Director-R&D invited as Chief Guest for the Valedictory Ceremony of ‘Workshop on NEP’ at BIET, Davangere

Dr. S Majappa, Director-R&D and Consultancy was invited as the Chief Guest alongside Dr. Karisiddappa, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belagavi; Dr. A S Deshpande, Registrar, VTU, Belagavi and Dr. K Siddappa, Former Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University for the Two-Day Workshop on “Implementation of NEP” organized by BIET, Davangere held during 10th to 11th Dec, 2021. He was also one of the Resource persons during the two day event.

Student Induction Program for the 2021-22 first year Engineering students

Day Five (17th Dec, 2021)

The morning session included introduction to Social Innovation Projects (SIP) conducted by Faculty of Technical Career Education (TCE) - Mr. Gautham Nayak and Ms. Sushma. The afternoon sessions on Universal Human Values were engaged by Prof. Prashantha Rao, Head-Basic Science Dept; Prof. Navin Bappalige, Dept. of Physics and Prof. Vaishak, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Sessions conducted for First year CSE/DS/AI-DS/AI-ML and Cyber Security Students

As a part of Induction program, several other sessions were held on 14th Dec, 2021 for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), CSE-Data Science, CSE-Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, CSE-Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Students. Dr. Mustafa Basthikodi, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering facilitated a session on “Your First Steps”. He spoke about the world without Computer Engineers, Career options, Big Recruiters and Tips for making Four years of most successful. The following 10 Most Important Tips for Computer Science & Engineering students were discussed: 1. Typing Speed
2. Grades Matter but Skills Matter More
3. Learn Smartly according to College Curriculum
4. Communication and Writing Skills
5. Learn by Implementing (Making Projects)
6. Apply for Good Internships
7. Start Using Competitive Sites
8. Be Aware of Good Programs and Explore New Things in First Year
9. Priority should NOT be given to Certificates but the learning outcome
10. Don’t Try to Learn All Languages in one go
Dr. Ananth Prabhu, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, conducted an interactive session for CSE-Cyber Security students. To make the students better understand the domain of cyber security, he presented a 2-hour lecture on Careers in Cyber Security and the Roadmap ahead. Students enjoyed the session with real-time illustrations, for example, a Black Cat Ransomware, written in RUST programming language and so on. Dr. Prabhu also shared the PPT of the presentation for the benefit of students, which can be downloaded from the link below: https://docs.google.com/presentation
Dr. Priya Kamath, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, handled the session for CSE-AIML students. In her session, she covered the importance of Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning in today’s world. The career opportunities as a machine learning engineer and the future of artificial intelligence was discussed with the students. While there are a lot of engineering colleges in the region, she laid out the importance of pursuing the degree from Sahyadri. Various initiatives by Sahyadri including Launchpads were discussed.
Prof. Ankitha K, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, handled the session for CSE-Data Science and AI-DS students. In her talk, she covered the need for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in brief, the prerequisites for learning AI and DS, Demand for Data Scientists and AI Engineers, and roadmap ahead for building a successful career. She also encouraged students to engage in Sahyadri initiatives in order to enhance their learning opportunities.

Placement and Training:

Google Hiring

Google is hiring Engineers from the 2022 passing out batch for the role of Strategic Cloud Engineer. To apply: Click here.
As a Strategic Cloud Engineer, one will guide customers on configuring and deploying their Google Cloud infrastructure, including identity and access management, network architecture, application security. They will also help customers design their cloud applications for large-scale data processing systems, optimal scaling, develop data pipelines optimized for scaling, and troubleshoot potential platform issues. Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions. They deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a foundation for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.

Byjus Hiring

Byju's is hiring Engineers from the 2022 passing out batch for the role of Academic Specialist. CTC offered is INR 6 LPA.
About Company: BYJU’S is the world's most valuable Ed-tech company and the creator of India’s most loved school learning app which offers highly adaptive, engaging and effective learning programs for students in classes 1-12 (K-12) and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT and IAS.
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Webinar on "How to get started with Engineering Projects" by Workbench

Under the Induction program conducted by the Social Innovation Program (SIP) on 17th Dec, 2021 an informative webinar was held on the topic “How to get started with Engineering Projects”. Mr. Richard Gomes, Instructor at the Fab Academy helmed the session and introduced to the students the importance of good quality projects and the skills necessary to build a project. The enthusiasm and interest shown by the students were remarkable.

Quote for the day

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.
- Henry Ford