The 12th Annual Day Celebrations
13-Apr-2019
The 12th Annual Day celebration was held with grandeur and splendor in the campus.
The Chief Guest of the day was Mr. Umesh Kamath of Robosoft Technologies. The President of the day was Mr. Jagannath Chowta, Trustee - Bhandary Foundation. Mr. Devadas Hegde Trustee - Bhandary Foundation & Project In-charge, was the Guest of Honour. Mr. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal and Mr. S.S. Balakrishna, Vice Principal, also graced the function.
Mr. Sanketh Kottary, Culture Head welcomed the guests on the dais. All the guests and council heads were florally welcomed by the Vice Principal. The Chief Guest, Mr. Umesh Kamath formally inaugurated the programme.
Dr. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, extended a warm welcome to the dignitaries on and off the dais. In his welcome speech he expressed his pleasure at having such eminent personalities to grace the function. He highlighted the various achievements of students and how Sahyadri is growing by leaps and bounds year after year.
Sahyadri has seen credits of its students, Dr. Kunte stated. Above all, he emphasized that the main credit goes to the Chairman, who being a great visionary and an ardent educator, vigorously interacts with the faculty about the skills development and went on to say that without the chairman’s intervention Sahyadri would not be where it is today.
Dr. Kunte spoke about the faculty development programs and research programs undertaken. Furthermore, he spoke about the various top personalities from the fields of education, business, medicine, science and politics that have graced the campus by their visit during the past one decade, thus adding one more feather to the Sahyadri cap.
Dr. Kunte wishes the students and the outgoing students All the Best!
Mr. S.S. Balakrishna, Vice Principal placed before the audience the annual report for the Academic Year 2018-19. He stated that this academic year the highest admission status was achieved by Sahyadri which stands at 100%. He highlighted the achievements of each department and that of the students in VTU. He spoke about the first year students’ participation in national and international events. He mentioned about the various Ph.D. programs by the faculties, as well as the research programmes undertaken by students and faculties.
Apart from the Academics, the Vice Principal also highlighted the activities and achievements in various departments like Sports, Placements, Art & Culture, and CSR activities. As regards the placements, he said that around 125 companies visited the campus and 600+ placements have happened in the current academic year. He said that the credit goes to Ms Rashmy Bhandary, Dean, Placements.
Before concluding his speech, he applauded the rank holders and gold medalists. With much pride and emotion he said that this is an achievement beyond all imagination. He further went on to say that these students have created history and have lifted Sahyadri to newer heights.
The Chief Guest, Mr. Umesh Kamath gave the welcome speech. Mr. Umesh Kamath is the Vice President & Head-Human Possibilities, Robosoft Technologies. He is a HR Professional with two decades of work experience. He specializes in Talent Transformation, Change Management, HR IT Systems, and Performance Management Systems etc. His key achievements are, managing the global workforce internationally, taking care of their mobility, and creating global mobility policies & shared services for HR.
In his speech Mr. Kamath focused on students. He said that the present millennial generation and that of the Nineties are very fortunate predominantly because of three aspects. The first aspect is getting easily enrolled in college and getting placements. During earlier times he said that it was not a smooth sailing and it was not easy to get a job. The present generation is really lucky in this matter. Second aspect is being born in Karnataka and getting moral support from parents. Third, is being born in India. India is the largest democracy in the world where we have the right to vote. Many other countries do not have such opportunities, he stated.
Mr. Kamath said India is very young. When compared to many Scandinavian countries where there is no growth in population, more than 50% of India’s population comprises of youth. Hence, our youngsters have plenty of opportunities coming their way, he stated. He vehemently advised the students not to waste time in frivolous matters and to realize their luck, make best use of the opportunities and focus on getting enrolled.
