VISHNU ERA 11
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8<br />
2016<br />
A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI <strong>VISHNU</strong> EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY<br />
FULL<br />
THROTTLE<br />
SVECW Girls at BAJA SAE INDIA 2016<br />
The 9th BAJA 2016 competition was remarkable for yet another<br />
historic event. It dispelled the general notion that mechanical<br />
or automobile branches of engineering are meant for boys only<br />
and girls show less interest. Flabbergasting all the<br />
assumptions, a team of women mechanical engineers<br />
representing Shri Vishnu Engineering College for women,<br />
Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, made their debut into the<br />
competition BAJA 2016. They have cleared the virtual round and<br />
are getting ready for the next rounds to challenge supremacy<br />
of boys in this field and proclaim to the world the capabilities<br />
of womenfolk of south India. It is the first women team<br />
representing South India ever since the beginning of BAJA<br />
competitions, can uplift the spirits of many women engineers.<br />
Creation of industry ready skilled engineers is a prerequisite<br />
to achieve the targets that have been set forth in the<br />
Automotive Mission Plan of 2016 for India. BAJA is one such<br />
initiative from SAE INDIA (Society of Automotive Engineers)<br />
that provides an opportunity for students to get hands on<br />
learning experience in vehicle design. The rapid increase in<br />
the number of teams from SAEINDIA clubs and colleges across<br />
the country and the unparalleled enthusiasm of everyone<br />
involved with this event is clear evidence that BAJA SAEINDIA<br />
is making progress in the right direction. The event stands as<br />
a test for the fusion of intellectual potentialities and<br />
corporeal capabilities of contestants.<br />
Motorsports in India have been gaining enormous significance<br />
in the past few years. In view of this, Baja SAE has gained<br />
significant popularity amongst students in India recently. To<br />
meet Technology Road Map of India's vision, we need lots of<br />
good engineers. These Human Resources can be multiplied by<br />
encouraging women to enter into engineering. Baja is one such<br />
initiative, where Science, Technology, Engineering &<br />
Mathematics are synthesized.<br />
The project fuels the exuberance of the youth, by providing<br />
teams with a platform to test their mettle, giving them a<br />
pragmatic exposure to real world challenges as faced in the<br />
industry. Students realize their talent through such an<br />
experience, making them deserving candidates for the future<br />
as technocrats, entrepreneurs, designers, innovators and<br />
leaders. This helps the objective of bringing out student<br />
talent to serve the nation for the years to come, in fulfillment<br />
of the Automotive Mission Plan a dream to make India an<br />
International Automotive Hub.<br />
Last year over 100 engineering students were placed in<br />
different automobile companies like General Motors, Mahindra<br />
and Mahindra, John Deere, Cummins India, ARAI and SAE. These<br />
companies offer annual salaries in between 3 lakh to 8 lakh.<br />
Due to practical knowledge and hands on experience, these<br />
students perform better than any other post graduate<br />
engineering students.<br />
Let the youth be<br />
reinforced to<br />
transform the<br />
nation