D.Y. Patil College of Engineering

Institute Best Practice-2

Title of the practice:

To inculcate Entrepreneurship, Project Designing, Project Manufacturing, Team Working skills through co-curricular activities such as BAJA SAEINDIA.

Objective of the practice:

The main goal of initiatives like BAJA SAEINDIA is to foster a grasp of how to enter the industrial reign in young, inquisitive minds.
To inculcate Product design and project development skills in students.
Project management and testing the product with ARAI like a standard institute.
To inculcate the quality of co-operative working as a part of a team.

The Context:

Co-curricular activities aid in the holistic growth of students and the acquisition of vital competencies needed for success including Intellectual, physical, emotional, and social growth, which can only be attained through quality education. Co-curricular activities like BAJA SAEINDIA play a significant role in the growth of social and emotional skills, among other aspects of persona.

All India SAE BAJA competition was held at Pithampur-M.P, from 6th April to 10th April 2022. For BAJA SAEINDIA 2022, 214 entries from various engineering colleges in India were received, of which 138 teams have registered for the m-BAJA event and 76 teams have enrolled for the e-BAJA event. Students at BAJA SAEINDIA are required to conceptualize, design, build, test, and verify a single-seater all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in order to participate in a number of activities.

	Fig: 7.2.4: BAJA Event Schedule
The practice:	Phase 1 - Preliminary Round, BAJA SAEINDIA 2022 The virtual presentation of the teams' ATVs was the main emphasis of the first leg (Phase 1), also known as the preliminary round, which was held in August 2021. The purpose of the Preliminary Round was to gauge teams' technical and professional prowess on an online forum. Phase 2 - Virtual Round, BAJA SAEINDIA 2022 For the 2022 iteration, the second leg did include digital static events in conjunction with virtual dynamic events created with the aid of automotive simulation software. The virtual evaluation of static events, such as design, cost, manufacturing, and sales presentation, as well as dynamic events, like acceleration, gradeability, braking, suspension & traction, and maneuverability, are both included in phase 2.Through IPG CarMaker, a globally renowned automotive simulation program, All Terrain Performance is digitally maintained. The purpose of these competitions is to assess the teams' business acumen, cost-effectiveness, software knowledge, and comprehension of design. Phase 3 - Physical Round, BAJA SAEINDIA 2022 Phase 3, the last phase, is planned to take place physically in Pithampur (for mBAJA) in April 22 and Bangalore (for eBAJA) in May 22. The primary purpose of this phase was to physically assess the buggies created by the different competing teams. Along with the initial technical assessment, this part included a number of dynamic events, including maneuverability, acceleration, suspension and traction, and endurance.
	Fig: 7.2.5: BAJA Event Phase 3 Schedule Team member details:
		Name of Student	Year- Branch
		Neel Kapadi	BE Mech
		Vipul Jadhav	BE Mech
		Ali Abu Farjad	BE Mech
		Pratik Biradar	BE Mech
		Pruthviraj Shinde	BE Mech
		Saurabh Shingare	BE Mech
		Sudip Chavan	TE Mech
		Anuj Tembugade	TE Mech
		Aryan Kesharwani	TE E&TC

	MrunalDaudkar	BE E&TC
	Vikaskumar Singh	TE Mech
	YashodeepHimmatrao Patil	TE Mech
	Nilesh Arjun Bhopale	TE Mech
	Gauri Rajesh Kharche	TE Mech
	AbararJaved Patel	TE Mech
	PrathameshSarjerao Pawar	SE Mech
	Yash SheshkumarMalusare	SE Mech
	Mandar Shantaram Mali	SE Mech
	Shantanu Satish Patil	SE Mech
	Swarali Santosh Gulwade	SE Mech
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Vaibhav Phule Note:Mr Vinod Hiwase was present as faculty Adviser during event due to health issue to Mr. Vaibhav Phule. Event Details: From April 6 to April 10, 2022, the D. Y. Patil College of Engineering in Akurdi's BAJA "Team Predators Racing" competed in the BAJA SAE India tournament. Result: Team Predators Racing From DYPCOE, Akurdi secured an All-India Rank 1 with 17 different Awards.

Evidence of success:

Fig: 7.2.6: BAJA Vehicle

List of Awards is as follows:

Virtual Awards

Overall Virtual Dynamic - 1st

Overall Static-2nd

Manufacturing - 1st

Cost - 1st

Engg and Design - 1st

1. Suspension and Traction - 1st

2. Virtual Brake performance – 2nd

3. Virtual Maneuverability- 2nd

4. Virtual Acceleration - 2nd Physical Awards

5. Dynamic Acceleration -1st

6. Dynamic Maneuverability - 1st

7. Dynamic Suspension and Traction - 1st

8. Durability - 1st

9. Overall Dynamic test - 1^s^t

10. Physical Dynamic -Acceleration – 1^st

11. Physical Dynamic -Maneuverability– 1^st

12. Suspension & Traction - 1^st

13. Durability – 1st

14. Overall Dyanamic Test – 1st

15. Raftar – 1st

16. Sled Pull – 2nd

17. 4WD Transmission – 3^rd

Overall All India Rank-2 Year 2019

Fig: 7.2.8: BAJA All India Rank 1 Year 2019

Overall All India Rank-2 Year 2021

Fig: 7.2.8: BAJA All India Rank 2 Year 2021

Overall All India Rank-1 Year 2022

Fig: 7.2.8: BAJA All India Rank 1 year 2022

Overall All India Rank-1 year 2023

Fig: 7.2.8: BAJA All India Rank 1 year 2023

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

Problem encountered:

1. Funding for SAE India 2021 event : Rs 2,00,000/- received as CSR from Jendamark India Private Limited

2. AU mechanical engineering software required for Design, analysis and Simulation: Provided by Altair engineering

Resources for BAJA:

1. DYPCOE Workshop for Vehicle manufacturing

2. Dehu Road Cantonment: For Testing of Vehicle

3. MSC Software Corporation India Private Limited: Romax software module CAD fusion for Analysis

4. MathWorks Student Competition Team: MATLAB and Simulink Software for simulation

5. 3D Design and Engg Software Dassault systems : Solidworks software for designing

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