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IIT Madras students develops Solar powered car ‘Aagneya’

Chennai, June 13 (UNI) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) students have designed, developed and built a solar-powered car.
Christened ‘Aagneya’, the car was developed by Team Agnirath from the Centre for Innovation (CFI), which is the largest student body in India
Team Agnirath is all set to take part in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025, the world’s foremost innovation challenge in solar technology that features a 3,000-km drive from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia from August 24 to 31.
Held once every two years, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge has welcomed the greatest minds from around the world to Australia to push the limits of technological innovation and travel the outback in an energy-efficient electric vehicle designed, engineered, and built by them and powered through solar energy.
Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, unveiled ‘Aagneya’ at the campus today in the presence of Prof. Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi, Dean (Students), IIT Madras, Prof. MS Sivakumar, Faculty Advisor, Team Agnirath, CFI-IIT Madras, Team Agnirath Students, CFI Staff and other stakeholders including Team Sponsors.
Expressing confidence in the technology developed by Team Agnirath, Prof. Kamakoti said, “I am sure this team will succeed. For this car to go to Australia, we need resources. We need to grow
the Institute, all of your start-ups to flourish and we want all of you to give back to the Institute so
that we can encourage more start-ups.”
“We are coming out with a very robust mechanism to support start-ups and take you to the next level. We had incubated more than 100 start-ups and filed more than 470 patents in the last financial year alone. We had the first IPO recently from an IIT Madras-incubated start-up. We plough the money
that comes back into other start-ups. The students must have the confidence that if they are part of start-up from IIT Madras, it will lead to an unicorn”, he said.
Faculty Advisor, Team Agnirath, CFI-IIT Madras, said, “It is an incredibly proud moment for me. All
the members of the team approached the challenge of building Aagneya (the solar car) with tireless dedication. I am a witness to the dynamic adaptation and relentless pursuit of their objective, like the ants gathering every ‘grain of mud’ and ‘food’ to bring their vision to life - the anthill. Truly inspiring. We are all absolutely thrilled to unveil the marvel they have created. It is a testament to their tenacity and capability.
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