Sahyadri First Semester B.E. toppers

Kudos to the Physics Cycle toppers

Rakhi R. Shet SGPA - 9.55	Shrilakshmi K. Rao SGPA - 9.55	Suma Gowri SGPA - 9.55	Chaya SGPA - 9.55	Keerthana K. A. SGPA - 9.55

Kudos to the Chemistry Cycle toppers

M. Krithika Rai SGPA - 9.30	Neha S. SGPA - 9.30	Flaman Glanson Mascarenhas SGPA - 9.25	Bhakthi P Alva SGPA - 9.25	Jessica Audrey D’Souza SGPA - 9.25

Industrial Visit for Pre-final Year Civil Engineering Students

An industrial visit was organized for the students of VI Semester Civil Engineering. On Day 1, students along with four faculty members visited T K Halli Water Treatment Plant at Mandya. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) at T K Halli is the premier governmental agency responsible for sewage disposal and water supply to the city of Bengaluru. The officials of BWSSB explained to the students various aspects regarding Cascade Aerators, Sedimentation Process, Flash Mixing and Disinfectioning Process. The Plant In-charge briefed the students on plant history and explained that it is Asia’s biggest water purification plant with five stages of purification and pumping along with conventional and latest technology as its unique and exclusive mode.

Day 2 was started with a visit to Karnataka Engineering Research Station (KERS), KRS Road, Mysore. KERS has diversified its research fields in irrigation structures, hydraulics, soil mechanics & foundation engineering, coastal engineering, and technical services. Through these divisions this Research Station has solved many civil engineering problems faced by field engineers as and when referred by project authorities. KERS is also imparting training for capacity building to in-service engineers and administrative staffs of State Water Resources Department, Karnataka Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport Department and other State departments.

In addition to the research activities, KERS has also been offering the guidance to the students from different engineering colleges along with lab facilities to enable them to complete their project work as part of their curriculum. The students had a chance to visit the labs in the research station and interact with the officials based on various fields of research in civil engineering domain. Later, students visited The Krishnarajasagara Dam, KLRS, Mysore. Here they had an opportunity to interact with the officials of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd., and gain information pertaining to the various operations of dam, its conveyance sections, technical details, dam maintenance etc. Students then visited Venugopalswamy Temple, a rehabilitated structure in the KRS backwaters and gathered information regarding rehabilitation process which is implied in the field of civil engineering.

Mechanical Engineering Department organized a Seminar on “Occupational Health and Safety in Industries"

Mechanical Engineering department organized a one-day seminar on “Occupational Health and Safety in Industries" for Sixth Semester and selected Eighth Semester students of mechanical Engineering. Capt. Ramprasad, Director and Mr. Ramesh Babu, Managing Director, Call for Safety and Quality Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Mangaluru, were the resource persons. In two separate sessions, each of them explained about the importance of safety in day today life, industries, working areas, domestic places etc. Opportunities for mechanical engineering students in the safety fields such as marine, chemical industries were explained in detail. They also mentioned about the various certification courses which will help for placement activities.

Prof. Ravichandra R., Prof. Mahesh B. Davanageri were also part of the seminar. Mr. Kiran Prakasha, Assistant Professor organized the seminar.

Student Counsellor invited as Resource Person by St. Philomena College, Puttur

Mr Ankith S. Kumar, Student Counsellor was invited as the Resource Person for a session on “Family Planning and Birth Control Methods” for the Undergraduate Social Work students of St. Philomena College, Puttur. The topic being a part of their academic curricular, He explained about the meaning of Family Planning and the 13 methods of Birth Control, which included Hormonal methods, Emergency Contraceptives, Barrier Methods and Natural Methods of Birth Control.

Campus Recruitment Drive

• Ethnus
Ethnus conducted a Pool Campus Recruitment Drive for students of all branches of B.E 2019 Batch. Mr. Narthan Poovanna, HR Executive facilitated the process. A total of 158 students from various colleges in DK and Udupi Districts participated in the drive. Results are awaited.


• Jaro Education
Jaro Education conducted a Pool Campus Recruitment Drive for students of all branches of B.E and also MBA students of 2019 Batch. Ms. Oshin Verma Campus Ambassador - HR was at the campus to facilitate the process. A total of 219 students from various colleges in DK and Udupi Districts participated in the drive and the results are awaited.

Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri

Department: Civil Engineering
Introduction of Mentor:
Ms. Navya Rai D. is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. She obtained her B.E. and M.Tech degree from Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. She worked as a Graduate Trainee in New Mangalore Port Trust for one year and another 6 months she worked in a Private Construction Company. Her area of expertise is structural engineering. She has published one Paper in international conference and won the “Best Paper Award”.

Introduction of Mentees:
• Prajwal Karmarkar G. is from Kasaragod. He has pursued his high school from Madhusudhan Kushe School, and PUC from Alva’s PU College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are playing cricket and reading. He is interested in environmental engineering, and as such he aspires to serve the society with advance technology.
• Dhanush V Acharya is from Mangaluru. He pursued his schooling at St. Joseph High School and PU at Dr. NSAM PU College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are photography, and listening to old classic songs. He has participated in an event at NIT Pondicherry. He aspires to become a successful structural engineer.
• Adarsha H.K. is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from St. Aloysius High School and PUC from Canara PU College, Mangaluru. He spends most of his leisure time in drawing and playing outdoor games. His aspiration is to become IAS officer.
• Mohammed Shabab Abdul Hameed is from Kasaragod. He pursued his high school from Milagres High School and PUC from St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru. His hobbies include playing football and reading books. His aspiration is to get placed in good company.
• Nirosha is from Mangaluru and pursued her high school from Srinivas Oriented High School and PUC from Canara PU College, Mangaluru. Her hobbies are gardening, cooking, and listening to songs. Her aspiration is to be placed in her dream company and do something to society and make her parents proud.
• Geethanjali is from Chickamagaluru. She pursued her high school from St. Joseph’s Convent Girls High school and PU from Prasanna polytechnic P U College, Ujire. Her hobbies are watching animation, reading novels. She aspires to be Civil Engineer and to make an impact on this world and also start an NGO.
• Selwyn Jaison Callistus Patrao is the resident of Surathkal, Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from Holy Family English Medium School and PUC from St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are playing cricket, collecting coins. He aspires to join a best company.
• Rather Hameem Mohiuddin is from Britney, Anantnag, Kashmir. He did his schooling from Islamia Model Secondary School and Diploma from Government Polytechnic College, Kulgam. His hobbies are reading novels, and playing cricket. He aspires to get placed in a good company.

Tomorrow at Sahyadri

Diya Systems is visiting Sahyadri to conduct a Campus Recruitment Drive for the BE students from all branches of 2019 outgoing batch. The recruitment is for the role of Technical Support.

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Quote for the day

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
- Albert Einstein