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Aerophilia 2017 A National Level AeroModelling Event and Air-Show

27-Jan-2017

Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management has taken the initiative to widen the innovative prospects in the field of aeronautics. Aerophilia 2017, a national level AeroModelling competition organized by Team Challengers was scheduled to be held on the 27th and 28th of January, 2017. This is the second time Team Challengers is organizing such an event. Aerophilia was initiated in 2016. Though, in the beginning the team had less number of participants, the response that they received was way beyond their expectations. With this driving force, Aerophilia - 2017 was organized on a massive scale.

The inaugural ceremony was adorned with the presence of Chief Guest - Mr. J T Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport along with eminent delegates from various disciplines - Prof. B.R Kulkarni (Flight lieutenant Professor who is currently working in Goa Engineering college), Mr. Rajanikanth Shashtri (A former Intel Manager graduated from IIT Bombay, working at Software solution provider for FAB Labs in USA), Prof. B.N Karkera (A scientist from BARC who is a director at KGRCS, Sahyadri), Mr. M R Vasudeva (A former director in Mangalore International Airport), Ms. Padmavathi (Scientist/Engineer at Aeronautical Development Agency, Bengaluru), Dr. M S Bhatt (Former distinguished scientist VSSE, ISRO and Adjunct faculty, NITK, Suratkal).

The inaugural ceremony was carried out by launching the aircraft giving throttle. During the inaugural address, Mr. J T Radhakrishna emphasized on the complexities in aeronautical field. This was followed by AeroModelling and Drone race which was a major part of the event. This competition comprised of 2 rounds wherein the first round was conducted today. The competition was evaluated on the basis of certain tasks that the participants had to successfully complete in order to qualify for the second round. By the end of the morning session, there were 11 participants who had competed in the first round of their initial attempt. In case of Drone race, 5 participants competed in their first round out of which 2 teams qualified for the second round. Mr. Naveil Rodrigues and Mr. Ragavendra kept the crowd engaged with their mesmerized talks and stunts. P.C Pant, Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force addressed the gathering wherein he enlightened the young minds with the opportunities in Aviation industry for engineers and spoke about different ways by which they can pursue their dreams and aspirations in aviation. Air-Show, the major highlight of the event was performed by Mr. Abdullah Ghasem Salehnezhad Moarafi, A UAE resident and an employee at Dubai customs along with Mr. Essa Saeed Essa Binaynouh, an employee of Dubai Police.

Afternoon session of the Day One included Skype technical talk by Dr. Parimal Kopardekhar, Senior Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. The talk was attended by delegates and students from High school to Engineering level. Mr. Parimal spoke on the topic “Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management”. He stressed on the various principles and services provided by UTM - its research, technical capabilities, challenges in vehicle technology and also opportunities for students, faculty and industry for research and technological development. During the concluding session – Mr. Parimal clarified queries; the audience had which was an intellectual discussion. Post this, AeroModelling and Drone race competition took off. Team Challengers also conducted various other events like PC games, Rubik’s cube, Treasure Hunt which kept the junior participants engaged.

Day Two of Aerophilia 2017 saw an interesting workshop on Chuck Gliders & Paper Planes by Ex. Commander P.R.A Narayanan which threw light on the functioning of Chuck Gliders & Paper Planes and various factors to be considered while flying them. By the end of the workshop, students were able to build their own gliders & planes. This was followed by a technical talk by Prof. B N Kulkarni, Er. Rajanikanth Shashtri, Prof. B N Karkera and Mr. M R Vasudeva exposing the participants to newer possibilities thus enabling them to broaden their thoughts. In addition to these sessions, Paper Plane & Chuck Glider competitions were organized wherein the young competitors set their creations fly high in air.


The winners were felicitated by the dignitaries - Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal, Prof. S. S. Balakrishna, Vice-Principal, Dr. J.V. Gorabal, Dean Academics & Prof. B N Karkera during the valedictory ceremony.

Winners of Aerophilia – 2017 AeroModelling Competition:
First prize: Vishaan Santhosh - Manipal School (Rs. 75,000)
Second prize: Vaibhav S Naik – AISSMS, Pune (Rs. 50,000)
Third prize: Aquib, Sharan, Mousin, Vishwas - NITK (Rs. 30,000)
First Consolation: Omkar V Rao - Mt. Carmel Central School (Rs. 10,000)
Second Consolation: Keshav S, Rajeshwari, Sanjay D.M – ACS, Bengaluru (Rs. 5,000)

Drone Race Competition:
First prize: Vipul Bhali- VIT, University (Rs. 25,000)
Second prize: Sukesa P.D, Abhishek, Rajath J,- MIT (Rs. 15,000)
Third prize: Siddharth, Suyash - PES University (Rs. 10,000)

Winners of In-House events:
Rubik’s cube: Vignesh Kudra
Photography competition: Rithesh
Treasure Hunt: Kavya R, Bolar Navyashree, Gowtham L Sharma, Dishan M S
Paper Plane competition: Sharan
Chuck Glider: Aabid Khan

PC Games:
FIFA: Naveed
NFS: Ranjith V.S
Counter Strike: Rahul Rao

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