Guest Talk for MBAs by Sales Manager of Swiggy
Mr. Abhijith Karkera, an alumnus of Sahyadri Engineering Department is a motivational speaker and presently working for Swiggy as a Sales Manager.
He started the session with more enthusiasm and elaborated on how one should never lose any opportunity. He also said that sales and marketing is not always door to door sales and sales is the only team in his office which gets high incentives. Mentioning his brother he re-iterated the essence of learning educational lessons from Youtube. He says that Sales is the fastest growing career and one must definitely take up marketing job opportunities.
Key Learning points of the session
• Stimulated female students to take up Marketing as they are great convincers
• Communication drives the company – the importance of communication was emphasised on
• Marketing can help one to build the network and networking is essential when it comes to sales
• He also shared the importance of Self Branding and the also branding of the organization
Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri
Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Introduction of Mentor:
Mr. Krupaksha H.K. is currentlyw orking as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He received B.E degree in Civil Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore and M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and Management from JNN College of Engineering, Shimoga. He has 3 years of teaching experience. He has published 4 international journals and presented one international conference paper. He worked as NAAC Co-ordinator for the Department of Civil Engineering. He has completed two short term training programs at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has worked as coordinator for “Industry Pollution Control” workshop sponsored by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). His areas of interests are Traffic Engineering, Highway Engineering, Road Safety, Pavement Management System, Urban Transport Planning, and Sustainability in Transport Planning
Introduction of Mentees:
• Sudarshan Shetty is from Kundapura. He pursued his high school from Govt. High School, Siddapura and PUC from Govt PU College, Kundapura. His hobbies include playing cricket, reading novels and listening to music. He has participated in various Kannada debate competitions and has won prizes. His aspiration is to excel in the field of structural engineering.
• Pavaman G. Nayak is from Thirthahalli. He pursued his high school from Prajnabharathi Higher Primary School Thirthahalli, and PUC from Trisha PU College, Udupi. His hobbies include playing cricket, and listening to music. He has participated in various Cricket tournaments and has won prizes. His aspiration is to excel in the field of geotechnical engineering.
• Jesta Maroli is from Mangaluru. She pursued her high school from Canara Girls High School and PUC from Canara PU College, Mangaluru. Her hobbies include drawing, gardening and listening to music. She has participated in “GYANITH” at NIT - Puducherry. She aspires to become IAS officer.
• Akshay D.R. is from Hassan. He pursued his high school from Green Wood English School, Holenarsipura, and PUC from St. Joseph PU College, Mysore. His hobbies include biking, drawing, playing cricket and listening to music. He has participated in “ABHIKALPAN” in IIT Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He aspires to become a Structural engineer.
• Bharath A. is from Chikmagaluru. He pursued his high school from Mahathma Gandhi Residential High School, Karkala, and PUC from Alva’s PU College, Moodbidri. His hobbies include playing Badminton, Volleyball and playing cricket. He has participated in Yoga competitions, sports and has won prizes. He aspires to become army officer.
• MushirAlam is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school from Delhi Public School, MRPL, Mangaluru, and PUC from Mahesh PU College, Kottara Chowki, Mangaluru. His hobbies include playing cricket, Table Tennis, Basketball and listening to music. He has participated in various cultural activities and has won prizes. He aspires to serve the society, start his own construction company and oversee large infrastructure projects.
• Priyanka Shetty is from Mangaluru. She pursued her high school from Sharada Vidyalaya, and PUC from Sharada PU College, Mangaluru. Her hobbies include drawing, cooking, painting and listening to music. She aspires to serve the society and excel in the field of environmental engineering.
Feedback from the Buzz Readers
"Congratulations to Raghav Sir for the achievement. I am sure, under his leadership and with the support from our Chairman, RDL would scale even greater heights and become one of the premier companies in the Electronics industry. My best wishes."
Ananth Prabhu G, PhD
Professor- Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Quote for the day
"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."
- Joel Osteen