Infotech Sponsors The SkyHawks

Infotech Enterprises Limited, a global engineering services company, has extended their support to TheSkyHawks. The company, based in Manikonda, Hyderabad (India) is sponsoring the the team for 2012 SAE Aero Design West competition to be held in March 2012. This takes the unique relationship of the Department of Aerospace at University of Petroleum & Energy Studies and Infotech to a greater height.

Rajendra V, Sr VP (Aerospace) &
Global Delivery Head, Infotech

Mr. Rajendra Velagapudi, the Senior Vice President & Global Delivery Head for Aerospace at Infotech said, "It is our endeavor to work with academic institutes to bring out more talent from the students and make them productive from day one when they join in the job", when asked about the role of CSR in industry-academia relations.

The team is proud to be associated with Infotech which operates all over the world and recently received the prestigious ASME LEadership Award 2011. The only other companies to receive the award are: Rodney Dreisbach, The Boeing Company, John Scullery and Apple Computers.

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Aero-designers battle it out on the global stage

Article published in Vijayawada edition of The Hindu, on October 29, 2011.

Sreetej Lakkam from the city , is part of a 10-member team of students from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, gearing up to take part in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design Competition 2012, slated for March at Los Angeles in the United States of America.

Christened as 'The SkyHawks', the team is eager to prove its prowess on a global platform that attracts participation of students from across the world. A three day event .. read more on The Hindu>

The SkyHawks Brochure Released for 2012 SAE Aero Design

Building on the strength of their 12th ranking internationally, The SkyHawks are gearing up for the next edition of the competition, this time held at Van Nuys, Los Angeles CA from March 16 to 18th, 2012. To better inform those following the team online as well parties interested in supporting and sponsoring them, a new edition of the InfoBrochure has been released. All information regarding the team, the university it is representing, it's past experience, photographs, plan, budget etc have been compiled into a 14 page booklet.

The original team of 6 (including Mukul Tandon, now an alumnus of UPES), has now 10 members working on the varied tasks demanded of the team in the competition. Retrospection and post competition review and analysis was completed in July this year, while a short list of structural designs was was arrived at in September. The team is working on optimizing their conceptual design for structural reliability and performance.

The PDF version of the brochure can be downloaded [here]. Those requiring a printed copy of the same may contact the captain Sagar Shah by dropping a mail on theskyhawks@gmail.com or post a comment below this article.