“Pathway to Excellence” a Specialization Workshop for MBAs

Dept. of Business Administration-MBA organized a Specialization Workshop - “Pathway to Excellence”. The Guest Speakers for the forenoon session represented top finance companies & banks and spoke on various topics.

Mr. Jayaraj is a Senior Branch Manager at Bajaj Capital Ltd., Mangalore. He addressed the students on Finance Specialization and advised the students to follow their passion by understanding their interest. He also explained the problems of corporates in today’s world i.e. mismanagement at top level. Today’s corporate world is much concerned about rate factor.
Furthermore, he explained about the working of Bajaj Capitals where costumers are God of business and they prioritize the relationship and understanding of the customer. He explained about the role of investor which needs understanding of finance and money management. He went on to say that the place of work can restrict the choice of specialization and students should possess balance between their skills and corporate expectation.
He gave a brief knowledge about skills required and opportunities in finance. Further, the role like Finance Consultant, Investment Banker and Corporate Finance were explained by him. Later, he concluded by giving some examples of Dhirubai Ambani - Never leave Attitude.

Mr. Nitin Shetty – Chartered Accountant Nitin and Co., Mangaluru, started his talk by telling the difference between view and statement. He further explained the scope of MBA Finance in job market. He explained the importance of taxation, RERA, GST knowledge among the students and one should not feel bad to start the career from the lower level. He further encouraged students to participate in different seminars to know more about partnership deed, International Taxation, Joint development etc. Lastly, he quoted “Knowledge comes only through Experience”.

Mr. Sharath Anchan – Customer Relation Executive - Thomas Cook is an alumnus of Sahyadri who is currently working in Forex Department of Thomas Crook. He explained about the laws and acts that an MBA student should know about. He made the students aware about the competition prevailing in the market. He said finance is the combination of compliance and business departments. Lastly, he said smart work is much more important than hard work.

Mr. Lyston Fernandes – Manager Laxmi Vilas Bank, spoke about his experiences in the banking field and his daily routine as a manager. He stressed about the key skills that a finance manager should possess and the expectations from the freshers when they come out of the portals of the college after completion of MBA courses.

Mr. Darshan Jain – Managing Partner, Ace Promoters & Developers spoke about real life situation and also stated that if one goes behind knowledge and perceives things, destiny will definitely follow. He concluded telling that marketing is something that forces you to face the stark reality of life and prepares for a better future.

Sahyadrians Recruited by LegalDesk

Raghul and Hussain Muhammed Ali from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering were recruited by LegalDesk in the recently held campus recruitment drive at Sahyadri.

CPL Season 3 organized by CATCA in association with Sahyadri

Coastalwood Premier League (CPL) Season 3 was organized by CATCA in association with Sahyadri in the River Side Cricket Ground.
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman was the Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony. In his inaugural speech, wishing the teams All the Best, he said Cricket is a Dream Game. He encouraged the team to chase this dream, enjoy the game and play with full fervor and enthusiasm. Mr. Devdas Hegde, Trustee and Mr. H.S. Sadanand – Physical Director were also present. Senior artist Mangesh Bhat, Producer Jyothika Jain from the Tulu Film Industry and Darshan Jain of ACE Promoters & Developers were also present. The chairman motivated the team by playing for a while, himself.
Cricket Premier League is conducted every year to bring unity in the Coastalwood (Tulu) Film Industry. The past tournaments have all been a huge success. There are 300+ registered members all of whom are from Tulu film industry. The lead actors and actresses of the Tulu film industry came together to make this event a great success.

Sahyadri NSS unit organized a special camp

Sahyadri NSS unit organized free Eye Checkup Camp and Pot Compost Demonstration for half a day, for the general public of Kumpala locality. Free eye checkup was done in collaboration with Prasad Nethralaya at the DK District Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School, Kumpala. Later in the day, Mr Ranjan, Coordinator, Swach Manasa Project, Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru demonstrated the Pot Compost method of waste management to our students and also to the general public.

Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Introduction of the Mentor:
Prof. Pavitra Ajagol is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters’ Degree of Technology in Product Design and Manufacturing from VTU. He is pursuing his PhD. He has five and half years of teaching and two years of research experience. He is active in professional bodies like Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and is a member of Universal Association of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineers (UAMAE). His fields of interests are composite materials like PMC, MMC and tribology and material characterization.

Introduction of Mentees:
• Anirudh Shetty is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from St. Aloysius High School and PUC from Sharadha PU College, Mangaluru. He participated in technical events held at NIT Bhopal and IIT Roopar. He won the second prize in water rocket propulsion. His hobbies are reading, cooking, listening to music. His aspiration is to become fighter pilot.
• Kishan Poonja is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from Canara High School and PUC from Canara PU College, Mangaluru. He participated in Micro Explorer, Robo Race and won the second prize He participated in Kindle 2.0 event. He is interested in playing cricket, watching movies and listening to music. His ambition is to become vehicle customization expert.
• Naxon Dsouza is from Bantwal. He pursued his high school from St. Rita EMHS, Vittal and PUC from Vittal PUC. His hobby is listening to music. He participated in the Gyanith 2018 event held at NIT Puducheri and won the prize. He participated in Kindle 2.0 event held at the campus and won the prize in Robo Sumo and Soccer. He topped in the 3rd Semester results. His aspiration is to become skilled marine engineer.
• Preetham Alva is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from MGC, and PUC from Sharadha PU College, Mangaluru. He participated in event held at IIT, Gandhinagar and won the second prize in Line Follower with Robotic Arm. After his 2nd semester examinations, he did internship at MCF. His hobbies are drawing, sketching and painting. His ambition is to become a good design engineer.
• Goutham G. is from Chikmagaluru. He pursued his high school from Herur Govt. High School Chikmagaluru and PUC from BGS, Jayapur. He studied his diploma in Automobile Engineering at DACG Polytechnic, Chikmagaluru. His hobbies are playing cricket and listening to music. His aspiration is to work in the automobile industry.
• Ganesh Shetti is from Ankola. He pursued his high school from People’s Multipurpose School, Ankola and his PUC from Himalaya PU College. He participated in the technical event held at IIT Varanasi. His hobbies are playing games and listening to music. His ambition is to join Indian Army.
• Sumith Rai is from Kolnadu village Bantwal. He pursued his high school from Vittal English Medium School and PUC from Vivekananda PU College. He participated in the event held at NIT Sikkim and won the 1st place. His hobbies are dancing and listening to music. His ambition is to join Air Force.
• R. Abhiram is from Kerala. He pursued his high school and PUC from KV No. 1, Panambur. His hobbies are playing games and watching movies. His ambition is to join Indian Army.

Tomorrow at Sahyadri

Day Two of “Pathway to Excellence”, a Specialization Workshop would have speakers from HR Domain and also alumni sharing their experiences and inputs in the HR area.

Quote for the day

"All great achievements require time."
- Maya Angelou