Moodabidre: MITE students from the department of Aeronautical Engineering participated in the Hover Pod Challenge and won the Second Place

Moodabidre: Glorifying the name of the college, Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, a group of 5 members Kavyashree C M, Yuktha N Gowdaz Shreya S, Prachi Sahu and Nithyashree U from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering students  participated in the HOVER POD Challenge and won the SECOND PLACE held in IIT kharagpur organized by National Space Students Challenge (NSSC).

The students who participated in the events are Adarsh T, Swathira, Shreesha K J, Akshay Kamath, Jayantha, Junaid M J, Kavyashree C M, Prachi Sahu, Yuktha N Gowda, Shreya S and Nithyashree U. A total number of 26 teams participated in the National level competition including various IIT and NIT college teams. The challenge was to build a hover board based on the specifications provided before-hand. The hover board had to cross various obstacles, travel on water and reach the finish line. Based on the precision working of the hover board, skill of the controller and the accurate path followed, marks will be provided. This is the second consecutive time MITE students have participated in the national level hover pod challenge and bagged the prize. MITE has won the 1^st & 2^nd prize HOVERPOD Competition in the previous year 2018 .