An Engineering graduate, on graduation, is expected to have a skillset to find solutions to problems of the society. Along with the domain specific knowledge, other basic skills that are expected are: Communication, Leadership, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Planning, Motivation and Enthusiasm, Adaptability, Flexibility, and Ability to Build Relationships. All these mandates engineering education to be experiential, practical, relevant, and up to date. Keeping this in mind, as an experiment, in 2007, Institute came up with the idea of Major Student Projects, wherein, institute provides infrastructure to build a technical project to compete in national & international competitions. Currently, there are 25 Major Student Project Teams operating in MIT campus.

All these teams are interdisciplinary in nature, having student representation from first to final year. In the process of getting into the team, and selecting the members to the team, students learn to face and conduct interviews. With the team size ranging from 25 to 50, students learn to work in group. By working under tight schedules, they learn to meet deadlines. By submitting Quarterly progress report, scheduling the task and by presenting budget required for the financial year, they hone their documentation, planning and presentation, skills.  To generate the financial support, the teams need to sell their idea to possible sponsors.  In the process, they learn the marketing, budgeting, and accounting skills. Thus, with this activity, we have taken the learning experience beyond the classroom.

Projects being innovative in nature, these activities have seen many publications and start-ups coming out of these ventures. Institution also envisages more scope for publication and IPs. To enable this, teams have added a research wing.

Formula Manipal, founded in 2007, is a student project team which aims to design, conceptualize, fabricate, test, and race a single-seater, open-wheel Formula Style race car. CV team participated in Formula Student event at Austria, during 22-27, July 2023. Out of 21 teams participated in CV category, team stood 12th position overall. In the static events, it stood 6th in Cost, 12th in Engg. Design & 18th in Business Plan. In the Dynamic Events, team stood 7th in Acceleration, 10th in Skid pad & 12th in Auto Cross. CV team also participated in Formula Student event at Hungary, during 1-6, August 2023. Out of 22 teams participated in the CV category, it stood 14th position overall. In the static Events, team stood 15th in Cost, 14th in Engg. Design & 10th in Business Plan. Team participated in Formula Bharat 2023 event at Coimbatore, during January 2023 and stood 2nd in Cost & Manufacturing, 6th in Business Plan & 13th in Engineering Design under static events category, out of 31 teams. Also, team stood 4th in Acceleration & 3rd in Autocross, under dynamic events category. It participated in the event Formula Student Germany (FSG) 2022 at Hockenheim, Germany during August, 2022. Out of 26 teams participated in the combustion category of the event, team stood 19th in Overall, 6th in Business Plan Presentation, 17th in Cost Event, 22nd in Engineering Design. In the optional event, Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence, team stood 6th position out of 11 teams participated. In Formula Bharat Virtuals 2022, the team working on the combustion vehicle stood 1st position in the qualifying round of the competition, All India 3rd position in the Design Concept Awards, and 3rd position out of 33 teams for the overall combustion category. The team working on the Electrical vehicle stood 1st position in the qualifying round of competition, All India 2nd position in the Design Concept Awards and 2nd position out of 13 teams for the overall electric category. In Formula Bharat 2024 the team places 4^th overall, 1^st in Cost and Manufacturing, 4^th in Business Plan and 4^th in Engineering Design. The team has filed for 2 patents and has 11 journal & 4 conference publications to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisors:

1. Dr. Dayananda K Pai (For Combustion Team)

   Department of Aeronautical & Automobile Engineering

   dayanand.pai@manipal.edu

2. Dr. Prateek Jain (For Electric Team)

    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

     prateek.jain@manipal.edu

Formula Manipal Team Leaders, 2024 - 25:

1. Vibhas Srivastava (Team Manager)

2. Amber Bhargava (Mechanical Lead)

3. Arin Agarwal (Electrical Lead)

4. Joy Chaudhary (Manufacturing Lead)

Team Mail ids:

formulamanipal@manipal.edu

management.formulamanipal@gmail.com 

SolarMobil, established in 2011, is the official Solar Car team of MIT, focusing on the research & development of solar powered electric vehicles. In the form of Freyr-1, SERVe, SolarMobil Series-1, SolarMobil Series-2 & Zenith, the team has produced five vehicles so far. Current team has built the Chassis & composite exterior body of “Zenith” in their industrial partner, NTF Ltd., Gurgaon. Team participated in a 100 km race at the Electric Solar Vehicle Challenge (ESVC) 2023 at Greater Noida, during April 2023 and won 1st position in Business plan & optimum cost, Future Award, Best teamwork Award and overall 4th Position, in addition to cash prize, Rs.55,000, in this event. Team also participated in Solar Electric Vehicle Championship (SEVC) 2023 event held at Coimbatore during March 2023 and won the Solar Endurance Award, Optimum Cost Award, Femina Award & Inspiring Faculty Award. Team alumni have 5 start-ups, namely PARK Cy, CUSTIV, STATIC, Eclectech & Mercury Automative. Team has published 4 journal & 5 conference papers, so far. Team has contributed in the SEVC 2024 Dynamic event at MIT, during March 2024, organized by MAHE at MIT. The team is currently working on its 6th car, set to take part in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, 2025 which is a 3,000 km race from Northern to Southern Australia. Team has 4 journal & 5 conference publications, so far to its credit.

Faculty Advisors:

1.Prof. Umananda K. V.

   Department of Aeronautical & Automobile Engineering

   umananda.kv@manipal.edu

2.Dr. Vijay Babu Koreboina

   Department of Mechatronics Engineering

   vijaybabu.k@manipal.edu

Solar Mobil Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Amal Jain (Team Leader)

2.Ritish Pattanshetty (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

team.solarmobil@manipal.edu

team.solarmobil@gmail.com

Project MANAS, founded in 2014, is the AI and Robotics student research and development team of the Institute. The team researches and develops fully autonomous vehicles specifically adapted to the Indian market and traffic conditions. Team participated in the International Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC), Michigan, USA      31 May – 3 June, 2024      and won 1st position in Design Challenge & 4th overall, out of 20 teams. It also participated in the Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) 2024, St. Mary's County Regional Airport, California, 25 – 27 June 2024 and won 4th in mission demonstration & 10th overall, out of 72 teams participated. Team participated in Student Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) 2023 at Maryland, USA, during 20 – 22, June 2023. Out of 72 teams, it secured 12th position. It also participated in 31st Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (2023) at Oakland University, Michigan USA, during 2 – 5, June 2023. Out of 29 teams, it stood 3rd position in the Auto-Navigation Challenge & won Cash prize, $1500. The team built a 6 feet wide autonomous drone and participated in the AUVSI-SUAS competition at Maryland, USA, during May, 2022 and secured 18th place amongst 71 teams. It has taken part in various national and international competitions and is the Grand Prize winner of IGVC 2019, USA from over 35+ international teams. In 2019, team participated in “Driverless Car Challenge”, as a part of Mahindra's Spark the Rise event and was among the top 13 teams which won cash prize of 25 lakhs. Team has filed for 1 patent and 2 journal & 22 conference publications to its credit, so far. 

Faculty Advisors:

1.Dr.Ashalatha Nayak

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

asha.nayak@manipal.edu

2. Dr Andrew J

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

andrew.j@manipal.edu

Project Manas Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Aman Pandey (Technical Head)

2.Eshaan Shah (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

projectmanas.mit@manipal.edu

projectmanas.mit@gmail.com

Mars Rover Manipal (MRM), established in 2014, is a multidisciplinary team of engineering undergraduates working to develop next generation rovers for the exploration of extra-terrestrial environments, along with conducting research on state-of-the-art technology in fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Design and Robotics. Team participated in the University Rover Challenge (URC) 2024, Utah, USA during 29 May – 1 June, 2024          and stood 18th  Overall & 3rd in Science mission. It also participated in the Intl. Rover Challenge 2024, PSG Tech., Coimbatore during 24 – 29 Jan., 2024 and won 1st Position.

 In University Rover Challenge (URC) 2023 event, team could participate in virtual round only, due to Visa issue and secured 37th position. It participated in Intl. Rover Challenge (IRC) 2023 at Bangalore,28 – 31,January, 2023 and stood 3rd position out of 36 teams. In the International Rover Challenge (IRC) 2023 event at Bangalore, during January 2023, team won 3rd position, out of 36 teams. At International Rover Design Challenge (IRDC) 2022 event during October 2022, team won 2nd position out of 36 teams. In the University Rover Challenge (URC) 2022 event, team achieved 21st position, out of 36 teams participated and won the John Barainca award for the Best Science Team. Team achieved 2nd rank out of 24 teams participated in the European Rover Challenge -2022 remote event held during September 2022. Team alumni have 3 start-ups, namely Beejum,  Edumates & Mercury Automotive. Team has filed for 1 patent and has 2 journal & 24 conference publications to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisors:

1.Dr Gururaj Bolar

   Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

   gururaj.bolar@manipal.edu

2.Dr. Ujjwal Verma

   Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

   ujjwal.verma@manipal.edu

Mars Rover Manipal Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Harsh Phawade (Team Leader)

2.Swaraj Dangare (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

marsrovermanipal@manipal.edu

marsrovermanipal@gmail.com

RoboManipal is the official robotics team of Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, founded in 2010. It is a multidisciplinary team of 40+ undergraduate robotics enthusiasts who endeavour to spread knowledge on Robotics and its diverse applications.

Recent Achievements are, achieved group leader status in Robocon’24 by scoring the highest points in group, Qualified for Stage 2 of ABU Robocon’24 with a score of 99/100, 4 teams from RoboManipal qualified for EYRC Stage 2 2024, 3rd Position in 2023 Technoxian’s Soccer Bot, Qualified for National Round of ABU Robocon 2022, Secured 21st position in ABU Robocon’23 National Level, 3rd Position in Goa University’s Techfest- Infofest, 5th Position in NIT-K TechFest Embeddathon 2022.

Startups from Robomanipal are 1.Fracktal works: Director and CEO: Vijay Varada

a.    Fracktal Works was founded in June of 2013 by two engineering students of Manipal Institute of Technology. They worked on building robots with the university robotics team, Robomanipal.

b.    In an effort to find high-quality manufacturing that would help them build powerful robotics systems affordably, they came across 3D Printing and used their background in robotics to build their first 3D Printer and subsequently founded a company bringing access to tools and technologies that help individuals and organisations build high-quality hardware products & solutions.

1. Strange Matter: Ayushman Choudhari

a.    Strange Matter aims to build user friendly and technologically advanced machining and prototyping products at an affordable cost.

1. XES Automation: Directors: Renu Gupta and Mayank Gupta

a.    ES Automation Pvt. Ltd. Company Profile Information is operating as a Private Company - Operating. It was officially incorporated on 15 July, 2015, making the company 9 years old.

Team has communicated 2 Patents for Filing.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr.Ishwar Bhiradi

Department of Mechatronics Engineering

ishwar.bhiradi@manipal.edu

RoboManipal Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Arnav Rastogi (Team Leader)

2.Bhavya Doshi (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

team.robomanipal@manipal.edu

team.robomanipal@gmail.com

MotoManipal, founded in 2018, is a student team working on creating an electric superbike where the emphasis lies on research in cutting-edge technology for EV’s, ranging from regenerative braking to optimised thermal management. The team comprises of students from various engineering backgrounds across the institute with five subsystems - Mechanical, E-Powertrain, Aerodynamics, Management and Research. Team participated in the online E-Bike Design Competition, Season-1 event organized jointly by Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, and Mechatron Motors, Coimbatore, during March, 2022. Out of 8 teams, MotoManipal team was adjudged the "Overall Winner" of the competition and won the "Best Business Plan" award. The team placed 1st at the National Online E-Bike Design Competition held in both 2020 and 2021.  The first bike “MM-01” won the Best Commercial Bike and Best Innovation awards and stood 2nd in Engineering Design at the Asian E-Bike Challenge – 2019. Team has 4 conference publications to its credit, so far. Team is currently working for participation Moto Student India 2024, during October 2024 at Coimbatore.

 Faculty Advisors:

1.Prof.George Varghese

  Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

  george.varghese@manipal.edu

 2.Dr. Arigela Sri Satya Veerendra Babu

   Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

   veerendra.babu@manipal.edu

MotoManipal Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Jishnu Kunal Vutukuru (Team Leader)

2. Sai Adithya Pavan Jayanthi (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

motomanipal.mit@manipal.edu

motomanipal@gmail.com

Team Manipal Racing (Combustion) established in 2008, is the official off-road racing team of Manipal with a mission to design & fabricate combustion all-terrain vehicle that compete at national and international level SAE-BAJA competitions. In the form of Vehicle Dynamics, Structures, Transmission, Brakes, Electronics, & Management, the team has 6 subsystems that work to build the ATVs. The teams mainly participate in SAE BAJA India, Enduro Student India, Mega-ATV and SAE BAJA USA. In m BAJA 2024 event, team stood 2nd in Acceleration, 7th in Sledge Pull, 3rd in Endurance, 3rd in Sales event, 8th in Validation, 6th in Overall Dynamic, 12th in Build quality, 10th in Overall performance. In m BAJA 2023 event, team stood 1st in Validation & 4th in CAE, under static event category, participated by 114 teams. Team stood 2nd in dynamic & 8th overall statics & dynamics, out of 90 teams. In m BAJA 2022 event, team stood 2nd in Manufacturing, 3rd Fastest Lap in Endurance race, 6th in Design, 5th in acceleration, 8th in Manoeuvrability & 9th in CAE Finals. In the Mega ATV 2022 event, team stood 1st in Flat Dirt Race, 4th in Drag Race, 7th in Endurance Race, 5th Overall, out of 81 teams participated. Team alumni has 1 startup named EMO. Team has filed for 1 patent and has 3 journal & 2 conference publications to its credit, so far. 

Faculty Advisor:

Dr.Mahesh G.T

Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering

mahesh.gt@manipal.edu

Team Manipal Racing – CV Team Leaders, 2024 - 25:

1.Tarun Kasa (Team Captain)

2. Siddharth Baid (Team Vice-Captain)

Team Mail id:

tmr.mit@manipal.edu

Team Manipal Racing (Electric)

Team Manipal Racing Electric (TMR-E) is the official E-Baja SAE team of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, specializing in designing, manufacturing, and testing all-terrain electric vehicles for national competitions. With a focus on innovation and excellence, our electric vehicles have garnered numerous awards and cash prizes over the years, showcasing our dedication to advancing electric mobility. Since 2020, TMR-E has been at the forefront of EV research and development, setting new benchmarks in engineering and continuously enhancing essential components and circuitry for our electric single-seater vehicles, which are powered by a 9kW motor, equivalent to their combustion counterparts.

Team participated in e BAJA SAE India 2024 event at Narsapur, Hyderabad during 6 – 11 March, 2024, our team excelled with a 7th place finish overall out of 80+ teams. We clinched 1st in Sled Pull Event, 2nd in Overall Dynamics, and achieved top 5 rankings in Maneuvrability and Suspension & Traction Event, placing 4th and 5th respectively. Additionally, we showcased strong performance in the CAE Event and Endurance Race with 6th and 8th place finish. We also won Cash prize of Rs. 40,000. These achievements underscore our team's robust engineering and design capabilities across various challenging competitions.

Faculty Advisor:

Prof. Ganesh Kudva

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

ganesh.kudva@manipal.edu

Team Manipal Racing EV Team Leaders, 2024-25:

1. Sahil Arya (Team Captain)
2. Tanmay Tambekar (Team Vice Captain)

 Team Mail id:

tmrelectric@manipal.edu (For Electric Team)

Aero MIT, founded in 2009, is the official aeromodelling and aerial robotics team of Manipal Academy of Higher Education. The team consists of over 30 interdisciplinary undergraduate students, divided into 5 subsystems. Every year, the team participates in the SAE Aero Design competition, held annually at USA. Team participated in SAE Aero Design East 2024, Lakeland, Florida during 8-10 March, 2024 and stood 7th World Rank

8th in Overall Design Report, 7th in Technical Presentation & 5th in Mission Performance. It also participated in SAE Aero Design East 2023, during March at Florida, USA and stood 4th Overall, 2nd in Design Report, 4th in Technical Presentation & 4th in Mission Performance, out of 16 teams in Micro class category. Team bagged 1st place in SAE Aerothon 2022 at Bangalore, during November 2022.  AeroMIT achieved Overall World Rank 2 in SAE Aero Design West 2022 out of 13 teams participated in the micro class category. They also achieved 1st place in the Design Report, 2nd place in Oral Presentation, 1st in Mission Performance. Apart from this, the team also participates in several regional competitions as well. Team has 1 conference publication to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr.Pallavi M

Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering

Pallavi.mit@manipal.edu

AeroMIT Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Rishie Bopaiah (Team Leader)

2.Anandi Nair (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

aeromit@manipal.edu

aeromitofficial@gmail.com

Parikshit, established in 2010, a Student Satellite Team, where students from various technical backgrounds are determined to build a 2U-nanosatellite in alliance with ISRO. Primary objective of the satellite is to monitor urban heat island and ocean surface temperature. The Satellite also has an experimental payload that will de-orbit it at the end of its mission life avoiding space debris. In March 2020, the team cleared a functional demo for their satellite in ISRO. Apart from that Parikshit also has a fully functioning ground station and has published multiple research papers across its domains. The Team is in discussion with IN-SPACEe, regarding MOU for supporting launch and development activities of the flight model of the satellite. Team has 53 conference publications to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

1.Dr.Shreesha C

Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

shreesha.c@manipal.edu

2. Dr. Balbir Singh

Department of Aeronautical & Automobile Engineering

balbir.s@manipal.edu

 Parikshit Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Yash Srivastava (System Admin)

2.Abhay Sharma (System Engineer)

3.Srishti Singh (System Engineer)

4.Arnav Marwaha (System Engineer) 

Team Mail id:

parikshit.mu@manipal.edu

thrustMIT, established in 2016, is Asia's top student-run rocketry team that builds sounding rockets to promote the passion and knowledge of high-powered rocketry in India. From Vyom, Arya, Phoenix, Rayquaza, Altair, and AgniAstra, the most recent sounding rocket, the team has put in lots of hard work and dedication in designing these rockets.

Our latest rocket, AgniAstra, India's first 30k COTS entry at Spaceport America Cup 2024, broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.7 and reached 17,010 ft, ranking 1st among Asian teams in the category.

The team previously participated in Spaceport America (SA) Cup 2023 in New Mexico, USA, from June 19th to 24th, 2023, securing the 57th position out of 67 in the COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) category and the 101st position out of 158 overall. Previously, in the Spaceport America Cup held in the United States of America in June 2022, the team achieved the 50th rank overall out of 140 teams, 30th in the 10K COTS category, 4th place in the Barrowman rankings, earned 5 Spot awards for technical expertise, and received a social media award. During the 2021 event, the team won the 16th overall position, secured 7th place in the 10k COTS category, and clinched 1st place throughout Asia. The team has to its credit 2 journal publications and 3 conference publications so far. Team is granted with 1 patent, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Prof. Srinivas .G

Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering

srinivas.g@manipal.edu

ThrustMIT Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1. Parth Jain (Team Leader)

2. Vinoy S (Team Manager)

Team Email ids:

team.thrustmit@manipal.edu

thrustmit@gmail.com

Robotics and Circuits, fondly known as RnC, is an interdisciplinary team of engineering students, established in 2010 as a Student Technical Club, by Anuj Mangla, with an ambition to impart hands-on experience in robotics and has now grown into an official student project since 2019. RnC deals with the latest trends in robotics, automation, computer vision, embedded systems, and allied fields. Vedanth is a technical event organized by RnC in MIT TechTatva. The team works towards participating in International and National Competitions along with hackathons and Innovation Challenges.

Team participated in Kavach 2023: built a number plate detection software for CCTV cameras, using Face Detection System. It participated in BITS Goa Quark 2023 in: Robo Clench and Fastest Line Follower & ranked in top 25 in Robo Race. Team participated in four events in TechnoXian World Robotics Championship in 2023 and ranked in top 10 to finish Fastest Line

Follower. Team participated in Virtual RobotX Championship, VRX 2023, and ranked 15th internationally. Team was placed 4th in internal round of Smart India Hackathon 2023, for a hardware project involving student innovation in the field of MedTech. In Vedanth 12.0 held during Techtatva at MIT, team secured 2nd place for Touchless Pad, 3rd for Soldering Station ; most innovative project by visitor’s choice for wall painting bot.

In Vedanth 13.0 during TechTatva at MIT, our team secured 2^nd position for Smart Helmet (Team Brobotics) and won a cash prize of Rs. 25000 /-. The team is also working on the Research Project – M.U.C which is Multipurpose Universal Chassis, Smart Helmet and Wearable Gait. The team also participated in BITS GOA 2024, in which we ranked top 6 for Fastest Line Follower.

As of today, four startups have been founded by RnC Alumni – TIF Labs, IRA Design and Solutions Pvt Ltd., Robocraze and KrishiBot. Team has 1 conference publication to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Prof.Jonathan Monteiro

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

jonathan.m@manipal.edu

Email ids:

rnc.mit@manipal.edu

roboticsandcircuits.mit@gmail.com

Robotics and Circuits Team Leaders 2023-2024

1. Ayush Sarkar (Team Leader)
2. Disha Gupta (Team Manager)
3. Ahona Rakshit (Technical Head)

Founded in 2023, Project V.ARISE (Virtual and Augmented Reality Interactive Simulation Environment) is the premier AR/VR center of excellence within MIT, Manipal, committed to advancing the frontier of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. As an esteemed student project, our mission is centered around the holistic development and application of AR/VR innovations across diverse sectors.

Our portfolio of accomplishments includes developing and successfully implementing virtual simulations for three foundational workshops of B.Tech Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, and Automobile Engineering) provided by the Manipal Institute of Technology. In a pioneering move, we have also established a collaborative venture with Kasturba Medical College (KMC) aimed at exploring and harnessing the potential of AR/VR technologies in enhancing medical education for residents, as well as promoting effective emergency preparedness among the general populace.

Our team actively engages in a broad spectrum of initiatives that combine mixed reality and virtual reality solutions. Our efforts have given us an opportunity to work on the creation of an advanced CPR simulation, a testament to our commitment to leveraging technology for societal benefit. Our flagship undertaking involves designing and developing a sophisticated flight simulation system that represents the zenith of our innovative endeavors.

Through strategic partnerships with various academic and administrative departments within MIT, Project V.ARISE is at the forefront of producing VR simulations and embarking on groundbreaking projects. Our goal is to significantly enhance both the educational journey and the professional competencies of students and practitioners alike, pioneering a future where AR and VR technologies play a pivotal role in shaping the world.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr.Hareesha K.S

International Centre for Applied Sciences

hareesh.ks@manipal.edu

Project V.ARISE Team Leaders, 2024 - 25:

1.Manas Bharadwaj Puregella (Team Leader)

2.Sri Manikanth Martha (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

projectvarise.mit@manipal.edu

projectvarise.mit@gmail.com

R.U.G.V.E.D Systems (Remote Unmanned Ground Vehicular Electronic Defence Systems), founded in 2017, is a multidisciplinary team of highly motivated undergraduates who aim to provide indigenous robotics solutions for military purposes powered by Artificial Intelligence. The team consist of students coming from various courses such as Computer science, Electronics, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering who share a common passion for creating robots. The team aims to build various types of robots ranging from information gathering, ordinance disposal, logistics, search, and rescue, as well as combat operations. Team stood 1ˢᵗ in Pragyaan Fusion Hackathon, NIT-Trichy 2021, Covideate, IIT Bombay's Techfest 2020 &  Def Hacks Global 2.0, hosted by Major League Hacking internationally – 2020. Team participated in TATA MAKERTHON, securing 1st position and the IGVC competition at USA securing 8th rank globally, during 2018. Team alumni has a startup namely Amigo. Team has 1 journal & 3 conference publications to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Prof.Satyakam

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

satyakam.deo@manipal.edu

R.U.G.V.E.D. Systems Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Abhishek kumar (Team leader)

2.Krrish jain (Technical Head)

Team Mail ids:

rugved.mit@manipal.edu

rugved.mit@gmail.com

Manipal BioMachines, established in 2019, is a multi-disciplinary student project with aspiring undergraduates of the first official Synthetic Biology and International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) team from MAHE. Main objective of the team lies in combining engineering principles with fundamental biology. Every year, team gets engaged into design, build, test, and characterize a genetically engineered system that can be operated to solve real-world problems. In 2020, team marked its entry into iGEM to showcase its research and invention. In the past two years, i.e., 2020 and 2021, team won a gold medal and a bronze medal, respectively. Team was among 173 Gold Medal winners, out of 350 teams participated, during iGEM 2022 held at Paris, during October, 2022. It was among the 5 nominees selected for Best Track prize of the 23 teams participating in the Food and Nutrition track at the competition. Team won $ 2500, in iGEM Impact Grant event, during 2021 & 2022.  Team won 2500 $ iGEM  impact grant during July 2023 and also participated in iGEM – 2023 event at Paris, France, during 2 – 5, November 2023 & was one among the gold medal winning teams. Team has 8 journal & 1 conference publications to its credit, so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Ritu Raval

Department of Biotechnology

ritu.raval@manipal.edu

Manipal BioMachines Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Aditi Balasubramani (Team Leader)

2.Anandita Rawat (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

manipalbiomachines@manipal.edu

manipalbiomachines.igem@gmail.com

When Elon Musk came up with the concept of the Hyperloop, the idea called out to the creative minds at MIT to contribute towards revolutionizing transportation. LoopMIT comprises students belonging to various branches of engineering who are spread across the domains of Mechanical, Electronics and Electrical, Levitation and Propulsion, and management. Our team aims to build its own version of the Hyperloop technology, especially one that is particularly suited to the on-ground conditions and manufacturing feasibility in India.

LoopMIT is one of the top five hyperloop student teams that have represented India in the flagship hyperloop competition- The European Hyperloop Week (EHW) 2024. The team cleared all the documentation stages and qualified for demonstrating their design.

The second transcontinental event our team participated in 2023 was Hyperloop Global, earlier known as Canadian Hyperloop Conference. In this competition our designs successfully cruised through various stages, ultimately being selected amongst the 20 other participating teams worldwide.

Closer home, in April 2023, LoopMIT was also invited to be a part of the Global Hyperloop Conference hosted by IIT Madras as one of the five main hyperloop student teams in India.

The first prototype of our pod was completed in May 2023. The primary aim of the prototype built by the team in 2023-24 was to establish a robust foundation that could be worked upon and further improved in terms of both technology and cost effectiveness.

The 2024-25 prototype will take our team's work to the next stage and create a more intricate and efficient design for achieving faster speeds and a safer run of the pod. We are looking to incorporate the concept of Levitation and methods of contactless run in the next iteration along with Eddy Current Braking. The prototype will be made considering the scalability and economic feasibility for real-world applications.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. I. Thirunavukkarasu

Department of Instrumentation & amp; Control Engineering

Loop MIT Team Leads, 2023 - 24:

Shlok Singh Ahluwalia (Team Manager)

Sougata Maji (Technical Head)

Team Mail ids:

loop.mit@manipal.edu

loopmit2019@gmail.com

Project AUV Manipal, founded in 2019, is the underwater robotics student team with a common interest in exploring the field of underwater robotics. Team aims to conceptualize, design, and fabricate Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for both research and competitive purposes. Using state-of-the-art tools and technology, various subsystems are working on the design and fabrication of their underwater vehicle and isplanning to participate in UWR Abu Dhabi during 14 - 18 Oct 2024.

Faculty Advisors:

1. Dr. Shivashankarayya Hiremath

    Department of Mechatronics Engineering

    ss.hiremath@manipal.edu

  2. Prof. Dundesh Shivalingappa Chiniwar

    Department of Mechatronics Engineering

    dundesh.sc@manipal.edu

 3.Prof.Balbir Singh

   Department of Aeronautical & Automobile Engineering

   balbir.s@manipal.edu

 4. Dr. Prasad Vinayak Patil  

    Department of Mechatronics Engineering

   prasad.patil@manipal.edu

Project AUV Manipal Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Pranshu Agarwal (Team Leader)

2.Aditya Saha (Team Manager)

Team Mail ids.:

projectauvm@manipal.edu

projectauvm@gmail.com

Team Combat Robotics, founded in 2018, is a project team of students from various engineering backgrounds, building destructive and ballistic bots for competitions held nationwide. To date, the team has successfully designed, fabricated, and tested 10 combat bots and has participated in various national and international events in 45kg, 30kg, 15kg, 8kg, and 3lbs categories, as well as Robo-Soccer and Robo-Sumo events. The team has achieved notable successes, including securing second place at MIT TECHTATVA’22, third place at BITS Quark’24, reaching the semi-finals at IITB Techfest’24, and the quarter-finals at both TECHNOXIAN’23 and NITK Engineer’’23.As of today, three startups have been founded by TCR alumni: 225, Ripple Technologies, and Toxenix.

Faculty Advisor:

C.S. Suhas Kowshik

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

suhas.kowshik@manipal.edu

Team Combat Robotics Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1.Aadit Nadkarni (Team Leader)

2.Rathinakumar Subramanian (Team Manager)

Team Mail id:

tcr.mit@manipal.edu

Cryptonite, founded in the year 2018, is the official ethical hacking and cybersecurity of Manipal Institute of Technology. The team has concentrated its efforts on the expansive domains of cryptography, forensics, reverse engineering, binary exploitation, web eion and network security. The team holds illustrious national rank of 5 at CTFtime for the year 2023.

 A crowning achievement is the 1st prize secured at the Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2023—Software Edition. This prestigious event, organized by the Ministry of Education, unfolded as a nationwide 36-hour hackathon at the Noida Nodal Center in December 2023. There were total 8,98,884 Participating Students from 3897 Participating Institutes across 2633 total Problem Statements in this event. Cryptonite emerged victorious, bagging the top position along with a noteworthy cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. In addition, team got the following accolades during 2023 - 24: In BITS CTF, won 1st position, Aurora CTF, top 3 positions, Prodctathon CTF, IIT Roorkee2nd place, Hackathon by Newsfirst Kannada & IISC, won 2nd position, Pentathon 2024 qualified for finals, CTF by  RVCE, IITB, 2nd position. During 2023 – 24, team participated in 48 online & 6 offline CTF events. In the preceding year, during the academic session of 2022-23, Cryptonite engaged in 42 international CTFs and 6 national CTFs, consistently attaining commendable standings. A notable achievement was our 7th position in the FooBar 2023 CTF event hosted by NIT Durgapur.

In 2021, Cryptonite secured the 12th position in India on CTFtime. The team stood 3rd in the Securebug Loki CTF 2021 and achieving national finalist status at CSAW Finals 2021 hosted by NYU Center for Cybersecurity. The annual flagship event niteCTF, a 48-hour international CTF that garnered participation from over 1200 enthusiasts spanning 42 countries. As of January 2024, Cryptonite proudly boasts 1 journal and 8 conference publications, further contributing to the advancement of cybersecurity knowledge.

 Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Nisha P Shetty

Department of Information & Communications Technology

nisha.pshetty@manipal.edu

Cryptonite Team Leader, 2023 - 24:

1. Shreyansh Sankrit (Team Leader)

2. Kumud Rathore (Team Manager)

3. Daksh Dadhania (Web Ex & Infra Head)

Team Mail ids:

 cryptonite.mit@manipal.edu

 teamcryptonite18@gmail.com

Project Dronaid, founded in 2017, is initiated, as a unique collaboration between the students of Manipal Institute of Technology and Kasturba Medical College, in an effort to make healthcare more accessible and hassle-free in India by means of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and app development in building a network of healthcare systems and bring about practical clinical applications in accidents and emergency services at the community level. Team participated in UAS Challenge at UK,26-29, June 2023. Out of 40 teams, it stood 24th position, Overall 16th in Flight Readiness, 20th in X-plane model, 19th in Flight demo. Team stood 2nd place, out of 200 teams participated in the TechnoXian WDRC ’22 event at New Delhi, during August 2022 & also won cash prize of Rs.25,000. Team participated in Vayurvya Rotor Craft Multi rotor competition at NMAMIT, Nitte during 9 – 10, Feb. 2024 & stood 2nd Position & won           50,000 Cash Prize. In the Startup Expo, IIT Guwhati during 23 Jan. 2024 , teamon 50,000 cash award. In MIT Quadrangle, team demonstrated autonomous drug delivery using drone. In the Student Expo, Manipal University Jaipur during 1 Oct. 2023 team was 1st Runner up & won 5,000 cash award. In the Technovanza 2023, Startup pitching, Mangalore on 11 Nov., 2023, team stood among top 10 startups

 Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Manikandan M

Department of Aeronautical & Automobile Engineering

manikandan.m@manipal.edu

Dronaid Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

1. Prakhar Ganeriwal (Technical Head)

2. Shreesha Agarwal (Management Head)

Team Mail ids:

dronaid@manipal.edu

dronaid.care@gmail.com

SWARM Robotics, (Smart Wireless Autonomous Robotics Manipal) established in 2017, to make a collective of multiple autonomous entities which are virtually independent of each other but interact and communicate with each other to reach a common goal, which may be simple tasks like mapping an unknown environment or complex tasks like performing search and rescue tasks in high-risk environments, hereby reducing the risk to human life. In BITS Pilani Goa's QUARK fest  during 16 – 18 Feb., 2024. team stood 1st Position. In Regatta 2.0 by IIT Bombay, Autodesk & DRDO    27 - 30, during June 2024 team won Autodesk award & cash prize Rs. 10000Currently the team is working on helium airship & advanced sensors and drivers being used by the team as a test bench for research in the field of autonomous swarms with a focus to make them more efficient and faster. Team has 2 conference publications to its credit, so far. Team alumni has a start-up namely Mirage.

Faculty Advisors:

1.Dr. Jeane Marina D'Souza

   Department of Mechatronics

   jeane.dsouza@manipal.edu

2.Dr. Ramya S Moorthy,

   Department of Mechatronics

  ramya.moorthy@manipal.edu

 S.W.A.R.M ROBOTICS Team Leaders, 2024 - 25:

1.Lakshya Patel (Team Leader)

2. Yashvee (Team Manager)

Team Mail id:

swarm@manipal.edu

Team Karting Manipal, founded in 2022, is the official Go-kart team in Manipal Institute of Technology. Team Karting Manipal aims to conceptualise, design, and manufacture a Go-Kart. In its first season, team will be taking part in the Indian Karting Race organised by the Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers at the Buddh International Circuit in Delhi. Team Karting Manipal takes pride in ensuring that the students get a hands-on, real-world experience to practically apply the knowledge they gain in the classrooms. Team participated in the Indian Karting Race (IKR) 2023 event held at at Buddh International Circuit, Noida, during October 2023 & stood Overall 4th in CV category, out of 26 teams. It also stood 1st  in Design, 2nd in Business Plan and Cost Report & 2nd in Weight Test. In 2024, team started its electric kart too.

Faculty Advisor:

For Combustion Team:

Dr. Arun Kumar H.S

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

arunkumar.hs@manipal.edu

For Electric Team:

Prof. D A P Prabhakar

Department of Mechatronics Engineering

pavan.prabhakar@manipal.edu

Team Karting Manipal Team Leaders, 2023 – 24:

1.    Nitya Jain (Team Manager)

2.    Akshat Tyagi (Team Leader - CV)

3.    Harshvardhan Loonawat (Team Leader – EV)

 Team Mail ids:

teamkarting.mit@manipal.edu

teamkarting.mit@gmail.com

Project Kalpana, started in 2023, is the only astronomy-based student project team that aims to design a radio telescope with the ability to detect and analyse radio emissions from Jupiter, Sun and hydrogen emissions from the Milky Way. The project has five domains - Mechanical, Automation, Electronics, Research and Development, and Management. The Mechanical domain is responsible for the structure and operation of the antenna and mount. Automation subsystem designs software algorithms and control systems to automate telescope operations. Electronics subsystem designs, constructs, and tests electronic components to operate the telescope and analyse data. Research and Development subsystem explores ideas and compiles observations into research papers. Management subsystem supervises project functioning, fulfils needs and oversees web development, graphics, and finance tasks. Project Kalpana is an excellent opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in real-world projects in astronomy, electronics, and mechanical engineering. Team has published 2 journal papers so far.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr.Pramod Kumar Shetty

Department of Physics

pramod.shetty@manipal.edu

Project Kalpana Team Leaders, 2023 - 24:

Rushit Rivankar(Team Leader)

Aaryica Talati(Team Manager)

Team Mail ids:

projectkalpana.mit@manipal.edu

projectkalpana.mit@gmail.com