Automobile Club

ROADMAP 2015-16
1st Semester

This document is a brief roadmap of what I expect

should be done this year, under the automobile club, IITJ.
I hope that this will contribute to the welfare of the club.
It also contains some of my personal opinions regarding
the activities conducted during my first year.
22-26 July (Orientation week): RC Solar Car This
event, I feel, was too simple for collegians, and hence
I would like it to be conducted during the orientation,
so that freshers get the importance of chassis design.
31 July-2 August: Brief introduction of the club,
breakthroughs (e.g. participation in Efficycle, current
Baja team, etc.) and overview of a typical automobile
and its parts, a casual Car identification quiz.
7-9 August: Overview and display of the ongoing Baja
project to fuel motivation amongst the freshers and
for others, to see what we have done so far.
Here onwards, there should be around one or two
lectures a month for the first semester on various
parts of the car, especially types of engines and
transmissions explained in detail.
August end: Organize a general automobile quiz.
18-20 September: Introduction to Solidworks Why is
CAD used so much in the industry in the current

generation, what are the benefits of using solidworks,

intro to interface and basic tools.
Last academic year, we lost track of it, so this year,
we must have regular fortnightly solidworks sessions
with some small task to do in between. Many
students in our batch too want to learn solidworks, as
they had missed the sessions last time. Hence, these
sessions would go quite fruitful.
16-18 October: EE students could be introduced to
some electronic components, e.g. ABS, EBD and
other ECUs which are increasingly being used in
automobiles. This could be done to keep the interest
of non-mechanical guys into the club.
The coming days should focus mainly on solidworks,
with another autoquiz maybe on 7th November.

2nd Semester

January: Mainly should be utilized in teaching of

advanced tools in Solidworks.
February: Introduction to Matlab, as then, everyone
would have studied programming and would easily
learn the program. It should be introduced, as it is
one of the basic tools one needs to learn, because at
my internship in Tata Motors, I noticed, almost
everyone was asked whether they know how to work
with Matlab.
March: Another overhauling workshop during the
mid-sem break, but of a two-wheeler gearless
vehicle, as working of a car van easily be found on

the internet in detail, but the same doesnt go for an

Activa, say. The workshop last year was a huge doubt
clearer, as I cleared many of my confusions and
misbeliefs, and came to know how things exactly
work. And of course, its a boost for auto enthusiasts.
Also, the presentations we made for the selection in
Baja, albeit not counted for the criteria of selection,
were tremendously helpful in the increase of our
knowledge in that field we chose. Hence, I would
recommend the same to be done again, but with a
different target, say a party or something.
Another Baja session, but this time, with deeper
knowledge, deeper enthusiasm, deeper doubts.
This is a brief vision of what I would like to conduct
activities in the Automobile club. Hope these would be
implemented earnestly.

Devanshu Kathrecha
B14SS006
Systems Science IITJ