Team ‘Powerhouse’ Introduces a Cheaper and Sturdier Substitute for Plastic Carry Bags

For long Innovation has been associated with disrupting ideas that change or shatter the course of current inventions, but through the Social Innovation Program Sahyadrians are encouraging systematic as well as thought provoking Innovations rooting from Community understanding of issues. At an early stage of the Engineering Course, the program offers a fresh perspective of approaching problems and puts weightage on the concept that goes into pitching these ideas, hence focusing on the quality and understanding of the problem over solutions.
Team ‘Powerhouse’ with members Gautham Ghetia, Sanmith Pujari, Ravijna R., Keerthishankar Punchithaya, and Gayathri Devi K. of ‘B’ Section was inspired by their observation of excessive use of one-time plastic carry bags. Due to the low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility and imperviousness to water, plastics are used in a multitude of products of different scale and have prevailed over traditional materials.
The team sought to change that and came up with the idea of Plaskick, literally making justice to the name, by introducing a cheaper and sturdier substitute for plastic carry bags. During the course of the Program, the team visited a Skill Development Centre which added another perspective of indulging Women and Homemakers towards this cause, adding economic value to these communities.
Plaskick brings together Women Communities and empowers them with a simple cloth bag design which can be made using old used Sarees hence up-cycling and promoting the shift to eco-friendly carry bags. The profits made using these cloth bags go back to these communities hence empowering and reducing the use of one-time plastic bags. The idea is in its prototype stage and the team is looking forward to implementing it.

DTLabz R&D Pvt. Ltd. collaborates with Sahyadri and TCE to organize Hack-A-Dream: Virtual Internship Fair

DTLabz R&D Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with Sahyadri and Technical Career Education Pvt. Ltd. (TCE) organized a Virtual Internship Fair: Hack-A-Dream in Digital Marketing. The journey started on 17th August with Rapture Innovations and Flotanomers on-board. The event encouraged the participants to create a marketing campaign for the problem statement of their choice, confined to the sectors like product, company goods and services, mobile apps, e-commerce websites, events, awareness and others.
The marketing strategies were pitched by the participants and submitted the same through a video presentation on 22nd Aug’2020. The marketing strategies were evaluated by the companies on-board, and had shortlisted the participants for interview.
The interview for the shortlisted participants with the respective companies was held on 25th & 26th Aug’2020. Post interview, the shortlisted participants were assigned with a few tasks and their performance in the same was evaluated.
On 30th Aug’2020, Keerthi Kamath, Shobith Mallya and Adithya Nayak were announced as the winners of Hack-A-Dream and were offered internships at Flotanomers and Rapture Innovations.

Version 2 of “Little Black Book for Students” authored by Dr. Ananth Prabhu G. is Listed on Google Play Books

Dr. Ananth Prabhu G, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has released his 8th book, ‘Little Black Book for Students’ which is now listed on Google Play Books. This book is specially curated to help the students to cope up with the online lectures and paradigm shift in Education.
Dr. Prabhu is a trainer for the Karnataka Judicial Academy and Karnataka Police Academy since 2011. Having trained and interacted with more than Two-Hundred Thousand students from KG to PhD and especially those giving various competitive exams, has penned all his expertise in bringing out a book to help a student develop holistically, understand his/her true potential and shine!
Often we hear many parents saying that their child is not good in studies. Many students also complain that no matter how much effort I put in, they fail to meet their parents’ expectations. These complaints when not addressed rightly can result in either Lack of self-confidence leading to failure in life or Depression leading to Suicide
But there's no problem that has no solution, especially the problems faced by students. Dr. Prabhu says that all a student needs to do is modify or change habits to bring in desired results and stay focused with a positive approach.
The various queries from parents and students who approach Dr. Prabhu have inspired him to compile this book, which is full of practical tips. There are also fascinating facts about the brain.
The entire profit generated from this book will be utilized by Campus Interview Training Solutions (CITS) to help students who come from poorer sections to meet food and education needs.
Instructions to download a copy of this eBook:
• Install Google Play Books app on Android or IOS phone
• Search for Dr. Ananth Prabhu G., and
• Select the Little Black Book For Students
• Or Click on the link below to download Little Black Book For Students: https://bit.ly/31Jsi97
Also, The Little Black Book For Teachers v2.0 has been listed last month.
Click https://bit.ly/3gEiukR to download all the books authored by Dr. Ananth Prabhu G.
The author can be reached at: [email protected]
Most of the contents are borrowed from various articles on the Internet, with necessary modifications made to suit the needs of students.

List #40 of Coursera Courses completed by Students and Faculty

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STUDENTS Computer Science & Engineering Name Course Title Shreetheja S.N. Core Interaction Programming Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software More C# Programming and Unity Introduction to C# Programming and Unity Shreya  C.Y. Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Shreya D.G. Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Electronics & Communication Engineering Name Course Title Sameeksha Rai Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals Sampat Kumar Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Programming Fundamentals Sandhya Programming Fundamentals Sandhya A. Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Information Science & Engineering Name Course Title Shreesha M. Object-Oriented Data Structures in C++ Python Basics Shreya  K.G. Using Databases with Python Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python Python Data Structures Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Using Python to Access Web Data Mechanical Engineering Name Course Title Pavan Bhaskara Poojari Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Pavan M. Upadhya Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Pradeep B.N. Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Dept. of Business Administration-MBA Name Course Title Prasad Poojary Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets Prashantha B. New Technologies for Business Leaders Design Thinking for Innovation Preemal Muriel D’Mello New Technologies for Business Leaders Design Thinking for Innovation Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Channel Management and Retailing IT Project Management Introduction to Financial Markets FACULTY @ Mechanical Engineering Name Course Title Navin N. Bappalige Data Science Math Skills Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space Electric Power Systems Shwetha Kumari Particle Physics: an Introduction Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Jyothi Felcy Serrao Semiconductor Physics Data Science Math Skills

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