Elevate 100 for Mangaluru & Udupi region held at Sahyadri

Elevate 100 organized by K-Tech, Government of Karnataka was held in Sahyadri Campus for the Mangaluru and Udupi region. A total of 12 Teams including 2 teams from Sahyadri participated in the selection process from both the regions. The jury panel consisted of Mr. Sathya Narayana B V, Senior Manager-Karnataka Startup Cell; Mr. Uday Birje, Co-Founder and Director, Thinkstreet Technologies; Mr. Suryanarayanan A, Governing Body Member, TIE, Bengaluru and Ms. Susheela Mahesh, Director, Secured Outsourcing Solutions Private Limited. Mr. Anil Uppin, Managing Director of Karnataka Council for Technological Upgradation (KCTU) was also present during the event.

While addressing the participants, Mr. Sathya Narayana explained about Elevate 100 which is a unique event promoted by Government of Karnataka which has helped many start-ups to get support and funding. He thanked Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation for taking initiative to help the start-ups in the region. Mr. Uday Birje, in his address complemented Sahyadri Management for partnering with Elevate 100 initiative for the last two years. The event was coordinated by MM Active. Shortlisted teams will compete in the state level event to be held in Bengaluru.

Elevate 100 aims to provide comprehensive entrepreneurship platform for start-ups. The top 100 technology based start-ups chosen through a rigorous hunt across Karnataka will be provided with Government funds/support.

Kudos to the Semester II B.E. Toppers

Information Science Engineering			Mechanical Engineering
Swathi K SGPA - 9.92	Varshini V SGPA - 9.58	Harriet Avel Dsouza SGPA - 9.50	Abhishek B S  SGPA - 10	Mahammad Sayeed SGPA - 9.50	Srivatsa M G SGPA - 9.42

Civil Engineering				Computer Science & Engineering
Drishya K A SGPA - 9.33	Kathija SGPA - 9.33	Manish SGPA - 9.25	Gurukiran SGPA - 9.25	Jennifer SGPA - 10.00	Preeti L SGPA - 9.83	Priyanka A SGPA - 9.75	Shriraksha SGPA - 9.75

Electronics & Communication Engineering
Deeksha N SGPA - 9.83	Akshay SGPA - 9.83	Amrutha SGPA - 9.83	Navyashree SGPA - 9.83	Sarala Anithkumar SGPA - 9.67	Shashank A SGPA - 9.67	Melisha Nathasha SGPA - 9.67	Pratheeksha Lazarus SGPA - 9.67

Alumnus interacts with Mechanical Engineering Students

Mr. Sheik Suhail Ahmed, an Alumnus of the Department of Mechanical Engineering currently working at Sonomatic Ltd interacted with the students of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Suhail has a rich experience of working in Oil and Gas Industry across different countries which include UAE, Azerbaijan and Singapore. Presently, he has been deputed to Nigeria where he works as an inspection engineer.

In his talk, he explained the role of NDT engineers and also discussed about the challenges faced by the Oil and Gas Industry. Further, he shared his experiences and advised the students to groom themselves to meet the needs of the Industries. He also recalled his days at Sahyadri and advised students to accept problems as challenges. He also encouraged students to actively participate in value added courses introduced by the institution as it would help them to acquire necessary skills.

Welcome to the Fold

• Ms. Pooja K has joined the Department of Civil Engineering as an Assistant Professor. She has completed her B.E in Civil Engineering from St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru & M. Tech in Construction Concrete Technology from Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Mangaluru. Her area of specialization is Construction Concrete technology.


• Ms. Deepthi K M has joined the Department of Mathematics as an Assistant Professor. She has completed her B.Sc from Canara First Grade College Mangaluru & M.Sc from St. Aloysious College, Mangaluru. Her area of specialization is Mathematics.

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