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Meet The Crew

Raftar Formula Racing, the Formula Student Team of IIT Madras, is a group of 40+ students from different disciplines of IIT Madras with a shared passion of automotive engineering and innovation. 

From a small group of motorsport enthusiasts in 2012, our team has grown to become one of the most successful Indian teams in the IC engine category.

 

Keeping in line with the global call for sustainability, and to tap into the vast potential of the EV sector, Raftar Formula Racing is now going Electric. Scroll down to take a look at the brilliant minds behind this monumentous shift.

Team Structure

Team Leads

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Aryan Varma

Captain

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Dev Dhumale

Chassis Lead

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Tripan Dham

Powertrain Lead

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Ankith Suresh

Aerodynamics& Cooling Lead

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Ishang Dharod

Accumulator Lead

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Kanish Thiagarajan

Frames & Composite Lead

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Md Hamza Ziya

Drivetrain Lead

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CHASSIS

Vehicle Dynamics and Drivetrain 

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Jyotirmoy

Junior Engineer

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V Saikalyan

Junior Engineer

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Shrinidi Kuppurajan

Junior Engineer

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Rohan Baraniraj

Junior Engineer

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Venu

Junior Engineer

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Aryan Dobhal

Subjunior Engineer

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Abhishek Pal

Subjunior Engineer

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Naman

Subjunior Engineer

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Vaibhavi A

Subjunior Engineer

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Aerodynamics and Cooling

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Manvi Agarwal

Junior Engineer

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Taher

Junior Engineer

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Aalap Zilpe

Subjunior Engineer

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Aagam Jain

Subjunior Engineer

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Ankit Ghosh

Subjunior Engineer

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Pravin Jones Raj

Subjunior Engineer

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Frames and composites

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Vignesh S

Junior Engineer

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Om Mahajan

Junior Engineer

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Nirmal Kumaran M

Junior Engineer

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Adithya M

Subjunior Engineer

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Abhinandha S

Subjunior Engineer

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Manjunatha Sajjanar

Subjunior Engineer

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Hareganesh S

Subjunior Engineer

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Accumulator

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Aditya Kishore

Junior Engineer

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Tapas Garg

Junior Engineer

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Rajesh

Junior Engineer

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Arjun Bhosale

Subjunior Engineer

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Shreesh Sasturkar

Subjunior Engineer

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T.S.Raghothaman

Subjunior Engineer

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NIthilan

Subjunior Engineer

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Powertrain

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Aditya Panda

Junior Engineer

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Dhiran Venula

Junior Engineer

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Venkat A

Junior Engineer

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Venkat A

Junior Engineer

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Deepak S

Junior Engineer

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Kalyan S

Subjunior Engineer

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Shravan J

Subjunior Engineer

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Chandran K

Subjunior Engineer

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Mohammed Reza

Subjunior Engineer

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Charan Srikkanth

Subjunior Engineer

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ADDRESS:

Sudha and Shankar Innovation Hub

Indian Institute Of Technology Madras,

Chennai,

Tamil Nadu - 600036

CONTACT:
 

Team: raftar@smail.iitm.ac.in
Advisor: satya@iitm.ac.in

Phone: +91 96325 19245

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