In 2013, Team Astra from UPES became the first team from India, to take part in the annual Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition organised by ESRA. The team was the only team from Asia in their respective category of the competition. It competed against the top teams from various universities around the world and with the limited resources available it managed to secure the good position in their respective category. Later, the Team was christened ‘Team Garud’ and it is now the official Rocketry Division of the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun. The team comprises of dynamic students and highly qualified faculty advisors and mentors, dedicated to the competition. By combined effort ‘Garud’ is sure to excel and reach the zenith of success. Team Garud has a long history of rockets and has been designing and fabricating rockets from past 4 years to compete in Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition every year.