The third year B.Tech students of School of Mineral, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar won the first prize in the ‘Smart Hackathon’ organised at the IIITDM Kancheepuram recently.
The Hackathon, on battery technology for e-vehicles, smart innovative glove box design and recycling techniques for lithium-ion batteries, is a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for 2030 for adoption of 100 percent electric vehicle transportation system in India.
The event was supported by DST-SERB and Energy Science Society of India (ESSI). The team Lit-ions members were Gurudev Singh, Sarthak Patnaik, Vinay Ahir, Yogesh Sarma Sedai and project guide was Assistant Professor Dr Soobhankar Pati.
IIT BBS Director Prof RV Raja Kumar congratulated the students, their guide and said, “We have been marching ahead and constantly striving to raise the standards of the operations of the institute on all fronts such as quality of education including teaching, learning, research and faculty and scaling up the current infrastructure in this endeavour.”