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History of Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) goes back to 2013 when the founder &President of ISIE-India, Mr. Vinod Gupta had a vision, a dream of Solar/Electric Mobility. An India which was efficient, resourceful and world leader in machines powered by green and renewable energy sources. Believing in ideology – “Youth is the future of a nation. To change a nation one must change the thinking process of the youth.” Following this principle to achieve his dream he launched ESVC 2013, at a mere age of 22 years, as an initiative to encourage the future engineers of our country towards building a vehicle which can run on the most abundant natural resource on our planet – solar energy.

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Virtual ESVC 2019-20

This year due to pandemic, 7th Season of Asia’s Biggest Electric Solar Vehicle Championship didn’t happened in the Month of March 2020 at Chandigarh University. As life must go on the same way Learning must go on, it should not stop due to an outbreak. ISIEINDIA has taken a decision to organize Virtual ESVC 2020 with only Static Rounds.

7th Season of ISIE- Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) has been organized virtually from 09th October 2020 to 11th October 2020 in association with Chandigarh University. Event started with the Opening Ceremony on 09th October 2020 that happened virtually. Our Chief Guest Dr. K.C Vora (Sr. Dy. Director & Head, ARAI) and Our Special Guest Mr. Arindam Lahiri (CEO, ASDC) & Mr. Venugopal Rao Nellutla (President, ETO Motors). The arrival of our Guests and all delegates was received by Mr. Vinod Gupta (President, ISIEINDIA)

Our Chief Guest also presented his speech to all present delegates and team captains which emphasizes on the importance of the use of Renewable Energy resources and the need of technology improvement. The conventional use of solar power and the improvement in technology through this type of events is a remarkable thing, He added.

Teams showcased their skills in various static rounds like Business Plan &Cost Presentation, Innovation Presentation, Design Presentation, and Autonomous Presentation. Teams from 20+ States from different Engineering colleges have participated in the event.

Team Daksh from NIT Jalandar, Punjab won title of the Champion & Team Solarium from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra won the title of Runner Up of the event.

Thank You for all your support and making this event more successful by your presence and we are looking forward for more support and participation in this solar event cum solar research project.

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ESVC 2018-19

This Year 50+ teams came with their designed and manufactured Solar-Electric car and 30 teams qualified for the final Race of Event. Guest from Ministries and OEM’s visited this Event Cum Solar research Project.

Asia’s biggest 6th Season of Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) started with Inauguration ceremony and rising of balloons of ESVC that was held on 27th March at Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab. Our Chief Guest in Inaugration Ceremony was Shri Gurmeet Singh Kangar (Cabinet Minister, Ministry of New & Rnewable Energy) and our special guest in opening ceremony were Shri. Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa (CEO, Punjab Energy Development Association), Dr. S K Jagwani (Sr. Director, MNRE) & Mr. Satnam Singh Sandhu (Chancellor, Chandigarh University). From day 1 we started with the static rounds on 27th and 28th March including Pre Tech(Scales), Pre-Tech Safety Inspection, Cost Report submission, Business Plan presentation, Design and Innovation and lastly technical Inspection. During the event many guests visited the event and motivated our youth like Shri. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (Minister, Cooperation & Jail) and Shri. Balour Singh (Executive Director, PEDA). In the event guest lecture were organized and many students has participated in it, guest lecturer was delivered by Mr. Isaac Emmanuel (Head – Construction Inclusive Business India, Convestro India Pvt. Ltd.) on Sustainability with High-Performance Materials. After all the static round , we have conducted vehicle permonance rounds like Break and acceleration test, Cross Pad, Hill Climb & Traction, Battery Performance Test, Solar Performance Test and this year we have included Offroad Test to check the manaeurability round on 29th & 30th March 2019 and lastly the final and the most exciting Endurance round was held on 31st March 2019. 30 teams were qualified for the dynamic rounds which were held at Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab. Endurance was followed by Award Ceremony conducted on 31st March 2019 our chief guest for the award ceremony is Shri. Balour Singh (Executive Director, PEDA) and award was given by Mr. Vinod K Gupta (President, ISIEINDIA), Dr. R S Bawa (Vice Chancellor, Chandigarh University) & Dr. Gurmeet Singh Swag (Principal, Chandigarh Polytechnic College)

The award ceremony was held at Chandigarh University in which all the teams were given Hero Electric Spirit Award for their brilliant efforts and performance and winning teams were given awards like Best Solar Performer, Best Hill Climb, Best Research Paper, Best B Plan award, Future award, Best Innovation, Best Acceleration, Best cross pad, People’s choice award and many more.

Team from National Institute of Technology, Jaladhar (Team Daksh) won the title of Overall Champion in Adventure Class and Team from Chitkara University, Punjab (Team Solar Riders) won the title of overall champion in professional class. This year we had achieved more advancement in terms of Innovation, Research, Battery Performance Test, Solar Performance Test, Hill Climb & Traction Test, Designing & Aesthetics of Vehicles.

Thank You for all your support and making this event more successful by your presence and we are looking forward for more support and participation in this solar event cum solar research project.

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ESVC 2017-18

The Event was inaugurated on 27th March 2018 in the presence of our Chief Guest, Shri Kamlakar Babu (VC & Managing Director, NREDCAP) and our special guests, Mr. Nanda Kumar(Head Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, BOSCH), Mr. Venu Gopal Rao (Head Business Development, Lohia Auto), Mr. Vikram Reddy (Technical Head, Lohia Auto) and Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi (CEO, Innolabz).

During the event many guests visited the event and motivated our youth by interactions and Guest lectures like Mr. T N Sundar (Corporate Manager- Tyre Uniformity,Race & Rally, MRF), Sri K. V. Vishnu Raju (Chairman SVECW) and Mr. Deny P Julice (TCS), Mr. Nanda Kumar (Expert Hybrid & Electric Vehicle, Bosch), Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.) & Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Enginer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.).

On 1st April, Our Chief Guest Shri SK Jagwani (Director, MNRE), Guest of Honour, Mr. KC Vora(Deputy Director , ARAI & Chairman SAE India) and special guests Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Engineer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Sri. KVR Kishore Babu(General Manager – HR, Schwing Stetter India Pvt Ltd), Sri. J Muniratnam (Chairman Aerospace, SAE INDIA), Dr. Rajinder Kumar Soni(Professor, Deenbandhu Chottu Ram University of Science & Technology) & Sri R. Ravichandran(Vice Chairman, SVES) interacted with Final Round Teams , flagged off the Endurance Round of ESVC18 and distributed the Awards to winning Teams during valedictory ceremony.

First time, An HR Meet organised during the motorsport event. ISIEINDIA in collaboration with Innolabz and SVECW organised the HR Meet on 2nd April on the very important topics of today’s scenario, Employability and Design & Innovation in Sustainable E-Mobility.

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ESVC 2016-17

The event was inaugurated by Arish (Additional SP, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh) and Dr. K. Lakshmi Narayana (Director APSSDC, Andhra Pradesh). 85 out of 130 teams qualified for the dynamic event.

ESVC 2015-16

ESVC 16 was inaugurated by Rajendra Shukla (Minister of New and Renewable Energy Sources), Shri Manu Srivastava (MD Urja Vikas Nigam), Shri Rameshwar Sharma (MLA, Bhopal) and many honourable dignitaries. ESVC 16 was also appreciated by Mr. Roy Jacob (Director, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)). The final race was flagged by Mr.C.P. Sharma (Chairman, CII, and owner of Daulat Ram Industries).