SLIET team “Green Rangers 2019” participates in Efficycle 2019- Advance Category

The 10th season of "Efficycle 2019" (Technological Advancement Season), a student competition by Society of Automotive Engineers Northern India section (SAE-NIS) was recently hosted at Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar from 01st-05th October 2019. This competition tasks engineering students all over India to design and build human-powered vehicle namely “Efficycle”. The Sant Longowal Institute of Engg. & Technology (SLIET), Longowal team “Green Rangers 2019” under the guidance of Dr Shankar Singh, Professor (Mechanical) as Faculty Advisor, conceptualized a green and innovative project, which required designing and later fabricating a three-wheeled hybrid human powered vehicle. This pollution free and reliable vehicle has the capacity to act as a good viable option for local transportation. Consequently, the SLIET team “Green Rangers 2019” (thirteen team members- 11 from Mechanical and two from Electrical department) participated in Efficycle 2019- Advance Category. The vehicle number assigned was 108. The SLIET team outperformed the participating teams including IITs, NITs and were adjudged the Winner of Mass Pull Award/Gradient Simulator Award (Advance Category) and Utility Demonstration Award (Advance Category), alongwith cash award. The Captain and Vice-Captain of the team “Green Rangers 2019” were Varun Prajapati and Lovepreet Singh, respectively. The Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and excellent teamwork. The team under the dynamic guidance of Prof. Shankar Singh has been participating successfully in Efficycle events since 2014. The aspirations and efforts of the team are well appreciated by Dr. Shailendra Jain, Director, SLIET.