Mumbai: Engineering students from Mumbai-based Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi (DJS) College secured the first rank in Asia at the International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge (IPASC) held in May 2021. Engineer students from DJS College of Engineering, Mumbai – designed an unmanned aerial vehicle “TRIYAAN”.
DJS College was founded in January 2020 and has student members from diverse streams belonging to the Second, Third, and Final Year of engineering.
DJS Antariksh is the official rover challenge team of Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering and core team members are Rutwik Bhangale (Captain), Sandeep Jala (Vice-captain), Yukti Shah (Team Manager), Vedant Singh (Mechanical Head), Parshvi Doshi (Electronics Head), Darshan Mehta (Marketing Head), Jazib Dawre (Coding Head), Vishal Umaria (Science Head).
DJS Antariksh team focuses primarily on Technology and Innovation. The team bagged the 3rd overall position worldwide at the European Rover challenge 2020.
Achievements at IPASC 2021:
1) Team DJS Antariksh achieved the 2nd Rank Worldwide among 26 International Teams.
2) The team ranked 1st in Asia.
3) The team also ranked 1st in India.
4) The team was successfully able to secure a podium finish in its first attempt with a total of 560.51 points.
Competition Summary:
Mars Society South Asia’s International Planetary Aerial Systems (IPAS) Challenge 2021 was aimed to encourage students to design an astronaut-assistive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which shall be fully equipped and mission ready for Operation on Mars. The primary objective of this challenge was to design a UAV that can perform certain Functions and Tasks to assist astronauts and carry out certain analyses of terrain while airborne on the Red Planet. It was an entirely off-site competition, and no physical inception of designs was mandated to the teams.
DJS Antariksh, a Mumbai Based Team gets a podium finish worldwide
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen” – Michael Jordan.
DJS Antariksh, a rover team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai has given this quote a true meaning by its incredible achievements at the International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge (IPASC) 2021. Starting with merely 4 members and growing into a team of 30 space enthusiasts, the team has come a long way and bagged the 2nd Overall position Worldwide and the 1st position throughout Asia at the International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge held in May 2021.
Mars Society South Asia’s International Planetary Aerial Systems (IPAS) Challenge 2021 was aimed to encourage students to design an astronaut-assistive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which shall be fully equipped and mission ready for Operation on Mars. A total of 26 Teams from various countries actively participated in the competition. All the teams were required to submit an Engineering Design Report (EDR) which explained each mission and its technicalities in detail.
Team DJS Antariksh successfully designed “TRIYAAN” – an efficient unmanned aerial vehicle precisely built to perform three major tasks and assist astronauts by carrying out certain analyses of terrain while airborne on the Red Planet.
“It was an experience of a lifetime to be competing with such wonderful teams and talented individuals. We participated in the competition to learn, but to win something out of it was quite empowering for the team. We are looking forward to participating in many more challenges and to make the country proud”, Rutwik Bhangale, the Team Lead said in a conversation.