PIMPRI CHINCHWAD EDUCATION TRUST's
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Department of Electronics and Telecommunication

Student Achievements

E & TC - Achievements

Category / Team / Initiative

Achievement / Recognition

IEEE Young Professionals Funding – TinyML Workshop (2026)

Received $250 funding for conducting “Young Professionals in the Making: A Hands-On TinyML Workshop.”

State Level Avishkar Competition – SPPU (2026)

First Prize – State Level for the project “Wireless Landmine Friend or Foe Authentication System.” The project progressed through multiple competitive rounds among nearly 7000 projects.

IEEE SPS PCCOE Student Chapter (2026)

Received Best Chapter Award (2025) for membership growth and impactful technical events.

International Rover Challenge (IRC) 2026 – Kartikeya 2.0

World Rank 12 at the International Rover Challenge and awarded “Best Emerging Team of the Year.”

Formula Bharat 2025 – Team Kratos Racing

Overall Winner – First Prize, including wins in Dynamics, Endurance, Efficiency, Skidpad, Acceleration, Autocross, and Cost & Manufacturing, with Business Plan (3rd Prize) and special awards such as Best Driver and Cleanest Pit.

La Trobe University – TIGC Grant (2025)

International participation with AUD $200 funding (~₹11,487) under the Technology Infusion Grand Innovation Challenge.

SIH 2025

E&TC students’ team was Finalist in Smart India Hackathon 2025

Team Maverick – SAE ADC WEST 2025

World Ranking 10, Mission Requirement Rank 4, Design Report Rank 16 at the international competition.

IEEE SPS Membership Growth Reward (2024)

Received $250 reward from IEEE for significant membership growth and student chapter activities.

Team Maverick – SAE Aero Design Challenge 2024 (USA)

4th Place in Mission Requirements at international aero design competition in California.

Team Maverick (2023)

AIR 1 Rank in the national drone development competition SAE Drone Development Challenge 2023

Team Solarium (2023)

AIR 3 – Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) and AIR 1 – National Solar Vehicle Challenge (NSVC).( ESVC / NSVC Solar Vehicle Championship 2023)

Team Kratos

International participation at Hockenheim ring, Germany -Formula Student Electric – Germany 2023

SIH 2023

Winner – AIR 1 with ₹1,00,000 prize in Smart India Hackathon 2023 – Hardware Edition

COEP MindSpark 2024 – MicroApps

Winner at state-level technical competition.

COEP MindSpark 2024 – Electrade

Runner-Up at state-level technical competition.

Team Automatons

Runner-Up in the national robotics competition DD Robocon India 2024

EdgeAI Innovation Challenge 2024

Prototype presented in Stage II and shortlisted for advanced evaluation rounds at national level competition

E-BAJA SAEINDIA 2023

All India Rank 2 (AIR-2) in the national motorsport competition.

Team Maverick – SAE Drone Development Challenge 2023

AIR 1 Rank representing PCCOE in the national drone development competition.

La Trobe University - Team Saviours – TIGC Grant (2022)

Received AUD $200 grant for the project “Accident Impact Reducing Road Dividers.”

La Trobe University -Team Titans – TIGC Grant (2022)

Received AUD $1000 grant for the project “Smart Solar Street Lamp.”

Avishkar 2025-26

Avishkar 2025–26 Success: E&TC department of Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering won the first prize at the State-Level Avishkar Competition representing Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), chosen from approximately 7,000 entries

Motorsports Teams at PCCOE Pune

Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE) Team Automatons in Pune, Maharashtra – Runner-Up in the 2024 DD Robocon India 2024.

Annual Sports Day Annual Sports Day

Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE) Team Automatons in Pune, Maharashtra Runner-Up in the 2024 (DD Robocon India 2024)

NIDAR 2026

NIDAR 2026: SILVER WINNER IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Team Maverick received a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs and also electronic components worth 3 lakhs. Team is Leaded by Third Year E&TC students Ritik Lipte and Nimisha Helembe

NIDAR 2026

Team SOLARIUM: ISIE-Electric Solar Vehicle Championship 2023-ESVC 3000+

Achievements-
  • Second Runner Up
  • Best Solar Performance
  • Best Vehicle Interior & Exterior
  • Best Design Award
  • Runner Up B-plan & Cost Award
  • Runner Up Endurance Award
  • Runner Up Cross Pad Award

Higher Study Cell Achievements

Achievements

 

Professional Chapter Achievements

NIDAR 2026

PCCOE IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Student Branch Chapter formed by E&TC Deptartment won IEEE Best Student Chapter Award of the Year 2025

NIDAR 2026

Received funding of US$2000 from IEEE for 2023 IEEE SPS Online Seasonal school on “Explainable AI for Signal and Image Processing”

Students Participation and Awards in Various National, International Events

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