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AUGUST 15 - 20, 2016 |
Sahyadri Educational Institution Celebrates the 70th Independence Day
The 70th celebration of our Independence Day was viewed with joy and pride by the staff and students of the Sahyadri Educational Institution. Mr. Joy Devasia, Vice President & Center Head (Mangalore), Mphasis, an HP Company, the Chief Guest, hoisted the national flag after which the gathered students, faculty members and the staff sang the national anthem with pride in their hearts.
Mr. Devasia is working with Mphasis, an HP Company for almost 14 years now with a total experience of 20 + years. He is responsible for Profit & loss, Service delivery, client relationship, contract management, business development and site administration at the Organization.
Mr. Devasia in his 70th Independence Day Speech appreciated Sahyadri for providing Human resources for Mphasis, an HP Company. He urged the gathering to remember our forefathers on the occasion of Independence Day celebration who strived relentlessly, in spite of knowing the fact that they would not be able to witness the joy of Independence. He reminded us of the concept; our forefathers gave us that we are the flag bearers of our nation and we should uphold it proudly at all situations. He also stated that people outside India will not remember us by our name but will always remember that they met an Indian and these concepts should be passed on to the next generation as well.
Mr. Devasia introduced the Student Council Members of the academic year 2016-17, also the Achievers in Sports and Culture were felicitated on the auspicious occasion of Independence Day.
After the hoisting of the national flag, the students and staff showcased their talent in a cultural programme on the Independence Day celebrations in the Campus.
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Freshers Day at Sahyadri
The Freshers Day was celebrated at the campus with Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy, Country Head- Public Policy of Google India as the chief guest. Mr. Karan Rao, Founder and Director, Giznu Tech and Mr. Sagar Modi , co-founder and CEO, QUIPH were also present during the occasion. Principal, Dr. U. M. Bhushi welcomed the gathering and Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary in his opening remarks stated that this is the day where we should take up goals; achieve them by doing our best and attain success in the coming years. He advised the students to take the guests as role models. He said that ‘engineers are visionaries; they create jobs for others’. He also added that one needs to be enrolled in project based learning along with academics.
Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy delivered his address and stated as to how Google looks at product development and also said that User privacy is of utmost importance to Google. It focuses more on light weight offline version of product. He advised the new entrants to be extremely open, transparent as information flows from all the directions and also emphasized on being result oriented/outcome driven. He mentioned that having good writing and verbal skills is essential along with building one’s own strength. He concluded saying that one should be dynamically collaborative and have key attributes with essential abilities to face the challenges in the World outside.
Mr. Krishnaswamy also had an interactive session with the faculty members’, where he discussed regarding the perspectives of development of Google and its focus areas; he also explained regarding the policy decisions. He emphasized on the role of companies in building technologically advanced futures.
Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy engaged with policy makers, industry associations and members of civil society. He was earlier Director -Corporate Affairs at Dell India, and steered the company's efforts in the public policy space. Chetan won the prestigious Intel Achievement Award – the company's highest award for driving an industry wide initiative to influence the Central government in reducing tariffs on PCs in 2004. Chetan was also the recipient of Intel's Finance Achievement Award in 2005. That year, he also won the Intel Inspire Award when his abstract "Enabling Growth Influencing through Strategic Partnerships,'' was selected among 400 other entries which he presented at the Intel Inspire Conference at Oregon.
Ms. Michal Queeni D’Costa, Achiever in UPSC Examinations was felicitated by Mr. Chetan Krishnaswamy. Ms. Michal Queeni thanked the college management for honouring her during the occasion and shared few of her thoughts and experiences. She also congratulated all the new entrants on the occasion of Freshers Day and advised the students to understand the concepts in engineering in the process of shaping their career.
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Dr. Saritha Arunkumar, Senior Scientist, IBM – UK visits Sahyadri
Dr. Saritha Arunkumar, Senior Scientist in IBM UK visited the campus and interacted with the Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, and also had an interactive session with the students and faculty members.
Saritha has nearly 16+ years of experience all being in IT Security space and has been working in wide span of roles such as Security Lead, Consultant, Specialist, Senior Architect and Subject Matter Expert – Security. She has been living in the UK for the last 11 years. She has gained deep expertise in Identity and Access Management solutions, Web Services security, and Public key Infrastructure, Cryptography and mobile security. Most of the projects that she has been involved revolve around creating end-to-end security architectures, designs and security solutions.
Her vast experience with major banks, insurance firms, social security organizations, telecommunications, trading organizations, retail has made her Subject Matter Expert in Tivoli and WebSphere suite of security products. She also has in-depth experience in defining end-to-end security architecture, high level and detail security designs and Infrastructure security solutions. She has also worked on a number of security assessment engagements, which involved assessing IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX and Solaris systems.
Saritha has a Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Masters in Operations Management and received her PhD in Mobile Security from City University, London. She has presented in a number of conference proceedings and has published papers on Security. Her research contribution to the wider IBM community has been demonstrated from time to time by chairing and presenting at IBM internal and external security seminars/workshops. She has worked on a number of mobile, military and Biometrics projects including EEG biometrics for authentication and invariant age progression of faces. She has enhanced her personal eminence through external collaborations and connections and is also a key delegate/contributor of the Biometrics Standards body SC37.
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Value Driven Leadership Programme by Sampoojya Swami Purnamritananda Puri
An inspirational programme on “Value Driven Leadership” was held in Sahyadri Campus for the Student Council members. Sampoojya Swami Purnamritananda Puri in his highly motivated lecture gave excellent messages - Unity is power for leadership, one need to enjoy every problem of life, Sustain purity and innocence, No compromise on values, Respect everything in nature, Commitment and Consistence, Healthy body and Powerful Mind, help others and get satisfaction.
Swami Purnamritananda Puri is the General Secretary of the world renowned organization, Mata Amritanandamayi Math. For the past twenty eight years he has been engaged in the very noble spiritual and humanitarian activities of the Math that Amma envisionedHe thanked our Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary for implementing his imagination, quality and structures that bring joy and happiness in learning. Students actively interacted with their queries.
An Engineer by profession, Swamiji first met Amma while on his quest after the Secret of Life. Amma’s intense love of humanity, Her true vision of world peace, Her avowed compassion for needy and above all the profound spirituality that She embodies moved Swamiji so deeply that he resigned his job as a scientist at the prestigious Raman Research Institute, Bangalore and became a devout follower of Amma.
Ever since, Swamiji dedicated his life to the cause of the countless noble socio-welfare activities initiated by Amma. His humility, tolerance, sacrifice and unalloyed love for Humanity are truly worthy of emulation. Swamiji has travelled all over the world conducting Satsangs, Bhajans and spiritual camps with an aim to bring about the spiritual upliftment of not just the Individual but the entire society. A highly learned person, swamiji is also a great orator, musician and writer.
Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, thanked Swami Purnamritananda Puri and other guests for their valuable messages and urged the students to implement at least one message in their lives.
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Chairman Meets Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Infrastructure Development, the Hon’ble
Shri. R. V. Deshpande
Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary met and interacted with the Hon’ble Shri. R. V. Deshpande, Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka, India, in the presence of Mr. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, representing Dakshina Kannada constituency. Prof. Ashwath Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication, Sahyadri college of Engineering & Management was also part of the interaction.
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Visit to Rock Tools Drilling Equipments Company
Chairman, Manjunath Bhandary along with Mr. Nishanth and Mr. Gautham from sahyadri edu DREAMERS R&D pvt. Ltd visited rock tools drilling equipments company in Bangalore. The team had a discussion with Mr. Bala Krishna Rao. V Managing Director, towards establishing an industrial training center at Sahyadri with an aim to enhance the knowledge and skills of engineering students in the field of Production Technology.
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Talk on Studies in USA
 Sahyadri in collaboration with AMS Group, Bangalore conducted an awareness program regarding the avenues of pursuing higher studies at Merrimack College, Boston ,USA for the final semester students and faculty Members .Sheldon D Wallbrown, Indian representative for the Merrimack college gave a brief glimpse into what Merrimack college is all about ,programs offered by them, how to apply and the tests and criterion required for joining Merrimack college .He also answered students Queries regarding Studies in USA in general and gave them a step by step guidelines on the mode of application , campus life, scholarship, research avenues etc available in Merrimack college and USA. Tejsawi B T,MD, AMS Group was Present during the program.
The Merrimack College is situated 15km away from the shores of Boston,USA was established in the year 1947 with 0ver 22000 graduates to its credit till date .it has one of the most beautiful campus in USA Spread over Sprawling 220 Acres of land .It offers undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, business, science and engineering, and education; it also offers graduate programs and a range of programs aimed for students coming from various countries. Throughout the curriculum, students can take advantage of hands-on opportunities including cooperative education and internships, research with faculty, study abroad and service learning. And, because our curriculum emphasizes the liberal arts, graduates are prepared to be imaginative, analytical, aware of trends and historical perspectives, clear thinking, and adaptable to changes in their career.
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VTU Semester IV Results: Kudos to the Semester toppers
The Semester IV B.E. results have been announced for the 2015-16 examination conducted by VTU. Overall percentage score of the college is 64.24%.
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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING |
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Pavithree B Shetty
81.4% |
Deeksha G Shetty
80.3% |
Vihitha M
77.3 % |
Manasa Shetty
78 % |
Kavya
77.2% |
Ajay K S
76.9 % |
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
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Sthuthi K A
89% |
Pavanesh C V
82.6% |
Amrutha M
82.3% |
Dhanraj
85.1% |
Raghavendra
83.6% |
Sarvesh Martha
82.2% |
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Roshni Joseph Fernandes
75.1% |
Pradnya Shyam Vernekar
72.1% |
Medhini G
70.6% |
Ravi Yadav
70.6% |
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Second Rank in Fourth Semester of Civil Engineering
Ms. Sthuthi. K. A, fourth Semester Civil Engineering, secured Second rank in VTU Exams, held in the month of June 2016. She has scored 801/950 with a percentage of 89%. She stands first in Mysore, Belagavi and Kalaburgi Regions and secured second rank in the state.
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Kudos to IV semester Mathematics Toppers
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Swarna Sagarika Bhat |
Roshni Joseph Fernandes
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Swarna Sagarika Bhat(4SF14EC108) , student of electronics and communiaction engineering has topped in Engineering Mathematics IV by scoring 125 and Roshni Joseph Fernandes (4SF14IS082) , student of Information and Science Engineering has scored 124 in Engineering Mathematics IV.
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Sahyadrian Recruited by Robert Bosch
Amrutha P. from the department of Information Science Engineering of the 2016 passed out batch has been selected by Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solution Pvt. Ltd. with the package of 4.0 Lacs/Annum.
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Invited as Chief Guest on the occasion of Independence Day
Dr. C. K. Manjunath, Prof. of Humanities & Administrator was invited as a chief guest on the occasion of Independence Day at Mahatma Gandhi Prathishtana, Tagore Park, Mangalore. He addressed the students, freedom fighters and the association members on the values and duties of today's citizen. This association was started by Mangalore freedom fighters way back in 1950's.
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Faculty Members PhD Research Results Published in 2 Elsevier Journals
The PhD research results of Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering are published in 2 Science Citation Indexed (SCI) Elsevier journals. The first research article titled "Fusion of Sparse Representation and Dictionary Matching for Identifications of Humans in Uncontrolled Environment" is published in Elsevier Journal of Computers in Biology and Medicine, USA (Thomson Reuters Impact Factor: 1.683). In this research article a fusion system was developed by combining biomechanics based gait recognition and biometric based composite sketch matching for identifying humans in crowded scenes. Initially gait recognition is developed using Sparse Representation to generate the first score, next composite sketch matching is developed using Dictionary Matching to generate the second score. Finally score level fusion is performed using Dempster Shafer and Proportional Conflict Distribution Rule Number 5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
article/pii/S0010482516301834
The second research article titled "ODROID XU4 Based Implementation of Decision Level Fusion Approach for Matching Computer Generated Sketches" is published in Elsevier Journal of Computational Science, USA, (Thomson Reuters Impact Factor: 1.553). In this research article another novel technique was developed to match computer generated sketches with face photos. Initially feature extraction is performed using supervised auto-encoder to build deep architecture and matching is performed between computer generated sketches and face photos using Parallel Convolutional Neural Network. Decision level fusion is performed to obtain the optimal matching result. The developed technique was implemented on ODROID XU4, which is one of the latest single board computing device having extremely high energy efficiency and very powerful, it also has a small form factor when compared to any other ARM based embedded devices which makes it feasible to be used for real-time application. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
article/pii/S1877750316301211
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Faculty Member Appointed as BOE by VTU, Belagavi
 Dr. Premananda Shenoy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering has been appointed as a member of Board of Examiners by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi in which he will be exercising his duties as a composite board member of examiners for the year 2016 - 17.
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MBA faculty invited as a Chief Guest in Parents – Teachers Meeting
 Prof. Padmanabha B, Department of Business Administration was invited as the chief guest for Parents - Teachers Meeting at Jamiya Education Trust Chokkabettu, Surathkal, Mangaluru. He addressed approximately five hundred parents on “How to be a Good Parent”. In his speech he highlighted the role and responsibility of parents and teachers for present generation.
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Faculty Member's Paper Published in IJATES
A paper entitled “Hypo Sludge Paver Blocks”, by Mr. Chethan Kumar N T, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering has been published in the International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science, Volume 4 Issue 7 – JULY 2016 ISSN [ONLINE] : 2348-7550.
Faculty member Invited as Resource Person
 B. Raghavndra Prabhu , Assistant Professor S-1,Department of Business Administration was invited as a resource person to inaugurate the Commerce Association of Sri. Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College, Ujire. He addressed around 700 graduating commerce students of the college. He enlightened the students on how to make a partnership between heart and mind in life. The principal and Head of the Department of Commerce were present in the program.
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Student's Paper Published in IJSART
A paper based on final year M. Tech dissertation (CAD Structures) entitled “Seismic Vulnerability Study on RC Bare Frames Using Non Linear Static Analysis”, authored by Mr. Supreeth H K, Department of Civil Engineering along with his project guide Ms. Ramya K, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering has been published in IJSART Volume 2 Issue 8 – AUGUST 2016 ISSN [ONLINE]: 2395-1052.
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Faculty Member's Paper Published in JETIR
A paper entitled “QUALITATIVE STUDY ON PHYSICAL AND BIO-ENZYMATIC STABILIZATION OF LATERITIC SOIL ”, by Mr Sudeepa Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering has been published in Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, Volume 3 Issue 8 – AUGUST 2016.
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Faculty members Research article in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings
A Research article titled “Sol-gel derived Al-Ga co-doped transparent conducting oxide ZnO thin films” of Mrs. F. Jyothi Serrao, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Physics, is published in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings (Citation: AIP Conference Proceedings 1731, 080047(2016); DOI: 10.1063/1.4947925). The article is about the possibility of partial substitution of Ga with Al in the ZnO host lattice to obtain the Al–Ga co-doped ZnO thin films (AGZO) with low resistivity and high transmittance by cost effective sol-gel spin coating method suitable for the low-cost optoelectronic devices.
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