Team ‘Titans’ Utilise the Social Innovation Program to address the Rising Problem of Road Accidents
Social Innovation Program for the First Years at Sahyadri encourages students to revisit problems faced by the Community until they get to the root cause, inculcating the skill of identifying the right stakeholders before diving into problem solving to come up with viable and implementable solutions for society.
Team ‘Titans’ with members Rajath P. Shetty, Mohizam, Shalvian John D’Souza, Apeksha K., Sree Hari and Yashna H. Kanchan of Section ‘D’ utilised the Social Innovation Program to address the rising problem of road accidents. India makes constitutes 12% of the World’s Total Deaths as a result of road accidents, which is devastating given the large number of younger population - close to 76% - losing their lives to it. The team sought to reduce these increasing numbers of cases, through their Social Innovation Project, focusing on an idea that could encompass all the major causes of accidents, like Underage Driving, Absence of License and Proper Documents, Speeding and Drunk Driving. This was done through interactions with the Traffic department during the course of the program.
The team proposes a Speed Analysing Mechanism (SAM)-24 to be installed in the vehicle with a compulsory card slot for License which ensures proper tracking for the traffic wardens and sets a speed limit for age groups of 16-18 and identifies vehicles moving at high speed. They have also looked into integrating AI to identify Drunk Drivers. The team has come up with a design and the idea is in its prototyping stage.
Students of CSE Participate in an Online Colloquium jointly organized by the Dept. of Management Studies and Dept. of Information Technology, IIIT-Allahabad
Abhishek Pai P. and Deeksha S. Kunder, students of Computer Science & Engineering participated in an Online Colloquium on “Information Flux & Its Impact on Societal Resilience: A Cause of Conflict or Concord”.
The Colloquium was jointly organized by the Dept. of Management Studies and Dept. of Information Technology in association with IEEE Student Branch, Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Allahabad, during 22-23 Aug’2020.
The Colloquium aimed at providing a platform for the students, researchers and academicians to share knowledge and ideas on recent trends in the field of Technology and Management. The objective was to identify trends on how Information is making an impact on Societal Resilience.
The themes included in the Colloquium were:
1. Information Technology and its Management
2. Information Security
3. Virtual Presence and Social Distancing
4. Information Analysis, its Impact and Management
The Colloquium has helped our students benefit in the area of networking. It has helped them improve their presentation and communication skills.
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Moreover, our students had the opportunity to meet and interact with noted academicians.
Day-2 of Global FDP on “Research in Social Science & Management Studies” organized by MBA Dept.
Dept. of Business Administration-MBA in its on-going Global Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Research in Social Science & Management Studies”, conducted two sessions on Day-2 i.e. 24th Aug’2020.
The first Session was on literature selection and writing. Dr. Sunil M.V., Librarian-SDM Institute of Management Development, an expertise in Open Source Software, gave an overview of types of literature review by describing each type briefly with examples. He later explained how software can be used in literature review. With the help of an Open Source Software, Zotero, he demonstrated how literature review is written and how reference for the same be generated.
Second Session of the day was facilitated by Dr. T. Mallikarjunappa, Professor, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. He delivered a session on Research Design. His mantra of Research Design was “Before beginning your Paper, you need to decide how you plan to design the study”. He explained in detail each type of research designs by giving examples of each. He later explained that selection of research design is based on the objectives and hypotheses a researcher formulates.
Faculty Members conduct Interactive Session on “NEP 2020 in India: A Progressive Step in Education”
In order to create awareness among the faculty members on new ‘National Education Policy (NEP)’ 2020, a team of Faculties from Basic Science conducted an interactive session on 24th Aug’2020.
The National Education Policy was framed in 1986 and modified in 1992. More than three decades have passed during which period significant changes have taken place in our country, society, economy and the world at large.
Quality, Innovation and Research will be the pillars on which India will become a Knowledge Super Power. Clearly, a new Education Policy is needed. The new NEP 2020 announced by Ministry of Education, emphasizes on holistic multidisciplinary education for future nation’s stakeholders.
Under National Education Policy 2020, the Central and State Governments would work together to increase the public investment in education sector and to reach 6 Percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the earliest.
Dr. Rajesha S., Principal; Dr. Nalini Rebello, Dean-Academics; Prof. B. Hemanth Prabhu, Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering; Prof. Prashanth Rao, Head, Dept. of Basic Science; and faculty members of Basic Science and Dept. of Civil Engineering were present for the session.
Dr. Rajesha S., Principal gave valuable suggestions related to effective implementation, scope and challenges in the upcoming New Education Policy.
Highlights of the Session:
• Objectives of NEP 2020
• Assessment Reforms Holistic Assessment
• Redefining Role of Educator Teacher/Trainer
• Comparison between new and old education policy
• Current Challenges
In the coming days, similar sessions on NEP will be conducted for other departments too.
List #35 of Coursera Courses completed by Students and Faculty
This space will provide you further list of students and staff who have completed the courses on Coursera.
STUDENTS |
Computer Science & Engineering |
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Name |
Course Title |
Siya Sushil |
Object-Oriented Data Structures in C++ |
Soham Rajesh Attawar |
Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning |
Convolutional Neural Networks in TensorFlow |
Sohan K.T. |
Python Data Structures |
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
|
Name |
Course Title |
Shashwath Rao |
Programming Fundamentals |
Introduction to Programming with MATLAB |
Introduction to Electronics |
Sheershika S Shetty |
Machine Learning for All |
Shibhani B. Kunder |
Programming Fundamentals |
Information Science & Engineering |
|
Name |
Course Title |
Soujanya Kottari |
Python Data Structures |
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) |
SQL for Data Science |
Soujanya M. |
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) |
Sreethu Sreenivas |
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Name |
Course Title |
Purushotham Maller |
Introduction to Engineering Mechanics |
Rajath T. Amin |
Excel Skills for Business: Essentials |
Ricky Darran Sequeira |
Bio-hacking Your Brain's Health |
Self-Awareness and the Effective Leader |
Dept. of Business Administration-MBA |
|
Name |
Course Title |
Sahana P. |
New Technologies for Business Leaders |
Design Thinking for Innovation |
Saksha Shetty |
Design Thinking for Innovation |
New Technologies for Business Leaders |
FACULTY @ Dept. of Mechanical Engineering |
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Name |
Course Title |
Lawrence Joseph Fernandes |
Introduction to Engineering Mechanics |
AI For Everyone |
Ramakrishna Devananda P. |
AI For Everyone |
Digital Manufacturing & Design |
Pavitra Ajagol |
Digital Manufacturing & Design |
The 3D Printing Revolution |
Introduction to Big Data |
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