Indian Teams to Dominate in Round 2 of Airbus’ ‘Fly Your Ideas’ Competition
- Airbus selects 100
teams for Round 2 of the Fly Your Ideas global student challenge
- 17 Teams selected
from Indian universities/colleges to participate in Round 2
- 96 Indian students are
through to Round 2
After a
thorough evaluation process by over 50 Airbus experts and innovators judging more
than 500 ideas, Airbus has selected the 100 teams that have made it
into Round Two of the fourth edition of the
global student competition Fly Your Ideas organised in partnership with UNESCO.
The
competition is dominated by teams registered in India (17 teams), UK (10), USA
(8), France (7), as well as China and Hong Kong (6) and Australia (6). The 100
teams comprise of 413 students representing 48 different nationalities. Thanks to a strong drive from Airbus to
encourage more diversity, 71% of teams are made up of a mix of students from
different countries, studying different subjects, or male and female, all of which
Airbus sees as essential ingredients for innovation.
“I am impressed by the diversity of the teams that have made it through
to Round Two this year,” said Charles
Champion, Airbus Executive Vice President Engineering. “It is very telling
of a generation who no longer think in silos but instead aspire to collaborate
across traditional boundaries such as gender, nationality and discipline. This
reflects the way we work at Airbus and I am sure our Airbus mentors and experts
are very excited about the fresh way of thinking they will get during the next 100
days before the next round.” He adds: “Now the race is starting – best of luck
to all!”
Each of the teams will now be attributed an Airbus mentor and an Airbus
expert to help take their ideas further and share their insights of real-life
aviation constraints over a 100 day period. Just the top five teams will make
it to the final and present their ideas at a live event at Airbus facilities in
May 2015. The winning team will receive a €30,000 prize, the runner up team
€15,000.
What sets Fly Your Ideas apart from other global student competitions is
the deep and company-wide engagement of the Airbus teams. The mentors and
experts are drawn from right across the business, and include non-technical
professionals as well as engineers and aviation experts.
Selection from Indian Universities
·
17 teams based in India have
been selected for Round 2:
o Banaras Hindu University
o Nirma University
o Adhiyamaan College of Engineering
o ; SRM University; Hindustan
University
o Anna University, Chennai
o Bannari Amman Institute of
Technology
o DayanandaSagar Institutions
o Shivaji University
o M. S. Ramaiah Institute of
Technology
o Himachal Pradesh Technical
University
o Sri SivasubramaniyaNadar College of
Engineering
o National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli
o RashtrasantTukadojiMaharaj Nagpur
University
·
4 of the 17 teams in India
have mixed male and female members
·
96 Indian students are
through to Round 2:
o 73 of whom are studying in India
o 23 of whom are studying in other
countries: RMIT University, Australia (2 students); University of Economics,
Prague, Czech Republic; RWTH Aachen University, Germany (3 students); Delft
University of Technology, Netherlands; Al Majd Indian School, UAE (4 students);
The University of Sheffield, UK (3 students); Imperial College London, UK (2
students); University of Southampton, UK; City University London, UK; Hult
International Business School, USA (2 students); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, USA; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, The University of Texas
at Austin, USA
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Contacts for the media:
Rahul Jain;
9873110866; Rahul@avian-media.com
Saumya Bhushan;
9910353007; Saumya@avian-media.com
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