It commenced in early 2023 with 47 teams as initial participants. After multiple rounds of evaluation by academia and industry experts, six teams could qualify for the finale.

Imperative

The imperative behind the initiative was rooted in the alarming statistics of road traffic crashes in 2021, which recorded 4,12,432 crashes, resulting in 1,53,972 fatalities and 3,84,448 injuries.

Importance

While safer roads have been designed, the importance of developing safer vehicles remains paramount.

Advent of several active and passive safety features have greatly contributed to the reduction in fatalities and crashes, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

However, increase in traffic volumes, and risky driving behaviour of drivers continue to pose a challenge in reducing the accidents, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

ADAS

With the advent of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), numerous new safety technologies namely adaptive cruise control, attention monitoring system, collision mitigating system, parking assist etc., have reduced the impact of the crash, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

In India, the adoption of such technology requires study of road user behaviour (driver and pedestrians) and vehicle control features that can be monitored/influenced towards developing products to improve road safety.

The Hackathon was devised for college students and young professionals to participate and contribute towards developing safer automobile products, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

Various projects such as a smart helmet, a LiDAR-based Lane discipline system, sensor-based safety systems for hilly regions and, two-wheeler safety systems were developed and showcased during the finals at IIT Madras.

They presented a safety system for two-wheelers that utilised IMU to determine rash driving and generate an alert.

The system is also designed to detect a potential crash if the vehicle falls and sends an alert using a phone, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

Runner-up Prize

The first runner up prize was awarded to Team Safety Sentinels from IIT Roorkee for Real Time Lane Departure Warning System, say sources from IIT Madras COERS

They presented a LiDAR-based system that would identify when a vehicle is not following lane discipline on the roads.

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Their system is improved to identify lanes in situations where lane markings have faded or are absent, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

The second runner up prize was awarded to Team Tons of Tech from Prince Shri Venkateshwara Engineering College for Assistance for First Responders.

They demonstrated a connected radio-based system that would determine the location and direction of first responders such as ambulances using specific radio bands and relay them to a master system which would then adjust traffic signals suitably on the route, say sources from IIT Madras COERS.

The system aims to enable for first responders to reach their destinations on time, say IIT Madras COERS.

Initiatives

This Hackathon is the inaugural event in a series of initiatives by IIT Madras COERS, aiming to foster an ecosystem in road safety by engaging students, young professionals, and forging government and industrial partnerships.

Through this Hackathon, IIT Madras CoERS aims to foster a co-creation ecosystem in road safety by engaging students and young professionals, to forge Government, academia and industrial partnership.

Local Relevance

Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, at IIT Madras, they focus on solving problems in our local areas as we believe that local relevance will bring us global excellence.

India stands out because our entrepreneurs look out to solve social problems. I am sure this hackathon would have given the participants great insights into solving practical problems, he said.

With more and more electronic components being integrated into vehicles, we will see a lot more development in these components, specifically from a safety point of view.

This hackathon is a great starting point. Indian traffic conditions will give us a lot more challenges and insights and solving them will provide us with solutions for a majority of the world.

I hope for the participants to become entrepreneurs to solve problems for India, said director of IIT Madras.

Key outcomes

The key outcomes targeted from this hackathon include:

Ø Identification of key areas in vehicle systems that require automated intervention.

Ø Inculcate and nurture co-creation ecosystem for the design and development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to reduce human errors while driving.

CoERS works on various aspects of human factors engineering, road engineering and vehicle engineering to bring about significant improvements in road safety globally.

IIT Madras COERS also advices various stakeholders and Governments to bring about a data-driven systems approach to road safety.

The schedule to submit applications for JEE Advanced 2025 has been announced along with that of AAT 2025 registration,

Application process for AAT starts after result declaration of JEE Advanced. This year too, the trend is no different.

Who will conduct AAT 2025?

AAT 2025 will be conducted by IIT Kanpur and is expected to see a participation in impressive numbers. The same institution is conducting JEE Advanced 2025.

Details about the exam are available on the official website mentioned above. Students who pass AAT 2025 will be able to study BArch in IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT (BHU) Varnasi.

Who can take up AAT 2025 registration?

Students who have passed JEE Advanced 2025 with required qualifying marks can take up AAT 2025 registration. Applying for JEE Advanced requires a pass in JEE Mains.

Candidates who have passed plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects will be able to take up JEE Mains registration. The process to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration is online.

1. The URL has to be typed into the browser and the webpage has to be allowed to download.

2. Once the website is available, students should click the link for JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and enter JEE Advanced 2025 registration number, their date of birth, mobile number and email address.

3. Post providing the above details, applicants will be asked if they are interested in AAT. Students have to answer ‘Yes’ to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

4. Candidates have to provide the required information and choose the centers where they wish to write the exam and submit the form.

5. They will receive message indicating successful completion of JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

The message has to be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for use in future. This could be of use during the admission process.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025/AAT 2025 Registration is Here

Exam pattern

Candidates who have completed JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration must also know the exam pattern if they are to score good marks.

Those who have taken up AAT 2025 registration can take up the exam which will be held in offline mode, as a pen and paper mode test.

Candidates will have three hours time to answer all the questions. The medium of the test is English.

The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

Syllabus for AAT 2025

The next thing to do after completing AAT 2025 registration is focus on preparing for the test.

The subjects to be studied while preparing for AAT 2025 are mentioned below. Candidates can also refer the official website for more information on syllabus when the registration for the exam begins:

Geometrical Drawing

Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders, etc.

Freehand Drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale.

Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.

Three dimension perception

Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Architectural Awareness

General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers, etc.) in the related domain.

Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity

Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping.

Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.

The medium of the test is English. The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

The admit cards obtained for JEE Advanced 2025 can also be used to gain entry into the test centers for AAT 2024.

Point to remember

Candidates can visit the official website of JEE Advanced exam for more information on JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and other related topics.

The students have to quickly take up the AAT 2025 registration as the time left would be very short.

Like JEE Advanced exam where the registration is open for a longer duration, that of AAT 2025 registration is open for only a short period.

The details about AAT 2025 registration provided above are for general understanding purpose of the students.

There could be some changes in the exam, students can visit the official website of the exam at regular intervals to receive updates.

More information could be provided as the time for AAT 2025 registration would commence, till that time, students can refer other sources also.

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