AEnCES Student Association Inaugurated
AEnCES (Association of Electronics & Communication Engineering Students) the student association for the academic year 2015-16 was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. U C Niranjan, Adjunt Professor, MIT, Director - Research and Training, MDN Labs. He was happy to be given the opportunity to visit the college and to address the students. He asked students to concentrate on conducting workshops and seminars through the association to gain as much knowledge as possible from the experts. He later gave a technical talk on the various products and projects developed by MDN labs.
In his presidential remarks, Prof. B S Umashankar, Dean Academics, said that involving themselves fully in association activities will give them an edge and asked students to also take up opportunities for internship.
Dr. Jose Alex Mathew, HOD, Electronics & Communication Engineering, informed the students that AEnCES is a forum for students to improve their self-confidence and intellectual qualities and the motto of the Association should be `Get Placed And Help Others To Get Placed.’
A cultural programme by the students followed the formal inauguration.
Quote for the day
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Krishna Shenai, Vice President, LoPel Corporation Visits Sahyadri
Dr. Krishna Shenai, Vice President, LoPel Corporation and Adjunct Professor, EECS Department, Northwestern University, USA, visited the campus with the interest to explore the possibilities of uplifting enormous Indian talent with western approach to high technology education, research and technology commercialization. Having reviewed the education, research and commercialization efforts at Sahyadri, he has expressed his desire to provide the leadership and advice to move Sahyadri in par with top academic institutions in the world.
Dr. Krishna earned his B. Tech. degree in electronics from IIT-Madras and then performed advanced research in the semiconductor field, and moved to the United States of America, subsequently, where he received the MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland – College Park, MD and Stanford University in Stanford, CA, respectively. Dr. Krishna has worked in top industrial research laboratories such as General Electric Corporation and Intel Corporation as a senior scientist and practicing engineer; he has taught at some of the best universities in the United States of America including the University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI and The University of Illinois at Chicago; and, he has raised venture capital and founded two successful startup companies. He was the senior engineer at Intel Corporation and was a member of the team that developed first two generations of Pentium™ microprocessor. Dr. Krishna was awarded several prestigious honors. In the past 25 years, he has produced more than three dozen graduate students who are making important contributions around the world.
MBA Alumnus of the Month
Mr. Roshan Ballal, Associate-Accounts Maintenance, HSBC, Bangalore and an alumnus of the College was awarded the MBA Alumnus of the Month award. He addressed the first year students on the various skills required by the industry and how students have to thoroughly prepare themselves. He appraised the students on interviews, dress sense, email etiquette, etc. Students thoroughly enjoyed the interaction.
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