Bridge Course for the Engineering Batch 2018

Bridge course for the first batch of Engineering students year 2018 has been successfully completed.
A glimpse of the Day-wise activities during the Twelve-Day Bridge Course:
Day One: Students had a presentation focusing on the various opportunities at Sahyadri and also heads up on the diverse engineering fields. Post which, students had a chance to interact with their batch mates, making new bonds of friendship
Day Two: Fun activity was introduced wherein students had to explore the various launch pads of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management
Day Three: Activities on ‘Design Thinking’ was conducted wherein students had to design a Product and also present it in the form of an advertisement.
The outcome of this task was Team work and Creative Thinking. Students also mastered the skill of Poster Making using the Canvassoftware.
Day Four: Students designed their apps using the software MIT app inventor and they were also given a task to design a calculator.
Day Five: Students had hands on experience on small electronic components by building a small circuit and M-block software
Day Six: Department of Sports had an interaction with the students
Day Seven: Students had a Designing session, post which they designed 3D and 2D models using the software ‘On shape’
Day Eight: Students designed their own bots using the software ‘On shape’. They were also introduced to laser cutting and 3D printing
Day Nine: Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation had an interaction with the students. He introduced students to the Learning process at Sahyadri and gave hints on how they can be more responsible towards their family & their institution
Day Ten: Students came up with different designs to make the bots more attractive and they were thought on how to code for the bots using Dream Kit.
Day Eleven: Students learnt coding using the Dream kit and the testing was also done. Students were then briefed about how they could make their presentation more effective.
Day Twelve: During the final day of Bridge Course, students made posters for their bots using the softwares introduced to them during the Bridge Course.

They also presented their experiences of the Twelve-Day Bridge Course in the presence of Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Director-Strategic Planning. Dr. Bhushi appreciated students for their involvement and the presentation. Post the event; the bots built by students were put to perform the tasks. During Bridge Course, the students were mentored by Mr. Johnson Tellis, Mr. Gouse Khan, Mr. Gautham Nayak and Mr. Shrujan Bhandary.

Sixth Batch of Interaction session with the Parents of New Entrants to Engineering Batch 2018

Interaction session with the parents of new entrants to the engineering stream was held in the campus. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation extended a warm welcome and briefed the parents on the overall growth of the college since its inception. He stated that engineering is a process of learning the concepts and not merely studying the concepts. He also emphasized that the expectations of Engineering firms in terms of placements have doubled and hence ‘Beyond Academics’ activities are carried out in order to make the students ready fit for the industries. He called upon the parents to stimulate their children to utilize the facilities available in the campus and stressed on how ‘creative thinking’ has become the need of the hour. He shared his personal views & asked parents to develop a friendly relationship with their ward and also closely monitor every activity of theirs. He insisted the parents to teach basic life skills that are required for an individual thus making their child self-dependent, reliable and employable. He mentioned about the platform provided to the students to compete in national and international level events. He suggested parents to avail educational loan in order to make their child financially responsible. He gave additional details about the E-buzz, E-magazine and Newsletter. He re-iterated the importance of dress code that every student must follow in the campus.

Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Director-Strategic Planning in his talk, requested parents to motivate and support their children in such a way that the child enjoys the process of education. He mentioned that parents should make their children more independent so that their common sense will improve. He also said that one should teach child how to face failure and also recover from it.

Quote for the day

"Education is the movement from darkness to light. "
- Allan Bloom