Officials from Karnataka Information Technology Service (KITS) visited Sahyadri

Mr. Prashanth Kumar, IAS, Managing Director, KITS along with Dr. Basanthi B.S., General Manager, KAS, visited Sahyadri on 25th Oct'19. Mr. Ashwin Shetty, Manager, NAIN Incubation Centre, facilitated their visit.

The guests interacted with the Chairman and with the Principal. They also interacted with Mr. Prashanth Duddela They visited the various innovative labs, in-house start-ups and student-centric initiatives of Sahyadri. They also assessed NAIN projects and were happy with the projects presented by students at NAIN centre.

At the end of their visit, they had nothing but deep admiration for the campus and lauded the chairman on his excellent commitment in building an institute of such a magnitude.

First Year Engineering students achieve in Technical Fests at Premier Institutes

In a series of Technical Fests at various Premier Institutions that the first year engineering students participated during the last one week, our students achieved places and made name by competing with students of different engineering colleges. Here is the summary of their achievement:

A total of 25 first year engineering students of ‘Clan Samanvaya’, participated in Tathva’19, an annual Techno-Management Festival organized by National Institute of Technology (NIT) – Calicut at Kozhikode, Kerala mentored by Mr. Hassan Rashid & Mr. M.H. Shahas, students of Second Year Mechanical Engineering. The team was qualified for second round in Death Race event.

Similarly, 18 students of ‘Clan Rachit’, participated in Amalthea’19, an annual Tech Summit organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gujarat mentored by Mr. K. Samarth N. Kamath, a student of Second Year Computer Science & Engineering. They have won 4th place in Icon and 8th place in Roboquest.

Another 21 students of ‘Clan Udgam’ participated in Atmos, an annual Techno-Management Fest, organized by Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad mentored by Mr. Kiran Kumar & Mr. Vinay Kumar from Second Year Electronics & Communication Engineering. The Team was qualified for second round in I-navigate.

Further, from Clan Udbhav, 28 students participated in Concetto’19, the Annual Techno-Management Festival of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), IIT (ISM), Dhanbad mentored by Mr. Vaibhav Shetty, a student of Second Year Computer Science & Engineering. The Team was qualified for second round in Death Race event.

Finally, a total of 18 students from Clan Udbhav, participated in Engineer’19, Technical Fest organized by National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal mentored by Mr. Renil from Second Year Computer Science & Engineering. The Team secured 3rd & 4th places in Light Follower, and 4th place in Robo Hockey.

Distinguished Professor of AICTE-INAE interacts with students & faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. S. Seetharamu, Technical Advisor for National Design Research Forum (NDRF) and Former Director, Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bengaluru, visited the Department of Mechanical Engineering on 24th Oct’19. His visit relates to planning of student activities under the AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme.

Prof. Seetharamu has been selected as AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering of our institute under the above scheme for a period of one year starting from June 2019 to May 2020, which is extendable up to 5 years as industry expert.

Prof. Seetharamu interacted with the students of Mechanical Engineering and talked about various avenues for career growth in mechanical engineering. He also covered topics on material science, metallurgy and energy. He then visited AI Lab and discussed about introducing AI to mechanical engineering. He also interacted with the faculty and advised them to take up industrial consultancy assignments in the future.

Sahyadrians Recruited by SLK Software

Ms. Poorna, Ms. Monisha Tarkar, Mr. Aditya K Nayak, Mr. Jehad Mohamed, Mr. Shreyas Baliga B. & Mr. Shreyas S. Kamath from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, and Ms. Charmi Meswani & Ms. Rachitha B., from the Dept. of Information Science & Engineering were recruited by SLK Software for the position of Product Engineer with a package of Rs. 5.5 Lakhs per annum, in the Campus Recruitment Drive held on 6th & 7th Oct’19.

Mentor-Mentee System at Sahyadri

Department: Information Science & Engineering
Introduction of the Mentor:
Prof. Jayapadmini Kanchan is currently working in the Dept. of Information Science & Engineering. She has pursued B.E from HKBKCE, Bengaluru, and M.Tech from Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru. Her area of interest includes Network Security, Data Analytics, and Web Technology etc. She has published various research articles in International journals and conferences.

Introduction of Mentees:
• Srusti Shetty is from Mangaluru. She pursued her high school in St. Agnes School and PUC from Sharada PU College, Mangaluru. Her hobbies include dancing, listening to music. Her aspiration is to become a good programmer and would like to work in Google/Adobe.
• Aishwarya K. is from Bangalore. Shepursued her high school in Auden High School, and PUC from BMS Women’s College Bengaluru. Her hobbies include classical dance, sketching, art craft and reading fiction. Her aspiration is to become a good programmer in Goldman Sachs.
• Ashrith Shetty is from Bantwal. He studied 10th at Akshara Bharathi High School and PUC at SVS PU College, Mangaluru. His hobbies are playing chess and drawing. His aspiration is to join IBM.
• Swasthik J.P. is from Sullia. He pursued his high school from Pragathi High School and PUC from KVG Amarajyothi PU College, Sullia. His hobbies include sports, public speaking, streaming Web shows. His aspiration is to join a core company.
• Pavan Baliga is from Kundapura. He pursued his high school in SMTH High School and PUC from Govt. PU College, Kundapura. His hobbies are reading books, playing outdoor games and signing. His aspiration is to join Infosys.
• Roshan Shetty is from Kerala. He pursued his high school from Sharada Ganapathi Vidya Kendra School and PUC from Vivekananda PU College, Puttur. His hobbies are reading biographies, playing outdoor games and gardening. His aspiration is to join Infosys or become an entrepreneur.
• Anirudh S. Nayak is from Mangaluru. He pursued his high school and PUC from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mangaluru. His hobbies are playing outdoor games and reading novels. His aspiration is to get into Defence service.

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Principal

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