All female team from Hyderabad one of the main attraction in All Terrain Vehicle Championship

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.