Sahyadrians start their day with Guruji’s Satsangh in the Campus

Sahyadri was graced by the visit of “Guruji” Shri Swami Brahmayogananda accompanied by Mr. Subramanian Sivakumar, CEO & Managing Director of Pratian Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru on their way to Murudeshwar. The day started early this morning with Guruji’s Satsangh for the Sahyadri Fraternity. Chairman - Mr. Manjunath Bhandary expressed his delight with the presence of Guruji in the campus and said that Sahyadri has been receiving blessings through guests from all over the place unexpectedly since its inception and hence Sahyadri gets its sanctity and good vibes from time to time.

Key Points shared during the Satsangh:
• 12 Sankalpam for the next 144 years
• The mandatory relationship among all is the Father, Mother, Teacher & God
• One who educates – “Teacher” is next to God
• Dream come true anecdotes of JijaBai, Swami Vivekananda, Dr. Abdul Kalam and Kalpana Chawla
• Practice - Think, Talk and Walk Positive
• Exponential Relation Building and not just add or multiply relations

“AI in Business” – Guest Talk for MBAs

Mr. Deeraj Vijaya, Siemens – IOT (R&D), Bengaluru held a session on Artificial Intelligence in Business for the MBA students. Deeraj was an alumnus of Sahyadri MCA Department and has been extra miler in addressing students on current trends in business and enhancing their ability to be employable.

Key Takeaways of the session:
• Definition of AI in Management Terms
• AI though existed in 1950’s is now gaining importance as everything is based on DATA
• Various services built on AI – Face Recognition, Google Siri, Tesla Cars, Search Engine etc
• Various Platforms of AI – SaaS and API
• Skills required in AI – NLP, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation, Automatic Reasoning, Automatic Planning
• Clarity in meaning of AI, Machine Learning & Deep Learning
• AI in Financial Services
• AI in HR
• AI in Marketing

Defence approved Caliper for the manufacturing of two products

Caliper’s drive for serving high thrust sectors yielded another huge success. Defence establishment, Ordinance Factory in Chennai approved Caliper for two products. Already securing approval for six products for Defence, this time Caliper ended up with securing approval for a complete product assembly to be manufactured in Caliper.

Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt Ltd is a start-up Company housed inside Sahyadri, which is focusing on providing students a LIVE experience in manufacturing. Caliper serves niche customers and also a happening place for students to have hands-on experience, while graduating as Engineers

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Inauguration of Reclaim 2k19

Reclaim 2k19 inaugural function was done by Chief Guest Ms. Vindhya Nayak, Structural Engineer, GKW consult GmbH. The Guest of Honour was Mr. Chinmayabharan M R, Site Engineer, Garden City Realty Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru.

Chief Guest Ms. Vindhya Nayak G urged the students to take up learning process seriously and wished the students good luck for their future. Guest of Honour Mr. Chinmayabharan M R (Alumnus of 2016-17 Pass out) in his address spoke about the role of teachers of Sahyadri in moulding the life of students. He thanked lecturers of Sahyadri for the constant support and encouragement, stated that he was fortunate to have received such teachers. Mr. Yeshwanth Shetty, Actor of Soojidaara was also present in the function and praised Sahyadri for its wonderful infrastructure. Mr. Abhijit Kotegar (Producer of Movie Soojidara) was also present during the programme.

Dept. of Civil Engineering observes Earth Day 2019

Department of Civil Engineering commemorates Earth Day 2019 with the theme "Protect our species". The chief guest of the function was Sri P Shridhar, Range Forest Officer, Mangaluru. The programme was presided by the Principal Dr. R Srinivas Rao Kunte. The function was inaugurated by the Chief Guest by watering the sapling.

Sri P Shridhar, in his address, highlighted the importance of saving trees and also emphasized on the fact that human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction. He also explained the role of engineers in saving environments and affecting sustainable development. He stated that engineers should use creativity, technology, and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems for a sustainable ecosystem.

The function then proceeded with the ceremonial series of the planting of the sapling in the Campus. The primary objective of this initiative was to make the environment a greener place to live in. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman; Mr. Devdas Hegde-Trustee, Dr. Manjappa Sarathi, Director of Research and Mr. Sunil Kumar, Head of Civil Engineering Dept were also present during this significant event.

COGNIT 2019 organized by the Dept of Computer Science & Engineering

Cognit 2019 is a Two-Day event and incorporates a series of technical events including coding and workshops. The Chief Guests were Ms. Manu Bhat, Senior Software Engineer at Intel and Mr. Suhas Shetty, Managing Director at DEV APPSYS IT SOLUTIONS PVT LTD Mangaluru.

The team of “Sooji Dara” including Abhijith, the Producer of the film, also attended the inaugural function and lauded the college events taking place as a part of COGNIT 2019. His message to the students was to follow their dreams and achieve them.

Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction of Mentor:
Mr. Naveen. B. is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is having five years of experience. He has done his B.E in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Thermal Power Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi. He is pursuing part time Ph.D in BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru. His research area is heat pipes, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics.

Mentees’ Details:
• Abhilash is from Udupi. He pursued his schooling at Government High School and studied PUC at Government Pre-University College, Udupi. He is very good at playing Kabaddi and cricket. He also loves drawing. He aspires to get placed in Mahindra Company.
• Gururaj D. Shet is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from Canara High School and PUC from Canara Pre University College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are collecting coins, playing games and listening to music. His aspiration is to join an automobile company and innovate something new.
• Jishnu Shanth is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from St. Sebastian English Medium High School, and PUC from St. Raymond PU College. He is a professional dancer and an artist. His hobbies are dancing & choreographing, pencil sketching & carving, painting and listening to music. His aspiration is to become an automobile designer and mechatronics engineer and innovate something new.
• Vineeth is from Udupi. He completed his high school from SMS English Medium High School and PUC from SMS Pre-University College, Udupi. His hobbies are reading books, playing games and listening to music. His dream is to join ISRO.
• Josewin Crasta is from Kasragod. He pursued his high school from Sri Sharadamba High School Sheni and PUC from GHSS Kasragod. He has won places at district level in kabbadi and cricket. His hobbies are playing outdoor games and biking. He wants to become a better engineer.
• Sandesh S. Rao is from Udupi. He pursued his high school from Dr.T.M.A Pai High School and PUC from Trisha College, Kallianpura. His hobbies are reading books, playing cricket and listening to music. His aspiration is to build his own company
• Arjun Pai is from Udupi. He pursued his high school at Government High School and PUC at MGM PU College, Udupi. His hobbies are photography, watching documentaries on wildlife and automobile manufacturing, playing Tabla and listening to music. His aim is to get placed in L&T.
• Prajwal P. Nayak is from Udupi. He pursued his high school at Government High School and PUC at Poornaprajna PU College, Udupi. The strange thing is that he does not have any hobbies. He aspires to be one of the best mechatronic engineers and innovate something useful to the society and its progress and wellbeing.

Upcoming Event

Amazon India is visiting Sahyadri on the 6th of May 2019, to conduct a pool campus recruitment drive for BE all branches of 2019 outgoing batch. The recruitment is for the position of Customer Service Associate (VCS).

Amazon.com strives to be the Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

Quote for the day

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
- Pele