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Valedictory Ceremony of Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt - SSTH 2018

12-Nov-2018
 Valedictory Ceremony of Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt - SSTH 2018

During the Valedictory ceremony, Dr. Karisidappa, Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) addressed the students and encouraged them by sharing an anecdote which hinted that - it is the stuff and basic intelligence with experience that matters and not the outer look of anything that takes people to greater heights. He referred to Sahyadri as a “Scientific Community” and made the students realise how fortunate they were to enter the Engineering College without having the basic academic qualification for engineering yet.

Dr. K T V Reddy, President of IETE, New Delhi while addressing the audience said – There is no replacement to hard work and NO shortcuts to be used. He also stimulated the students to do what their heart says and follow their passion.

Dr. S Seetharamu, a leading Scientist in Central Power Research Institute while speaking referred to the renowned literary works - “Mankuthimmana Kagga” and encouraged students by saying - One must learn a lot from the world around him and live life doing good deeds.

Mr. C Nagaraj, who worked in fortune 500 companies like HP, Toyota, Shimano, Sony addressed the students and stimulated them to analyze whether they should work hard or work smart when an assignment is given to them. He also emphasised on the use of 80-20 Theory through which the success is the highest.

Mr. Manjunath Bhandary while speaking to the students said that SSTH was started 5 years ago intending to create technical awareness and over the years Sahyadri has made amendments to the SSTH format. Now, at SSTH, Sahyadri funds the identified project with the help of NAIN and Govt. Of Karnataka and the current prototype would be converted to Product and then Scale Up and Start Up. He has expressed his whole hearted support in not restricting these opportunities to Sahyadri alone but to all students who have talent.

Mr. Ved Prakash, Chief Knowledge Officer at Trianz, Mr. Siddharth Rajhans, Policies & SDGs, United Nations; Mr. Aakarsh Naidu, Advisory panel of the Global Startup Awards (SAARC); Mr. Pranav Hebbar, Co-Founder, Make Room India, Bengaluru were the other esteemed guests during the Valedictory Ceremony. Dr. D L Prabhakara, Director–Sahyadri Group; Dr. Manjappa Sarathi, Director-R&D; Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal; Deans; Trustees and HODs of all departments were also present during the Valedictory ceremony.

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