CHANDIGARH- October 10, 2012: SAEINDIA, is an affiliate society of SAE international
registered in India as a non-profit engineering and scientific society dedicated to the
advancement of mobility industry in India. EFFI-CYCLE 2012, an initiative of SAEINDIA
Northern Section, aims to provide an opportunity for young
engineers to explore the ‘Environmental Friendly and Economical’ solutions for the day
to day mobility needs.
EFFI-CYCLE 2012 is an inter collegiate design cum race competition being
hosted at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, PU,
Chandigarh from October 12 to 14, 2012 sponsored by Maruti Suzuki India
Limited, Spark Minda, ICAT, Altair, Vee Gee Automotives parts, Victoria Tools, Lumax,
Motherson Sumi Systems Limited and Subros .The task is to design, fabricate, and
validate an electrically assisted human power driven three wheeled vehicle, capable of
seating two persons. The event will commence from 12th October where 62 qualified teams
from various engineering colleges across India including 4 IIT’s, BITS Pilani,
PEC, U.I.E.T,    IGIT Delhi, would compete against each other. The Grand finale is the
Endurance Race which will take place on October 14 on 1.4 Km circuit track suitably
prepared at UIET campus where finally teams will drive their vehicles for maximum number
of laps.
EFFI-CYCLE provides an opportunity to young engineering students to set up
a trend of designing and fabricating eco-friendly vehicles in India and pioneering the
creation of innovative designs.
The Human Powered Vehicle would cater to the day-to-day mobility needs of
people; also at the same time sensitize young minds towards fuel
conservation. These vehicles would be engineered to comply with the
fundamentals of ergonomics at the same time being dynamically stable and
endure to last more.
For more details please feel free to visit http://effi.saenis.org/ and contact Sahil
9417971154, Ashish 9023151239.  
Press Note No.487
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