DW BUREAU / chandigarh PEC Team of 11 students selected for NASA, with their director & other officials on Tuesday met the Punjab Governor and Administrator UT Chandigarh, Banwarilal Purohit in the leadership of Mayor Chandigarh Sarabjit Kaur at Punjab Raj Bhawan, for seeking his blessings. The Administrator motivated the entire team and told that he had also been to NASA during a tour to USA and feels proud that our students are participating in this competition. During quite an interesting discussion between students and the Administrator, Students appraised the entire process how they applied for it and how their project model got selected for NASA competition. Team has shown picture representation that how their rover will look like and that why they cannot use motors, engines and batteries in this rover. As, team members are combining their shared passions for vehicles and astronomy, the administrator suggested to explore the need of the wheels from Indian railways. Students requested the Governor for funds to support this project as the entire team needs to reach NASA for showcasing their rover performance during two days competition in April 2023 at Alabama USA. The team will be among 61 teams across the globe selected by NASA to participate in its Human Exploration Rover Challenge( HERC)2023. Team comprising 11 students from PEC, Chandigarh named Vanshul Goyal, Gunjan Rawat, Sparsh Aggarwal, Shashwant Rai, Muskaan Aneja, Pranav Aggarwal, Gautam Kumar, Yakshit Verma, Himanshu Goyal, Pankaj Kumar, Akshaj Paintola who are currently pursuing 2nd-year Electronics, Mechanical, Production & Industrial Engineering. PEC Director Dr. Baldev Setia, DSA Dr. D. R. Prajapati, ADSA Dr. Puneet Chawla & Professor Incharge Dr. N. M. Suri also accompanied students in this meeting. The Administrator praised these 2nd year PEC students as young budding engineers participating to encourage research and development of new technologies for future mission. He also kind heartedly approved a fund of Rs. 10Lacs to support this project and wished the team good luck in their mission. Mayor Smt. Sarabjit Kaur also congratulated the entire team for their future endeavor. (editor@dailyworld.in)