Mini Baja is an ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE design contest organised by SAE INTERNATIONAL. The competition started in 1976 in South Carolina and since then has been a premier engineering design competition for university students. SAE organizes eight Mini Baja Competitions across the globe including M-Baja East-USA, M-Baja West-USA, M-Baja Midwest-USA, M-Baja Mexico, M-Baja Brazil, Baja South Africa, M-Baja Korea and M-Baja India.
The aim of the competition is to design and build a prototype of a rugged single seat ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE whose design can be used by a firm to manufacture the vehicle commercially. This All–Terrain Vehicle can be used by Army Personnel, Agriculturist and Motor Sports enthusiasts to negotiate different terrains consisting of swamps, rocky areas, hills, shallow water, logs, steep incline, mud etc.
Our team, RESISTANCE, the first team in ASIA to participate in this event and is going to participate for the eighth time this year in October 2008 in South Africa. With an expected participation of 150 teams from all parts of the world, this event is truly a global one.