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DECEMBER 25 - 30, 2017 |
Sahyadri Conclave 2018
A Five-Day Sahyadri Conclave – Science, Technology & Management has been organized during 6th January to 10th January 2018 in Sahyadri Campus.
Sahyadri Conclave, a festival of knowledge sharing & learning will bring together the Nobel Laureates, Senior Scientists, Management experts and students across the country with the primary purpose to instil in the young minds - student participants, the spirit of scientific enquiry through the motivational interactions. This forum expects to pave the way for a right career in the direction of scientific advancement, allied technologies & transformational leadership. Sahyadri intends to host this event as a Social responsibility by contributing to the nation’s talent pool as it shall witness the participation of around 800 students from various streams.
Glimpse of Sahyadri Conclave Programme
• Inaugural Ceremony would be held on 6th January 2018 at 03:00 pm
• Interaction Sessions with Nobel Laureates
• Panel Discussion with Scientists, Technocrats & Entrepreneurs
• Parallel Sessions - Technical & Management
• Cultural Extravaganza
• Valedictory Ceremony would be held on 10th January 2018 at 04:00 pm
Participants of Sahyadri Conclave
• High School & Pre-University students
• Under-Graduate & Post-Graduate students pursuing Basic Sciences.
• Under-Graduate & Post-Graduate students pursuing Technical Studies
• Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate students & Professionals pursuing Management Studies.
Sahyadri will also hold the following landmark initiatives during the conclave
• Science Project Exhibition
• Technical Exhibition
• Mathematics Exhibition
• Air Show
• Drones
• Vedic Science on River Bank
Sahyadri conclave is organized in collaboration with Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, Govt. of Karnataka, Karnataka Biotechnology & Information Technology Services, Karnataka Science & Technology Promotion Society, Govt. of Karnataka, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Mangalore University, Mangaluru and Ramaiah Institutes of Technology, Bengaluru. It is also supported by All Cargo Logistics Ltd, Canara Bank, Dr. B R Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, DIDAC India and the in-house Start-Ups namely Sams Techno Mech Pvt. Ltd, APTRA Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Research Design Lab – RDL Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Sahyadri Edu Dreamers R&D Pvt. Ltd, Dream Tech Innovations, SAHYAWARE, Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt. Ltd & FLOTANOMERS.
Sahyadri Conclave will go a long way to deliver the goal of imparting “spirit of enquiry” to the students.
Theme of Sahyadri Conclave 2018 – Science, Technology & Management
Day 1, 7th January 2018 - WATER
Water is the most precious gift to humanity by the nature. Life on earth is possible only because of water. Three-fourth surface of the earth is covered by water though there is scarcity. The crisis of water teaches us to conserve & save water in order to sustain, protect the environment, save life and save the world. As a measure to address this crisis, the water utilities have to be utilized and managed effectively. Therefore, focussing on water scarcity, enhancing water efficiency and increasing water productivity have become the call of the day. Hence, one of the themes for Sahyadri Science, Technology & Management Conclave is identifying issues and sharing the best practices in efficient use of water in agriculture, industry and urban area.
Day 2, 8th January 2018 - ENERGY
Energy is the main requirement ever since humans invented steam engines and electricity. Most of the manually done tasks are now replaced by machines that frequently require electrical energy or fossil combustion. Fossil combustion not only makes the energy source scarce but also pollutes the environment. Over the years, significant efforts and initiatives have been taken by the Government and corporate bodies to implement renewable energy and nuclear technologies. On one side, energy efficiency of the existing products and infrastructure is improved by reducing wasted energy and efforts. On the other side, alternative sources of energy such as renewables and nuclear energy based new ideas are being envisaged. The scope of introducing ENERGY as one of the themes in the Sahyadri Science, Technology & Management Conclave is to address the issues currently faced and also explore opportunities to work towards energy efficiency or alternative energy sources.
Day 3, 9th January 2018 - ENVIRONMENT
Rapid industrialization and other allied human activities have offered significant challenges towards conservation of environment. Every human activity has direct ramifications on environment. Over-exploitation of natural resources is resulting in rapid degradation of environment. This leads to problems like global warming, population explosion, natural resource depletion, waste disposal, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, acid rain and urban sprawl. The emission of harmful toxic gases from industries causes depletion of ozone layer, thus exposing humans and other living beings to harmful radiations. To address these environmental issues there is a stringent demand to bring awareness among individuals and organizations. The government and law enforcing agencies need to take various measures to bring awareness among the general masses. The onus also lies with academic institutions to cascade this by organizing distinguished workshops and conclaves. The scope of introducing ENVIRONMENT theme in Sahyadri Science, Technology & Management Conclave is to identify issues and share the best practices that could be inculcated to conserve the environment.
Day 4, 10th January 2018 - HEALTH
 Today, almost all the countries across the world face new challenges in the provision of preventive and curative health services. Life style, Migration, Ageing population, Climatic changes, and Political & Economic policies threaten the provision of high quality, affordable and equitable health care services. People’s opportunities for a healthy life and access to health care services are closely linked to the socio-economic conditions in which they live. Resilient and empowered people/communities respond better to economic, social and environmental change. Communities/people who are deprived of socio-economic opportunities also remain behind in health outcomes and their access to health services. People need to be empowered to manage their health more pro-actively, choose healthy lifestyles and make informed choices. The current problems in many countries with special reference to India are caused by the structural changes in the health care service system, life style and disease patterns. These call for the reforms and modernization of public health, health services and social care systems. There is a need for innovation - new combination of practices and approaches developed to better address social needs and expectations. New modes of collaboration between the public and private sector are also needed. Sahyadri Science, Technology & Management Conclave offers a great opportunity to discuss these issues in detail among researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
Noble Laureates & Internationally Renowned Scientists during Sahyadri Conclave 6th to 10th January 2018
Prof. Ada E Yonath is an Israeli protein crystallographer who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her research into the atomic structure and function of cellular particles called ribosomes. She is the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Currently, she is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; the European Academy of Sciences and Art and the European Molecular Biology Organization. At Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Ada will be addressing the gathering on the subject in which she has the expertise.
Prof. Serge Haroche is a French physicist, who won Nobel Prize in Physics – 2012, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems" a study of the particle of light, the photon. Haroche is a Professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Quantum Physics. He has received Commander of the French Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits award. Haroche works primarily in atomic physics and quantum optics. During Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Serge Haroche will be addressing the gathering on his Subject Expertise.
Prof. Joseph Sifakis will speak about “The ICT Revolution-IOT” during Sahyadri Conclave. His current research interests cover fundamental & applied aspects of embedded systems design. Prof. Sifakis was awarded with Turing Award in the year 2007, Award of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation in 2009, the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2012. He has been the President of the Greek Council for Research and Technology from 2014-16. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, French National Academy of Engineering, Academia Europe, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, & National Academy of Engineering. He is a Grand Officer of the French National Order of Merit, a Commander of the French Legion of Honour.
Prof. Robert C Richardson is the Director of the Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation and Director of the Leeds EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems, a world class, £4.3M facility for designing and creating robotic systems initiated in August 2013. He received a BEng and PhD from the University of Leeds in 1997 & 2001 respectively. He is a Professor of Robotics and a Fellow of the IMechE. He held a prestigious research contract to explore The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt using robotic technology and has discovered writing in the Great Pyramid that was hidden for thousands of years. The New Scientist magazine placed his discoveries in the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2011. In 2008 he was successful in developing air and ground robotic systems that reached the final of the UK MOD Grand Challenge. His current research interests include: Exploration robotics for safety and security, surgical technologies for health and well-being, Rehabilitation and prosthetics for health and wellbeing. At Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Richardson will be taking technical sessions on: Exploration Robotics; Robotic inspection, maintenance and repair of urban water systems; Robotic maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear power stations.
 Padma Shri Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX MIT, USA will speak about “Digital Education Transformation” during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Anant Agarwal is a B.Tech from IIT-Madras and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He has received various awards for his immense contribution in the field of academics, viz. Maurice Wilkes Award for computer architecture in 2001, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2007, Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, in higher education, as an outstanding leader of the development of the Massive Open Online Course Movement. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India in the year 2017.
 Prof. Satish K. Tripathi, President, University at Buffalo, USA will speak about “The New World of Thinking Machines” during Sahyadri Conclave. Prof. Tripathi was named by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Urban League. He is Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. S S Iyengar, Professor, Florida University will speak about Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Professor Iyengar is a US-based computer scientist in the field of distributed sensor networks, computational aspects of robotics, and oceanographic applications. He has introduced new data structures and algorithmic techniques for large scale computations in sensor technologies and File processing applications. He obtained Ph.D. degree in 1974 from Mississippi State University. He served on US National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health Panels to review proposals in various aspects of Computational Science. He is the founding Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks.
Dr. Anish Arora, Professor, Ohio University, USA will talk about “Robotics” during Sahyadri Conclave. Prof. Arora obatained his PhD in Computer Science from University of Texas, M.S. from University of Texas , B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He leads a research group on Dependable Distributed and Networked Systems. He has been awarded with the OSU College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, in 2003 and in 2009. He is a fellow of IEEE.
Dr. Anuradha Agarwal is a Principal Research Scientist at MIT's Micro photonics Centre. Her work has focused on the technologies for the foundational components of future electronic-photonic chips including polysilicon waveguides, LEDs, couplers, and optical buffers. She received her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. Her current work canters on the mid-IR (MIR) regime. Her work on MIR materials and devices is creating a planar, integrated, Si-CMOS-compatible micro photonics platform which will enable on-chip imaging and sensing applications. With Dr. Agarwal's cross-disciplinary training, industrial experience, and background in Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science, she has successfully connected basic sciences with relevant applications, using integrated devices that are manufacturable on a large scale. At Sahyadri Conclave, Dr. Anuradha Agarwal will be facilitating a technical session on Mid-Infrared integrated silicon photonics for sensing.
Eminent Personalities participating in Sahyadri Conclave during 6th to 10th January 2018
Dr. D. P. Agrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC of India will give a lecture on “Environment Friendly Technology during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Agrawal obtained his Ph.D. degree from IIT Delhi in 1978. He is the founder Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Gwalior. He has articulated issues of innovation, quality education, public services, and information technology for the development of the common man. He has won various awards including Eminent Engineer 2003, Engineer of the Year, Honorary Fellowship of ISTE, 2006, Honorary D. Sc. degree of Jiwaji University, Gwalior 2009, and the Honorary Fellowship of IETE in 2011.
Dr. Sudhir K Mishra will deliver a lecture on “Dr. Kalam's Contributions to Defence Technology” during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Mishra is the CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace. He was awarded with the "DRDO Scientist of the Year Award" “Madhya Pradesh Gaurav Samman", "Distinguished Alumni Award" by Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur, Super CEO Award" by The Machinist, Times of India Group, "Vigyan Pratibha Samman" by Council of Science & Technology" Life Time Achievement Award" by Sriram College of Engineering & Technology, Jabalpur, he was awarded with Honorary Doctorate by People's University, Bhopal and CEPM Fellowship Award 2016 by Centre for Excellence in Project Management, New Delhi.
Prof. M N Vidyashankar, IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary will speak about Water Revolution during Sahyadri Conclave. Professor Vidyashankar has a Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and M.Phil from University of Delhi. He has also obtained a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration from Harvard University, USA. He is an IAS Officer of 1982 batch. Presently, he is the President of IESA which has over 200 domestic and multinational enterprises as its members. He had held various positions such as principal secretary of E-Governance for Karnataka, Chairman of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board, Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka and Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority.
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Dr. S S Iyengar from Florida International University, USA visits Sahyadri
Dr. Sitharama S. Iyengar is Ryder Professor and Director, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, USA. He holds his Ph.D. (Eng.) from Mississippi State University, USA. He has done his Masters in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and BE in Mechanical Engineering from UVCE, Bengaluru. His areas of Research Interests are Computational Medicine, Bio-informatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Bio-Computing, Distributed Sensor Networks (Theory and Application); Software for Detection of Critical Events Autonomous Systems; Distributed Systems; Effective Leadership and Practice in Administrative Roles. He has built many Educational Programmes at various Universities in USA which have attained top 30 ranking. Dr. Iyengar has founded and directs the Robotics Research Laboratory at Louisiana State University.
Dr. Iyengar received Distinguished Research Award from Xaimen University, China for his research in Sensor Networks, Computer Vision and Image Processing. Dr. Iyengar is recognized by the Societe Mathematique de Tunisie (SMT) for "Notable Services and Outstanding Contributions in the Area of Mathematical Theories in Sensor Networks and Computational Algorithms in Robotics for 2010". He has also received Distinguished Faculty Research Award from Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA.
A session with the faculty and staff was arranged during his visit and while introducing Dr. Iyengar to the faculty, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation commended the professionalism with which Dr. Iyengar deals with people and committed to drive the same professionalism at Sahyadri. Dr. Iyengar while addressing the gathering referred to the Chairman as an outstanding individual and appreciated his passion and commitment towards students. Further, he urged teachers to contribute to student’s confidence, character building and also give inspirational talks which will bring out their talents. He mentioned that one of the best cited research article of his till date, is from his student who was a slow learner initially. He acclaimed that Sahyadri undoubtedly has the potential to be one of the best institutions not only in the country but in the world under the competent leadership of Mr. Manjunath Bhandary. His key message for the teachers was to be proactive in research, proactive in teaching, practice leadership and contribute to the community. He stimulated teachers to aim at producing noble prize winners, groom 10-20 students to compete in national and international events and continuously show excellence in all domains bringing laurels to the institution. He said – Artificial Intelligence is a reality and is going to play a significant role in the days to come. He emphasised on developing softwares that can think like human beings. He concluded by saying that the ideas should result in a device and encouragement should be given to products that have social impact solutions.
In the afternoon, an in-depth discussion was held on the framework to develop a world class Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Sahyadri.
Alumni of MCE, Hassan visits Sahyadri along with the Trustee
Distinguished alumni of Malnad College of Engineering (MCE), Hassan visited Sahyadri along with Mr. Balakrishna Bhandary. The visitors include Mr. Nagaraj Uppunda, The Managing Director, Mody Pumps (INDIA)Pvt.Ltd., Mr. Mukul Tagore, Director, Minex Metallurgical Co.Ltd., Mr. Shankar Bhat, Former BARC Scientific Officer, Mr. Edward Pinto, CANARA Facilities Management Pvt.Ltd., Dr. S N Ravi Shankar, Professor & Dean (SA)MCE Hassan and Mr. Gangadhar H R, Chief Consultant, GAMA, Infratech.
They observed the institution in minute details and appreciated the professionalism in the road map of Sahyadri. They were impressed with the concept of Industry-Institute connection established in relation to RDL technologies, Calipers and Dreamers perspective of nurturing the social innovation projects. They were also amazed by the Project based learning under specific verticals.
They have assured any important practices that aid in growth of the institution will be shared along the time line. They were in awe of wonderful academic ambience & discipline of students. They foresee real Engineers coming up after their study at Sahyadri if all the avenues and opportunities are capitalized to the fullest extent. They have complimented the efforts of Chairman, Trustees, Staff and students.
Mr. Nagesh P.S, from Shelter Group, Bangalore, had visited Sahyadri
Mr. Nagesh P.S, Architect at Shelter Group, Bangalore, had visited the campus and interacted with the Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary. He is a good friend of the Chairman and a classmate of his at Bhuvanendra PU College. Mr. Nagesh holds a very healthy connectivity with the various engineering institutes in the region.
He went around the institute and appreciated the start up initiatives and the encouragement given to the students to nurture their talents and innovative ideas. He complimented the management, staff and students of Sahyadri for professionally contributing to society.
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman appointed as the KPCC Vice-President
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation is appointed as the Vice-President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on orders from All India Congress party President, Mr. Rahul Gandhi.
He has served as the most sincere activist of the Congress party for the last three and a half decades involving him and contributing in students Congress and Youth Congress at country level. Sahyadri Family wishes Good Luck for his well deserved role as a Vice-President of KPCC.
MBA Faculty invited as a Chief Guest for the NSS Camp of Govt. First Grade College, Punjalkatte
Prof. Ramesh K G, Dept. of Business Administration has been invited as a Chief Guest for the Annual NSS Special Camp 2017-18 of Govt. First Grade College, Punjalkatte. He facilitated a session on “Personality Development”. Around 123 students participated in the camp. He narrated his experience as a NSS Volunteer and urged the students to capitalise the opportunities available to them and groom themselves for a better future. He emphasised that NSS volunteers should first serve themselves thereby serving the nation. It is essential to empower one’s own self in order to bring about the changes for the betterment of the nation. He stressed that it is the right moment for them to involve immensely in volunteering activities and grow efficiently as a leader.
Student Counsellor invited as a resource person by KVS Memorial College, Udupi
Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Student Counsellor was invited as a resource person for the Undergraduate Commerce students of Krishnabai Vasudeva Shenoy Memorial College, Udupi for a session on “Self Analysis and Awareness” during their Annual NSS Special Camp held at Christian College, Udupi.
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