Nirma varsity team wins automation competition
TEAM ‘CON-SOL-E 4.0’ from Institute of Technology, NIRMA University won the 5th Mitsubishi Electric Cup receiving Rs1,00,000 and a winner trophy.
The two-day National Level Automation Competition witnessed tough competition among 35 teams, exhibiting projects on the theme “Visualising IoT Solutions for Smart Automation’.
All the participating teams were mentored by Mitsubishi Electric India’s technical team and were provided with the essential Mitsubishi Electric’s Factory Automation products such as Programable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), Servo Motors, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) etc., to showcase their solution based model for smart manufacturing.
“MIRAI”, a team from Agni College of Technology, Tamil Nadu bagged the second position, receiving Rs 75,000 and Runner up Trophy; and Team “CORONA” from CVR College of Engineering, Telangana ranked third in the competition with prize money of Rs50,000 and Trophy.
Another award category, the ‘Most Popular Team’ was awarded to Team “The ECO Warriors” from Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Haryana. An appreciation prize of Rs10,000, along with appreciation certificates were given to the top 15 teams. — TNS
