Mysore: The taking off of an 'aircraft' from the premises of Indian Institute of Science was, in fact, the realization of yearlong efforts by a team of two engineering students Eshaan M Khanpuri and Sukeerth Calastawad. They have conceptualized the 'aircraft' to participate in SAE International Aero Design contest, and they had been working on it from two years.
It is for the first time in the history of Mysore in general, and Visvesvaraya Technological University in particular, that two students are taking part at SAE International Aero Design contest. The two-member team is of the 75 teams from across the world to take part in the three-day contest to be held at Van Nuys, California (USA), from April 12.
Eshaan and Sukeerth are the second year students of electrical and electronics and mechanical engineering, respectively, in Maharaja Institute of Technology. Professor Y T Krishne Gowda has guided them to develop the micro-class aircraft to participate in the contest.
05/04/13 Yashaswini S N/Times of India
