Engineering students wheel in the future

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At an inter-college design competition held by the SAE India (Society for Automobile Engineering) at Chandigarh, engineering students from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology stood first in the Andhra Pradesh contest, securing eight positions in India for a technological breakthrough. They designed a battery-powered rickshaw.
The competition requirement was to design and create an energy-efficient human powered three wheeled electric vehicle, advertised through a website. The college faculty formed a team of eight enthusiastic students who created the rickshaw through funds provided by the college.
About 140 colleges participated from all over India out of which 65 were shortlisted. It’s a regular rickshaw which two people could ride together, fitted with paddles with an additional eco-friendly battery run motor that could aid older or fatigued out riders to proceed with ease. The rickshaw that is on display at the college campus is now being modified to run on solar energy.

(Based on Timesofindia.indiatimes.com)