SLIET TEAM GREEN RANGERS OUTPERFORMS OTHER TEAMS TO BE OVERALL WINNER OF EGVC 2019

The 4th season of "EGVC 2019", a student competition by Society of Automotive Engineers Western India section (SAE-WIS) was recently hosted at LD college of Engineering, Ahmadabad. 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” (Eight team members) participated in EGVC 2019 held at LD College of Engineering, Ahmadabad.The SLIET team outperformed the other teams including IITs and were adjudged the Overall Winner of EGVC 2019 and got a cash award also. The team also won the category for the Endurance Winner;Maneuverabilty Award and Best DesignRunnerup Award, alongwith cash prize.The Captain and Vice-Captain of the team “Green Rangers 2019” were Abhijeet Singh and Umair Jameel, respectively. The team under the dynamic guidance of Prof. Shankar Singh has also won Overall Winner Award in ‘Efficycle 2018, held at LPU, Jalandhar, in the month of October 2018. The aspirations and efforts of the team are well appreciated by Dr. Shailendra Jain, Director, SLIET.