The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD), along with Delhi Technological University (DTU), recently organised an ASME-HPVC (American Society of Mechanical Engineers-Human Powered Vehicle Challenge) contest.
The HPVC is an inter college design, fabrication and racing competition for students wherein teams have to conceptualise, design and fabricate a human-powered vehicle for a three-day event comprising design competition, endurance race and a drag race entries. Over the years, this event has attracted a large number of college students from various parts of the world. This year’s event acted as a platform for students from all over India to showcase their technological and engineering prowess by engineering a human-powered vehicle as per the requirements. The event is a medium to promote environmental sustainability by designing viable modes of transportation for future needs.
Team Wheelism from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad won this year’s championship. Winners in individual categories included: Design event won by Chandigarh Group of Colleges; Endurance Race won by Rajarambapu Institute of Technology and Drag Race won by the Jamia Millia Islamia.
The event witnessed participation of 36 teams from across the country which included IITs NITs, BITS Pilani, ISM, Dhanbad.