Mumbai Eng college team first in Asia in aeronautical design

A team from an engineering college in the city has bagged the first position in Asia in an international competition in Aeronautical design held in USA last month.
The team 'Aerosols' of Anjuman-I-Islam's M H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Mumbai stood first in Asia in the international competition held on March 13-14 at Lakeland, Florida, USA, said a release here.
The annual event, held since 1986, was organized by Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International in cooperation with Lockheed Martin, USA and Dassault Systems, France, the release said.
Altogether 75 teams from all over the world participated in this mega event. Among them were IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur and VIT Vellore, the release said.

Team Aerosouls also bagged second highest award in the 'advanced class' category of aeronautical designs and stood third in the 'micro class' of SAE design. However, it stood first among the teams in Asia, the release added.
Commenting on the achievement of the students, the President of the Anjuman-i-Islam Dr Zahir I Kazi said, "other students will get inspired from these achievements and they will also showcase their talents to get reward and recognition worldwide. The team has been performing consistently and the college is proud of them."
Last year, the Saboo Siddik Students stood first in Micro Class at International Level and First in Asia in Advanced Class. "Also, in 2013, we were first in Asia," Kazi said.