Hyperloop India

Our goal is to democratize the Hyperloop by embracing open source and collaborative design and development, starting off with all BITS campuses.

We’re based across multiple campuses, and our aim is get people (Alumni, Undergraduates, Post-Graduates) involved in the high-profile, futuristic multi-disciplinary challenge that is the Hyperloop and build a prototype Hyperloop pod design and scalability model for the next iteration of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Competition.

The team was one of the 120 teams which presented their designs at the SpaceX Design Weekend, held at Texas in January, 2016. The Design Weekend served as a platform for the team to network with other, larger teams which were manufacturing Pods and was an opportunity to work with them to figure out and solve scalability challenges of the competition. Originating in Pilani, after a cross-campus orientation seminar delivered via telepresence and a huge response in all campuses later, the team has then expanded to a 60+ member team which uses Slack.com as a collaborative platform.