Academic year 2025-26:

The EXTC Department of Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC), in collaboration with Monk9 Tech, SAKEC IIC, and the SAKEC Student Council, successfully organized a national-level hackathon with support from ARK Infosolutions.

A total of 82 teams participated in this two-month-long competition, out of which the top 27 teams qualified for the Final Round held on 10th April 2026 at SAKEC.

We are proud to announce that our students emerged as winners at the national level. 🎉 They secured a cash prize of ₹20,000 and also received an exclusive opportunity to have their chip design developed by Monk9 Tech, offering valuable industry exposure and hands-on experience.

Vedant Chavan, Vedant Khadke, Rishi Singh, Krishna G., and Tusab B. secured First Place in the Tantravihra VIT Project Competition.

The team was also awarded a cash prize of ₹25,000 by SDI in recognition of their outstanding project and innovative contribution.

🏆 Department Achievement – Project Competition

Yash Vyas and Monish Shah secured First Prize in the Project Competition at the Tech Expo held on 20th February 2026 for their innovative project titled “Dhvani – The Sound You Feel.”

Their project showcased a unique and impactful approach, reflecting technical excellence and creativity.

• Ansh Sudhir Singh
• Karan Chauhan
• Sujal Kekan
• Chandankumar Singh

The project “AIR-GUARD”, was shortlisted in the Zonal Round (Zone X – Engineering) at Aavishkar Research Convention 2025, organized by the University of Mumbai.

Team Members:

• Viral Jain
• Vidhi Gajra

Mentor: Mamta Tikaria

 

Winners at ANSYS Technology Day & Student Challenge 2025!

 Winners:
First Prize:  Ved Kokane – Final Year, EXTC

Third Prize: Sonal Samai – Final Year, EXTC

Academic year 2024-25

SY team has been shortlisted at the institute and regional levels of the 5G Hackathon 2025 and was selected for the national-level presentation

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Title: NAYAN: Advanced Anti-Terrorism Surveillance System Communication using 5G

TEAM MEMBERS:

• SINGH CHANDANKUMAR LALIT
• MORE ATHARVA MANGESH
• KOTLAAPURE AANVII ANIL and
• BHANGARE TANISHA DILIP

Mentor: Shwetha Shetty

Solar Decathlon India Finalist: A competition focused on Net Zero and Sustainable Innovation

Team members: Vedant Chavan, Vedant Bhadwale, Rishi Singh, Kunal Pisal

Received amount of 1, 25000 for the project Residential Cooling Retrofit Division.

The SAKEC team worked on designing a scalable retrofit solution that reduces cooling energy demand while remaining cost-effective for middle-income households. The design combined passive cooling strategies, energy modeling, and innovative materials, tailored for hot and humid climates.

Mentor: Ms. Shilpa Patil

Inter college poster competition under OSCILLATION 2025

Secured 2nd place at CONVERGENCE: Intelligent Robot

• Students: Ware Aryan, Varad Chopdar, Manas Desai, Atharva Daamle
• Mentor(s): Dr. T.P. Vinutha, Shwetha Shetty

ISF Congress 2025 – Connected Everything: IoT and Smart Systems for the Future

TechSymposium – Paper Presentation

Prize	Paper Title	Name of Students	Name of College
First	Zero Hazard Unmanned Exploration Surveillance (ZEUS)	Udit Shishodiya,  Shreyans Vora, Shreeya Kadam, Ananyaa Kotlaapure,	Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

Mentor: Dr. Rohan Borgalli

InnovateX – Live Project Demonstration

Prize	Project Title	Name of Students	Name of College
First	Modernizing Candlelight Testing: Leveraging IoT for Accurate and Safe Toxic Gas Detection in Indian Sewage Pipelines	Sanika Vivek Tajane, Zaid Sagir Ahmed Ansari, Anujkumar Yadav, Suraj Nile	Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College
Third	Breathe Clean	Vidhi Navin Gajra, Viral Kantilal Jain	Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

Mentor: Ms. Mamta Tikaria

VisionBoard – Poster Exhibition

Prize	Poster Title	Name of Students	Name of College
Third	AI – Based Wagon Weight Tracker	Sanidha Nilamani Panda, Aayush Yashwant Patil, Siddhesh Suresh Sharma, Mithil Naresh Ega	Shah And Anchor Kutchhi                           Engineering College

Mentor: Dr. T. P. Vinutha

Academic year:2023-24

TechVision – Project Poster Presentation Competition 2024 Winners

• 1st Prize: Yash Shere, Eesha Shah and Darshil Patel, BE- EXTC
• Mentor: Mr. Jagdish Sarode, Shwetha Shetty
• Project Title: “ElectraRecruit: Connecting EXTC Students with Core Domain Careers”

• 2nd Prize: Prathamesh Paikade, Karthik Poojary, Sarvesh Salkar and Yogesh Thombare, BE- EXTC
• Mentor: Mr. Rohan Borgalli
• Project Title: “Virtual Eyes: Deep Learning Vision for visually Impaired”

• 3rd Prize: Varad Chopdar, Manas Desai, Chaitanya Toraskar, Siddhesh Bagwe
• Mentor: Shwetha Shetty
• Project Title: “Extracting Vocal Essence Flute Signal Elimination via Filtering”

Academic year:2022-23