ideas and undertake initiatives for

advancing the engineering of mobility

systems catering to land, water and space.

The body is involved in creating avenues for

both professionals and students alike to

generate awareness and promote futuristic

technologies. A few such initiatives

undertaken by SAE are the World Congress,

Tech Symposiums and Conferences,

Professional Development Programs, etc. for

practicing engineers and the AeroDesign

Challenge, Snowmobile Design Challenge,

Formula SAE, BAJASAE, FE Cycle, Supra SAE

and A World in Motion for the students.

SAEINDIA, founded in 2001, is an all India

charitable society which was formally

established as an official affiliate of SAE

International in the year 2002. The funds

raised by SAEINDIA foundation is

channelized towards supporting diverse

educational activities, viz. collegiate design

programs, doctoral scholar programs,

engineering scholarships, and industrial

lectureship programs. Besides, they also

provide financial assistance to students,

scientists, and other outstanding contributors

to mobility technology in India. The funding

largely comprises of donations from

corporate organizations, allied societies,

individuals and sponsorships. SAEINDIA, the

Indian chapter of SAE, has become the largest

affiliate of SAE with over 50,000 student

members, 5000 professional memberships

and 400 collegiate clubs. It works with five

sections all over India – North, East, West,

South and Bangalore sections and has the

headquarter at Chennai.

National Automotive Testing and R&D

Infrastructure Project i.e. NATRiP, a

significant and major initiative in the Indian

automotive sector, represents a unique,

liaison between the Govt. of India, several

state governments and the Indian Automotive

Industry, in a bid to create a state-of-art

testing, validation and R&D Infrastructure in

the country. The project involves, continually,

in creating core global competencies in

Automotive Sector in India besides facilitating

seamless integration of Indian Automotive

Industry with its global counterpart thereby

placing the country prominently on the global

automotive map. NATRiP has been generous

in allotting a portion (70 acres) of its National

Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX) facility

exclusively for the BAJA SAEINDIA since

inception.

Virtual BAJA: An Indigenous Approach

Virtual BAJA, introduced for the first time

during BAJA 2010, is a noble and innovative

concept to be incorporated across any form of

BAJA SAE Series till now. In contrast to the

‘first-come-first-serve’ basis of selection in

case of US version of BAJA SAE Series®,

Virtual BAJA acts as a screening stage. Since

the year of inception i.e. 2007, the student

representation in BAJA has grown from 66

registrations to a whooping 323. This two-

day event, in addition of catering for this

surge, has undoubtedly helped lifting the

event in terms of quality and containing some

of the better engineering competencies.

For participants, it serves as a precise

evaluation before the actual event and an

opportunity to identify the areas of

improvement. Teams are expected to present

their work done prior to the actual

manufacturing process has begun. They are

expected to showcase their design/ analysis/

simulations, etc. done for each sub-system of

the vehicle with a clear understanding of the

concepts and rules. It must, in addition, be

supported with appropriate calculations/

assumptions/ reasoning, etc. The computer

assisted tools are used extensively by the

teams for carrying out these tasks virtually,

hence, the name – Virtual BAJA. Main points –

• It is organized in collaboration with

academia and host universities are selected

across the five zones of SAEINDIA on the

basis of infrastructure, location, cost etc.

• The teams are entrusted with the job of

delivering the presentation in a stipulated

time and format.

• The judges are the experts from automotive

industry satisfying minimum eligibility

criteria of 5yr of experience for graduates &

3 yr. for PGs. A uniform blend of experience

was ensured during panel formation.

• The scoring process is normalized to rule

out differences within the panel and also

across the panel.

• Final list of selected teams are in a right

proportions according to old/new team

ratio, gender diversities and region-wise

representations.

Virtual BAJA 2015 @ GTU, Ahmedabad

The successful conduct of Virtual BAJA 2015

concluded recently at Gujarat Technological

University (GTU), Chandkheda campus,

Ahmedabad could be attributed to the

dedicated team of BAJA Organizing

Committee, SAEINDIA Indore Section and the

students, staffs and management of GTU.

Figure 2: GTU – Venue of 2015 Virtual Baja

The serene college campus, into the last

phase of summer vacation, all of a sudden

started bustling with life as the students from

different parts of the country started trickling

down on Thursday i.e. 31st July. “323 has been

the number of teams registration this year

and gives a clear indication of the pace with

which BAJA has now become the mother of all

engineering challenges across India!”,

remarked Mr. Subodh Morye, the convener

for BAJA SAEINDIA 2015 and Senior Manager,

EA to President, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

He also pointed out that it’s not only the

numbers but BAJA SAEINDIA 2015 has

crossed the bar in terms of vehicle build

quality and robustness too. “We’re in a right

position to transcend the Indian boundaries

and make the event international”, added Dr.

KC Vora, the man who championed to bring

BAJA to India also heads ARAI Academy.

The series of concerted efforts put forth by

the team couldn’t be documented, although, a

few prominent one could be listed as below –

• Deciding on Roles and Responsibilities –

The 1st meeting of BAJA OC held on 14th

Jun’14 concluded on the strategy and route

map for BAJA SAEINDIA 2015.

Figure 3: Dr Sudhir Gupte – Convener of 2015

Virtual Baja SAEINDIA along with Dr Akshai

Aggarwal

Roles and responsibilities were identified and

delegated. Dr Sudhir Gupte was nominated as

Convener & Mr Shaan Varma as Co-convener

of 2015 Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA.

Figure 4: Mr Shaan Varma – Co-convener of

2015 Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA

• Selection of Host Institute – GTU,

Ahmedabad was selected amongst the four

interested institutes, from different parts of

India, to host the event. The decision was

taken after rigorous process of analysis on

the basis of budget, infrastructure offered

(list of requirements shared), location and

accessibility, availability of volunteers and

above all the keenness to host Virtual BAJA.

Figure 5: MOU signed off on 1st July, 2014

between GTU and BAJA SAEINDIA

• Budget Allocation – Budget was decided

during the Organizing Committee member

visit to GTU on 2nd June 2014. The host

institute has provided a budget, however,

they spent more than budgeted amount.

A.D.Patel Institute of Technology, college

form New Vallabh Vidhyanagar has

sponsored local transport facility for teams

and T-shirt for all OC members, Judges,

Teams & Volunteers.

• Judge’s Panel Formation – An online system

of judge’s registration was created. On the

basis of total number of registration of

teams and the selection of judges, number

of panels was decided for both days of the

event. The panels comprised of –

� At least one judge with previous

experience of judging a BAJA SAEINDIA

event.

� Mix of judges from diverse and various

organizations/ backgrounds. (Refer the

list of judges – Appendix 2)

• Hotel / Accommodation – Radisson Blu, SG

highway, eleven kilometers from the GTU

campus was finalized for the judge’s

accommodation and other logistics at

attractive package rates. The map

guidelines to hotel and necessary contacts

were forwarded to all the judges and OC

members.

For the teams accommodation, 10 various

hotels were identified near GTU campus.

Teams have been allotted these hotels

based on their presentation schedule.

• Communication with teams – BAJA

SAEINDIA Alumni committee chaired by

Amit Tekvani, which is a common channel

and an interface to teams and BAJA

secretariat, ensured the timely intimation of

details about the event to all registered

teams. Details conveyed –

� Venue, dates and reporting time

� Virtual guideline (Appendix III),

accommodation details, accessibility

details

� Old & New team details

� Panel and time slot allocation details

� Virtual participation steps

� Presentation submission deadline

On the day of the Event

The event started with Inauguration and

registration of teams and judges. It was

followed by Judge’s Briefing.

Prior to the formal inauguration, an

outstanding live prayer performance by 2nd

and 3rd year student of mechanical

engineering, SAL College of Engineering had

enraptured the audience.

Figure 6: Prayer performance by Volunteers

Inauguration

The inaugural ceremony took place on 1st

August, 2014 in the presence of dignitaries

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal- Vice Chancellor, GTU,

Dr. Vadodaria, Registrar- GTU, Mr. Subodh

Morye, Convener – Baja SAEINDIA 2015, Dr.

K. C. Vora – VP SAEINDIA & Advisor – Baja

SAEINDIA, Mr. S Shriramchandran K, Deputy

Director General - SAEINDIA, Dr. Sudhir

Gupte, Convener – Virtual Baja and Mr. Shaan

Varma, Co-Convener – Virtual Baja.

Figure 7: Dignitaries during prayer

performance

The event was inaugurated by an auspicious

candle lighting ceremony followed by Dr.

Akashi Aggarwal addressing the gathering. He

expressed great delight in hosting the Virtual

BAJA in GTU campus and congratulated BAJA

SAEINDIA and Mahindra for a commendable

job. Mr. Subodh Morye welcomed the

participants in his speech and revealed the

theme of BAJA SAEINDIA 2015- “Beyond

Boundaries”. He mentioned that as India is

going to be the next destination for foreign

teams, the entire Baja fraternity is looking

forward for a big show in respect to event

execution and meeting world class

performance standard. Commenting on the

track this year, he averred on the increased

difficulty of the track, hinting a challenging

event this year. Importantly, he announced

the launch of e-BAJA this year which caught

hold of the curiosity and excitement of the

participants.

Figure 8: Lamp lightning by Dr Aggarwal

All other dignitaries expressed their regards

and wished good luck to the participants for

the event. In the end, all the dignitaries were

thanked and given mementos for their

endless support.

Figure 9: Dais member

After Inaugraion Dr Aggarwal inaugrated

Virtual Baja Experience wall.

Figure 10: Experince wall Inaugration

Participants & Judges have given comments

on their great excperience at GTU.

Judge’s Briefing:

Judges were briefed about their panels and

team allocation, evaluation criteria, event

guidelines and other necessary details. Mr.

Vinay Mundada, Head of Technical Committee

and former R&D Head, Force Motors,

presented a quick review for the different

sub-systems of the vehicle before the judges.

Mr. Rajeev Mokashi, Head of Scoring

Committee and former R&D Head, Anand

Group, presented the evaluation and scoring

pattern to the judges.

Team’s Evaluation: Day 1 & 2

The event was kicked off with 1st slot of

judging at 11:30 am with a total of 18 panels

of judges across four floors of the university.

Each panel needed to evaluate a total of 10 -

11 teams on the first day and 7-8 on the

second day. On first day panel judges of, 1 to

10 evaluated old teams and 11 to 18

evaluated new teams. Whereas on second day

judges of panel 1 to 7 evaluated old teams

and 8 to 18 new teams.

Figure 11: Judges during evaluation

Teams were evaluated as per slotting &

sequence. Pre-lunch session on first day 51

teams evaluated before lunch.

Parallel to the judging, the scores were online

fed into the scoring sheet by the scoring team

located at the control room. Mr. Shoaib Sadiq

supervised the process and ensured the

accuracy of the system. A total of 173 teams

were evaluated by the end of Day1. The Day2

proceedings started little earlier i.e. 10:00 am

and remaining teams were evaluated as per

the schedule.

Figure 12: Alumni members fidding online

score

Judge’s Feedback: Day 2

End of the team’s evaluation on Day2, judges

were quickly debriefed for their feedback on

the entire Virtual BAJA event as per their

experience of Day1 & 2. All the constructive

feedbacks were compiled and circulated

among the BAJA OC for the overall

improvement of the event.

Figure 13: Judges feedback session

After feedback session the Honourable Vice

Chancellor of GTU Dr. Akshai Aggarwal had

special discussion with industries experts and

OC member of Baja SAEINDIA to discuss

industry expectations from engineering

graduates. Dr Aggarwal also asked experts to

contribute as mentor of GTU engineering

students’ final year projects which were

warmly welcomed by all.

Figure 14: Dr Aggarwal addressing Judges

Mementoes to Judges: Day 2

At the end of the discussion, Dr. Naresh

Jadega has felicitated each of the industrial

experts & Baja SAEINDIA OC member with

mementoes. Also expressed gratitude for the

grand success of the event.

Figure 15: Mementoes by Dr Jadeja to Judges

Cake cutting celebration: Day 2

The event ends with the celebration of cake

cutting & distributing certificate to various

GTU college student & teacher volunteers.

Figure 16: Cake cutting celebration

Virtual Baja SAEINDIA: Overall Feedback

The above feedback chart is testimony to the

overwhelming response from the Baja

passionate community from all over the India.

Acknowledgement:

Baja SAEINDIA OC continues to be indebted

to GTU and Faculty Advisors for their

valuable and timely support in making the

event a grand success. It also is indebted to all

the volunteers for their support and

coordination.

Appendix I

Virtual BAJA 2015: Evaluation Criteria

The objectives of the Virtual BAJA Event are

as follows:

1. To acquaint the teams completely with

the objectives of the BAJA SAEINDIA

event.

2. The teams are required to acquaint

themselves with the technical guidelines

and limits for the design of BAJA vehicle.

3. To design the complete CAD Model of the

BAJA Vehicle. The design should be

complete in all respects to the extent of

being considered ready-for-manufacture.

4. The teams would be judged on the

following basis:

1. Top 10 salient points of rulebook to be

in order of priority as teams thinks

2. Preliminary Technical: Specification

2.1 Performance Target

2.2 2D/3D Views

3. Roll-cage

3.1 Materials Used

3.2 Design methodology

3.3 Finite Element Analysis

• Pre-Processing (framing the

parameters, constraints, loads, etc.)

• Post-Processing (result analysis,

changes in design, etc.)

3.4 Ergonomics knowledge

4. Suspension & wheel geometry

4.1 Design configuration (type of

suspension & wheel geometry, etc.)

4.2 Specifications (suspension travel,

caster, camber, toe—in, toe-out,

etc.)

4.3 Suspension Design (wishbone, A-

arm, trailing arm design, wheel hub,

knuckle design, shock absorber,

damper mounting, travel, etc.)

5. Steering

5.1 Steering Design (geometry, turning

radius, power assistance etc.)

5.2 Basic calculation for selection of

steering gear, tie rod length

6. Brake

6.1 Design consideration (Disc, drum,

brakes, circuit, mountings etc.)

6.2 Basic calculation (stopping distance,

braking effort, pedal force, etc.)

7. Powertrain (mounting & packaging

7.1 Engine (engine spec, mounting,

emission control, intake, exhaust

design, fuel system, fuel lines,

transmission coupling etc.)

7.2 Transmission (chosen

configuration, engine coupling, max

speed, traction, power, acceleration,

final drive to wheels, wheel size,

joints, etc.)

7.3 Wheel Size (wheel mounting, joint

with final drive, etc)

7.4 Vehicle performance prediction –

max speed, acceleration, grad-

ability etc.

8. Cost & weight analysis

8.1 Pie chart analysis for overall

weight and cost elements

9. Planning

9.1 MS project plan including

validation test schedule

9.2 DVP, DFMEA & quality process

and validation procedure

10. College facilities

10.1 Manufacturing process require

for important vehicle aggregates,

machine/tools & other facilities

required

11. Team Strategy

11.1 Team composition, work

allocation and faculty advisor

Appendix II

Virtual BAJA 2015: List of Judges

S. No. Name Organization

1 V.Lakshminarasimhan TVS Motor Company Ltd

2 Rajeev Mokashi Technical Consultant

3 PRAKASH CHAND RAI JOHN DEERE INDIA PVT. LTD.

4 Selvaraji Muthu Subros Ltd

5 Gurdeep Singh Pahwa Mahindra and Mahindra

6 Nilesh Deshpande Cummins India

7 Shyam Ozarkar Manhindra Vehciles Manufacturers Ltd

8 Ajay Joshi Cummmins Technology India limited

9 Dr. K C Vora ARAI

10 samir sattigeri KPIT technologies

11 AMIT MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA

12 Sachin B Rathi General Motors

13 D. Senthil kumar General Motors

14 Shailendra Kumar CTIL, CTT

15 Dnyanesh Keshaorao Gawande Cummins Turbo Technologies

16 Sanjay Nibandhe M&M

17 Vinay Mundada Consultant

18 Pravin Pathe Xitadel CAE technologies (I) Pvt.Ltd.

19 Devidas D Satavalekar John Deere India Pvt Ltd

20 Vishal Gulati Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

21 Awadhoot Avinash Durge John Deere India Pvt Ltd

22 Devendra Mandke John Deere India Pvt Ltd

23 Vivekanand Patnaik Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

24 MANOJ KUMAR PANDA TATA MOTORS LTD

25 SURYANARAYAN PATNAIK TATA MOTORS LTD

26 GIRISH MARKALE JOHN DEERE

27 Hem Tiwari Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

28 Dr Chattraj Natrip

29 Mukesh Tiwari MTWL

30 Vishal singhal Cummins

31 Chandan B Chavan TVS Motor Company Ltd

32 Amit Goje Cummins

33 Vagesh Anshuman M&M

34 Tekvani Amit M&M

35 Shaan Varma CARMATE

36 K Sriramchandran SAEINDIA

37 Akhand Pratap Singh MTWL

Appendix III

Virtual BAJA 2015: Guidelines to participating teams

Time Structure for each team: 30 minutes max.

Read the rules, thoroughly!

1. Caution

There has been changes in the guidelines for Virtual Baja for 2015 event. Neither any update /

summary of rules is a substitute for thoroughly reading and understanding the rules. You are

responsible for knowing and following all the Virtual Baja SAEINDIA rules. We cannot stress

this enough.

Please be sure to reference the Baja website - www.bajasaeindia.org for all updates.

2. Definition

2.1 Old Teams

The teams/ colleges/ institutions participated in Baja SAEINDIA Main Event either in the year

2013 or 2014 are called ‘Old Teams’. The teams which cleared Virtual Baja 2013 and/or 2014

and didn’t participate or were NOT allowed to participate in the main event are also considered

as ‘Old Teams’.

2.2 New Teams

The teams/ colleges/ institutions not covered under ‘Old Teams’ criteria will be called as ‘New

Teams’. For example, the teams which could NOT clear the Virtual Baja 2013 as well as in 2014

fall under the category of ‘New Teams’. Also teams whose last participation in the main/virtual

event was in 2012 and before are under ‘New Teams’ category.

3. Guidelines

3.1 Time Structure for each team: 30 minutes max.

1. 8 minutes: Presentation by team

No oral presentation is allowed. The slides will be flipped through for the judges to

capture. No questions will be asked during presentation. Timer will ring after 7 minutes

in order to indicate the judges for finishing the slides.

2. 13 minutes: Question and answer session

Questions by Judges – To be answered by team members. Please practice in advance to

ensure that the presentation completes within time. Extra time will NOT be allowed after

13 minutes complete. Timer will ring to indicate the end of Q&A session.

3. 2 minutes: Team’s speech

Couple of minutes are given to the teams to add anything extra from their side which has

not been covered in the slides or during the Q&A session.

4. 2 minutes: Judge’s feedback

Feedback is provided by the lead judge of the panel to the teams only on their

shortcomings and/or improvements expected. There will be no discussion between

judges and team / faculty advisor. Timer will ring after this feedback session in order to

indicate team and faculty advisor to evacuate the presentation room.

5. 5 minutes:

Final discussion and scoring by the judges to be completed in last 5 min of the time

structure.

3.2 Presentation Guidelines

1. Maximum number of slides

Both the new and old teams are required to present a total of 21 slides. The slides will be

flipped at the interval of 20-23 sec.

2. During the presentation, team will be judged, based on their basic understanding of

automotive engineering and fundamental principles covering entire vehicle and all

important aggregates. Showing extensive design calculations/analysis is not necessary at

this stage. It is important to show clarity of understanding basic design

approach/principles. The major focus areas for the new and old teams are separately

elaborated –

a. New Teams – The focus will be on understanding of basic automotive design process

and knowledge in respect of all vehicle sub systems.

b. Old Teams – 75% of focus will be on review of last year’s vehicle design and

differences in their new vehicle design as compared to the earlier vehicle design

including drive feel, problems encountered, analysis and lessons learnt and action

proposed to improve.

3. Innovation does not carry any score during Virtual BAJA. However, weightage will be

given during selection if new innovative feasible ideas are showcased.

4. Faculty Advisor, if present, will be silent observer and will not participate during the

presentation by team or any discussions with judges.

3.3 Structure of presentation (slide sequence) and scoring pattern

3.3.1 New Teams: Evaluation to be done based on following criteria.

S. No. Particulars Criteria description

No.

of

slides

Marks

1. General Team ID & college name 01 0

2. Rulebook Top 10 salient points to be in order of

importance/priority as team thinks. 01 10

3. Specifications

Preliminary technical specifications & overall

performance targets. 2D/ 3D views of the

proposed Baja vehicle design.

02 20

4. Roll Cage

Design methodology for roll cage, proposed

engineering process for FEA – load cases and

constraints, criteria for Factor of Safety &

deformations. Actual FEA results and

interpretation.

Ergonomics knowledge related to vehicle cock pit

lay out – driver seating lay out, ease of egress,

vision and controls.

03 30

5.

Suspension

(front & rear)

&

wheel

geometry

Design considerations/lay out/basic calculations

for design of suspension springs, dampers, links/

arms design, wheel geometry (caster, camber,

toe-in, and toe-out), center of gravity, roll center

(methods to determine and its importance).

03 30

6. Steering Design considerations/lay out/basic calculations

for selection of steering gear, turning circle etc. 02 20

7. Brakes

Design considerations/lay out/basic calculations

for brake’s type selection (disc/ drum brakes),

brake circuit lay out/actuation, dynamic load

transfer, stopping distance, deceleration, pedal

effort etc.

02 20

8.

Powertrain

(mounting/

packaging)

Design considerations/lay out/basic calculations.

Vehicle performance prediction e.g. vehicle max

speed, acceleration, maximum gradeability etc.

02 20

9.

Cost and

weight

analysis

Pie chart analysis for overall weight and cost

elements/ estimates and financing for the

project.

01 10

10. Planning

MS project plan including validation test schedule.

Design verification, quality process and validation

procedure (road tests etc.)

02 20

11. College

facilities

Manufacturing processes required for various

important vehicle aggregates, machine tools/

hand tools and other facilities required. Facilities

available in the college workshop.

01 10

12. Team

strategy

Team composition, work allocation and faculty

advisor. 01 10

TOTAL 21 200

3.3.2 Old Teams: Evaluation to be done based on following criteria.

S. No. Particulars Criteria description

No.

of

slides

Marks

1. General

New team ID & college name.

Old team ID/Car No. /Endurance score/Total

score/awards.

01 0

2. Rulebook Top 10 salient points to be in order of

importance/priority as team thinks. 01 10

3. Specifications

i) Preliminary technical specifications & overall

performance targets – Old versus proposed

new vehicle.

ii) Old vehicle pictures versus 2D/ 3D views of

the proposed new Baja vehicle design.

03 30

4. Roll Cage

Ergonomics/FEA considerations/Results and

interpretation –

Earlier design- Analysis, lessons learnt and

improvements planned & Proposed new design,

considerations and lay-out.

03 30

5.

Suspension

(front & rear)

&

wheel

geometry

Design considerations and basic calculations –

Earlier design- Analysis, lessons learnt and

improvements planned & Proposed new design,

considerations and lay-out.

02 20

6. Steering

Design considerations and basic calculations –

Earlier design- Analysis, lessons learnt and

improvements planned & Proposed new design,

considerations and lay-out.

02 20

7. Brakes

Design considerations and basic calculations –

Earlier design- Analysis, lessons learnt and

improvements planned & Proposed new design,

02 20

considerations and lay-out.

8.

Powertrain

(mounting/

packaging)

Design considerations and basic calculations –

Earlier design- Analysis, lessons learnt and

improvements planned & Proposed new design,

considerations and lay-out

02 20

9.

Cost and

weight

analysis

Pie chart analysis for overall weight and cost

elements/ estimates and financing for the project

–

Earlier and Proposed new.

01 10

10. Planning

MS project plan including validation test schedule.

Design verification, quality process and validation

procedure (road tests etc.)

02 20

11. College

facilities

Manufacturing processes required for various

important vehicle aggregates, machine tools/

hand tools and other facilities required. Facilities

available in the college workshop.

(Please highlight if any new college facility added.)

01 10

12. Team

strategy

Team composition and work allocation –

Highlight old members and their responsibilities.

Faculty advisor – earlier / now.

01 10

TOTAL 21 200

3.4 Reporting and decorum guidelines

1. All the teams must report one hour prior to the registration time of their slot i.e. 7:00 am

for the morning slot and 11:30 am for the afternoon slot.

2. If a team fails to report on the designated time, that team would be evaluated at the end

of the complete Morning/ Afternoon slot, as applicable.

3. The presentation must be in PDF format & brought along in a formatted Pen Drive.

4. In addition, the team must carry three (03) hard copies of the presentation to be given

individually to the judges during presentation.

4. Instructions

4.1 Things to be carried and produced at the time of team registration

1. College ID Card (for each student member present at the venue)

2. SAEINDIA Membership Card (for each student member present at the venue)

3. Passport size photo (one for each student member present at the venue)

4. A print out of the Participation Form # 7 to submit at the registration counter

5. An MS Excel Sheet stating the names of the team members the way they want it on the

certificates.

4.2 Slots distribution

Please find the updated allotment and timing of your slot on the official website –

www.bajasaeindia.org.

Teams to come to the venue in a strict accordance to their respective time slots allotted. After

registration, teams should follow the instructions given by the volunteers for their further

course of actions. Non-Compliance will lead to unwanted actions/ penalty including

disqualification.

Appendix IV

BAJA SAEINDIA 2015 Virtual Cleared Teams

TEAM

ID Institute Name State

15003 College of Engineering, Pune Maharashtra

15004 Alagappa Chettiar College Of Enginering and Technology Tamil Nadu

15005 Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Karnataka

15007 ALARD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Maharashtra

15009 Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Karnataka

15010 Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Indore Madhya Pradesh

15014 Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology Delhi

15015 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, PANJAB

UNIVERSITY Chandigarh

15017 A.D. PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Gujarat

15018 SHARDA UNIVERSITY Uttar Pradesh

15027 PIMPRI CHINCHWAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE Maharashtra

15030 College of Engineering,Guindy Tamil Nadu

15032 NITTE MAHALINGA ADYANTHAYA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Karnataka

15033 Birla Institute of Technology and Science Goa

15038 Sastra University Tamil Nadu

15043 National Institute of Technology - Warangal Andhra Pradesh

15047 Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology Tamil Nadu

15048 Matoshri College of Engineering and Research Centre, Eklahare, Nashik Maharashtra

15051 INDUS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING Gujarat

15053 Indore Institute of Science and Technology Madhya Pradesh

15055 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AGARTALA Tripura

15058 AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM , SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Kerala

15059 National Institute of Technology Jaipur Rajasthan

15061 Saffrony Institute of Technology (S.P.B.Patel Engineering College) Gujarat

15063 Datta Meghe College of Engineering Maharashtra

15064 SANJIVANI RURAL EDUCATION SOCIETY'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

KOPARGAON Maharashtra

15068 Sinhgad College of Engineering Maharashtra

15072 AISSMS COE Maharashtra

15076 Kumaraguru College of Technology Tamil Nadu

15080 MEDI-CAPS GROUP OF INSTITUITIONS Madhya Pradesh

15082 SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY

Jammu and

Kashmir

15083 Sanghvi Institute Of Management And Science Madhya Pradesh

15085 SSBT's, College Of Engineering And Technology,Jalgaon. Maharashtra

15086 MET's INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING BHUJBAL KNOWLEDGE CITY Maharashtra

15093 National Institute of Technology, Durgapur West Bengal

15095 PARVATIBAI GENBA MOZE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE Maharashtra

15097 Maharashtra Institute Of Technology,Pune Maharashtra

15098 G.H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Management Maharashtra

15101 MALWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Madhya Pradesh

15102 PUNE VIDHYARTHI GRIHA'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHONOLOGY Maharashtra

15105 Chameli Devi School Of Engineering Madhya Pradesh

15110 CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN,PUNE Maharashtra

15111 Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Uttar Pradesh

15112 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Uttar Pradesh

15114 Institute of Technology, Nirma University Gujarat

15116 VIGNAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE Andhra Pradesh

15118 Basaveshwar Engineering College Karnataka

15119 YMCA University Of Science and Technology Haryana

15124 Indore Institute of Science & Technology - II Madhya Pradesh

15125 ECHELON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Haryana

15126 VINDHYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE Madhya Pradesh

15127 Indian Institute Of Technology, Patna Bihar

15128 Acropolis Technical Campus Madhya Pradesh

15129 INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN Delhi

15130 NORTHERN INDIA ENGINEERING COLLEGE Delhi

15131 BIRSA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SINDRI Jharkhand

15138 Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology Tamil Nadu

15139 Dnyanganga College of Engineering And Research Pune Maharashtra

15140 D.Y. PATIL COLEGE OF ENGINEERING,AKURDI,PUNE Maharashtra

15141 SWAMI VIVEKANAND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, INDORE Madhya Pradesh

15143 Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gujarat

15144 Sushila Devi Bansal College Of Engineering Madhya Pradesh

15145 SHRI GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE Madhya Pradesh

15148 MGM's Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College Maharashtra

15152 BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Andhra Pradesh

15157 Mepco Schlenk Engineering College Tamil Nadu

15159 K.S.Institute of Technology Karnataka

15161 Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur Maharashtra

15163 NIT Kurukshetra Haryana

15164 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Karnataka

15167 Vishwakarma Institute Of Information Technology Maharashtra

15169 Sant Longowal Institute Of Engineering & Technology Punjab

15173 SRM University Tamil Nadu

15176 PADMABHOOSHAN VASANTDADA PATIL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Maharashtra

15182 KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Tamil Nadu

15184 Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Punjab

15187 VIT University Tamil Nadu

15189 B.S.ABDUR RAHMAN UNIVERSITY Tamil Nadu

15190 SVKM'S NMIMS Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management &

Engineering Maharashtra

15191 National Institute of Technology Calicut Kerala

15198 INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Orissa

15200 SREENIDHI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Andhra Pradesh

15201 FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY ,RATNAGIRI. 415639 Maharashtra

15207 Manipal Institute Of Technology Karnataka

15210 MUFFAKHAM JAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Andhra Pradesh

15213 SAHYADRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Karnataka

15214 Canara Engineering College Karnataka

15216 VARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Andhra Pradesh

15227 Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad Maharashtra

15235 THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology Uttaranchal

15236 Marathwada MitraMandal College of Engineering Maharashtra

15240 KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Uttar Pradesh

15249 MIT Academy of Engineering Maharashtra

15250 Indian Institute of Technology(BHU), Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

15252 Venus International College Of Technology Gujarat

15253 sethu institute of technology Tamil Nadu

15255 DR. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology,Jalandhar Punjab

15260 RUSTAMJI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Madhya Pradesh

15262 L J Institute of Engineering & Technology Gujarat

15267 Maharishi Markandeshwar Engineering College Haryana

15268 MODERN EDUCATION SOCIETY'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Maharashtra

15270 Amrutvahini College of Engineering,Sangamner Maharashtra

15276 HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE Tamil Nadu

15280 HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Tamil Nadu

15293 Dr,Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology Tamil Nadu

15298 BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Tamil Nadu

15302 PSG College of Technology Tamil Nadu

15310 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY- DAVV Madhya Pradesh

15313 Gulzar College Of Engineering, Khanna Punjab

15314 MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD Uttar Pradesh

15316 TECHNOCRATS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh

15322 Alpha College of Engineering and Technology Gujarat

Glimpse of the Virtual Baja SAEINDIA 2015

Volunteer briefing Teams queue for registration

Team inspecting display vehicle Judges registration

Dr. G. P. Vadodaria – Addressing team Dr. Akshai Aggarwal with Mr Subodh Morye

Layout of 18 presentation room GTU University

Coverage of event by Media