Madurai: Three third-year students of the Kalasalingam University in Virudhunagar district have proved that the sky is not the limit for them by bagging the first prize in the 'Aero Design and Fabrication' contest held in Hyderabad recently.
The trio who are students of mechanical engineering, come from varied backgrounds. R Sowminarayanan, A Venketesh, and J Selvaraj jumped at the opportunity to participate in the competition conducted by the southern section of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). They passed the first level of making the model of a glider with paper, based on a design provided to them and topped the district level. They also stood first in the state-level competition and went on to enter the national-level finals held at Hyderabad early this month.
According to Sowminarayanan, who wants to become a pilot, flying and aircrafts were always in his blood, as his great grandfather had been a pilot in the Indian air force in the pre-independence era.
12/10/12 Padmini Sivarajah/Times of India
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The trio who are students of mechanical engineering, come from varied backgrounds. R Sowminarayanan, A Venketesh, and J Selvaraj jumped at the opportunity to participate in the competition conducted by the southern section of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). They passed the first level of making the model of a glider with paper, based on a design provided to them and topped the district level. They also stood first in the state-level competition and went on to enter the national-level finals held at Hyderabad early this month.
According to Sowminarayanan, who wants to become a pilot, flying and aircrafts were always in his blood, as his great grandfather had been a pilot in the Indian air force in the pre-independence era.
12/10/12 Padmini Sivarajah/Times of India
