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The all female team from Hyderabad proves to be one of the main
attraction in the All Terrain Vehicles Championship kick starts from Saturday
in Vadodara. The team make the vehicle in five to six months time and came here
to compete with top colleges of the country.
This is season third of the championship league organise for the first
time in Vadodara. 16 states are participating in the event with 100 teams which
includes 10 teams from Gujarat with 2 teams from Vadodara itself. It is
significant to note here that for the first time in Gujarat and in the history
of this competition, it has been organized by a District Administration in the
country by coordinating with industrial and commercial organizations with
amalgamation of engineering and technical educational institutes.
In the current competition, the winning teams will be given a prize of
Rs 8 Lakhs for the best combustion engine and Rs 4 Lakhs for the electric
powered vehicle. There may be chances for the top five competitors to compete
in the International A.T.V.C Racing Championship.
The team from B.V. Raju Institute of Technology Hyderabad consists of
female students of Mechanical and Electrical streams. This is the only female
19 students team in the event lead by Apurva Gattu and rider Sathvika.
The team proves a perfect example of women empowerment as they designed
their vehicle in five to six months time to compete in the national level
championship. District collector Shalini Agrawal welcomed the team and
appreciated their effort to participate in the tournament. It’s because of her
efforts the championship is organised in Vadodara along with a mega job fair.
She along with MP Ranjan Bhatt, MLA Seema Mohile and Manisha Vakil inaugurated
the ATVC and witness the creativity of the students in designing the vehicles.
Team captain Apurva Gattu said, after the theorical study the team
designed the All Terrain vehicle in five to six months time in their college.
They form five each members teams and distributed work of design, production,
sponsorship and managment to design the vehicle. While designing it we listen
from people about the male only do this work. Hence we took it as a challenge
and complete the design involving only females team and prove the world that we
can do anything.
She further said that after the rigorous efforts of five to six months
they came here to participate in the championship and proud to know that they
are the only female team competing here. The Vadodara district collector
Shalini Agrawal also welcomed us and motivate us with her inspiring words. We
now decide to compete not only in Vadodara but in every championships all
across the country.
The five days event will witness top colleges compete in various
categories and the only female team from Hyderabad will not only be one of
attraction but can give hard time to the participating teams.