AEROPHILIA 2018

Valedictory Ceremony of AEROPHILIA 2018 was held in the august presence of Col. Mahendra Babu (Retd.), Mr. Vishal Rao from Kinetic Hobbies, Chairman Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Mr. Neville Rodrigues, Personality Development & Soft Skills Trainer. The winners of the event were announced and prizes were distributed.



Winners list:
Aero Modelling:
1st Prize: Keshav, Rajeshwari, Sanjay from ACS College of Engineering, Bengaluru
2nd Prize: Suraj KA, Aman Prakash, Deeksha, Nandan G A from ACS College of Engineering, Bengaluru
3rd Prize: Omkar Rao from Mount Carmel School, Mangaluru
1st Consolation Prize: Sanjay Raj, Enba Anand, Vishrutha R from PSG College, Coimbatore

Game of Drones:
1st Prize: Sanjay Raj, Enba Anand, Vishrutha R from PSG College, Coimbatore
2nd Prize: Keshav, Rajeshwari, Sanjay, Nandan G A from ACS College of Engineering, Bengaluru

Water Rocket:
1st Prize: Jaganath N, Vijay Kumar, Anup Kumar, Rudresh M from ASC College, Bengaluru
2nd Prize: Pavan, Sushan, Karthik, Akshay from St. Joseph Engineering College

Paper Plane: 1st Prize: Hemanth from Ramakrishna High School, Puttur
2nd Prize: Shrey J Mistry from NMIT, Bengaluru

Rubik’s Cube: 1st Prize: Abhishek from Sharadha Vidhyalaya, Mangaluru
2nd Prize: Nishanth from Sharadha Vidhyalaya, Mangaluru

Photography: 1st Prize: Kaushal Subhramanya from Vivekananda English Medium School, Puttur
2nd Prize: Manish D K from Sahyadri College of Engineering, Mangaluru
3rd Prize: Ahmed Afraz from Bethany High School, Puttur

Chuck Glider:
1st Prize: Krishna Prajat
2nd Prize: Prinkit, Nitte Meenakshi, Bengaluru

Treasure Hunt:
Day 1 winners: Vishnu Prasad, Pratham P Bangera, Nishchith G P from Vivekanada English Medium School, Puttur
Day 2 winners: Rakeshkrishna K, Vishak Kamath, Adeesh Kamath, Advaith S Shetty from Vivekanada English Medium School, Puttur
PC Games:
Counter Strike: Harshat, Akshan, Manish, Sandeep from Canara PU College, Mangaluru

NFS: DAY 1 winner – Prinkith from Nitte Meenakshi, Bengaluru
DAY 2 winner - Pranith R P from Bethany School, Puttur

Session on “Self Management” for Faculty & Students facilitated by Col. Mahendra Babu (Retd.)

The most precious thing we possess is our self and the same should be managed effectively. With this message, Col. Mahendra Babu (Retd.) facilitated the session on “Self Management” to the faculty & students. He served 34 years in the Indian Army and was a part of the operation “Parakram” – Army was deployed all along the border for 1 year after the attack on Indian Parliament. During the session, he urged the teachers and students to inculcate the habit of “Talk to yourself” which can be easily attained by “Write to yourself” – Write as if someone else is writing about you. He gave strategies on Self Management which he urged the participants to practice. Better the Emotional Intelligence (EI) better will be the Self Management Skills. He also shared the importance of Self Control and gave inputs on how it can be attained. He threw light on Shreya (GOOD) & Preya (PLEASANT). We know what is good for us; however we always want to do what is pleasant for us. Hence any activity or Likes/Dislikes that come our way should be first analyzed whether it is Shreya or Preya, then choose the Shreya (the inner voice may remind you of Preya), forget that Preya exists and practice the Shreya. By doing this, one shall definitely master the art of “Self Control”. He also shared the “Bhishma Nithi” of Mahabharatha wherein one should stay away from these people – Lazy, Non-Believers, Aggressive, Jealous & Hateful and Alcoholic in nature. He concluded his session by stating that thrown stone, spoken words, lost opportunities and time will never come back hence practicing Self Management will be vital for the rest of the life.

Industry Interaction by Team Challengers

14 students of Team Challengers along with Prof. Prajwal M, Dept. of Civil Engineering had an industry interaction with Skylark Drones. Skylark Drones is a 2 year old successful Start-up. They mainly are into Drone/UAV based photogrammetry. They acquire & analyse the data to reduce one’s effort and also presents it in a way that one can utilize it directly for application. Students also visited the Incubation Centre of IKP EDEN in Koramangala, Bengaluru where 42 start up companies are based.

VTU Rank Holders Speak...

Parents, friends, college life, faculty and my atmosphere were the main reason for my success.
Parents - showed me the exact way
Friends - helped me in relaxing
College - where i fulfilled my dream
Faculty - my barrier breakers
Atmosphere - full of love
Ms. Roopini S K, 2nd Rank VTU (M.Tech CAD Structures 2015-17)

"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken towards its achievement". So it was my dream to do M.Tech and this achievement is my first step of my future plan. I thank everyone who supported me for this achievement. Thank you to all faculty members of Civil Department, Sahyadri Management and my special thanks to my guide Ms. Smitha.
Ms. Vindhya Nayak, 3rd Rank VTU (M.Tech Structural Engineering 2015-17)

Quote for the day

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. "
    - George S. Patton