Team Avishkar Hyperloop 2022

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About Us:

Avishkar Hyperloop is a student team from the Centre For Innovation at IIT Madras. We have undertaken the challenge of building Hyperloop as the transportation of a sustainable future. We are a team of over 60 individuals, drawing members from over 11 academic disciplines at IIT Madras - across a range of bachelor, master and doctoral courses offered. The incredibly diverse team is bound by a shared passion for sustainable and scalable Hyperloop transportation.

Acclamations:

In 2019, with the enthusiastic support of the IITM alumni, the team finished in the global top-10 out of the 1600+ teams at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition while being the only Asian finalists.

Fast forward to 2021, the team designed the Avishkar 'Garv' Hyperloop pod at the peak of the pandemic. Avishkar’s ‘Garv’ pod garnered awards at competitions and praise from various corners of industry-academia-government, like the Union Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw. You can learn more about the recognitions we have received here.

During the last remarkable stint, we took a great leap toward realising the Hyperloop. But true to the team’s tradition, we are now chasing much larger goals as starry-eyed kids eager to make our mark on the world. To change Hyperloop from an intriguing concept to a tangible reality.

Your ticket to the future:

Spearheading Hyperloop tube research over the past year, we have patented a novel and cost-effective tube design, and got excellent results in prototype testing of the patented design. We are proud to tell you that we aim to commission the world's largest student-developed Hyperloop testing facility, you can learn more about it here.

In addition, we are focused upon building a completely contactless pod, graduating from lab-scale levitation setups in the past to an on-pod integrated levitation system.

This year we aim to test our completely contactless pod in our Hyperloop vacuum tube and make history by conducting a sub-pilot of Hyperloop.

How you can help us:

We have great conviction in our work as we research, implement novel physics and test our systems to achieve these goals. We gain morale from the unyielding faith alumni have put in us in the past, and we once again ask for your vital support to fuel us on this journey of groundbreaking firsts.

Our estimated budget for the year is INR 1.5 Cr for the pod development and competition activities. We look forward to your support and believe you can be a crucial enabler to create the impact we truly hope to make.

Funds raised here will be utilised for:

Components procurements for various subsystems.
Fabrication and functional testing of subsystems and overall pod
Development of the Hyperloop test track.

To understand our objectives better, please go through Team Brochure: click here

Short Documentary: Making of Avishkar Hyperloop Pod - A short documentary - YouTube

From funding our project to supporting the development with knowledge and connections, to helping us in the Bay Area, USA - the IITM alumni have been an integral part of our achievements. We are thrilled to have your support.

Leap onto the Loop!