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The National Car Design & Build Competition for School Children gets Tremendous Response

SAEINDIA’s AWIM culminated with participation of various schools children at Balewadi Wisdom High International School of Nashik clinches top spot in competition

A World in Motion, AWIM, SAEINDIA’s Car Design & Build Competition culminated at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi on 14th November 2009 on the Children’s day. The event hosted participation of 17 school student teams which were short listed from Regional Olympics, out of several schools, nationwide. 68 bright, aspiring school students who are presently studying in their 6th grade participated in the event with great gusto and passion. AWIM, which was organized in India, is the biggest education initiative for students to be inducted into renowned automotive and allied companies. The event was an opportunity for the students to test and hone their managerial, artistic and presentation skills besides their scientific know how.

SAEINDIA, in association with The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and sponsors Tata Johnson Controls, Mahindra & Mahindra, John Deere and Eaton charged up students during the event. Ankur Sharma of IDEA Design Centre, Ahmedabad was the Convener and Kaustubh Bhat of COEP was the co-convener.

Mr. Josef Memmel, Chief Operating Officer of Tata Johnson Controls was the Chief Guest. Mr. Shrikant Marathe, Director of ARAI & Mr. Amitabh Dasgupta, Resident Editor of Sakal Times were the Guests of Honour, during the Inaugural Function.

The competition saw students of 10 to 12 years work as a team, apply scientific design concepts and explore the principles of jet propulsion, friction and air resistance to create and race balloon powered toy cars named ‘Jet-Toys’. The competition was be judged by a panel of eminent personalities from the automotive & art field. Mr. Carsten Spichalsky of Volkswagen, Dr Sukrut Thipse of ARAI, Mr. G. Jayapal of Tata Johnson Controls, Prof. Gaurang Shah of MIT Institute of Design, Mr. Shailendra Jagtap of John Deere and Mrs. Neepa Vora were the judges for the event.

Across the globe, many corporations have committed their resources to support A World In Motion® programs and have backed the event and provided employees who volunteer their time and talent to train students and teachers. So far in India around 9000 students and 200 teachers in 80 schools have been trained including some of the Zilla Parished and Corporation schools. Marathi Medium Students from Zilla Parishad School from Nighoje and students from a Tamil medium school (Danish Mission School) from Panrutti , Tamilnadu were able to mix up and compete with Convent Schools students with confidence. They were allowed to give presentation in Marathi and Tamil respectively.

The students displayed more than one car and decided name, logo & slogan of their team and wrote the specification of their vehicles in a Chart. It was a tough time for the Judges due to numerous ties. The aesthetics round was the most difficult one to judge, since each & every car was beautifully decorated. One of the team had converted the car into a glider and it literally glided from a height to land safely on the stage.

Mr. Carsten Spichalsky, Technical Head of Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. was the Chief Guest in a glittering Valedictory Function. Team from Wisdom High International School, Nashik was the Winner, who would now participate in the Jet-Toy Olympics which will be held in Cobo Centre, Detroit, USA during SAE International Congress scheduled in April 2010. The details of the Winners are as follows:

Sr. No.	Prize	School Name	City
1	National Overall: Winner	Wisdom High International School	Nashik
2	National Overall: 1st Runners up	New Digambar Public School	Indore
3	National Overall: 2nd Runners Up	DAV Public School	Pune
4	Winners: Max Distance	Indore Public School,	Indore
		Danish Mission School	Panrutti, TN
		PS Senior Secondary School	Chennai
		Wisdom High International School	Nashik
		DAV Public School	Pune
5	Winner:Max Speed	Symbiosis School	Nashik
6	Winner:Minimum Time	New Digambar Public School	Indore
7	Winner:Max Weight	Danish Mission School	Panrutti, TN
8	Winner:Accuracy	Ashoka Universal School	Nashik
9	Winner:Aesthetics	New India School	Pune
10	Winner:Best Presentation	Panditrao Agashe School	Pune
11	Winner:Best Teamwork	Shri Satya Sai Vidya Vihar	Indore
12	Winner:Cleanliness	Panditrao Agashe School	Pune
13	Winner:Best Sportsmanship	Zilla Parishad School, Nighoje	Chakan, MH

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