|
KVPY Batch 2004: Pragyan 2005 Report Pragyan, meaning supreme intelligence in Sanskrit, forms the essence of the first ever technical festival organized by NIT Trichy in collaboration with IBM. Events spanning over the whole gamut of engineering, managerial and architectural disciplines, Pragyan '05 promises to be a thrilling platform for the most innovative minds from all over the country. Avishkar is the working project/model presentation contest of Pragyan. The models are accessed on five parameters: innovation, build quality, practicality, presentation and marketability. The panel of judges includes eminent faculty members from scientific and technical institutes from across the country and also representatives from the industrial companies like IBM. There was an online elimination round from which about 35 models were selected and were to be displayed at Pragyan in NIT Trichy from 29 to 31st January 2005. On the basis of the evaluation of model by the judges and an on the spot brain storming session, our model- the Airship was awarded Second position with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. We displayed the airship at a stall given to us and had a live demonstration of it. The 'Airship' team consists of- 1) Rahul Sangole (PVG'S COET, Pune), 2) Rohit Belapurkar (MIT, Pune) 3) Kshitija Deshpande (GCOEP, Pune). The project is the Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Remotely Controlled (RC) Indoor non-rigid Lenticular airship powered by Electric DC motor. The gondola attached at the bottom is a small circular in c/s made of a PVC jar, which accommodates most of the remote control system parts viz. 4-channel receiver, two servos, and the support structure to hold the motors and the thrust vectoring mechanism for swiveling. All the desired degrees of freedom are controlled by means of the FM transmitter. This is a research project done at Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Summer Camp at IIT Bombay (12th June to 11th July 2004) under the guidance of Dr. Rajkumar S. Pant, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. |
|
PROGRAM ON AIRSHIP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT |
|
PADD |
|
MENTORING |
