Mr. Ronald Lobo, Manager, Shree Shirdi Sai Sansthan, Melbourne, Australia visits Sahyadri

Shirdi Sai Sansthan Melbourne has been managing the Saibaba Mandir in Camberwell since its inception in 2005.

Testimonial of Mr. Ronald Lobo
His first experience about the campus was that it was thoroughly enjoyable to visit the various departments. He had once visited the campus about 10 years ago during the inception of the college. He was amazed and spellbound at how the college has now grown in terms of technology and infrastructure over a span of 10 years. He was pretty impressed with the infrastructure. In his opinion the scale of infrastructure is unprecedented.

Achievement of first years at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim

Team TECHNOCORP – A team comprising of 16 students of First Year Engineering has participated in a Three-Day Annual Technical Fest “Abhiyantran” organized by NIT, Sikkim.

The National Institute of Technology, Sikkim commonly referred to as NIT Sikkim or NIT SKM is a public engineering institution near the city of Ravangla in Sikkim, India. The NIT has been declared as an Institute of National importance by the Government of India.

Students			Event	Achievement
Ananthapadma Siddhanth	Sumith Rai S		Line Follower	Winners
Sandeep DAM	Shishir Shenoy		Hydraulic arm	Runners
Dhanush Shetty	Dithesh Shetty
Shrejith S Shetty	Sohan KT
Vikhistha M	Srujan Naik
Abhijeeth B	Mohan BV
Bindiya D Rao	Gayathri B
Tejas Kumar Ashwin Bhimani	Deepshika S

Dakshina Kannada SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) committee visits Sahyadri

The official of Dakshina Kannada SVEEP committee Dr. M R Ravi, IAS, Chairman – SVEEP; Mr. Sudhakar, District Adult Education Officer & SVEEP Nodal Officer and Mr. Babu Devadiga, Principal, Karnataka Polytechnic (KPT) College visited the campus and conducted Election Awareness Programme for First Year Engineering students. The programme was conducted with a view to create awareness among students regarding the importance of voting in a democratic country like India.

SVEEP is a programme of multi interventions through different modes and media designed to educate citizens, electors and voters about the electoral process in order to increase their awareness and participation in the electoral processes.

The programme started off with Mr. Sudhakar leading the students and the faculty through the voter’s pledge. He urged the students to take part in the democratic process by casting their vote and help build a stronger nation. Dr. M R Ravi speaking to the students, explained as to why it is important to vote and its role in holding the democratic essence. He explained the objective of SVEEP initiative and spoke about the different activities that are conducted to spread awareness about elections. He discussed the objectives of the SVEEP programmes, one being the accessibility at the polling station and the right of every voter’s. He shared his 24 years of experience working as election observer and superintendent.

Further, Dr. Ravi explained about the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and the new option NoTA (None of The Above) for the voters to be used when they are not happy with the candidates contesting for the election. He emphasized on the government’s programme for massive early preparedness by the public for the election through SVEEP awareness programmes. He requested the college to establish Electoral Literacy Club with students as its members and also to nominate students as Campus Ambassador to spread the awareness about the importance of participating in fair elections.

The Principal Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, gave the presidential remarks and urged the students to actively participate in the process of strengthening democracy and building good governance.

MBAs offered part-time opportunity in a Real Estate Firm

A total of 22 MBA students accompanied by Prof. Sushma V, Dept. of Business Administration visited ACE Promoters & Developers, a real estate firm as a part of Industry – Academia Interface. One of the managing partners of the firm – Mr. Darshan Jain addressed the students and shared stories of his failure as well as success. He encouraged students to master the art of marketing as it equips an individual to survive in any situation, place or time. He shared anecdotes of his life that motivated students to aim high and work smartly towards the goal. He said - one should pursue entrepreneurship only after gaining corporate experience of minimum one year which fine tunes you as an entrepreneur. He was delighted to see the interest in students to lead an independent life and sponsor their education on their own. Hence he made an offer to the students to work on a part-time basis in the marketing domain of his organization. He laid emphasis on networking through social media, building contacts, sharing information and generating leads. He offered to personally mentor the students along with Mr. Kannan Nair, Business Development Manager of ACE Promoters & Developers. ACE has invited students for their upcoming project site visit so as to get in-depth understanding of how a real estate firm works.

Sahyadrians recruited by Silver Peak Global (SPG)

Sixty Sahyadrians from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Information Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical Engineering have been selected by Silver Peak Global (SPG) in the recently held campus recruitment drive for the 2018 outgoing batch. The package offered is 18 Lakhs Per Annum.

Silver Peak Global (SPG) is an organization headquartered in Nagasaki, Japan. Their operations are spread across seven nations including Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

• SPG represents the “Study in Japan” initiative of the Government of Japan. • SPG is the sole, exclusive representative for conducting the Japanese Language Test – “J-cert - Life and Business Style Japanese Language Test” for the whole of India. • SPG also represents “Japan Tourism” and is the official partner in India. • SPG has initiated and executed many prestigious projects with various state governments related to recruitment for Japan.

Alumnus interacts with Mechanical Engineering students

Mr. Roystan D'souza, Alumnus of the Department of Mechanical Engineering currently working in JSW Steel Ltd, interacted with the students of mechanical engineering. He explained the various methods of manufacturing steels and also discussed about the challenges facing the steel industry. Further, he shared his experiences and advised the students to groom themselves to meet the needs of the industries. He emphasized on harnessing of soft skills which are pertinent to climb the corporate ladder. He also recalled his days at Sahyadri and gave inputs on how to excel in various competitive exams. He encouraged students to actively participate in value added courses introduced by the institution for the overall development of the students which will help them to excel in the world outside.

Welcome to the Fold

Mr. Pradeep Kumar C has joined as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering. Mr. Pradeep Kumar completed his B.E in Electronics & Communication Engineering, from NMAMIT, Nitte. Thereafter he went on to do M. Tech in Digital Electronics & Communication Systems from SJEC, Mangaluru. His Area of Specialization is Digital Electronics & Communication Systems.

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Compliments and wishes to First Year students who participated and achieved at NIT Rourkela Dr. Navin N Bappalige
Department of Physics

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