Bridge Course for MBA New Entrants Gets Underway in the Campus
The 10-day Bridge Course for the MBA new entrants got underway in the Campus. The students were given a warm welcome by Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director, Department of Business Administration. She briefed the students about the outline and importance of the Bridge Course. Prof. Karthik Kudroli engaged a session on Statistics. Ice-breaking sessions and other activities were introduced to energise the students and make them comfortable in Sahyadri Campus.
A Bridge Course for new entrants is conducted every year before the commencement of the first semester classes. The main objective of the course is to bridge the gap between subjects studied at Under-Graduate level and subjects they would be studying in their MBA course. This Course will assist in the smooth transitioning of the students to MBA. A sound grasp of the fundamentals of MBA subjects will lay a strong foundation for the entire two-year programme.
The afternoon session on Communication Skills was engaged by Mr. Abhijith Karkera, Managing Partner and Marketing Head, VIBRANT MINDS.
Welcome to the Fold
 Ms. Suketha has joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering as an Assistant Professor. She is an M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management. Her area of Specialization is Computer Science.
Tomorrow at Sahyadri
Freshers day will be celebrated at Sahyadri tomorrow, Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy Country Head- Public Policy of Google India will be the chief guest & honouring of Ms. Michal Queeni D’Costa Achiever in UPSC Examinations will be taking place.
Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy engaged with policy makers, industry associations and members of civil society. He was earlier Director -Corporate Affairs at Dell India, and steered the company's efforts in the public policy space. Before joining Dell, he was with Intel for five and a half years as Head- Public Affairs and Technical Assistant to the Intel India President. Chetan won the prestigious Intel Achievement Award – the company's highest award for driving an industry wide initiative to influence the Central government in reducing tariffs on PCs in
2004. Chetan was also the recipient of Intel's Finance Achievement Award in 2005. That year, he also won the Intel Inspire Award when his abstract "Enabling Growth Influencing through Strategic Partnerships,'' was selected among 400 other entries which he presented at the Intel Inspire Conference at Oregon.
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Dr. Saritha Arunkumar, Senior Scientist, IBM – UK visits Sahyadri
Dr. Saritha Arunkumar, Senior Scientist in IBM UK visited the campus and interacted with the Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, and also had an interactive session with the students and faculty members.
Saritha has nearly 16+ years of experience all being in IT Security space and has been working in wide span of roles such as Security Lead, Consultant, Specialist, Senior Architect and Subject Matter Expert – Security. She has been living in the UK for the last 11 years.
She has gained deep expertise in Identity and Access Management solutions, Web Services security, and Public key Infrastructure, Cryptography and mobile security. Most of the projects that she has been involved revolve around creating end-to-end security architectures, designs and security solutions.
Her vast experience with major banks, insurance firms, social security organizations, telecommunications, trading organizations, retail has made her Subject Matter Expert in Tivoli and WebSphere suite of security products. She also has in-depth experience in defining end-to-end security architecture, high level and detail security designs and Infrastructure security solutions. She has also worked on a number of security assessment engagements, which involved assessing IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX and Solaris systems.
Saritha has a Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Masters in Operations Management and received her PhD in Mobile Security from City University, London. She has presented in a number of conference proceedings and has published papers on Security. Her research contribution to the wider IBM community has been demonstrated from time to time by chairing and presenting at IBM internal and external security seminars/workshops. She has worked on a number of mobile, military and Biometrics projects including EEG biometrics for authentication and invariant age progression of faces. She has enhanced her personal eminence through external collaborations and connections and is also a key delegate/contributor of the Biometrics Standards body SC37.
Invited as Chief Guest on the occasion of Independence Day
Dr. C. K. Manjunath, Prof. of Humanities & Administrator was invited as a chief guest on the occasion of Independence Day at Mahatma Gandhi Prathishtana, Tagore Park, Mangalore. He addressed the students, freedom fighters and the association members on the values and duties of today's citizen. This association was started by Mangalore freedom fighters way back in 1950's.
MBA faculty invited as a Chief Guest in Parents – Teachers Meeting
 Prof. Padmanabha B, Department of Business Administration was invited as the chief guest for Parents - Teachers Meeting at Jamiya Education Trust Chokkabettu, Surathkal, Mangaluru. He addressed approximately five hundred parents on “How to be a Good Parent”. In his speech he highlighted the role and responsibility of parents and teachers for present generation.
Quote for the day
“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”
- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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