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Category / Team / Initiative |
Achievement / Recognition |
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IEEE Young Professionals Funding – TinyML Workshop (2026) |
Received $250 funding for conducting “Young Professionals in the Making: A Hands-On TinyML Workshop.” |
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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. |
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IEEE SPS PCCOE Student Chapter (2026) |
Received Best Chapter Award (2025) for membership growth and impactful technical events. |
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International Rover Challenge (IRC) 2026 – Kartikeya 2.0 |
World Rank 12 at the International Rover Challenge and awarded “Best Emerging Team of the Year.” |
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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. |
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La Trobe University – TIGC Grant (2025) |
International participation with AUD $200 funding (~₹11,487) under the Technology Infusion Grand Innovation Challenge. |
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SIH 2025 |
E&TC students’ team was Finalist in Smart India Hackathon 2025 |
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Team Maverick – SAE ADC WEST 2025 |
World Ranking 10, Mission Requirement Rank 4, Design Report Rank 16 at the international competition. |
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IEEE SPS Membership Growth Reward (2024) |
Received $250 reward from IEEE for significant membership growth and student chapter activities. |
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Team Maverick – SAE Aero Design Challenge 2024 (USA) |
4th Place in Mission Requirements at international aero design competition in California. |
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Team Maverick (2023) |
AIR 1 Rank in the national drone development competition SAE Drone Development Challenge 2023 |
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Team Solarium (2023) |
AIR 3 – Electric Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC) and AIR 1 – National Solar Vehicle Challenge (NSVC).( ESVC / NSVC Solar Vehicle Championship 2023) |
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Team Kratos |
International participation at Hockenheim ring, Germany -Formula Student Electric – Germany 2023 |
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SIH 2023 |
Winner – AIR 1 with ₹1,00,000 prize in Smart India Hackathon 2023 – Hardware Edition |
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COEP MindSpark 2024 – MicroApps |
Winner at state-level technical competition. |
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COEP MindSpark 2024 – Electrade |
Runner-Up at state-level technical competition. |
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Team Automatons |
Runner-Up in the national robotics competition DD Robocon India 2024 |
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EdgeAI Innovation Challenge 2024 |
Prototype presented in Stage II and shortlisted for advanced evaluation rounds at national level competition |
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E-BAJA SAEINDIA 2023 |
All India Rank 2 (AIR-2) in the national motorsport competition. |
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Team Maverick – SAE Drone Development Challenge 2023 |
AIR 1 Rank representing PCCOE in the national drone development competition. |
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La Trobe University - Team Saviours – TIGC Grant (2022) |
Received AUD $200 grant for the project “Accident Impact Reducing Road Dividers.” |
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La Trobe University -Team Titans – TIGC Grant (2022) |
Received AUD $1000 grant for the project “Smart Solar Street Lamp.” |
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
Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE) Team Automatons in Pune, Maharashtra – Runner-Up in the 2024 DD Robocon India 2024.
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Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE) Team Automatons in Pune, Maharashtra Runner-Up in the 2024 (DD Robocon India 2024) |
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NIDAR 2026: SILVER WINNER IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT |
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Team SOLARIUM: ISIE-Electric Solar Vehicle Championship 2023-ESVC 3000+ Achievements-
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PCCOE IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Student Branch Chapter formed by E&TC Deptartment won IEEE Best Student Chapter Award of the Year 2025 |
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Received funding of US$2000 from IEEE for 2023 IEEE SPS Online Seasonal school on “Explainable AI for Signal and Image Processing” |