National Ecokart Championship

Team Octon Racing won the coveted Best Design Award consecutively at National EcoKart Championship 2017 & 2018

Team Octon secured the BEST DESIGN AWARD for two consecutive years. 11 students from Mechatronics department participated in the same. The eco-kart is one of the most successful projects by the students of Mechatronics department. The ecofriendly battery operated car, the team designed was awarded at all India eco-kart 2017 and 2018 for its aerodynamic curved body structure and virtuous aesthetic appearance with sportive features. Team Octon was guided by Dr. M Lokesh, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Sathyanarayana, HOD, Department of Mechatronics Engineering.

The eco-friendly kart was evaluated in three different stages:

1. Initial stage of evaluation:

Qualifier round for the main event was completely online through video conference. Here the teams were evaluated for project planning and optimization concepts to proceed for the next level

2. College level Technical Inspection evaluation:

In college level, a technical inspection was conducted. The kart satisfied all the required parameters as per the rule book of Eco kart and got qualified to the dynamic round

3. Final stage of design evaluation:

In the dynamic round, both the years the team OCTON Kart cleared and got great appreciation from the event organizers and were unequivocally crowned the Best Design - Eco Kart Award for the innovative design features.