India and Germany both the countries are constantly working on their shared commitment to green and sustainable growth. After taking Green and Sustainable Development Partnership forward, both the countries have agreed on the second phase of the Green Urban Mobility Partnership. After launching the Green Hydrogen Roadmap in New Delhi yesterday, H.E. Mr. Olaf Scholz, Chancellor, Federal Republic Of Germany interacted with the students of Bits Pilani in Sancaole in South Goa today.
On his arrival at the campus BITS PILANI, Prof V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor of BITS PILANI, Prof Suman Kundu, Director of BITS PILANI, K K BIRLA GOA campus and Prof. Meenal Kowshik, Dean Administration of BITS PILANI, K K BIRLA GOA campus welcome the Chancellor by offering bouquet of flowers.
During the visit, Olaf Scholz conducted a Q&A session with students of Bits Pillani, discussing current international political issues and the prospects for India-Germany cooperation. In response to the student’s questions about future cooperation between India and Germany, the Chancellor emphasized the importance of exchanging information and experiences between the two countries.
The Chancellor said, Germany can play a role in supporting India in its energy transition in days to come. Replying to the question about green and sustainable energy the Chancellor said Germany and India will contribute for a better, healthier, and cleaner future for the citizens of India.
During the discussions with the students, the emphasis was on several key pillars, including effective representation for young people, enabling opportunities for innovation through collaboration, and the importance of education and skills training including start-ups.
Before entering the Library Hall of BITS PILANI Mr. Scholz looked upon the four unique projects prepared by the students of BITS PILANI. He also interacted with the students involved in the project’s making process.
Society of Automotive Engineers, Automotive club of the campus, is one of the oldest Technical clubs, established in 2013. Club depicted Formula Student Electric Vehicle, the first amongst the BITS campuses, at Team GigaWatt; and the All Terrain Vehicle project at Team Grease Monkeys. The students namely Shardul Tomar, Nilay Wani, Kunal Warat briefed the Chancellor, Federal Republic Of Germany about the project.
Shri Vyomesh Bhatt, Akash Bhosale, Kaustubh Saoji the students of Bits Pillani briefed about the Project Kratos, established in the year 2018. The team of 50+ students are divided into 6 subsystems: Mechanical, Controls, Electronics, Autonomous, Power and Life Detection.
The team of students, Ajinkya Deshpande, Vimarsh Shah, Ansh Parmeshwar briefed about their project on Electronics and Robotics, founded in 2008, is a leading campus platform for hands-on engineering and robotics.
The Aerodynamics Club is a group of aviation enthusiasts who compete in both national and international competitions, currently ranking 26th in the world in planes and 3rd nationally in drones. Adarsh Pai, Raghav Mohan Kumar informed the Chancellor about the research projects to solve real-world problems, such as VTOL, solving urban mobility, Ornithopters, helping surveillance in agriculture, and various other fields.
About Astronomy – Space tech club, a part of international association SEDS. Avichal Verma briefed on the project. Ms Verma said that they build projects like Rocketry, CANSAT and HERC. Our activities include submitting observational scientific data to AAVSO, building relevant instrumentation and public outreach.
