Aerophilia 2019- ISRO Hackathon & Air Show at Sahyadri College on 20-21 September

Aerophilia 2019- ISRO Hackathon & Air Show at Sahyadri College on 20-21 September

 Mangaluru : Addressing the media persons during a press meet held at Mangalore Press Club, Johnson Tellis – CEO of Goal Information Technology Solutions and the Head of Project Management, SHINE, based at Sahyadri College, Adyar-Mangaluru said, ” Team Challengers of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru is a group of dedicated undergraduate students from various disciplines of engineering who’ve made it their collective goal to explore and triumph the world of Aeronautics and Robotics. With the use of cutting edge technology, we strive to solve problems of social importance. The Team is hosting Sahyadri’s flagship event, Aerophilia 2019 on the 20th and 21st of September. Aerophilia is a two-day national event that has given wings to innovative thinking to budding engineers and innovators in the past and strives to continue to do so”

Gowri Hiremath – Event Co-Ordinator said, “Why be a part of Aerophilia? : With events that boost the healthy competitive spirit of our country’s youth, this event is a great way to gain exposure and widen one’s social and professional network. This fest is an opportunity for young school kids to come marvel at the wonders of science and meet and interact with eminent personalities so as to gain an interest in Science and technology. What you can expect from this year’s event ? This year we shall be expecting a crowd of about 1,500 people. An air show is being conducted by well-known national flyers. This is on the verge of being South India’s biggest RC air show “.

Swathi Moolya – Event Co-Ordinator also speaking said, ” The real attention grabber is the Hackathon that ISRO will be organising in our college during the event and there will be a wide plethora of participants attending it. This is the first ever hackathon being conducted by ISRO to find applications for the NAVIC chip (India’s very own navigation system). The students will get to experience first hand, India’s finest technology. The ISRO representatives will be there to provide round the clock guidance for the participants. The Representatives from ISRO will also be giving highly informative technical talks during the course of the event”.

Also speaking Abdul Shameer – Chief Co-Ordinator said, “Along with this, there will be multiple events such as- On Day 1: ● Aero-modelling ● Drone Race ● Photography ● Tug of Bots ● ISRO Hackathon ● Air-show ● Treasure Hunt ● CS:GO ● Technical Talk ● Water Rocket ● Glider Workshop ● Rubik’s Cube; and on Day 2: ● Paper Presentation ● Technical talk ● Paper Plane ● Robo-Sumo ● Open RC Plane Flying ● Death Race”. Vasanth Kedige-the media coordinator was also present during the press meet.

AEROPHILIA 2019 SCHEDULE :

Day 1 (20 Sept 2019)

8:00 am- Aeromodelling Reporting Time(BACK GROUND); Drone Race Reporting Time(FRONT GROUND); On spot Registration(REGISTRATION DESK)

8:30 am- Photography Competition reporting time(REGISTRATION DESK)

9:00-Tug of Bots First Round Begins (INFRONT OF XEROX CENTRE)

10:00-Inauguration and Air Show Begins(BACK GROUND)

12:00 noon- ISRO Hackathon reporting time (FIRST FLOOR SEMINAR HALL)

13:00-Treasure Hunt Reporting Time (OPEN GYM)

13:30-Treasure Hunt Begins; CS:GO Begins (HANDS-ON LAB SECOND FLOOR)

14:00-Water Rocket First Round Begins(BEHIND HOSTEL); ISRO Hackathon begins; Rubik’s cube reporting time(MECHANICAL MANTAP); Workshop on gliders (NETRAVATHI AUDITORIUM)

17:30- BINGO COMEDY ADDA (NETRAVATHI AUDITORIUM); Cultural Program Begins(NETRAVATHI AUDITORIUM)

Day 2 (21 Sept 2019)-

7:30 am- Aero-modelling Reporting(BACK GROUND)

8:30-Drone Race Competition Begins(FRONT GROUND); Photography Competition continues

9:00- Death Race First Round Begins(BADMINTON COURT); Paper presentation reporting time(SECOND FLOOR MBA CLASS ROOM); Treasure hunt reporting time(OPEN GYM)

9:30- Technical Talk by Ashwin Shetty(MECHANICAL SEMINAR HALL)

10:00- Technical Talk by Wg cdr Polu Sreedhar(SECOND FLOOR SEMINAR HALL); Paper plane competition begins(OPEN AUDITORIUM)

10:30- Robo Sumo Begins(OUTSIDE CANTEEN)

16:00- Valedictory Function(BACK GROUND)

GUEST LIST FOR AEROPHILIA 2019-on Day 1 : 20/09/2019 :

MANEESH SAXENA- Deputy Director, Industry Interface-Satnav Program Office-ISRO Department of space; AKHILESHWAR REDDY P-Deputy Director, Industry Interface-Satnav Program Office, ISRO Department of space; Cdr. T.R.A. NARAYANA- (Retd) (INDIAN NAVY); PANKAJ ROY-Indian Defence Explosive Expert; Dr P S HARSHA, IPS- Commissioner of Police; ASWIN L SHETTY-Sr Rural Education Trust, Ex Airbus Employee; ABHAY PAWAR – Senior Director of User Experience and Ex Head Experience Design Infosys; RAGHAVENDRA B S- Direct At Model Aerosports; VISHAL RAO- Kinetic Hobbies; Dr. HANSARAJ ALVA-General Physician and consultant; Dr. ANAND VENUGOPAL- Professor in the Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, KMC)

Day 2 : 21/09/2019 :

Cdr. POLU SREEDHAR- Coo Terradrones, Director Big Impact Concepts; Cdr. T.R.A. NARAYANAN-(Retd) (INDIAN NAVY); PANKAJ ROY- Indian Defence Explosive Expert; VISHAL RAO- Kinetic Hobbies; ASWIN L SHETTY-Sr Rural Education Trust, Ex Airbus Employee

For further details visit www.aerophilia.com