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FEBRUARY 12 - 17, 2018 |
British Deputy High Commissioner visits Sahyadri
 
Mr. Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner visited Sahyadri along with his colleague Mr. Manjunath K Sripathy, Political Economy Advisor of British Deputy High Commission, Bengaluru. He spoke to the Higher semester Engineering students about United Kingdom’s engagement of Next Gen Students through Chevening Scholarship which is a UK government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme offers awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study master’s degree in any subject at any UK university. A Chevening Scholarship normally covers university tuition fees, a monthly stipend, travel costs to and from the UK, an arrival allowance, a homeward departure allowance, the cost of one visa application, and a travel grant to attend Chevening events in the UK. He explained the vast opportunities that are waiting for students who wish to pursue their Higher education in UK. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Principal Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Vice-Principal Prof. Balakrishna S S, Dean Dr. J V Gorabal, HoD's of all departments, senior faculty members and Ms. Shreelatha U.M, AAO attended the session .
Semester VII B.E. Results
Sahyadri 88.46%
VTU results of Semester VII of B.E is declared. Out of 693 students who appeared for the VTU Examination 2017-18, 613 students have passed.
Kudos to the Semester VII B.E. Toppers
Civil Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering |
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STHUTHI.K.A
85.44% |
MOHAMMAD FAHAD
83.44% |
DHANYA SHREE
82% |
RAGHAVENDRA SHETTY
88.44% |
NAGARAJ KHAIRATE
85.22% |
SHARATH S
85% |
Computer Science & Engineering |
Information Science & Engineering |
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PAVITHREE B SHETTY
82.78% |
PRATHVI SHREE
79.67% |
RESHMA D`SOUZA
79.11% |
RAVI YADAV
76.44% |
DEEKSHA K RAI
76% |
DISHA S RAI
75.78% |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
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MANASA SHETTY
81.33% |
SWARNA SAGARIKA BHAT
79.22% |
KAVYA
79.22% |
KRITHI
79% |
Union Budget & State Budget 2018 - Presentation by MBAs
 
Presentation & Discussion on “Union Budget & State Budget - 2018” was organized by the Department of Business Administration. This programme analyzed the positive pushes of the government guided by the mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, industry and infrastructure sectors. The major thrust area of the budget was to achieve over 8 % growth as manufacturing, services and exports back on good growth path. The budget session started with a formal inauguration. During the Inaugural Ceremony, Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director – MBA welcomed the gathering and stated that it was a platform for knowledge sharing wherein the financial information is converted to wisdom. She gave a brief glimpse of the college and elaborated on the basic premise behind organizing the Budget presentation by the First year MBA students.
The programme was conducted in two sessions. The first session was dedicated to Union Budget and the second session was on State Budget. 1st Year MBA students presented the “Union Budget & State Budget - 2018” covering distinct sectors viz. Education, Health Care & Social Welfare Programmes, Agriculture & Rural Development, Infrastructure & MSME. The panel consisted of subject experts - Dr. Radhakrishna Shetty, Head, Dept. of Economics, Sri Mahaveera College, Moodbidri, Mr. M N Pai, Chartered Accountant & Prof. Banu Prakash, Professor of Commerce, SDM College, Ujire who shared their views and added insights to the budget presentation.
During the deliberation Mr. M N Pai shared his view point on the current budget & also spoke on the hits & misses in various sectors. Dr. Radhakrishna specifically spoke on rural economy and agriculture. He said that the current budget is having a long term vision and the concentration was on Education, Health & Rural areas. He commented that the budget does not give focus on total infrastructure development of agriculture but has confined itself only to few specific areas of agriculture only. He appreciated the digitalization of agro marketing but he says it is still unreachable to the illiterate and ignorant small farmers. He concluded by saying that Government has to frame permanent solutions for agro related problems. Prof. Banu Prakash spoke on Education & Health sectors. He stated that the current budget was above average & can be rated at 90 on a scale of 100. He enumerated on the various schemes in both the sectors and applauded the effort of the government for concentrating on grass root level problems.
Students Volunteer for Swacchata Abhiyan – Phase 4 at Falnir
The students of First year Engineering B section participated in the Phase 4 of Swacchata Abhiyan that was held at Avery Junction of Falnir on Sunday 11th February, 2018 from 07:00am to 09:00am. At the event, Captain Puranik and Swami Jitakamanandaji addressed the students about the importance of having a good Civic sense and the responsibility of each and every citizen towards the nation. The students by forming groups volunteered in cleaning the Falnir area up till Jyothi KMC. Ms. Shreelatha U A, Academic Administrative Officer, Prof. Sanjith, Prof. Dolly Sharma, Ms. Savita, Student Welfare Officer and Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Student Counsellor also joined the Abhiyan.
Dr. S Ramakrishna Sharma presided over a session on “Neetishastram – Bharateeya Drushtiyil”
 Ayiroor-Cherukolpuzha 106th Annual Convention of Hindu Mata Parishat, Kerala was held during 4th February to 11th February, 2018 and Dr. S Ramakrishna Sharma, Adjunct Professor of Indian Scientific Heritage, Dept. of Humanities presided over a session on “Neetishastram – Bharateeya Drushtiyil”. He delivered a 40-minutes presentation which was well received.
Critically examining Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s work “The Idea of Justice”, Dr. Sharma pointed out how it lacked Indian Perspective and in contrast highlighted the work of Justice Rama Jois titled “Thrivarga – Dharma-Artha-Kama” which epitomized Vedic perspective supported by references from Koutilya, Vidura, Bheeshma and Manu. Dr. Sharma asserted that “Sathyameva Jayate”, “Yato Dharmah Tato Jayah”, these two are the eyes of Law and Justice not only for Government of India but also for humanity at large. He quoted from Bhagavatam to point out the clarity of Vedic Rishis in presenting the Four Limbs of Dharma Vrushabha (Bull), namely the Judiciary, Legislative Body, Executive Body and the fourth one the Citizens which is not really counted in the modern context. When all the three get corrupted, then Dharma stands on the ground on only one leg! District Principal Judge Sri. John K Illikkadan, Sub Judge Sri. R Jayakrishnan (Secretary, Legal Service Authority), Associate Professor Dr. Padmakumar of Alapuzha Medical College and other dignitaries actively participated in the panel discussion on related topics. They unanimously praised the scholarly presentation of Dr. Sharma in Malayalam.
RUSTATHON2K18
 135 students from various institutes in and around Mangaluru attended the Rustathon2K18, a workshop organized by Mozilla club in association with SHINE, Sahyadri Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and New Age Incubation Network (NAIN).
The workshop began with Mr. Praveen Kamath, the Chief Guest, speaking volumes about the latest trends in the tech business and how student could hope to utilize them. As a Group Project Manager at Infosys he was very interactive and spoke a lot about emerging technologies and their impact on the future of technology. He expounded his belief that technology will continue to develop and improve the quality of life.
Rust is a systems programming language important to the future of the web. It runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. It is a programming language that’s focused on safety, speed, and concurrency. Its design lets you create programmes that have the performance and control of a low-level language, but with the powerful abstractions of a high-level language. It was with the intention of bringing about awareness about this language that brought in Rustathon. Mr. Jayesh KR, Mozilla Tech Speaker spoke on the Amazon Web services with RUST and introduced the students with the basics of Rust language. Mr. Jayesh Katta Ramalingaiah is a Full Stack Software developer. He is very innovative and has an artistic perception of technology and business. He is an expert in various domains such as IoT, Android and Web and also good at developing Mobile Applications. He is currently engaged as an Android Developer in BFS Domain at TCS in Mumbai, India. Mr. Krishna Kumar T, Rust developer and embedded systems enthusiast from ThoughtWorks helped the students build an UI for the Web Services.
The workshop took a livelier turn when the speakers had an interactive quiz session and participants won several goodies from Hackerearth, one of the sponsors for the event. The event was primarily sponsored by Research and Design Lab. The Technology partner was AWS Activate and the Innovation partner was Hackerearth.
“This workshop indeed gave me a kickstart towards learning the Rust language and I’m looking forward in attending their workshops in the future”, said Musthaq, an attendee of the workshop.
Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018 Prelims at Nalanda College of Arts & Science, Perla, Kasaragod
Final year students pursuing B. Com, BBA and B.Sc at Nalanda College of Arts & Science, Perla, Kasaragod registered for Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018. Prof. Padmanabha B along with Ms. Pooja, Mr. Rohith and Mr. Ajith Alva as student volunteers of the MBA Department administered the Written Quiz & the College Level Quiz Round as Quiz Masters, Time Keepers and Score Keepers. 4 teams emerged as winners and have been invited to participate in the “The Grand Finale - Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018” on March 9th’18 in Sahyadri Campus. Prof. Vigneshwar Varmudi, Principal and Prof. Suresh, Whiz Quiz College Coordinator distributed certificates to the winning team.
In-House Industries Interact with third year engineering students
An interactive session with the third year engineering students who have scored 8 CGPA & above was arranged with the following in-house industries:
• RDL Technologies
• Caliper
• Aptra Technologies
• Sahyaware
As a part of the Industry-Academia interface these companies would have regular sessions for these students to enhance their technical competence and to gear them up for the upcoming campus recruitments. These sessions are scheduled to be held on Saturday's and during free time of the students.
Mr. Rajkumar Bansal, AVP – Group Leader, Strategy Planning & Operations, Infosys, Bengaluru interacts with students
 
Mr. Raj Kumar Bansal is a BE from NIT, Durgapur, MBA from University of Delhi and MS from BITS, Pilani. He has been associated with Toastmasters for the last 16 years. While addressing the students he emphasised that it is the extra effort in terms of time, energy and thinking that makes a difference. Students should have a “small extra” in them to stand out in a crowd. Mr. Bansal shared his failure stories and how Toastmasters Club assisted him in overcoming his weaknesses. He expressed that after college while getting into a job, he came out with flying colours in the initial rounds of interview, however during the final round where he had to bring out his abilities he failed drastically. He was unable to articulate and also did not reach out to people for feedback and improvement. He advised students to acknowledge that you do not know the answer to a question during the interview than bluffing which could be easily identified by the expert interviewer. “Try Again” was the motto of his life and he climbed the ladder of failure which took him to greater heights. His net worth and network was “zero”, however with the Toastmasters Club he is now talking to people at top managerial level. Experiences at Toastmasters instilled confidence in him to do presentation. Hand Gestures, Body Language, Intonation and pitch was learnt in Toastmasters. He urged students to prepare and rehearse for any presentation they are supposed to do. He stimulated students to evaluate self, identify what they lack and work on it. He communicated that Toastmasters Club groom students on Leading Meetings, Impromptu Speeches, Prepared Speeches & Constructive Evaluation. Post his session; the students expressed their interest in starting a Toastmasters Club at Sahyadri.
Annual Athletic Meet 2018
 
The Inaugural:
Annual Athletic Meet “Arena 2018” was held in Sahyadri Campus. Ms. Deepika, a national level athlete, was the chief guest at the inaugural function. The Meet started off with aMarch-past by the students. The chief guest hoisted the flag, delivered her inaugural address and declared the Meet open. Various athletic events andfun games were held for the students. All the winners were felicitated on the same day.
The winners:
• Mr. Shashwath M R, Civil Engineering,6th Semester, was the winner ofindividual championship in the boys section;
• Ms. Megha R Shetty, Civil Engineering, 6th Semester,was the winner of individual championship in the girls section;
• Overall championship in the boys section was won by the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering;
• Overall runners-up in the boys section was won by the Dept. of Civil Engineering;
• Overall Championship in the girls section was won by two branches - Physics Cycle & MBA;
• Overall runners-up in the girls section was won by the Dept. of Civil Engineering;
• Overall Championship (boys &girls combined) was won by the Physics Cycle;
• In the March-past, First place was secured by First Year G Section, Second place by First Year C Section andFirst Year MBA C Section secured third place.
The event was formally brought to a conclusion with the lowering of the flag by Mr. DevadasHegde, Trustee, and declaring the Meet closed by Prof. S.S. Balakrishna, Vice-Principal.
Sahyadri Whiz Quiz Prelims in Coorg
 
Final year students pursuing B. Com, BBA and BA (HRD) at Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial College, Madikeri, Coorg & Final year students pursuing B.Com and BBA at Govt. First Grade College Kushalnagara, Coorg registered for Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018. Prof. Padmanabha B & Prof. Ramesh K.G along with Ms. Mouna Muthamma, Mr. Dhanush, Ms. Hemavathi P G, Mr. Padmanabha Bhat, Ms. Shary Ganesh, Mr. Jackson Thangaraj, Ms. Deepika and Mr. Poornachandra as student volunteers administered the Written Quiz & the College Level Quiz Round as Quiz Masters, Time Keepers and Score Keepers. 8 teams emerged as winners and have been invited to participate in the “The Grand Finale - Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2018” on March 9th’18 in Sahyadri Campus.
Campus Recruitment Drive - ICICI Prudential
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd visited Sahyadri to conduct Campus Recruitment Drive for engineering students of 2018 batch. 211 students attended the drive. Final results are awaited.
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Sahyadrian recruited by Ashwin Precision Products
 Sharath S, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been selected by Ashwin Precision Products in the recently held Campus Recruitment Drive for the outgoing students of 2018 batch.
Pool Campus Recruitment Drive - Focus Academy for Career Enhancement (FACE)
Focus Academy for Career Enhancement – FACE, visited Sahyadri Campus on 12th &13th of February 2018 to conduct Pool Campus Recruitment Drive for the outgoingengineering students of the 2018 Batch. One Hundred Sixty Eight students participated in this drive. Final results are awaited.
CoCubes conducts online test
As a part of the campus recruitment drive, CoCubes conducted online test on the 12th & 13th of February 2018, for all the registered students of 2018 batch at the Sahyadri campus.
Alumnus interacts with Mechanical Engineering students
Mr. VaishakRai, an alumnusfrom the department of Mechanical Engineeringand currently working in Indo-US MIM, Bengaluru,interacted with the students of Mechanical Engineering. He shared his experiences and advised the students to groom themselves to meet the needs of the industries. He emphasized students to harness soft skills which are pertinent to climb the corporate ladder. He recalled his days as a student at Sahyadri and gave inputs on how to excel in various competitive exams. He also encouraged students to actively participate in value added courses introduced by the institution for the overall development of the students which will help them to excel in the world outside.
Sahyadrian at the "Rani Abbakka Samskrutika Utsava", Mysore
Gowtham. P, a student of 4th Year Mechanical Engineering has given a Speed Painting performance on the occasion of "Rani Abbakka Samskrutika Utsava". The event was organised by Dakshina Kannada District Club and Mysore Coastal Club, held at Mysore.
Sahyadrians win at Aakar2K18, Techno Cultural Fest 2018
Sahyadri College Team secures first place in the dance competition at Aakar2K18, Techno Cultural Fest 2018 in AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Team comprised of Abhilash S. Amin, Civil Engineering, 8th Semester, Adithya, Electronics & Communication, 8th Semester; Vaibav, Mechanical Engineering, 8th Semester; Prasad, Civil Engineering, 8th Semester; Sahail, Mechanical Engineering, 6th Semester; Karthik K.V., Mechanical Engineering, 8th Semester; ShaileshVarun, Information Science, 6th Semester; SrijanShetty Information Science, 6th Semester; Ujwal Information Science, 6th Semester; Dhanyath, Mechanical Engineering, 4th Semester; Nidish, Chemistry Cycle, 2nd Semester; Sanath, Computer Science, 6th Semester
Director – MBA invited as Moderator for a National Conference at St. Agnes Degree College, Mangaluru
 Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director – MBA was invited as a Moderator for the Paper presentation in a National Conference on “Enhancing Professional Competency through Skill Development – Facing upto Modernity” organized by St. Agnes Degree College, Mangaluru. As a moderator, while addressing the Paper presenters and the participants, she shared the best practices and value added courses initiated by MBA, Sahyadri to bridge the gap in competencies and make the students, ready fitment to the industries. She talked about the success stories of Sahyadri Alumni who are performing well in their respective organizations because of the value added courses they have undergone while studying MBA in Sahyadri.
Mahindra Auto Quotient (AQ)-Season 9 conducts quiz at Sahyadri
Mahindra & Mahindra visited Sahyadri to conduct AQ Quiz Satellite Round for all branches of engineering students. A total of 396 students participated in the online quiz. Final results are awaited.
FACE introduces fast aptitude solving to pre-final year ISE students
Mr. Sudharsana S, Trainer from the FACE gave brief introduction about the fast aptitude solving and their plan of career enhancements. He gave the glimpse and foundations of quantitative aptitude, verbal ability and communication and solved few examples in the class. He posted some of the FAQ's to students. He explained about logical thinking, verbal thinking ability and other tricks which can be used in mathematical questions and thus resolve the problem easilyby understanding the same. He gave detailed information about FACE and their training programs to the students.
Guest Talk on Job Opportunities in Banking Sector for MBAs
Dr. Naveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Bank Management, Pune visited Sahyadri campus and interacted with 1st Year MBA students. The session mainly focused on different types of banks and the positions available in the bank. In his address, he highlighted about the institution where he is currently working wherein they train all the level of employees in the bank. There are around 36 faculty members in their campus and 230 programmes being conducted every year in NIBM. He enlightened students on the Reserve Bank of India which controls the monetary policy. Every year, a huge recruitment takes place in the bank. He also gave the glimpse of various job opportunities in the next level bank that is the Development Banks. He also gave inputs on the commercial bank job opportunities along with various private banks. He also told about SSIDB, NHB and Mudra banks which provide executive jobs.
Campus Recruitment Drive - Arihant Maxsell Technologies Pvt Ltd
 'Arihant Maxsell Technologies Pvt Ltd visited Sahyadri to conduct Campus Recruitment Drive for the Electronics & Communication Engineering students of 2018 batch. 67 students attended the drive, 13 Students got Shortlisted & results are awaited.
MBA Faculty attend ‘Drishti’ – a Visionary Leadership Summit and Alumni event at IIM, Bangalore
Prof. Girish Madla, Prof. Ramesh K G & Prof. Padmanabha B attended a day long programme ‘Drishti’ – a Visionary Leadership Summit and Alumni event at IIM, Bangalore.
Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) at IIM Bangalore hosted the new economy leaders and entrepreneurs at ‘Drishti’ – a Visionary Leadership Summit and Alumni event. Panel discussions on Entrepreneurial Leadership, sessions on augmented reality and virtual reality and artificial intelligence and workshops on new age tools and metrics like design thinking and venture capital funding marked the day-long summit.
Speakers included Kamal Bali, MD, Volvo India; Dipesh Shah, MD, Samsung Research India; Tapan Singhel, MD, Bajaj Allianz; Anuj Gulati, MD & CEO, Religare Health; Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar; Sunil Maheswari, Co-founder, Mango Technologies/ Triumb Tech; Saveen Hegde, Design Thinker and Business Storyteller, Unbox2learn.com; Amuleek Singh-CEO, Chai Point; Shanti Mohan, Founder, LetsVenture; Shubha Ramachandran from Biome Solutions; Anirudh Sharma of ‘35 Innovators Under 35’ fame; Sairam Krishnan, Director BAI and Insights; Prakash Palanisamy, Country MD, Thorogood Associates; and Subramanian Swamy, MP, Rajya Sabha.
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