
ASIA'S BIGGEST SOLAR CAR EVENT
400 + SOLAR CAR MANUFACTURED | 500+ TEAMS PARTICIPATED | 22 STATES
SEVEN SUCCESSFUL SEASONS

ADVENTURE CLASS
This class requires teams to build a single seated solar vehicle.

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SOLAR CHALLENGE OF INDIA

CROSS PAD ROUND
Checking maneuverability of vehicle to ensure a perfect steering.

ACCELERATION TEST
Test to assess vehicle speed in time domain.

HILL CLIMB
Judging ability of Vehicle to Climb an inclination.

OFF ROAD ROUND
Challenging your vehicle handling ability through Off-road conditions to create real driving environment.

SOLAR PERFORMANCE TEST
Evaluating vehicle’s capability to run one solar power solely.

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ISIE- ELECTRIC SOLAR VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP-ESVC
Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) is Asia’s largest solar event which started by Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE, An ISO 9001:2008 & Associate Member of FMSCI and SFI, National Youth Award Winner by Ministry of Youth Affairs, Recommended by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India) in year 2013. The basic objective is to raise awareness among future generation of engineers about renewable energy resources and push them for development in this sector, all of this while making it fun for them. Hence, they are required to build a Solar-Electric vehicle to compete among themselves.
Vehicle build by student/Faculty/professional as per Adventure and professional class regulation must meet the strict specification of the Rulebook. The teams participating design and manufacture their vehicles which is ergonomically sound, dynamically stable, light in weight and solar powered, along with all these they are fun to drive at the same time.
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First being pre-virtual round which is compulsory for each team to attend. In this round a SDP will held in which experts from industries associated to our cause share their knowledge about vehicle design, vehicle dynamics and how teams can manufacture solar panel, Power pack, BMS and various innovative & safety features for the vehicle.
Second stage being one in which teams start designing their vehicles on basis of knowledge they have gained during previous stage. Before manufacturing each team submits their design report, calculations, idea to us which our technical experts verify and advise them (if any error, wrong approach, incomplete detail are found).
Third stage being the dynamic round which is a different experience in itself. In this round the teams arrive with their vehicles ready, which are made to go through series of tests and inspection. The final round have many dynamic and static rounds to test vehicle durability,speed, strength and knowledge of team.
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ESVC SEASON 8.0 IN 2021
ESVC is Asia’s Biggest Solar Challenge. ISIEINDIA organised 7 Successful season of ESVC with consistency of improvement in Vehicle quality, innovations and dedication of teams. The Event (ESVC) is recognized solar car chain event by International Solar Car Federation in India. ESVC 3000+ is an authorised part of Electric Vehicle Mission 2030 by NITI AAYOG, Gov. of India.

Our History
History of Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) goes back to 2013 when the founder &President of ISIE-India, Mr. Vinod Gupta had a vision, a dream of Solar/Electric Mobility. An India which was efficient, resourceful and world leader in machines powered by green and renewable energy sources. Believing in ideology – “Youth is the future of a nation. To change a nation one must change the thinking process of the youth.” Following this principle to achieve his dream he launched ESVC 2013, at a mere age of 22 years, as an initiative to encourage the future engineers of our country towards building a vehicle which can run on the most abundant natural resource on our planet – solar energy.

PARTICIPATION

SPEED ACHIEVED
This year due to pandemic, 7th Season of Asia’s Biggest Electric Solar Vehicle Championship didn’t happened in the Month of March 2020 at Chandigarh University. As life must go on the same way Learning must go on, it should not stop due to an outbreak. ISIEINDIA has taken a decision to organize Virtual ESVC 2020 with only Static Rounds.
7th Season of ISIE- Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) has been organized virtually from 09th October 2020 to 11th October 2020 in association with Chandigarh University. Event started with the Opening Ceremony on 09th October 2020 that happened virtually. Our Chief Guest Dr. K.C Vora (Sr. Dy. Director & Head, ARAI) and Our Special Guest Mr. Arindam Lahiri (CEO, ASDC) & Mr. Venugopal Rao Nellutla (President, ETO Motors). The arrival of our Guests and all delegates was received by Mr. Vinod Gupta (President, ISIEINDIA)
Our Chief Guest also presented his speech to all present delegates and team captains which emphasizes on the importance of the use of Renewable Energy resources and the need of technology improvement. The conventional use of solar power and the improvement in technology through this type of events is a remarkable thing, He added.
Teams showcased their skills in various static rounds like Business Plan &Cost Presentation, Innovation Presentation, Design Presentation, and Autonomous Presentation. Teams from 20+ States from different Engineering colleges have participated in the event.
Team Daksh from NIT Jalandar, Punjab won title of the Champion & Team Solarium from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra won the title of Runner Up of the event.
Thank You for all your support and making this event more successful by your presence and we are looking forward for more support and participation in this solar event cum solar research project.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual North Zone
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
This Year 50+ teams came with their designed and manufactured Solar-Electric car and 30 teams qualified for the final Race of Event. Guest from Ministries and OEM’s visited this Event Cum Solar research Project.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual-South Zone
Pre-Virtual-North Zone
The Event was inaugurated on 27th March 2018 in the presence of our Chief Guest, Shri Kamlakar Babu (VC & Managing Director, NREDCAP) and our special guests, Mr. Nanda Kumar(Head Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, BOSCH), Mr. Venu Gopal Rao (Head Business Development, Lohia Auto), Mr. Vikram Reddy (Technical Head, Lohia Auto) and Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi (CEO, Innolabz).
During the event many guests visited the event and motivated our youth by interactions and Guest lectures like Mr. T N Sundar (Corporate Manager- Tyre Uniformity,Race & Rally, MRF), Sri K. V. Vishnu Raju (Chairman SVECW) and Mr. Deny P Julice (TCS), Mr. Nanda Kumar (Expert Hybrid & Electric Vehicle, Bosch), Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.) & Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Enginer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.).
On 1st April, Our Chief Guest Shri SK Jagwani (Director, MNRE), Guest of Honour, Mr. KC Vora(Deputy Director , ARAI & Chairman SAE India) and special guests Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Engineer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Sri. KVR Kishore Babu(General Manager – HR, Schwing Stetter India Pvt Ltd), Sri. J Muniratnam (Chairman Aerospace, SAE INDIA), Dr. Rajinder Kumar Soni(Professor, Deenbandhu Chottu Ram University of Science & Technology) & Sri R. Ravichandran(Vice Chairman, SVES) interacted with Final Round Teams , flagged off the Endurance Round of ESVC18 and distributed the Awards to winning Teams during valedictory ceremony.
First time, An HR Meet organised during the motorsport event. ISIEINDIA in collaboration with Innolabz and SVECW organised the HR Meet on 2nd April on the very important topics of today’s scenario, Employability and Design & Innovation in Sustainable E-Mobility.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone 1
Pre-Virtual South Zone 2
Pre-Virtual North Zone 1
Pre-Virtual North Zone 2
Pre-Virtual West Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
The event was inaugurated by Arish (Additional SP, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh) and Dr. K. Lakshmi Narayana (Director APSSDC, Andhra Pradesh). 85 out of 130 teams qualified for the dynamic event.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
Pre-Virtual West Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
ESVC 16 was inaugurated by Rajendra Shukla (Minister of New and Renewable Energy Sources), Shri Manu Srivastava (MD Urja Vikas Nigam), Shri Rameshwar Sharma (MLA, Bhopal) and many honourable dignitaries. ESVC 16 was also appreciated by Mr. Roy Jacob (Director, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)). The final race was flagged by Mr.C.P. Sharma (Chairman, CII, and owner of Daulat Ram Industries).

ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
This event was appreciated by Director Punjab Energy Development, top industries, professors, and media personals too.

ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
This year due to pandemic, 7th Season of Asia’s Biggest Electric Solar Vehicle Championship didn’t happened in the Month of March 2020 at Chandigarh University. As life must go on the same way Learning must go on, it should not stop due to an outbreak. ISIEINDIA has taken a decision to organize Virtual ESVC 2020 with only Static Rounds.
7th Season of ISIE- Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) has been organized virtually from 09th October 2020 to 11th October 2020 in association with Chandigarh University. Event started with the Opening Ceremony on 09th October 2020 that happened virtually. Our Chief Guest Dr. K.C Vora (Sr. Dy. Director & Head, ARAI) and Our Special Guest Mr. Arindam Lahiri (CEO, ASDC) & Mr. Venugopal Rao Nellutla (President, ETO Motors). The arrival of our Guests and all delegates was received by Mr. Vinod Gupta (President, ISIEINDIA)
Our Chief Guest also presented his speech to all present delegates and team captains which emphasizes on the importance of the use of Renewable Energy resources and the need of technology improvement. The conventional use of solar power and the improvement in technology through this type of events is a remarkable thing, He added.
Teams showcased their skills in various static rounds like Business Plan &Cost Presentation, Innovation Presentation, Design Presentation, and Autonomous Presentation. Teams from 20+ States from different Engineering colleges have participated in the event.
Team Daksh from NIT Jalandar, Punjab won title of the Champion & Team Solarium from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra won the title of Runner Up of the event.
Thank You for all your support and making this event more successful by your presence and we are looking forward for more support and participation in this solar event cum solar research project.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual North Zone
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
This Year 50+ teams came with their designed and manufactured Solar-Electric car and 30 teams qualified for the final Race of Event. Guest from Ministries and OEM’s visited this Event Cum Solar research Project.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual-South Zone
Pre-Virtual-North Zone
The Event was inaugurated on 27th March 2018 in the presence of our Chief Guest, Shri Kamlakar Babu (VC & Managing Director, NREDCAP) and our special guests, Mr. Nanda Kumar(Head Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, BOSCH), Mr. Venu Gopal Rao (Head Business Development, Lohia Auto), Mr. Vikram Reddy (Technical Head, Lohia Auto) and Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi (CEO, Innolabz).
During the event many guests visited the event and motivated our youth by interactions and Guest lectures like Mr. T N Sundar (Corporate Manager- Tyre Uniformity,Race & Rally, MRF), Sri K. V. Vishnu Raju (Chairman SVECW) and Mr. Deny P Julice (TCS), Mr. Nanda Kumar (Expert Hybrid & Electric Vehicle, Bosch), Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.) & Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Enginer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.).
On 1st April, Our Chief Guest Shri SK Jagwani (Director, MNRE), Guest of Honour, Mr. KC Vora(Deputy Director , ARAI & Chairman SAE India) and special guests Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella (Head – CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Mr. V V Satyanarayana(Lead Engineer DesignCOE – R&D Powertrain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.), Sri. KVR Kishore Babu(General Manager – HR, Schwing Stetter India Pvt Ltd), Sri. J Muniratnam (Chairman Aerospace, SAE INDIA), Dr. Rajinder Kumar Soni(Professor, Deenbandhu Chottu Ram University of Science & Technology) & Sri R. Ravichandran(Vice Chairman, SVES) interacted with Final Round Teams , flagged off the Endurance Round of ESVC18 and distributed the Awards to winning Teams during valedictory ceremony.
First time, An HR Meet organised during the motorsport event. ISIEINDIA in collaboration with Innolabz and SVECW organised the HR Meet on 2nd April on the very important topics of today’s scenario, Employability and Design & Innovation in Sustainable E-Mobility.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone 1
Pre-Virtual South Zone 2
Pre-Virtual North Zone 1
Pre-Virtual North Zone 2
Pre-Virtual West Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
The event was inaugurated by Arish (Additional SP, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh) and Dr. K. Lakshmi Narayana (Director APSSDC, Andhra Pradesh). 85 out of 130 teams qualified for the dynamic event.
ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
Pre-Virtual West Zone
Pre-Virtual East Zone
ESVC 16 was inaugurated by Rajendra Shukla (Minister of New and Renewable Energy Sources), Shri Manu Srivastava (MD Urja Vikas Nigam), Shri Rameshwar Sharma (MLA, Bhopal) and many honourable dignitaries. ESVC 16 was also appreciated by Mr. Roy Jacob (Director, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)). The final race was flagged by Mr.C.P. Sharma (Chairman, CII, and owner of Daulat Ram Industries).

ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
This event was appreciated by Director Punjab Energy Development, top industries, professors, and media personals too.

ROUNDS
Final Round
Pre-Virtual South Zone
Pre-Virtual North Zone
ESVC VERTICALS
ESVC HAS THREE TYPE OF EVENT, DESIGNED TO ENGAGE EVERY AGE AND EVERY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND STUDENTS & PROFESSIONALS.

ESVC- ENGINEERING
This event is the conventional type championship in which students/professional’s team can participate and manufacture Adventure or Professional category solar car to compete with other teams in final event including various static and dynamic rounds at a defined venue.

ESVC 3000+
We believe our Indian youth is ready to manufacture commercial level solar car which can run on public roads. This challenge will take place in September 2021, Vehicle starting from Delhi to Pune (Approx 1600 Km). Event is inspire by Bridgestone World Solar Challenge-BWSC, Australia.

ESVC- JUNIOR
ESVC-JUNIOR is a National level solar energy education program and championship for 6th – 12th standard school students. Student teams design, build and race high performance solar powered remote controlled cars.
Explore stunning journey of Six Successful ESVC Seasons

ESVC19 Season 6.0
Chandigarh University, Punjab

ESVC18 Season 5.0
Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, AP

ESVC17 Season 4.0
Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, AP

ESVC16 Season 3.0
Radharaman Group of Institution, Bhopal, MP

ESVC15 Season 2.0
Maharashi Markendshwar University, Amabala, Haryana

ESVC14 Season 1.0
Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab
CLASSES-ESVC20
ADVENTURE CLASS:
This class requires teams to build a single seated solar vehicle. The idea behind this being for a person to be able to go out on a solo ride. These will be fast and light in weight, creating an ultimate cruising experience for the riders, explorers, and adventurers who like to their car out and drive just for the immense pleasure that they get from that. The idea is to encourage participants to build a solar powered machine which everyone would like to drive and take it out on a solo trip just because they want to.




PROFESSIONAL CLASS:
This class of vehicle is meant not only for the rider but more. The participants are supposed to build a solar-powered vehicle that can carry at least two occupants along with the driver. The idea is to encourage participants to build a solar car not just for the rider but for their companion too. That one person or a group of persons that they would like to take on a trip.




WHY TO PARTICIPATE IN ESVC?

MINISTRY APPRECIATION
ESVC is appreciated by PMO (Prime Minister Office) & Noted by R & D Solar Division- MNRE INDIA ( Ref. No. PMOPG/E/2016/0164898) for research project & ESVC is recommended by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Gov. of India.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
ISIE provides the opportunity to represent vehicle made by students at international level along with more than 200 industries so that they can represent their vehicle to many multinational companies & ministries for Start Up Fund and Research Project.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
ISIE gives opportunity to Team participants to publish original Research, Reviewed Paper, Survey Paper, Case Study & Academic articles at Imperial International Journal and can build their academic reputation.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Participants from companies will get golden opportunity to develop business opportunities and technology development. They will also get a chance to recruit the top Engineers.

PRIZE MONEY
ESVC 20 has 22 Prize category and Team have opportunity to win upto W₹ 16,03,000/-

NAME & FAME
ESVC Teams and associated colleges get opportunity to be popular/famous not only in its state but nationally through media, our website and promotions for supporting & working in the field green technology development.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT
ESVC is the global Platform for research & Development on Solar Powered Vehicle, to learn how to make a Solar car by our industrial experts and learn team work.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
E-mobility is the future of automobile sector with ample amount of startup opportunity and business.
WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT ESVC?






Our Delegates

Shri Gurpreet Singh Kangar
Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Punjab

Shri. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Minister, Cooperation & Jail, Govt. of Punjab

Shri Kelachandra Joseph George
Minister of large and medium size industry, Govt of Karnataka

Shri Kamlakar Babu
VC & Managing Director, NREDCAP

Shri. Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa
CEO, Punjab Energy Development Association

Shri Manu Srivastava
MD Urja Vikas Nigam, Govt. of MP

Shri S.K Jagwani
Director, MNRE, Govt. of India

Dr. K. Lakshmi Narayana
Director, APSSDC, Andhra Pradesh Government

Mr. Roy Jacob
Director, Confederation of Indian Industry, CII

Mr. C.P Sharma
Chairman, CII and Owner of Daulat Ram Industries

Sri. J Muniratnam
Chairman Aerospace, SAE INDIA

Dr. K C Vora
Deputy Director, ARAI

Dr. Shankar Venugopal
Vice President Research and Development, Mahindra & Mahindra Chennai

Mr. Isaac Emmanuel
Head – Construction Inclusive Business India, Convestro India Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Sitarameswara Sarma Akella
Head, CAE, CFD and Methods, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.













FAQ
For any query related to this event should be addressed to Participant Relations Manager via E-mail ID: [email protected]
Apart from this participants can also call during office hours (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.) on thenumber provided on thewebsite: +91-120-4538457.
This mail should be done via. team E-mail ID only through Team Representative. Queries placed by individual members of the team using their personal E-mail IDs will not be entertained. Once the query has been placed it will be answered within 48 hours.
Note: Participant Relationships Manager are thebusy person they have other affairs to handle too. Thus it is recommended that teams should mail their queries first and if it is unanswered within 48 hours then they should call. If thecall is placed before that then it will not be entertained unless it is a matter of utmost importance.
As Participant Relations Manager is responsible for handling official relation between the organizing committee and the participating teams. Thus he is responsible for answering queries related to the following topic only:
- Queries related to registration and participation requirements.
- Queries related to conducting of theevent like – schedule, venue, deliverables expected, and reports.
- Queries related to therulebook.
- Queries related to handbooks provided.
Apart from this no other queries would be entertained.
It is necessary to have a single team Email ID, so as to minimize the risk of miss communication between the teams and the organization, as we have received several grievances in the past.
For this, we have appointed Participant Relationship Manager from our side, who will be sole representation of the organizing committee of ESVC while communicating with participants.
Similarly as mentioned under Participation Requirements, the teams should appoint a Team Representative from their side, who will be responsible for all the communication between theteam and the organizing committee of ESVC. We expect only team representative to communicate with us (whatever the communication method might be – by E-mail or by call)in any case so that there is minimal risk of miss communication.
Most of the information regarding the event has already been provided on the website either on by a link or by documentation. However, if you still have any queries you can mail it to your personal Email ID or you can call on the number provided. It is recommended for a single person to communicate regarding the query.
Once the team has been registered, queries from personal E-mail IDs will not be entertained as mentioned above already.
No, maybe these helmets are already certified for use on road, but for this event, teams have to use specifically certified helmets – Snell K2000, K2005, K2010, M2000, M2005, M2010, SFI 31.2A, SFI31.1/2005-FIA 8860-2004, FIA 8860-2010. Open faced helmets are not allowed for use.
For Adventure class:
As it is a single seater vehicle, only one driver will drive during the endurance. However, if teams asthere are two drivers from each team, then both should have their own complete safety gear which they have to present in front of Technical Inspector during thesafety check.
For Professional Class:
As it has occupancy of more than one, i.e.; driver + passengers will be seated in the vehicle. And during the dynamic event, as it is mentioned all the occupants must be present in the vehicle, thus passengers and driver should have complete safety gear.
Example, if a team has built a vehicle with occupancy of 4 (1 driver + 3 passengers). So during dynamic rounds, 3 team members and 1 driver will be seated in the vehicle. Thus along with the driver, rest of the 3 team members should also have complete driving safety gears, which they have to present in front of the Technical Inspector.
No, it maybe that you have been participating in ESVC, but this does not give you any advantage over registration process or during the event. We at ISIE-India does not promote such kind of activities. You have to undergo the same procedure, from registration to final endurance as other teams.
Your vehicle may have cleared technical round, but each year there are some modifications in the rules. Your vehicle needs to undergo technical scrutiny.
You can make use of an Electric Solar Vehicle made earlier by you or your teammates. But this vehicle must be in accordance with the rulebook provided. Also, the teams must first perform some significant changes to the vehicle. These changes must be mentioned in Group A documentation, it will also be checked during the dynamic event.
If no significant changes are made in the vehicle then the Technical Inspector has all the rights to take necessary actions.
As the event, ESVC is a competition for a specific kind of vehicles, designed under specific constraints. As long as the vehicle you made complies with the rulebook it is admissible in the event. The team should mention all the details and calculations in the report like every other team. If we find it binding to the rulebook, we will allow the vehicle or else teams have to build another vehicle if they want to participate.
We are regretful for not being able to provide a platform to showcase your vehicle or invention, however, you can try that in other significant events of ISIE-India or any other organization.
We know that every team will be excited to perform a test run and check their vehicle and its power unit before the event. But regretfully, currently, we cannot provide that. Teams would have to perform all the test runs at their Institute before arriving for the event.
Yes, we have mentioned for adventure class – the vehicle should run by direct solar power under solar performance test.
However, if thevehicle is unable to complete the given stretch of 50m, (in thefully loaded state,i.e.; batteries will be intact, but it should be disconnected) DNF will be marked. But this will cause theteam to lose points for that round, but they can still go for endurance round.
Also, teams must ensure that the solar panel is able to charge the batteries, this will help them during endurance.
Yes, it is necessary as this year for both adventure and professional class we have closed body, thus ventilation should be provided to extract heat from the batteries and motor.
Ventilation source can be natural or forced.