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NEWSLETTER
APRIL ISSUE
SEASON 2015
ASHWA RACING
LIVE IT LOVE IT RACE IT
ASHWA RACING
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IN THIS EDITION
Dear Readers,
We have successfully completed our Hybrid
car RZX5H. We also had a launch held in our
college for the same. At the same time the
welding of the RZX5C has completed and is
undergoing its assembly phase. We expect it
to roar on the track soon! IN THIS ISSUE:
1. BODYWORK OF RZX5H @ FIETECH
2. HYBRID LAUNCH
3. HYBRID SHIPPING
4. IN THE WORKSHOP
5. SPONSOR FOCUS
6. ALUMNUS OF THE WEEK
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The body of a car is what attracts
the people towards it and so we
would like to thank Mr. Vinay of
Fietech for fabricating such an
amazing bodywork for our hybrid
car and we look forward for such
elegant bodyworks in the future.
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We had a launch for the Hybrid Prototype in our college premises. We had our partners and our faculty mem-
bers attending the launch.
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We had Mr. ,Dilbaugh Gill Team Principal Team
Mahindra Racing, Formula Electric Boston visiting
our workshop and sharing his ideas and scope of im-
provement in our hybrid prototype.
The Chief Srutineers for Formula Hybrid U.S.A.,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Royce visited our workshop
and said that they were “quite impressed” with our
car.
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The chassis welding has been completed. We would like to thank the Foreman of Industrial Engineering and
Management Department of our college, Mr. Shekar for providing us with the TIG Welding machine because
of which we could do our welding in house. Also we would like to thank Siddhivinayaka Enterprises for
providing us with their skilled welders who have got us a very neat and uniform weld throughout!!
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SPONSOR FOCUS
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DYNAMATICS FOR MANUFACTUR-
ING THE BEAUTIFUL HUB AND
UPRIGHT ASSEMBLY
MR. JOESEPH ALSO CALLED AS
„JOE‟ FOR OUR SERVICING OUR
CHAMP, HONDA CBR 600RR. ITS
NOW ALL SET TO ROAR
VENUS INDUSTRIES AND ACCU-
PRECISION FOR THE SOLID FIX-
TURE BLOCKS, A VERY IM-
PORTANT COMPONENT FOR THE
CHASSIS WELDING
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SPONSOR FOCUS
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SIDDHIVINAYAKA ENTERPRISES
FOR HELPING US WITH THE MAN-
UFACTURING OF OUR A-ARMS
AND OTHER COMPONENT-
SHELPED US THE WELDING OF
OUR A-ARMS.
TE CONNECTIVITY FOR
PROVIDING US WITH THE
ELECTRICAL CONECTORS
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KALBHORZ FOR MENTORING US
AND SUPPORTING US TOWARDS
THE MAKING OF OUR HYBRID AR-
CHITECTURE.
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ALUMNUS OF THE WEEK
KIRIT ROSARIO
Kirit Rosario was the lead designer of the „05 Ashwa racecar. With a strong intuition
for mechanical systems and years of fabrication experience, he brought a heavy focus
on common sense design and pushed to fabricate a majority of the vehicle in-house.
Kirit went on to design special effect robots in Bangalore before pursuing his MS at
Michigan State. For 5 years after, he worked at Caterpillar‟s Technical Center in Illinois
doing product development on large diesel engines and mining equipment. In 2012 af-
ter receiving his MBA from Chicago Booth, he started his career as a Management
Consultant at A.T. Kearney.
Kirit is an avid designer, inventor and craftsman, with a full-fledged workshop at home
for metal, wood and leather. He is currently working on a robotic horse for his daughter
to ride, which will balance and walk independently. Below is some of his handiwork,
that he does in his free time
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VARUN GANDHI
Varun Gandhi holds a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of
Texas A&M
Varun works for Mathworks as a UI Platform Engineer .
Varun was one of the unsung heroes of the founding team of Ashwa Racing
2003-2005.
He contribution of work showed great signs of hardwork and determination and led
the team as the Chief Engineer in the debut event for Ashwa Racing participa-
tion in 2005 edition of Formula Student .
Varun was also responsible in partnering Sun Microsystem an IT firm to support
Ashwa Racing Student Racing team which today has inspired to form an in
house IT team which is an essential part or race car development .
Varun along with the team had strategically laid the foundation stone for Ashwa Racing which has stood strong till date and days to come .
He was responsible for creating many foundation process in each sub system which
is still followed with evolutionary improvements in the team operations
Certainly he has been a key contributor in Ashwa Racing sustainability .
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AKSHAY SANGOLLI
Akshay Sangolli ,an ace Architect with a Master‟s Degree gradutation in Health Care De-
sign from University of Texas A&M
Akshay has also been awarded fellowship from Tradewell Fellowship Program in the year
2012
Akshay joined Ashwa Racing in 2005 as a trainee .Akshay Sangolli was the Project
Manager for the 2006 and 2007 Ashwa Racing „s participation in Formula Student –
Australia and Germany respectively
He contributed to the field of Ergonomics in the design phase of the vehicle deriving data
from Anthropology .
His contribution did not stop there .
Akshay Sangolli is credited with the idea of founding the Hybrid Division of Ashwa Racing in the year 2006 and it took many years to make his dream come into reality.
His vision and contribution to the team enabled him to foster partnership with many Or-
ganization ,one such being Ansys Inc whose strategic entry in the list of partners of Ashwa Racing changed facet of the team and its technical abilities in to the next level .
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MAYUR GOWDA
Mayur Gowda works for Bhaghvati Tools Inc and is Graduate with Master‟s Degree in
Manufacturing System Engineering from University of Warwick
Mayur Gowda was the Head of Logistics in the year 2010 ,Ashwa Racing‟s partic-
ipation in Formula Student Italy .
His relentless efforts showed signs of improved logistics co-ordination for the team
and also worked on the Brakes Module .
Mayur was also one of the Driver for 2010 Formula Student Italy .
Mayur currently helps the team by supporting in manufacturing and also recommend-
ing the team to other manufacturers to do the job fee of cost thus reducing the financial
burden of the team .
This time, we have been able to do in-house welding of the chassis because of the
skilled welders from Siddhivinayaka Enterprises. We also weld our A– Arms, one of
the most important component in the car. Mayur has helped us reduce the manufactur-
ing cost by a huge amount. We will always be grateful for this help and would like to
continue this relationship in the future.
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SHARATH PRABHAKAR
Sharath was last working as a QC engineer at FMC Technology and currently doing
his Master‟s program in the U.S
Sharath was the head of Chassis module in the year 2010 and later lead the 2011 team
of Ashwa Racing in the capacity of Chief Engineer. Sharath participated consecu-
tively in 2010 and 2011 edition of Formula Student Italy
A really cool headed ,Chief Engineer who is known to have an amazing sense of humor
and can de-stress the team with his sense of humor attitude
His contribution in the field of Chassis has taken the Chassis development to the next
level and is credited with using the Chromoly Material
Sharath „s involvement with the 2011 team was a very crucial and much needed for the
team to be directed toward participating the endurance race and complete all dynamic
events .
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SEASON 2015
R.V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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TEAM STRUCTURE
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FACULTY Name Designation
Dr. R. S. Kulkarni Faculty Advisor
Prof. M. S. Krupashankar Faculty Advisor– Hybrid
Dr. M. R. Srinivas SAE Wing
Dr. H. D. Gopalkrishnan IIPC Wing
STEERING COMMITTEE
Name Telephone E-mail ID
Arunraj Subbaraj +968 9913 2457 raj_ashwa@rediffmail.com
Shubham Saurav +1 734 239 2995 shubham.ashwa@gmail.com
Siddarth Mandal +91 9619991933 sid.ashwa@gmail.com
Nikhil Jali +1 765 476 3370 nick.ashwa@gmail.com
SUSPENSION/ADMINISTRATION COMBUSTION Vadiraj Patil +919731852018 vadiraj.ashwa@gmail.com HYBRID
Rishav Ranjan +91 8861695037 rishav.ashwa@gmail.com
Anshul Dhakar +91 9632791303 anshul.ashwa@gmail.com
Aakash Maskara +91 9916322460 aakash.ashwa@gmail.com
Sohan J. Shetty +919482673143 sohan.ashwa@gmail.com
Upendra B. A. +918970896969 upendra.ashwa@gmail.com
Nidith Rai +918496897985 nidith.ashwa@gmail.com
DRIVETRAIN/HUMAN RESOURCES COMBUSTION
Aditya S +91 9945820986 adityas.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID Ankur Jairath +91 9008003015 ankurj.ashwa@gmail.com
Rajat Kabra +91 9663245193 rajat.ashwa@gmail.com
Gokul Suresh +919738664458 gokuls.ashwa@gmail.com
Nikhita Bhushi +919972348952 nikita.ashwa@gmail.com
Manraaj Singh +91 9660096688 manraaj.ashwa@gmail.com
ENGINE/SPONSORSHIP & MARKETING COMBUSTION
Ashish Manohar +91 7760115368 ashishmanohar.ashwa@gmail.com
Anush Chakravarthi +91 9902164422 anush.ashwa@gmail.com
Manjeeth R +91 9632600628 manjeeth.ashwa@gmail.com
Sachin Malgavi +91 9686255592 sachinm.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID Vignesh A S +91 9740604149 vignesh.ashwa@gmail.com
Karan Chatrath +91 9900878330 karanchatrath.ashwa@gmail.com
Diksha Bhagat +91 9801191854 dikshabhagat.ashwa@gmail.com
Shobhit Jain +91 9900195906 shobhit.ashwa@gmail.com
Aditya Ghodgaonkar +91 9632801487 adityag.ashwa@gmail.com
Aamoda Hegde +91 8277113554 aamoda.ashwa@gmail.com
Pranav Narahari +91 9886132069 pranav1512.ashwa@gmail.com
Nithin Krishnan +91 9482087180 nithin.ashwa@gmail.com
CHASSIS/MANUFACTURING COMBUSTION
Abhinandan Viswanath +91 9164431505 abhinandan.ashwa@gmail.com
Abhishek Shekar +91 9916611179 abhishek.ashwa@gmail.com
Brian Nikil Quadras +91 8147755719 brian.ashwa@gmail.com
Uday Kumar +91 9743285183 uday.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID
Krishna Kashyap Singh +91 9964844743 kashyap.ashwa@gmail.com
Ayush Pandey +91 9632787201 ayush.ashwa@gmail.com
GY Rohith +91 9008472462 gyrohit.ashwa@gmail.com
Abdul Rehman Sadiq K +91 8095772640 abdulrahman.ashwa@gmail.com
Pranjal Tyagi +91 9686984750 pranjal.ashwa@gmail.com
N. Raghuvamsridhar Reddy +91 9177956956 raghun.ashwa@gmail.com
Vignesh +91 9738971836 vignesha.ashwa@gmail.com
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TEAM STRUCTURE
STEERING/FINANCE COMBUSTION
Vadiraj Patil +91 9731852018 vadiraj.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID Eshwarmurthy +91 8095998863 eshwar.ashwa@gmail.com
Mohammad Hannan +91 9008708994 hannan.ashwa@gmail.com
Abin Vincent +91 7204377300 abinpv.ashwa@gmail.com
Sathyadeep Reddy +91 9980448899 sathya.ashwa@gmail.com
ELECTRICAL COMBUSTION
Mohit Lal {FINANCE} +91 9611192648 mohit1.ashwa@gmail.com
Shreenidhi Patil +91 9738670897 shree.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID
Saif Aziz Absar +91 8892177864 saif.ashwa@gmail.com
Aditya Kambil +91 9590668617 adityak.ashwa@gmail.com
Biswajit Roy +91 8553568641 biswajit.ashwa@gmail.com
Chandrakanth C +91 9035304699 chandu.ashwa@gmail.com
Lalith Keerthan +91 9900461054 Lalith.ashwa@gmail.com
Kiran B M +91 8095173892 kiranbm.ashwa@gmail.com
Yashaswini B +91 9731238209 yashaswini.ashwa@gmail.com
Shanthilal +91 9900306030 shanthilal.ashwa@gmail.com
Syed Faraaz +91 9632109317 faraaz.ashwa@gmail.com
BRAKES/LOGISTICS
COMBUSTION Pavan Reddy +91 9742388815 pavanreddy.ashwa@gmail.com
Saichand S +91 8050372155 saichand.ashwa@gmail.com
HYBRID
Vamsi Naramesetty +91 9986292442 vamsi.ashwa@gmail.com
Pallav Rawat +91 9590958383 pallav.ashwa@gmail.com
Santosh V N +91 8123424663 santosh.ashwa@gmail.com
Shamveel Mohammed +91 9895093888 shamveel.ashwa@gmail.com
Pranith C Prasanna +91 9741122120 pranith.ashwa@gmail.com
SPONSORSHIP, MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
HYBRID Anushree HN +91 8147264020 anushree1995.ashwa@gmail.com
Aishwarya +91 9880433144 aishwarya.ashwa@gmail.com
Rounak Maru +91 8277564198 rounak.ashwa@gmail.com
Govind Shenoy +91 9035710867 shenoy.ashwa@gmail.com
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