Ricardo100 Global Challenge climbs the Himalayas and heads for China

The Indian leg of the Ricardo Global Challenge around the world charity relay has passed through the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh – taking on the Indian-Tibet highway, a road that the Indian Border Roads Organisation terms the ‘world’s most treacherous’. 

From the start of the Indian leg of the Ricardo100 Global Challenge at the residence of the British High Commissioner in New Delhi, the two Mahindra Scorpios driven by the team from Ricardo India headed north through Haryana, the city of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, and onwards towards the Chinese border in the mountains of the Himalayas. With many stops in towns and villages to raise interest in the event, its charitable causes, and to raise general awareness in engineering and technology, the Indian leg has been extremely successful.

“We were really pleased to have played our part in the Ricardo100 Global Challenge,” commented Ricardo India president Mayank Agochiya. “We have been honoured to take this rally from the heart of New Delhi to the villages and towns of the Himalayas, spreading word of Ricardo and raising money for our supported charities."  

"It has been fantastic for the Ricardo India employees who have participated in this leg and it is with some pride that we now pass-on the baton to our colleagues at Ricardo China for the next leg.  Once again, I would like to express my thanks to Mahindra & Mahindra for the loan of the two Scorpios – featuring their Ricardo transmissions – which were used for this very exciting part of our around the world journey.”   

The Ricardo100 Global Challenge is being run as part of the company’s celebrations of the 100th anniversary of its formation in 2015. Teams of Ricardo employees are taking part in sections of the relay using vehicles of significance to Ricardo’s past and present, visiting places of significance to the company, as well as events such as the reception and business networking session in New Delhi. The teams are raising money for local, national and international charitable causes, and Ricardo has pledged to match the first £15,000 (Rs 14.76 lakh) in total donations.