British Deputy High Commissioner visits Sahyadri

Mr. Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner visited Sahyadri along with his colleague Mr. Manjunath K Sripathy, Political Economy Advisor of British Deputy High Commission, Bengaluru. He spoke to the Higher semester Engineering students about United Kingdom’s engagement of Next Gen Students through Chevening Scholarship which is a UK government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme offers awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study master’s degree in any subject at any UK university. A Chevening Scholarship normally covers university tuition fees, a monthly stipend, travel costs to and from the UK, an arrival allowance, a homeward departure allowance, the cost of one visa application, and a travel grant to attend Chevening events in the UK. He explained the vast opportunities that are waiting for students who wish to pursue their Higher education in UK. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Principal Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Vice-Principal Prof. Balakrishna S S, Dean Dr. J V Gorabal, HoD's of all departments, senior faculty members and Ms. Shreelatha U.M, AAO attended the session .

Students Volunteer for Swacchata Abhiyan – Phase 4 at Falnir

The students of First year Engineering B section participated in the Phase 4 of Swacchata Abhiyan that was held at Avery Junction of Falnir on Sunday 11th February, 2018 from 07:00am to 09:00am. At the event, Captain Puranik and Swami Jitakamanandaji addressed the students about the importance of having a good Civic sense and the responsibility of each and every citizen towards the nation. The students by forming groups volunteered in cleaning the Falnir area up till Jyothi KMC. Ms. Shreelatha U A, Academic Administrative Officer, Prof. Sanjith, Prof. Dolly Sharma, Ms. Savita, Student Welfare Officer and Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Student Counsellor also joined the Abhiyan.

Dr. S Ramakrishna Sharma presided over a session on “Neetishastram – Bharateeya Drushtiyil”

Ayiroor-Cherukolpuzha 106th Annual Convention of Hindu Mata Parishat, Kerala was held during 4th February to 11th February, 2018 and Dr. S Ramakrishna Sharma, Adjunct Professor of Indian Scientific Heritage, Dept. of Humanities presided over a session on “Neetishastram – Bharateeya Drushtiyil”. He delivered a 40-minutes presentation which was well received.

Critically examining Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s work “The Idea of Justice”, Dr. Sharma pointed out how it lacked Indian Perspective and in contrast highlighted the work of Justice Rama Jois titled “Thrivarga – Dharma-Artha-Kama” which epitomized Vedic perspective supported by references from Koutilya, Vidura, Bheeshma and Manu. Dr. Sharma asserted that “Sathyameva Jayate”, “Yato Dharmah Tato Jayah”, these two are the eyes of Law and Justice not only for Government of India but also for humanity at large. He quoted from Bhagavatam to point out the clarity of Vedic Rishis in presenting the Four Limbs of Dharma Vrushabha (Bull), namely the Judiciary, Legislative Body, Executive Body and the fourth one the Citizens which is not really counted in the modern context. When all the three get corrupted, then Dharma stands on the ground on only one leg! District Principal Judge Sri. John K Illikkadan, Sub Judge Sri. R Jayakrishnan (Secretary, Legal Service Authority), Associate Professor Dr. Padmakumar of Alapuzha Medical College and other dignitaries actively participated in the panel discussion on related topics. They unanimously praised the scholarly presentation of Dr. Sharma in Malayalam.

RUSTATHON2K18

135 students from various institutes in and around Mangaluru attended the Rustathon2K18, a workshop organized by Mozilla club in association with SHINE, Sahyadri Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and New Age Incubation Network (NAIN).

The workshop began with Mr. Praveen Kamath, the Chief Guest, speaking volumes about the latest trends in the tech business and how student could hope to utilize them. As a Group Project Manager at Infosys he was very interactive and spoke a lot about emerging technologies and their impact on the future of technology. He expounded his belief that technology will continue to develop and improve the quality of life.

Rust is a systems programming language important to the future of the web. It runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. It is a programming language that’s focused on safety, speed, and concurrency. Its design lets you create programmes that have the performance and control of a low-level language, but with the powerful abstractions of a high-level language. It was with the intention of bringing about awareness about this language that brought in Rustathon. Mr. Jayesh KR, Mozilla Tech Speaker spoke on the Amazon Web services with RUST and introduced the students with the basics of Rust language. Mr. Jayesh Katta Ramalingaiah is a Full Stack Software developer. He is very innovative and has an artistic perception of technology and business. He is an expert in various domains such as IoT, Android and Web and also good at developing Mobile Applications. He is currently engaged as an Android Developer in BFS Domain at TCS in Mumbai, India. Mr. Krishna Kumar T, Rust developer and embedded systems enthusiast from ThoughtWorks helped the students build an UI for the Web Services.

The workshop took a livelier turn when the speakers had an interactive quiz session and participants won several goodies from Hackerearth, one of the sponsors for the event. The event was primarily sponsored by Research and Design Lab. The Technology partner was AWS Activate and the Innovation partner was Hackerearth.

“This workshop indeed gave me a kickstart towards learning the Rust language and I’m looking forward in attending their workshops in the future”, said Musthaq, an attendee of the workshop.

Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018 Prelims at Nalanda College of Arts & Science, Perla, Kasaragod

Final year students pursuing B. Com, BBA and B.Sc at Nalanda College of Arts & Science, Perla, Kasaragod registered for Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018. Prof. Padmanabha B along with Ms. Pooja, Mr. Rohith and Mr. Ajith Alva as student volunteers of the MBA Department administered the Written Quiz & the College Level Quiz Round as Quiz Masters, Time Keepers and Score Keepers. 4 teams emerged as winners and have been invited to participate in the “The Grand Finale - Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018” on March 9th’18 in Sahyadri Campus. Prof. Vigneshwar Varmudi, Principal and Prof. Suresh, Whiz Quiz College Coordinator distributed certificates to the winning team.

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