Freshers Day at Sahyadri
The Freshers Day was celebrated at Sahyadri with Ms. Ankita Vashistha as the chief guest and Mr. Nachappa K.U. as the guest of honour. The Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary addressed the gathering and stated that this is the day where we should take up goals; achieve them by doing our best and attain success in the coming years. He welcomed both the guests and advised the students to take the guests as role models. He said that ‘engineers are visionaries; they create jobs for others’. He also added that one needs to be enrolled in project based learning along with academics.
Mr. Nachappa delivered his address and spoke about goals and empirical research. He said that having a goal is important to be successful in life and added that it is a right time for students to develop a specific goal in life. He said that identifying the problem is a driving skill that every engineer must have. At the end he advised students to make use of the facilities provided by the college.
Mr. Nachappa K.U. is the Finance Lead, APAC Accenture Operations. His key skills are business analytics, project management, business strategy and programme management. He has a MBA from IIM Bangalore and BE from Bangalore University. He started his career as Financial Analyst, India - grew to Business Operations Manager, ASEAN. He has supported many of the business units in providing financial, sales and decision support & analysis
Ms. Ankita Vashistha was very impressed with the vision of our chairman. She spoke about what is engineering and what students learn from it. She spoke about various skills that an engineer should have like logical skills, reasoning skills, analytical skills, problem solving skills and creativity.
She stated that engineers have transferrable skills. She highlighted the student’s life at college which includes learning, team work, leadership, discussions, networking, extracurricular activities, and self discovery. She said that networking is very important to learn new things. She also spoke about entrepreneurship which involves being a risk taker, team work, believer, leader and hard worker. She encouraged the students to be entrepreneurs.
Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, remarked that the College expects every moment of students to be fresh throughout the year. He also spoke about perfections which will make the students highly professional.
Mr. Zeeshan Ramlan Addresses MBA Students
Mr Zeeshan Ramlan, Lead HR, Infosys, addressed the final year students MBA on the role of HR in the IT industry. He briefed the students on life in the IT industry and gave a bird’s eye view on corporate expectations from the freshers.
Quote for the day
"Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.
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- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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M.Tech. Part Time Semester IV Results: Sahyadri 100%
The part time M.Tech. VTU results 2015-16 has been declared with all the four streams, Digital Electronics (LDZ), Transportation Engineering (CTZ), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (MCZ) and Computer Science & Engineering (SPZ) securing 100% results.
M.Tech. Part Time Semester II Results
The VTU part time M.Tech. results 2015-16 of Computer Integrated Manufacturing(MCZ) and Computer Science & Engineering (SPZ) both securing 100% results while Transportation Engineering (CTZ) is at 85.71% and Digital Electronics( LDZ) secured 71.43%.
Tholons CEO Visits Sahyadri
 
Ms. Ankita Vashistha, CEO, Tholons addressed the research team and senior faculty members of Sahyadri. She enlightened the team on building a rapport with the industries for research in specific fields. She also stressed upon publishing white papers on varied research fields and create a digital library of our own so that people not only can take cognizance of the activities that we do as an institute but also encourage people to participate in the research activity. She also spoke about the opportunities available with respect to external funding for research projects.
In her address to the Student Council Members she stressed that entrepreneurs should have leadership and risk taking ability. They should also believe in their ideas. Every startup should have a CEO (Chief Executive Officer), CFO (Chief Finance Officer) and CTO (Chief Technical Officer). In countries like India, there should be more number of CTOs. She also believes there should be more involvement in startups and they should have higher designations. In India where more than 75% of the population resides in villages there should be more mobile applications to help farmers. She believes that every startup should have a good business plan and should also conduct regular surveys.
She has a Masters in Finance & Management from Cranfield School of Management, UK and an engineering degree from MSR Institute of Technology, India.
Ms. Vashistha comes from an advisory, investments, private equity and venture capital background. At Tholons, she manages the advisory, research, education and investments groups. She works very actively in the start-up ecosystem in India, Philippines, Singapore, UK, and USA to source, evaluate and mentor start-up companies. She works closely with portfolio companies to help them create value, scale and expand globally. She is passionate about investing in the mobile, e-commerce, analytics and education space.
Mr. Raghavendra K. Delivers a Guest Lecture in the Campus
Mr. Raghavendra K., Unit Head Operations, Future Group, delivered a guest lecture on retail management. He enlightened the students on different formats of retail management, career in retail and skills set expected from fresh post graduates in the retail sector.
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