June

Name: Vaibhav Brajendra Kumar

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Work in FM09: Design and fabrication of the FM09 Suspension.

Work in FM-X : Technical Head for the 2010 season. Responsible for design of FM-X as a whole, design and manufacturing of various suspension components, design of the FM-X bodywork and working with sparkies (electronics team) on DAQ.

Other Interests: Military vehicles, electric vehicles and composite materials.

After FM-X: In near future, I will be reading up to improve my FEA skills. I will also learn more about alternative approaches towards suspension design which are now possbile due to advancements in alternative powertains.

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April

Name: Pratik Shukla

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Sub-team: Structure

Work Done in FM-X: Chassis design and manufacturing

Other interests/ Hobbies : Listening to music.

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March

Name: Apurva Agarwal.

Branch: Mechanical Engineering.

Sub-team: Powertrain.

Work done in FM-X: Engine simulation on Ricardo WAVE, intake and exhaust manifold designing and manufacturing.

Other interests/ hobbies: Listening to good music and playing the guitar, playing basketball, and reading more of technical stuff.

After FM-X: Gear up for the 2011 season.

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February

Name: Akshat Gattani

Branch: Automobile Engineering

Sub-team: Vehicle Dynamics

Work Done in FM-X: Suspension Design , Calculations and Manufacturing.

Other interests/ Hobbies : playing football , listening to music , travelling and a little bit of singing .

After FM-X : After FM-X , i would like to work on modifying the car for FSAE India and prove at the competition that we are the BEST INDIAN FSAE team by winning it .

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January

Name: Arnab Singh

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

December

Name: Satyajeet Pisda

Branch: Industrial & Production Engg.

Subteam: Structure Team.

Work in FM-X: Chassis design and manufacturing.

Other Interests: Net surfing , learning 3D modelling and analysis software , defence technology.

After FM-X: I want to join Indian Defence to serve my country.

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November

Name: Aaditya Vikram Agarwal

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Subteam: Management

Work in FM09: Design and fabrication of the FM09 chassis. The official Formula Manipal TiG Welder.

Work in FM-X : Team Manager for the 2010 season.Responsible for sponsorship co-ordination, Media, PR,college liaison and accounting. I am still the official Formula Manipal TiG Welder though.

Other Interests: Finance, Marketing, Process Optimization, Investment. Apart from reading a lot of books, I like playing football, although its been quite long since I did that.

After FM-X: I will be joining my Dad’s business back in Nepal after I have seen FM-X complete the Endurance event.

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October

Name: Anshuman Singh

Branch: Mechanical Engineering

Sub Team: Structure Team

Work in FM-X: Chassis design and manufacturing.Also helping out Management team in finding sponsors.

Other interest / hobbies: Painting (have won a few competitions), learning guitar, reading novels.

What you want to do after FM-X: Although I am a mechanical engineer, I would like to be a part of something which involves creative design.

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September

Name: Dhawal Bavishi

Branch: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sub-team: Electronics

Work done in FM08: Media & Sponsorship

Work done in FM09: Electrical & Electronics

Other Interests/ Hobbies: Playing the piano, lead guitar and bass guitar. Currently the bassist for metal band eXiled.

What you want to do after FM: Return to normal life after long years of eXile from it … naah! probably not! … … Something to do with Electronic Design and Development in Robotics.

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