Chairman Chief Guest at the 75th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship
Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, was the Chief Guest at the medal ceremony of the 75th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship held at Swarajya Maidan, Moodbidri, Mangalore.
Dr. Pavana Prabhakar Young Indian Researcher in the U.S. Receives “Best Young Researcher” Award
Dr. Pavana Prabhakar, Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department,
University of Texas at El Paso and daughter of Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, Director, Sahyadri Educational Institutions, has been awarded the “Best Young Researcher” by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), The United States of America, through its Young Investigator Research Program for her research work on `A Novel Multiscale Design of Interfaces for Polymeric Composites and Bonded Joints using Additive Manufacturing.’ She is a Professor of the University of Texas and is sponsored by our Chairman. It is a great honour for us and we congratulate our Chairman and Dr. Pavana Prabhakar.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, The United States of America, announced that it will award approximately $16.6 million in grants to 57 scientists and engineers from 42 research institutions and small businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP).
This year AFOSR received over 200 proposals in response to the AFOSR broad agency announcement solicitation in major areas of interest to the U. S. Air Force. Those selected will receive the grants over a 3-year period.
The YIP is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.
The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering.
Dr. Pavana Prabhakar earned her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Structures), University of California, Berkeley, B.Tech. Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. She has received several honours and awards and her research papers have been published in International journals.
Tomorrow at Sahyadri
• The Government Research Center, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management has organised a "Research Workshop for Doctoral Candidates" on the Friday, the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of January, 2015, at 09:30 A. M. in the Seminar Hall, ground floor, for all those who are enrolled / interested to enroll for Ph.D. Prof. K. Byrappa, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, Dr. Richard Pinto, IIT-Bombay, Prof. N. Karkera, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management and other resource persons will guide the teaching staff on intricacies of doing doctoral research and handling the student-adviser situations successfully. Please register online at http://goo.gl/forms/vXzxEr8qlV or send an email to [email protected].
The topics that will be covered are, how to do Ph.D., how to start and do research, guide-student relationship, how to choose guide and topic, how to manage time and energy, experience sharing by senior and junior researchers. Click here to see the program schedule.
• Axis Bank will be conducting a pooled campus recruitment drive for MBA students. A written test as a preliminary round will be conducted for 29 students who will be participating in the recruitment drive.
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VTU Semester VII B. E. Results
The VTU results of Semester VII of all Engineering streams are declared. Out of 486 students who appeared for the VTU Examination 2014-15, 76 students passed with distinction and 169 with a first class.
Two-day Workshop on Self-Esteem and Work Ethics Concludes
The two-day workshop on ''Self- Esteem & Work Ethics" by Mr. Chandrashekar, the former Joint Director, DTE, for the first batch of faculty members came to an end emphasizing the 7 habits of effective people, the four levels of leadership, characteristics of good work ethics and building strong work ethics to enhance the organizational culture. Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal and Dr. Molly Chaudhuri, HoD, Training department, were present for the Valedictory. The workshop for batch 2 will commence tomorrow at CODP.
Day-3: Pathway to Success for Teachers
On the third and concluding day of the workshop on `Pathway to Success for Teachers’ the day commenced with practical presentations by the faculty relating to topics like negotiation skills, fresher employability skills and communication skills. Mrs. Bharathi Singh, Founder and Chief, Sa-Mudra Personality School and Mr. K. C. Janardhan, Corporate Trainer, Vice - Chairman, Karnataka - British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC), UK, engaged various session during the day.
At the Valedictory, Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, Dr. Molly Chaudhuri, HoD, Training department, Prof. Umashankar B. S., Dean Academics and Mrs. Shreelatha U. A., AAO were present. A memento was presented to the resource persons and participants gave their positive feedback and appreciated the training programme.
Quote for the day
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
- Robert Frost
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