Sahyadri Faculty Participate in the Symposium ‘Prajna ‘15
Prajna – A symposium for college faculty on the theme, ‘Reflections on Ancient, Contemporary & New-Gen Education’ was organized by the Ramakrishna Math, Mangaluru.
The symposium was organized to commemorate Swami Vivekananda’s historic speech delivered by him at the World Parliament of Religions on 11th September 1893, Chicago.
In his keynote address, Swami Jitakamananda, Adhyaksha, Ramakrishna Math, Mangaluru emphasised the wise saying – The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. He said that in the Gurukula system, the purpose of education was the opening of the heart, sharpening of the intellect and instilling discriminative wisdom into the students that would guide them through the vicissitudes of life. Awakening of Prajna was the goal of education and the art of bread-winning was only a byproduct. But today, he said that, earning has become more important than learning, because of which, several problems are plaguing our society.
The Inaugural address was by His Excellency Sri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, Honorable Governor of Karnataka. He spoke on the teachings of Swami Vivekananada and reiterated the role of a Guru. He said that a mother is the first teacher and she educates the child with the best of both, knowledge and culture. He emphasized the role of teachers as lamps lighting up several lamps without losing their light. He asked the lady teachers to educate the students with knowledge and sanskruthi as they encompass all the great virtues of love, patience, perseverance and truth which are essential for the building of one’s character.
The resource persons of the symposium were Padmabhushan Dr. B.M. Hegde, Indian medical scientist, educationist, author and former Vice Chancellor of the Manipal University. He spoke on Ancient wisdom & Modern Science. Swami Atmapriyanandaji, Vice Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University and Member of the Central Advisory Board of Education, spoke on Changing and Changeless trends in education in the ancient and modern times. Swami Sarvathanandaji, Adhyaksha of Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot discussed on the Pedagogy- Past, Present and future and Prof. K. Raghothama Rao, Director of MANAS Centre for Training & Development, Director of Human Networking Academy and Chairman of Seek Foundation interacted on the Active Learning Strategies.
The guests of Honor were Dr. N. Vinay Hegde, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University and Prof. Dr. K. Byrappa, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University. Two faculty members from Sahyadri college of Engineering & Management participated in the symposium.
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Faculty Member Receives Patent Notification for Ph.D. Thesis
The Ph.D. thesis of Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering received a patent notification from the Government of India, Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks. The patent notification number 2983/CHE/2015 for the invention titled, “Match Composite Sketches with Drone Images”, published on the 10th of July 2015, relates to the method of comparing composite sketches. The said method utilizes a dynamic image capturing system with an intelligent module for the recognition of face from live images. More specifically, an image quality assessment module is utilized to assess the quality of the captured image. Further, based on the image quality assessment module results, a feature extraction module is utilized to extract the features from the said image which finally is compared with a reference image using a classifier module. The present invention provides a single step easy procedure with a very quick turnaround time for matching composite sketches.
Dr. C. Ranganathaiah, Director Research and Dr. Manjappa Sarathi, Director Research & Consultancy provided necessary guidance during the patent application process.
Call for VGST Projects - Rs 40,000/- Funding
Technology Related Innovative Projects (TRIP), by VGST which offers a grant of Rs. 40,000/- has been announced specifically for the third year engineering and first year Mechanical Engineering and Master of Computer Applications students. VGST will receive proposals up to the 6th of October 2015 and the project should be completed by the 30th of April 2016.
Students interested in taking up SPSS projects may do so at the earliest. The third year students are required to apply to the VGST (TRIP) proposal as it is a time line project which is to be completed before April 2016. The plus point is that before one goes in for placement, the project will add immense value showcasing that the candidate has executed a government project. Another added advantage is that the same project could be enclosed as a final year project in the curriculum. Click here for more details.
Upcoming Event
Xchanging Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd. is visiting Sahyadri on Monday, the 14th of September 2015 to conduct a pool campus recruitment for the 2015 passed out graduates of Computer Science & Engineering, Information Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
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Quote for the day
"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."
- Sydney J. Harris
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