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Maruti Suzuki and Supra SAEINDIA to promote young talent

Bookmark and Share Maruti Suzuki India Limited, India’s leading car manufacturer, is all set to provide a brighter future to a number of young, enthusiastic and talented engineering students. Maruti Suzuki and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAEINDIA) signed an agreement today to support the SUPRA SAEINDIA 2011 competition. This competition promotes young engineering talent for automobile engineering and facilitates participants to conceive, design and fabricate formula-1 style sports cars.

The agreement was signed by Mr Shashank Shrivastava, Chief General Manager (Marketing) Maruti Suzuki and Dr V Sumantran Chairman, SUPRA SAEINDIA, in the city.

The signing ceremony was graced by industry stalwarts including Dr Richard Kleine, President SAE International, Dr David Schutt, CEO SAE International, Mr Murli Iyer Executive Advisor, SAE International, Mr IV Rao, Managing Executive Officer (Engineering) Maruti Suzuki, Dr KC Vora, Deputy Director and Head, ARAI Academy, Mr Bharat Vedak, Executive Vice President, John Deere and Prof Sudhir Gupte, Convenor Supra SAEINDIA,


Young engineers get a platform

    * 1100 aspiring engineers
    * 44 teams
    * Designing Formula 1 type  car
    * SAEINDIA encourages budding talent

SUPRA SAEINDIA contest originated through the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) USA promises a level playing field to budding under graduate and post graduate engineers across India. The contest provides an opportunity to showcase their skills, understanding and passion for automobiles. The contest will see 44 teams create their dream  cars and test at the renowned Madras Motorsport Club race tracks near Chennai. The winning car will be displayed at Asia Pacific Automotive Conference at Chennai in Oct‘11 and Auto Expo’12.

Maruti Suzuki Cars actively promotes motorsports through various initiatives like Raid-de Himalaya, Desert Storm, Dakshin Dare, will provide engines to all participating teams in this initiative. Bharat Petroleum is the co-sponsor of the competition. Other sponsors include John Deere, SRM University and Vel Tech University. ARAI, Pune is sponsoring Engineering Design Award and ANSYS will provide training to the teams and provide simulation and design software.
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Posted by Prashant Gandhi on 15 March, 2011 1:24:28 PM IST #