A Team of six students from Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) Chandigarh, participated in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC), held on 20th April 2023 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. The team, after competing against 48 teams from different countries around the world arrived back on 26th April 2023.
The team comprises six students - Vanshul Goyal, Sparsh Aggarwal, Gunjan Rawat, Gautam Kumar, Himanshu Goyal and Pankaj Kumar, and team advisor Prof. N.M. Suri.
The team had received financial aid of Rs10 Lakhs from the honourable UT Administrator Shri Banwarilal Purohit and Rs10 Lakhs from Power Grid Corporation of India, Rs. 1.5 Lakhs was contributed by PEC alumni Mr Subhash C. Goel and Mr Sandeep Bhargawa.