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| Limitations to student projects in India Quote:
Agree with you Ajay. Every one who is into such projects in this country will strongly agree with me here. Indian corporates need to get more involved in such things. Because we are their future, nurturing us at this stage would help them and the automotive world in general in the future. They need to learn from their international counterparts. Citing a German example (without taking names):
This is just one example, this goes on for everything, from chassis to ECU. The international universities also have a lot of high-class infrastructure in house, because they work on a research model. While we here have a affiliated college model, with only the very basic facilities available to us. The corporates have these facilities, but they do not want to anyone except themselves to have access to them. (I am talking about simple stuff, dynamometers, test track, CMM machine, etc) If, that is not possible, atleast provide us with monetory help, so that we can access these things commercially. Talking specifically about my team, 2010 will be our fourth year, and 5th car. Initially, we were limited by our knowledge and experience, we were just getting our basics right. Now, (especially this year), we are very highly limited by the infrastructure, we have learnt enough and also have experience to make a world beating vehicle, but without the right infrastructure and industry help, we cannot achieve what we dream and even what we can. Now, government policies (or lack of policies when it comes to such things) kill the small budget we have. A lot of parts are just not available in india, eg. Engines and its spares, safety equipment, the required differentials, dampers, ECU, tires, etc. etc. This list goes on. When we import such stuff, we pay through our noses towards the custom duties. So, here we go, i might sound frustrated, but, I am, we all are, and we cant do anything about it.   We as a team have almost lost hope on the corporate world and have started looking at other non-corporate sources for our funds. Not all is bad, i take this opportunity to thank CII, ACMA, SIAM for providing us with this wonderful opportunity to showcase our talent at the AutoExpo, and TeamBHP for covering us, and for all other indirect help that it provides, viz. KnowHow, insider buzz, etc., etc. Last edited by jalsa777 : 14th January 2010 at 11:04. | |
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