SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, May 20: Three B Tech (Mechanical) students of ICFAI University, Jharkhand, Akash Kumar Singh, Prakash Kumar and Ravi Kumar have designed and developed a ‘Working Model of a battery-operated Electric Vehicle’, under the guidance of the faculty members, Dr Rajesh Prasad and Prof Manohar Kumar Singh. After explaining the features of the model, they demonstrated working of the same to the other faculty members and students of the university on Friday.
Highlighting the salient features, Akash Kumar said, “We incorporated a number of electronic sensors in the model to avoid/alert the driver on obstacles up to a range of 30 meters and prevent accidents. Signal processing for this is done through Arduino IOT technology.”
Explaining the reason behind the project, Prakash Kumar said, “We thought of this project as the future of India is Electrical Mobility, which will save fossil fuels and ensure a cleaner environment”. Further explaining how they worked on the project, Ravi Kumar said, “It was a team work and our faculty guided us from the concept till the prototype was developed and tested.”
The team of students expressed their gratitude to the ICFAI University for giving them an opportunity to work on such an exciting project.
Congratulating the faculty members and the students on the achievement, Prof O R S Rao, Vice Chancellor of the University said, “It is a splendid achievement on the part of our students that worked with passion and enthusiasm. Credit for this also goes to our faculty members, who have motivated and guided our students.”
“In anticipation of the developments in the Electrical Vehicles industry, our University introduced Electrical Vehicles and IOT as part of the curriculum for our BTech program. Recently large automotive companies like Tata Motors are planning a mega recruitment drive to scale up their Electrical Mobility business in a big way. Our students are fully geared up to leverage this opportunity,” added VC Rao.
Expressing happiness with the achievement of the students, Prof Arvind Kumar, Dean (Faculty of Science and Technology) said, “Our University has the requisite infrastructure in terms of labs and workshops to equip our B Tech students with hands-on skills. We encourage them to take up such practical projects, which help our students to learn better.”
Elated by the achievement of the students, Dr Rajesh Prasad said, “I am overjoyed with the work done by our students. It is an interdisciplinary and challenging project, involving Mechanical, Electronics and Computer Science. Our students worked very hard to make it happen, despite several challenges.”
