pune institute of technology nirma university won the abu national robocon 2018 hosted by doordarshan and maharashtra institute of technology mit academy of engineering at balewadi sports complex they defeated mit pune in the finals nirma will now represent india at the international robocon 2018 to be held in vietnam in august the most thrilling match was between last years finalists mit pune and college of engineering pune coep which was won by mitthe teams that reached the quarter finals included vit pune kj somaiya institute of engineering mumbai nirma institute of technology vjti mumbai coep mit pune ld college of engineering and iit roorkee kj somaiya institute nirma university vjti and mit entered the semifinalsin the semifinals three time champions mit 58 points defeated kj somaiya institute mumbai 27 points while the second semifinal saw nirma university 59 beat vjti 13 it was a swift power packed performance by nirma university in the finals that saw them score 59 points against mits 27 said a statement issued by the organisersthe awards given included the rohm innovation award which went to kj somaiya institute of engineering mumbai the mathwork awards were given to u v patel coe 1st government coe aurangabad 2nd veer surendra sai university of technology3rd and government college of engineering amravati 3rd the award for the best idea went to ld coe ahmedabad best operator to vjti mumbai and fastest job completing robot to nirma universitythe winners nirma university bagged the prof balkrishna saha award the winners were given a gold medal citation and rs1 lakh cash prize while the silver medal citation and a cash prize of rs50000