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AWISHCAR, the word which is a Hindi word meaning "Invention" is more than just a word for a few students of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. It is the team's inspiration for working tirelessly for days together. Team Awishcar started with two students joining their hands with an aim to revolutionize the automotive industry. Today we are nine and may be in the years to come we will be a much larger family. Team Awishcar was born as early as in the year 2004 when two of the present team members namely Nirbhai Chadha and Ankur Aggrawal joined their hands together to make a car which has wheels that can turn as well as tilt while turning. It started as a theoretical concept but the first breakthrough of the team came in Feb'05 when in Kshtij '05 the idea was awarded the second prize in the event called Khoj at IIT Kharagpur. The idea was also praised at International Unnayan'05 at BIT Mesra where the team got the 1st prize in a similar event. The car was in a toy model at that time. The concept also got significant appraisal from the Chairman of SIDBI and many important personalities across the Jharkhand State. The support shown by various people increased the confidence of the team and the then existing team decided to convert their toy model into an actual car with the mechanism which the team called as the Advanced Steering Mechanism. The team also promised to make the model more resistant to accidents due to toppling as their model lowered the centre of gravity of the car while turning. This would help the car take a turn at a higher speed with a reduced risk of toppling. Meanwhile the two members of the team decided to apply for a patent for their mechanism. The team members worked days together on the drafting of the patent documents as well as giving theoretical explanations of their concept. The patent was filed at the Delhi Patent Office and it is still in process. The next breakthrough was the one which brought the team on the national arena. It came as a complete surprise when the team members ...