MBAs watch “Hotel Mumbai” at Cinepolis (Movie Theatre), Mangaluru with their Mentors for Movie Analysis

Movie Analysis, an effective and innovative teaching pedagogy to bring out Management lessons from movies is carried out in the Dept. of Business Administration-MBA as a regular practice. This time, the mentors and mentees of the Department watched “Hotel Mumbai”, an action thriller in Hindi at Cinepolis, Mangaluru.

A gripping true story of humanity and heroism, “HOTEL MUMBAI” vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.

Students presented their takeaways (Management lessons) from the movie in class the next day.

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering receives Funding under TEQIP Programme from VTU Belagavi

Prof. Ajith B S, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering has been selected by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) to receive Rs. 2 Lakhs worth “Competitive Research Grant” for the project titled "Optimization of High Yield Biodiesel Production from Fish Oil using Nano-catalyst and Performance Evaluation in Diesel Engine". The Project is being supervised by Dr. Manjappa S, Director-Research & Development.

The objective of the proposed project is to use suitable Nano Catalyst to improve the biodiesel yield and investing fuel properties of methyl ester and also to study the performance, combustion and emission characteristic of single cylinder four stroke diesel engine fueled with methyl esters and their blends with conventional diesel oil at varying operational conditions like load, injection pressure and injection timing.

The extracted biodiesel will replace 10 to 15% of conventional diesel oil, thereby reduces the dependency on fossil fuels. Thereby, energy independency and energy security can be obtained for local industries, transport vehicles and in diesel engine operated Generator pump sets etc. By-product of esterification and biodiesel extraction process are glycerin and alkyds-rich water. Both have commercial value in the market due to their application in soap and detergent industries.

Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of Government of India (TEQIP) is being implemented as a World Bank assisted project to improve the quality of technical education system in the country.

Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri

Department : Mechanical Engineering
Introduction of the Mentor:
Prof. Suhas obtained his B.E Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology, Chikmagalur and M.Tech Degree in Machine Design from Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru. He has been teaching at Sahyadri for the last 6 years.

Mentees’ Details:
• Aman is from Karwar. He pursued his schooling from Balamandira School and PUC from Government PU College, Karwar. He is good at volleyball and gym workouts. His aspiration is to become a Design Engineer.
• Muhaz is from Puttur. He pursued his schooling from Knanaya Jyothi English Medium High School and PUC from St. Philomena PU College, Puttur. His hobbies are playing cricket and collecting coins. His aspiration is to work in a core mechanical industry.
• Shashank Shetty is from Mangaluru. He pursued his schooling from Manipal School and PUC from Mahesh PU College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are playing football and dancing. He is interested to work in marine fields.
• Shashank Acharya is from Uppinangadi. He pursued his schooling from St. Mary’s English School, Uppinangadi and PUC from Vivekananda PU College, Puttur. His hobbies are playing cricket and volleyball. He is interested to work in core mechanical industry.
• Shelvian D’Souza is from Udupi. He pursued his schooling from Milagres School and PUC from MGM PU College, Udupi. His hobbies are playing games, creating science models, programming, etc. He is interested to work in aerospace industry.

Quote for the day

"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion."
– Simon Sinek