Pravega: Engineering Cars to Connect Communities

Joshwin Rajan, team manager from Pravega from Government Engineering College Barton Hill, India, talks about how they collaborate with different groups in building their vehicle and getting it to the competition. They work with local artisans that harvest and process the bamboo they use for their car’s body. Bamboo is a sustainable option for their team, as it is abundant in their region and lightweight to add to energy-efficiency.

They also took collaboration to the next level to solve another challenge they were facing – logistic costs to the competition. Pravega created an app for different teams to coordinate, work together and share resources relating to the competition. Initially, the platform was designed for teams in India, but they eventually decided to open it to global teams as well.