Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada visits Sahyadri

Dr. Rajendra K.V, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada visited Sahyadri Campus on 22nd April’2021. During his visit, he interacted with the In-house industry experts, student innovators and appreciated the initiatives taken by the college to solve community-centric problems through engineering students.
He appreciated the initiatives taken by the college in creating an entrepreneurial environment and to develop solutions for societal problems. He emphasized that students should come up with innovative solutions to help the Government in handling tough situations.
During the interaction session, he gave Problem Statements related to the present issues in tackling COVID-19 and many other problems in the region that can be solved through engineering solutions.

Problem Statement provided by DC:
• A portal to track COVID-19 positive patients in urban and rural areas and to provide live updates on Hotspot zones to the general public
• An easily accessible portal for the public with the information on the availability of number of beds, ventilators, oxygen concentrators, etc., in the nearby hospitals and health care centres
• A health monitoring band for pregnant women which could ensure the maternity related information to be formulated and also give alerts to take necessary measures and medication for the well-being of mother and the infant. The device should also be able to send SOS alerts to nearby ambulances and hospitals
Sahyadri has deputed a task team to work on these problem statements and develop software and hardware products that can make a difference in the community.

Inauguration of Online AICTE-ISTE National Refresher Programme - Phase III organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Day One (22nd Apr’2021):
Inauguration of the Phase III of the AICTE-ISTE Online Refresher Programme on “Cooperative and Collaborative Teaching Learning Process” was held in the campus. The programme has received sponsor of Rs. 3,00,000/- jointly from AICTE and ISTE, Govt. of India. Dr. Rathishchandra R Gatti, Professor & the organizing Secretary of the event presented the schedule of the event. Dr. S Manjappa, Director (R&D, Consultancy) spoke about the importance of Collaborative and Cooperative Learning and also mentioned of the significance of Product-oriented learning.
Prof. Sachin R Jambhale, Executive Council Member (ISTE), Head of Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s College of Engineering and Technology, Noida was the Chief Guest of the event. In his inaugural address, Prof. Sachin R Jambhale stressed on the importance of Collaborative and Cooperative learning and appreciated Sahyadri for having organized the Faculty Development Programme (FDP). He also briefed on NEP, Industry 4.0 and emphasized on the importance on how future skills will be the major platform. He also spoke on various initiatives taken up by AICTE for the development of the Teaching-Learning process in higher education. Dr. S Manjappa, Director (R&D, Consultancy), shared the Presidential address and motivated the participants to actively participate and enhance their skill in building the education system. Dr. Ravichandra K R, Head of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman of the organizing committee delivered the Vote of Thanks. Members of the organizing committee, Prof. S S Balakrishna, Vice-Principal; Dr. Nalini E Rebello, Dean-Academics; Prof. Ajith BS, Prof. Pavitra Ajagol, Prof. Soumyashree, Prof. Vishal Bajpe and other faculty members were present during the inaugural ceremony.
The second session was engaged by Dr. Vijaya Kumari S N, Associate Professor of Education, PG Studies and Research in Education, St. Ann’s College of Education, Mangaluru. She is a Doctorate in Education from SNDT Women’s University Mumbai and has been awarded the Jamunabhai Gobindji Madhabji award for her Ph.D study. She facilitated a session on “Cooperative and Collaborative Learning: Constructivist Pedagogies to develop 21st Century Skills” and emphasized on the holistic learning approach.
Third session was engaged by Dr. Ravichandra K R, Professor and Head of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management. He is also handling additional responsibility as Dean- Industry Connect and Head of Autonomous Working Committee. Prof. Ravichandra K R engaged a session on “Simulation tools for interactive assignments”. In his presentation, he spoke about difference between Traditional Method of Education & Outcome Based Education, Student Centric Education, and Competency in Graduates of Higher Education & Bloom's Taxonomy. The input shared by Professor, benefits the participants to enhance their knowledge on outcome based learning.

Campus Recruitment Drive - Societe Generale Hiring

Societe Generale is conducting a diversity drive for the Computer Science, Information Science and Electronics and Communication Engineering students of the 2021 outgoing batch. The hiring is for the role of Software Engineer and package offered is INR 4.95 LPA.
Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive transformations of society and the economy. Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 138.000 members of staff in 62 countries and supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions.

Quote for the day

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
- Dale Carnegie