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JANUARY 06 - 11, 2014 |
Team DREAMERS win Best Team Award at IIT, Madras
Continuing the journey of success, Team Dreamers have won the `Best Team’ award in the Lunar Rover Challenge organized by team Indus, hosted by IIT, Madras, and the only team that will be participating in the Google Lunar X Prize.
The team comprising of Johnson Tellis, Gautham Nayak, Nishanth Kottary, Sachin Ganesh, Rakhesh Permudannaya, Sona Krishnan, Aman Agarwal, John Nikhil, Preetham, and Achala Shetty were selected as the top team in the Zonal held at IIT, Madras. The team competed against 201 teams from all over India. Team DREAMERS after being selected as top team from the south zone, faced heavy challenges in the finals where they had to compete against fifty teams. After rigorous effort and perseverance DREAMERS got into the top ten finalists. The team DREAMERS was awarded as the `Best Team’ for their innovation, group work and their determination.
 The bot was also appreciated by Michael Meyyer (chief scientist of NASA’s Curiosity Mission) who said, “I have been watching for your bot in the arena and would suggest that you participate in the GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE).” He along with Mr. Rahul Narayan (founder of team INDUS) and others who were present there, wished Team DREAMERS good luck!
This is yet another significant win by the team which only recently had won the first place in the challenging event, "The Drill Droid," at the National Students’ Space Challenge’13 at IIT, Kharagpur, the second place in the IIT event, "Kshitij 2013" for their design "the DREAM Overhaul," and the second place in the event `Lakshman Rekha (line following robot)’, a national level technical fest organised by SNIST, Hyderabad.
The Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) sometimes referred to as Moon 2.0, is a space competition organized by the X Prize Foundation, and sponsored by Google. It was announced at the Wired Nextfest on 13 September 2007. The challenge calls for privately-funded spaceflight teams to compete to successfully launch a robotic spacecraft that can land and travel across the surface of the Moon while sending back to Earth specified images and other data.
The Google Lunar X Prize offers a total of US$30 million in prizes to the first privately funded teams to land a robot on the Moon that successfully travels more than 500 meters (1,640 ft) and transmits back high definition images and video. The first team to do so will claim the US$20 million Grand Prize; while the second team to accomplish the same tasks will earn a US$5 million Second Place Prize. Teams can also earn additional money by completing additional tasks beyond the baseline requirements required to win the Grand or Second Place Prize, such as traveling ten times the baseline requirements (greater than 5,000 meters (3 mi), capturing images of the remains of Apollo program hardware or other man-made objects on the Moon, verifying from the lunar surface the recent detection of water ice on the Moon, or surviving a lunar night. Additionally, a US$1 million Diversity Award may be given to teams that make significant strides in promoting ethnic diversity in STEM fields. Finally, Space Florida, one of the "Preferred Partners" for the competition has offered an additional US$2 million bonus to teams who launch their mission from the state of Florida.
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Extensive Survey Project underway at Koila Cattle Farm, Uppinanagady
 
As per the VTU academic curriculum for Semester VI Civil Engineering students, a two-week “Extensive Survey Project” with 59 students and 18 teaching and non-teaching staff have begun their Extensive Survey Project at Koila Cattle Farm, Uppinanagady.
The faculty coordinator of each project gave an introduction about each project to be undertaken. Students along with the faculty members were actively involved in the reconnaissance of the sites for their projects. The students gave wonderful comments about the food and accommodation facilities and the project sites. Students will get the knowledge of valuable survey including practical and official activities on New Tank Project, Highway Project, Water Supply and Sanitation Project, and Old Tank Project. The students will also learn leadership quality, hard work, and team work skills that will result in personality development and build self-confidence in each student.
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MBA Semester III Results: Sahyadri 89.6%
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| Sajan Chowta K.
78.78% |
Raksha Shetty A.
77.78% |
Prajwal Shetty A.
77.22% |
The VTU results of Semester III of MBA saw an impressive percentage score in the recently held examinations in December 2013-14. Mr. Sajan Chowta K., was ranked the highest in the college with 78.78%, followed by Ms. Raksha Shetty A. with 77.78% and Mr. Prajwal Shetty A., with 77.22%. Out of one hundred and seventy three students who sat for the VTU examination, twenty-one obtained a distinction, one hundred and eight students a first class, and twenty-six students obtained a second class, bringing the overall percentage score to 89.6%.
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Dr. M. M. Bagali of Jain University speaks on competencies expected by the corporate businesses
 Dr. M. M. Bagali, Professor, Department of Business Administration, Jain University, Bangalore, spoke to the MBA students on the competencies expected by corporate businesses. He emphasized that students should have maximum connects with the industries which will lead to placement opportunities. He highlighted that SMART, Energetic, Innovator, Talent, and Performance are a few of the competencies expected by these large business houses. He conducted a quiz for the students showing the pictures of the top B-schools across the world. The session was very informative and engaging which uplifted the morale of the students.
Dr. Bagali has obtained two Ph. D. degrees; one in Management Sciences and the other in the HR area (MBA). He has 15 plus years of teaching in Management and the HR area. He has published 80 plus research papers including articles. Dr. Bagali has been honoured by AIMA-AMT as accredited Management teacher in HRD/HRM (national recognition as Management teacher). He was awarded with AICTE Young Teacher Award and Career Award. He is the Brand Ambassador of AHRB and has been awarded the Asian HR Board Fellowship.
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Principal addresses MBA students
 Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, addressed the students of final year MBA to trigger their interest in the subject, Total Quality Management.
He gave an overview of the topic and explained how the definition of “Quality” has shifted from manufacturer to customer delight. He said “TQM calls for developing a system such that mistakes don’t happen.” He also emphasized on top management commitment which comprises of leading by example and hearing the unheard. He stressed upon the importance of team-work and continuous improvement. The presentations included a lot of real life examples and videos.
The Administrator, The Dean Research, Dr. Vishal Samartha, Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, and the Student Welfare Officers were present during the session.
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MBA alumnus interacts with students
Mr. Cheeran Dean, Sales in-charge, Volkswagen Motors, Muscat and an alumnus of the college (I Batch MBA student), interacted with the students of Marketing. He shared his experience and spoke about the challenges in the corporate world. He urged the students to equip themselves with communication skills in order to be more competitive in the market.
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Faculty Member attends Faculty Development Program on Entrepreneurship
 Mrs. Priya. R. Kamath, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, attended a Faculty Development Program on Entrepreneurship, conducted by R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore. The program was supported by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad and funded by NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
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Faculty members present papers in National Conference
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| Dr. Vishal Samartha
Associate Prof. |
Mrs. Sushma.V.
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Dr. Vishal Samartha, Associate Professor-SG and Ms. Sushma V., Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, presented a research paper titled, `India – A Colossal of Booming Economic Power’, in the two-day National Conference on, ‘Market, State and Society in Emerging India’, held at Justice K. S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, Karkala.
 Mr. Lokesh, Assistant Professor-SG, Department of Business Administration, presented a research paper titled, ` Public Private Participation in Agriculture Marketing ', in the two-day National Conference on, “Market, State and Society in Emerging India”, held at Justice K. S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, Karkala.
Ms. Shilpa Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, presented a research paper titled, `Public Private Partnership and Privatization', in the two-day National Conference on, “Market, State and Society in Emerging India”, held at Justice K. S. Hegde Institute of Management. Nitte, Karkala.
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KARANJI -2014; off- stage Competitions held in the Campus
Sahyadri College of Nursing organized KARANJI -2014; off-stage competitions in the Campus. Various off-stage competitions like Cartoon Drawing, On-the-Spot Painting, Mehandi, Hair Styling, Handwriting, Vegetable Carving, Flower Arrangements and Rangoli were conducted. Ms. Ankitha Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Ms. Aurin Madtha, SWO (Academic) and Mr. Naveen Pillar, Department of Art and Cultural, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mr. Krishna Prasad, Lecturer in English, Sahyadri P. U. College, and Mr. Sanjay Suvarna, Designer, Aptra Infotech Pvt. Ltd., were the judges for the various competitions.
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