MIT Academy of Engineering to host the championship from 28th – 30th July
The logo and colour of the T-Shirts for upcoming BIAG Drone Race & Drone Weightlifting Championship were unveiled today at an event at Deccan Gymkhana Club. The logo was unveiled in presence of presidential board members of BIAG Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe. Chairman AICTE , Prof K.K Agarwal Chairman NBA , Dr Amita Dev, Vice Chancellor,Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Government of Delhi, Lt. Gen K.J. Singh, Member Presidential Board and an Ex Indian Army Commander, Prof K. V. Kale VC SPPU, Prof. Sandeep Sanchit VC Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat , Dr Velraj VC Anna University, Dr Ranjana Bhaskar Scientist ZSI, Dr Sitharam Director IIT Guwahati , Mr Sampath Vice President & CEO – Defence & Aerospace, Adani Group & Prof Karisiddappa VC VTU Bangalore who were present virtually along with Mr Ashu Gupta, Executive Director, BIAG and President, Organizing Committee & Director MITAOE, Dr Mahesh Goudar.
The championship is being hosted by MIT Academy of Engineering from 28-30 July 2022.
The competitions being organised includes
1) Drone Race (Nano/Mini) (500 gm Drone + 300 gm Batteries = Total 800 gm.)
2) Drone Weightlifting (1.5 kg including Batteries.)
In Drone Racing, the participant will have to go through some obstacles without crashing or without touching the obstacles which are in the form of squares, Rectangle, Cross Fitted Square, and circle-shaped objects. The obstacles in the arena will necessitate the participants to manoeuvre the drones horizontally as well as vertically.
For Drone Weight lifting the participants will have to lift objects of certain dimensions and carry them up and down and take a circular turn and put the piece at the desired location.
The intercollegiate competition will have teams with one to five members each. Undergraduate students of any stream (Technical & Nontechnical) are eligible to participate.
Mr Ashu Gupta, Executive Director, BIAG, India informed that the Board of International Aviation Games, India is an integral part of ASFU has designed a series of various projects and now starting activities in India for the youths, as suggested by the World federation for India which includes Computer sports (AI, Robotics & UAV and soon adding more), Those who are triumphant in these competitions will get to participate in forthcoming international & world UAV/ Drone championships in coming time.
Prof K.K Agarwal Chairman NBA said that drones are an emerging technology and the competition will give students an experience of how new technology can be used to solve common problems.This is an apt example of ‘Learn by doing , fun by doing ‘
Prof. Anil Sahastrabuddhe, Member, Board of Directors, BIAG and President, AICTE, said that the use of technical knowledge in such competitions would also help the students to know the importance of teamwork. Also such competitions will help students to learn the importance of management and skill development.
SPPU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Karbhari V. Kale thanked BIAG for organizing such a national level event in Pune and appealed to all colleges in Pune to participate in it.
Dr Mahesh Goudar, Director, MIT AOE, Pune, said that around 50 teams from in and around Pune are expected to participate .
