In May 2020 MSSA started a new competition known as 'Indian Rover Design Challenge (IRDC)'. IRDC is a competition for university students which challenges them to design Mars rovers which shall be fully equipped and mission ready for Operation on Mars. The first edition took place during June-July 2020 and was attended by 28 teams from 7 countries.  IRDC was an entirely online competition where teams were judged on the basis of their 'Engineering Design Review'. Teams are supposed to carefully plan each subsystem of the rover considering various extra-terrestrial parameters in the design. This competition is designed for students to explore their mind and spark the innovative design thinking of Individuals without putting any constraints on available physical resources. Students are encouraged to be as imaginative, creative and insightful as possible within practical implementable limits for the human race.