STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS

IEM, Kolkata

Team Cygnus of Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, ranked first in the All India Conventional Hybrid EFFI-CYCLE Competition, 2022. The team also got the Best CAE Award in conventional hybrid segment. Team Cygnus was honored with awards, cash prize and appreciation by the hosts.

EFFI-CYCLE is a national level competition conducted by SAE NIS every year. The event prides itself in being one of the top inter-collegiate automobile enhancement competition for engineering students in India. This year, the EFFI-CYCLE competition was organized at LPU, Punjab. The event required participants to design and fabricate a two-seater hybrid vehicle (electric motor + human effort) in tadpole configuration. This time (13th season - Power enhancement season), 42 teams from across the country registered and competed.

In this fierce competition among equals, Team Cygnus of the SAE IEM Collegiate Club emerged victorious. The team comprised students from the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department. The vehicle was designed and fabricated in-house under the guidance and constant support of the team’s faculty advisor, Prof. Dr. Rahul Baidya.