Sahyadri participates in the "Say No to Drugs" event conducted by Mangalore Police in collaboration with Vijaya Karnataka

Mangalore Police in collaboration with Vijaya Karnataka conducted a series of events on the theme "Say No to Drugs" covering most of the schools and colleges of Dakshina Kannada District.

The Valedictory ceremony was organized at Dr. TMA Pai Auditorium, Mangaluru which started off with a Walk from the Bunts Hostel Circle. Student representatives from Sahyadri headed the contingent which saw participation from 5,000 students of Dakshina Kannada District.

The Valedictory ceremony had witnessed the presence of Shri. Verendra Hegde, Dharmadarshi, Sri. Manjunatha Swamy Temple, Dharmasthala; The Police Commissioner Mr. Suresh IPS; The District Commissioner Mr. Sasikanth Senthil S and also had the star attraction Ms. Rashmika Mandanna.

Bridge Course for MBA Students Batch 2018

Day Two of the Bridge Course began with the session on ‘Development of Self Esteem’ facilitated by Prof. Padmanabha B, Dept. of Business Administration. He re-iterated to the students that each individual is unique in his or her own ways and we should harness to develop the uniqueness in oneself.

Through a story he urged the students to get out of their comfort zones in order to achieve and be successful individuals. He concluded by stating that - ‘Think beyond common sense and learn beyond curriculum’.

Next session was facilitated by Prof. Sushma V, Dept. of Business Administration. She was recently deputed for a Three-Day Training on ‘Human Values’ at RIMSE, Mysore and the key takeaways of the programme was shared with the students connecting to real life scenarios. She mentioned how YouTube videos have contributed to her Self Development and stimulated students to create their own YouTube Channel to bring their talent to the forefront.

The afternoon session was facilitated by Mr. Abhijith Karkera, Manager of Quality Control Department at MANDAMUS Info Knowledge Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru on the topic - ‘Communication’ in which he emphasized the need to be an effective communicator. He also stated that Communication is the integral part of life and listening is the most effective tool of an excellent communicator. He highlighted the importance of being observant and having sound presence of mind in every situation by which one can tackle contrary situations in life.

Talk on “Some Applications of Mathematics - From Ancient to Present Focus on matrix and Fourier methods”

Dept. of Mathematics organized a talk on “Some Applications of Mathematics - From Ancient to Present Focus on matrix and Fourier methods” in the campus. Dr. Ashok Rao, Former Head, Network Project, CEDT, IISC Bangalore was the resource person. Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal; Prof. S S Balakrishna, Vice-Principal, Faculty of Information Science, Computer Science and Electronics & Communication Engineering Departments were present. Dr. Ashok Rao was fascinated to the see the infrastructure of Sahyadri and he mentioned that students of Sahyadri are fortunate as the infrastructure available here are on par with IIT’s and NIT’s. In his talk, he gave a brief idea of Applications of Matrices and Fourier Transforms in Engineering and also gave an insight about Research in mathematics and engineering.

Quote for the day

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mahatma Gandhi