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APRIL 08 - 13, 2019 |
The 12th Annual Day Celebrations
The 12th Annual Day celebration was held with grandeur and splendor in the campus.
The Chief Guest of the day was Mr. Umesh Kamath of Robosoft Technologies. The President of the day was Mr. Jagannath Chowta, Trustee - Bhandary Foundation. Mr. Devadas Hegde Trustee - Bhandary Foundation & Project In-charge, was the Guest of Honour. Mr. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal and Mr. S.S. Balakrishna, Vice Principal, also graced the function.
Mr. Sanketh Kottary, Culture Head welcomed the guests on the dais. All the guests and council heads were florally welcomed by the Vice Principal. The Chief Guest, Mr. Umesh Kamath formally inaugurated the programme.
Dr. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, extended a warm welcome to the dignitaries on and off the dais. In his welcome speech he expressed his pleasure at having such eminent personalities to grace the function. He highlighted the various achievements of students and how Sahyadri is growing by leaps and bounds year after year.
Sahyadri has seen credits of its students, Dr. Kunte stated. Above all, he emphasized that the main credit goes to the Chairman, who being a great visionary and an ardent educator, vigorously interacts with the faculty about the skills development and went on to say that without the chairman’s intervention Sahyadri would not be where it is today.
Dr. Kunte spoke about the faculty development programs and research programs undertaken. Furthermore, he spoke about the various top personalities from the fields of education, business, medicine, science and politics that have graced the campus by their visit during the past one decade, thus adding one more feather to the Sahyadri cap.
Dr. Kunte wishes the students and the outgoing students All the Best!
Mr. S.S. Balakrishna, Vice Principal placed before the audience the annual report for the Academic Year 2018-19. He stated that this academic year the highest admission status was achieved by Sahyadri which stands at 100%. He highlighted the achievements of each department and that of the students in VTU. He spoke about the first year students’ participation in national and international events. He mentioned about the various Ph.D. programs by the faculties, as well as the research programmes undertaken by students and faculties.
Apart from the Academics, the Vice Principal also highlighted the activities and achievements in various departments like Sports, Placements, Art & Culture, and CSR activities. As regards the placements, he said that around 125 companies visited the campus and 600+ placements have happened in the current academic year. He said that the credit goes to Ms Rashmy Bhandary, Dean, Placements.
Before concluding his speech, he applauded the rank holders and gold medalists. With much pride and emotion he said that this is an achievement beyond all imagination. He further went on to say that these students have created history and have lifted Sahyadri to newer heights.
The Chief Guest, Mr. Umesh Kamath gave the welcome speech. Mr. Umesh Kamath is the Vice President & Head-Human Possibilities, Robosoft Technologies. He is a HR Professional with two decades of work experience. He specializes in Talent Transformation, Change Management, HR IT Systems, and Performance Management Systems etc. His key achievements are, managing the global workforce internationally, taking care of their mobility, and creating global mobility policies & shared services for HR.
In his speech Mr. Kamath focused on students. He said that the present millennial generation and that of the Nineties are very fortunate predominantly because of three aspects. The first aspect is getting easily enrolled in college and getting placements. During earlier times he said that it was not a smooth sailing and it was not easy to get a job. The present generation is really lucky in this matter. Second aspect is being born in Karnataka and getting moral support from parents. Third, is being born in India. India is the largest democracy in the world where we have the right to vote. Many other countries do not have such opportunities, he stated.
Mr. Kamath said India is very young. When compared to many Scandinavian countries where there is no growth in population, more than 50% of India’s population comprises of youth. Hence, our youngsters have plenty of opportunities coming their way, he stated. He vehemently advised the students not to waste time in frivolous matters and to realize their luck, make best use of the opportunities and focus on getting enrolled.
Mr. Kamath concluded by congratulating all who created this beautiful ecosystem at Sahyadri, including all visionaries and trustees and lauded the college for its excellence in different fields.
Next, the rank holders and gold medalists were honoured and felicitated with mementoes. All said, the toppers were definitely not left out! About 8-10 student toppers from various disciplines of engineering as also the Masters in Business Administration were felicitated. This has turned out to be very proud moment for Sahyadri. Last but not least, outgoing students were awarded for their excellence in academics and extra-curricular activities.
The program was followed by cultural extravaganza, where students had an opportunity to exhibit their talents and skills in dance and dramatics.
4-Day Friendship Cup 2019 tournament featuring Heath Streak Academy XI gets under way at Sahyadri River Side Cricket Ground
International Cricket U-14 and U-15 is making a comeback in this coastal city when the 4 days Friendship Cup 2019 tournament gets underway at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management ground, Adyar. The tournament features Heath Streak Academy XI, Mangalore sports club and Mangalore Occassionals, with local team playing the final. Former Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak said the tournament will provide a good exposure to some exciting age group talent from back home headed by Daniel Erasmus and test their Cricketing skills against the local lads on their home conditions.
First Year Engineering Students achieve at the Technical Fest in NIT, Hamirpur
A total of 13 students from first year engineering - Team “Sankalp” participated in 22 various events of “NIMBUS”, a Technical Fest held at NIT Hamirpur and have won places.
The various events in which Team Sankalp participated were:
- Vaccum bot- Lets clean in which they won First and Second Place
- OFFroad-Gaddi on roll in which they won First and Second Place
- Mini Golf
- Robo sumo
- Robocalipse
- Pick and Place
- Quick sand
- Treasure hunt
- Bot blitz
List of Participants:
Shwetha (Mentor) |
Vishnudas Nayak P |
Athmika Shetty |
Shashwath Rao |
Prajwal P |
Rahul Rao |
Apeksha Marathe |
Nevil Augestine Fernandes |
Meghana D Shetty |
Swasthik Shetty |
Shubhajna Rai P |
Vishwanath Nagraj |
Bhakthi P Alva |
Delisha Dsouza |
Developer Student Club of Sahyadri conducts a Two-Day Workshop in NITTE
Developer Student Club of Sahyadri (affiliated to SOSC) collaborated with the Developer Student Club of NITTE to conduct a Two-Day workshop on Machine Learning.
Developer Student Clubs train thousands of student developers globally and work with their communities to solve real-life problems. Google Developer Groups collaborates with university students who are passionate about growing developer communities and supports them with starting student clubs in their campuses.
DSCs provide students with the opportunity to:
• Grow their knowledge on developer technologies and more through peer to peer workshops and events
• Gain relevant industry experience by solving problems for local organizations with technology based solutions
• Showcase their prototypes and solutions to their local community and industry leaders
Akshay Ram Bhat, Melwin Lobo and Afroz Hussain of DSC, Sahyadri worked with the DSC NITTE team to conduct the event. Beginning with the basics of Data Analysis, they covered basic Machine Learning algorithms used commonly in the industry with hands-on sessions as well. This workshop saw participation from 40 enthusiasts.
Sahyadri initiates signature campaign for voter awareness
In order to encourage first time voters to take active part in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Sahyadri College NSS unit initiated a unique way to educate and stimulate the students and staff to vote by launching the signature campaign at the college campus where the students and staff pledge to vote by signing. This Two-Day campaign aims to encourage the maximum number of students to vote.
Sahyadri participates in Human Chain formation for voting awareness
Sahyadri students and faculty participated in the mega Human Chain formation organized by SVEEP committee and District administration along the coastal line of Mangaluru from Talapady to Shashihitlu. Our students performed flash-mob and Nasik Band at the Beach to attract the public. Our students and staff formed the Human Chain at Tannirbavi beach stretch.
Eight-Day Training on Data Analytics for MBAs
First year MBA students are currently undergoing an Eight-Day Training on Data Analytics. Prof. Dinesh Prasad, Chairman of Noble Business School; Prof. Sudheendra, Head of BCA Department of Noble Business School and Prof. Muzhamin, Faculty of Noble Business School of Bengaluru are the facilitators of the Training.
Dept. of Business Administration-MBA evaluates the course curriculum from time to time and introduces training programmes for students to bridge any gap in the curriculum in order to enhance the student’s employability. This is one of its initiatives to make its students on par with the corporate demands. Data Analysts are highly sought after profiles by the recruiting firms and trainings like these will open new avenues of placement for students.
New Age Incubation Network – NAIN
NAIN is aimed at assisting the educational institutions nurture an ecosystem for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in different states of Karnataka.
As a part of the process, Dr. B.S Basanti, General Manager - KITS accompanied by Mr. Mohan Kumar, Executive - KITS from NAIN team visited Sahyadri to inspect the facilities. The team was taken through the campus and an interaction session was arranged with students on their respective projects which were funded. The NAIN team was led by our seasoned leader Dr. S Manjappa, Director-Research & Consultancy along with our beloved Principal Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte and Dr. Rajesha S - Dean Academics.
As a part of the inspection, Dr. B.S Basanti, viewed the presentation of all the student projects which were sanctioned for funding. She interacted with the Company Heads & also the Start-Up’s set up within the campus. During the interaction the representatives demonstrated the various products developed by their respective companies and discussed about their future Road Map. A total of 11 projects have been selected for the first batch and have been funded by NAIN.
Alumnus of Computer Science & Engineering Dept Authored a Book
Mr. Koshik Raj, an alumnus of Computer Science and Engineering, Authored a book titled "Foundations of Blockchain: The pathway to cryptocurrencies and decentralized blockchain applications" published by Packt Publishing.
Koshik Raj is an information security enthusiast who holds a Master's degree in computer science and information security. He has a background of working with RSA, a network security company. He has also worked as a senior developer in CoWrks, Bengaluru. He has handed over one of the copies to Sahyadri Department Library as a token of love and gratitude towards the institution. Book is available at:
https://www.amazon.in/Foundations-Blockchain-cryptocurrencies-decentralized-applications-ebook/dp/B07D6L3VRW
Students from TCIS visit Sahyadri Campus
As a part of their Summer Camp Schedule, a total of 26 students from The Cambridge International School, Adyar visited Sahyadri Campus and had a wonderful learning experience. At the beginning of the day, Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Student Counsellor, engaged the students with fun activities. Post this; Team Challengers demonstrated their aero plan models. The students were filled with excitement during their visit to the institution.
Kudos to the First Semester MBA Toppers
Sahyadri takes immense pleasure in presenting the Toppers of first semester university examinations for the 2018-20 batch.
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MEGHNA NAGESH HEGDE
74.67% |
DHEERAJ M
74.33%
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ANANYA A BANGERA
74.17% |
AISHWARYA S G
73.83% |
RICHA K PATEL
73.83% |
Mozilla Workshop at Sahyadri
‘Step to the new World!’ Workshop was successfully conducted by Mozilla Club Sahyadri. The workshop made students experience to build VR by their own and experience the heights of AR. They were given the exposure to the Mixed Reality that is adding more colours in our life. The Club also recruited its new members for its Domains
Domain
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Name |
Semester |
Department |
| Mixed Reality |
Mayur Pai |
Second |
Information Science and Engineering |
| Pooja |
Sixth |
| Shrushti |
Sixth |
| Gaming |
Dhanush Bangera |
Second |
Civil Engineering |
| Swastik |
Second |
Information Science and Engineering |
| Sebastian |
Second |
Computer Science and Engineering |
| Web Assembly |
Navya Bhat |
Sixth |
Information Science and Engineering |
| Rachita Bhat |
Sixth |
| Charmi |
Sixth |
| Rust |
Srujan |
Fourth |
Computer Science and Engineering |
| Sapana |
Sixth |
Information Science and Engineering |
The club will be working on Open Source projects on the above mentioned domains. Club is been headed by Captian -Basavarajeshwari Ambi and Vice Captian - Nathenial Ryan Mathew from fourth Semester Information Science & Engineering. Irrespective of branch and year, any Sahyadri Student can join the club for free.
MBA Faculty met Dr. Nanda Rangan, Associate Dean-International and Strategic Initiatives, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Prof. Ramesh K G and Prof. Girish Madla met Dr. Nanda Rangan, Associate Dean-International and Strategic Initiatives, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA. The discussion was regarding the tie-up between Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru and Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
Discussions have opened up the following avenues:
• 18 days American Studies Program for students of Sahyadri during July-August every year
• Sessions by faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University, USA both online and offline
• Opportunities for higher studies for students of Sahyadri at VCU campus
Dr. Nanda Rangan was also the faculty of Mr. Girish Madla during his MBA program at OHIO University, USA.
VCU has earned both business and accounting accreditations by AACSB International, placing it in the top 5 percent of business schools worldwide. VCU was the first business school in the nation to be accredited by the Computing Commission of ABET, the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. Since its founding in 1937, the VCU School of Business has built strong ties with the business community in Richmond and beyond.
Rankings of VCU
• #9 global Executive MBA program, ranked by CEO Magazine
• Tier One MBA program, ranked by CEO Magazine
• #80 part-time MBA, ranked by U.S. News & World Report
• #114 undergraduate business program, ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Sahyadrian wins Battle of Bands at a State Level Inter-Collegiate fest
Beryl Priyanka of eighth semester from Electronics and Communication Engineering secured First place in BATTLE OF BANDS at the State Level Inter-collegiate, Cultural, Technical and Management Fest-2019 held at MITE, Moodabidri. She has also won cash Prize of Rs. 15,000. Battle of Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of "Best Band". The winner is determined by a voice vote of the audience or the band that brings the most people to support them. Traditionally, battles of bands are held at live music events and forums.
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Sahyadrians Recruited by Strata Geosystems (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Mohamed Meeran and Mohammed Saifan from the Department of Civil Engineering were selected by Strata Geosystems for the position of Graduate Engineering Trainee, in the recently held campus recruitment drive at Sahyadri.
Strata Geosystems is a market leader in the geosynthetic segment for soil reinforcement solutions in India and across the globe.
Campus Recruitment Drives - Pelatro Solutions, FableSquare & Amazon India
Pelatro Solutions conducted a Recruitment drive for the Computer Science, Information Science and Electronics & Communications Engineering students of 2019 outgoing batch. A total of 49 Students from various colleges participated in the online test. The results are awaited.
 FableSquare conducted a Recruitment drive through an online test for BE all branches of 2019 outgoing batch. A total of 84 students from DK & Udupi district participated in the test and the results are awaited.
 Amazon India conducted the final round of interview for the 48 shortlisted candidates. Mr. Murali Manoj- Recruiter, from Amazon was at the campus to facilitate the process. The interview rounds for the profile of, Work From Home:-Customer Service Associate (VCS) were - Personal Introduction Round, Online Testing- (Overall 3 Online Tests), Voice Versant Test (Conducted Over a telephone). The results are awaited.
Additional General Manager & Head Ceramic Technological Institute, BHEL Bangalore interacts with the Department of Mechanical engineering
Dr C.D. Madhusoodana, Additional General Manager and Head Ceramic Technological Institute, BHEL Bangalore engaged in an interactive session with the students of mechanical engineering on the topic “Advanced materials for emerging applications in engineering”. In his talk, Dr Madhusoodana spoke extensively on application of phase change materials in the field thermal energy storage. He further dwelt on implications of nanotechnology and challenges in the field of material science. He also called on students of mechanical engineering to take up research in the field of advanced materials. The department also explored the possible internship and employment opportunities for the students at BHEL Bangalore.
Team Challengers secure positions in SAE International Aeromodelling West 2019 event held in USA
Team Challengers participated in the Three-Day International level Competition named "SAE International Aeromodelling West 2019" at Apollo 11 Field, Woodley Ave, California, USA. The time comprised of Meghana N Shetty from 3rd Year Electronics & Communication Engineering and Roshan, Shreenidhi and Harshan from 1st year Engineering. There were a total of 75 teams from all over the world who participated in the event and Team Challenges has secured 5th position in Oral presentation and 9th position in Overall performance globally.
CSE Alumni interacted with students of 4th Semester
Mr. Nishan B Shetty, Software Engineer at Agoda, Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand and alumni of CSE department interacted with students of 4th semester CSE. In his talk, he has given insight on the importance of the First job.
Students of Udgam house visited IIT Roorkee Solar Project
Twenty three students of first year engineering house Udgam visited Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR).
These students are working on a project to make Sahyadri Campus eco-friendly mainly using solar energy. During this process, they got an opportunity to visit IIT Roorkee that has Solar panels on all its buildings, solar water heaters for hostels and solar cookers in canteen and mess. They interacted with the faculty and staff who manage the solar project.
Project and the students are being mentored by Basavarajeshwari Ambi from fourth semester Dept of Information Science & Engineering.
Campus Recruitment Drive - Strata Geosystems (I) Pvt Ltd.
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Strata Geosystems (I) Pvt Ltd. conducted a pool campus recruitment drive for the shortlisted students of 2019 outgoing batch. Mr. Arabinda Kumar Nandy - General Manager-HR accompanied by Mr. P. D Teja - Assistant Manager–QA/QC & Training were at the campus to facilitate the process. A total of 35 Shortlisted candidates from various colleges were interviewed. The results are awaited.
Sahyadrians Recruited by Everest IMS Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
 Ms. Pavithra and Ms. Ankitha C Kothwal from the Department of Information Science & Engineering were recruited by Everest IMS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for the Position of Associate Engineer, Software with a package of Rs.3,25,000/- Per Annum, in the recently held Campus Recruitment drive held at Sahyadri.
Students certified through NPTEL
A total of 12 Students (Haseena Begam, Spoorthy Shetty S, Sonali S Kumar, Riya Batra, Raviganesh M, Megha A, Jnana Shetty K, Sushmika P R, Rahul V Hegde, Preethi S Kunder, Sameeksha, Saloni Sherlin Fernandes) from the Dept of Computer Science & Engineering have been certified in Programming Data Structures and Algorithms offered by NPTEL. This course is an introduction to programming and problem solving in Python. This is an 8-Week course. This course has been mentored by Dr. J V Gorabal; Mr. Duddela Sai Prashanth and Mr. Vijay C P.
Another set of students from Dept of Computer Science & Engineering (M Kshama Kalkur, Adhithi Pai B, Drusti GB and Varsha K V) have been certified in Database Management Systems offered by NPTEL. This is again an 8-Week course.
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru in the year 2003. Five core disciplines were identified, namely, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering and mechanical engineering and 235 courses in web/video format were developed.
Pool Campus Recruitment Drive - Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt Ltd.
Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt Ltd. conducted Recruitment Drive for the Mechanical Engineering students of 2019 outgoing batch. Mr. S M Sunder - Chief Executive Officer along with his team facilitated the entire process. A total of 217 students from DK & Udupi district participated in the drive. Out of the 14 students who got selected, 6 students were from Sahyadri.
Campus Recruitment Drive - Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
Seventh Sense Talent Solutions conducted a Pool Campus Recruitment drive for the BE students of 2019 outgoing batch.
Mr. Prithivi Raj M, Corporate Relation Incharge was at the campus to facilitate the recruitment process. A total of 94 students from DK & Udupi district participated in the drive. The results are awaited.
STAISE organizes ISR activity at Govt. High School, Kadri, Mallikatte
The Students Technical Association of Information Science & Engineering (STAISE) organized an Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) activity at Govt. High School Kadri, Mallikatte. The students did Warli Painting on the walls of the school. The main intention of this Warli art is to educate the school students. The event was supported by Mr. Naveen Pilar, Head of Art & Culture Department. HOD of ISE - Dr. Shamanth Rai and twenty students participated in this activity.
Sahyadri Boys Hockey Team – First Runners Up
Sahyadri Boys Hockey team has secured 1st Runner up in VTU Mangalore zone Hockey tournament held at NMAMIT, Nitte. A total 8 teams participated from Mangalore zone.
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