{"id":530,"date":"2025-03-11T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/?p=530"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:59:12","slug":"mad-engineers-wins-inspire-award-at-first-tech-challenge-india-championship-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mad Engineers\u2019 Wins \u2018Inspire Award\u2019 at FIRST Tech Challenge India Championship 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Challenge India Championship 2024-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pune: The FIRST Tech Challenge India Championship 2024-25, India&#8217;s largest robotics competition for school and junior college students, was recently held at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune. In this prestigious event, Team \u2018Mad Engineers\u2019 emerged as the \u2018Inspire Award\u2019 winner. Additionally, the robot game winners were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246826.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alliance Captain &amp; Partner: Team Matrix (2nd place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Eureka (3rd place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These top three teams will now represent India at the FIRST World Championship in Houston, USA, from April 15 to 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246822.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of the FIRST Tech Challenge India Championship 2024-25 were announced in the presence of esteemed dignitaries, including Dr. Siddharth Jabade (Vice-Chancellor, Vishwakarma University), Padma Shri Pramod Kale (Former Director, ISRO), Vishwanath Sassi &amp; Pragati Chauhan (Circana), Amit Savarkar (RTX), Vikas Savhani (Bajaj Auto Ltd.), Mahesh Masurkar (Director, John Deere), and Sajit Chakingal (TMF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246474-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246474-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246474-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246474-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246474.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s competition witnessed participation from 60 teams across major Indian cities like Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Chennai. Additionally, six international teams from Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, and the UAE also competed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246478-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246478-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246478-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246478-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theexposure.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1000246478.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, around 1,500 students and teachers from PMC Vidyaniketan Schools (Pune Municipal Corporation) got a chance to experience the championship. 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