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JULY 18 - 23, 2016 |
Shri. M. Mallikarjun Kharge Senior Leader Congress Party Visits Sahyadri
Shri. M. Mallikarjun Kharge, Senior leader of the Indian National Congress Party and leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha visited Sahyadri. He was the former Minister of Railways in the Government of India. He went round the campus and was happy about the infrastructure and cleanliness. He found the college excellently managed, appreciated its academic growth and personally felt that unique colleges like Sahyadri should be established more and more in the country in view of skill development required. He wished all the best to the college management, staff, students, and particularly our founder Mr. Manjunath Bhandary.
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Inauguration of Coherent-Excimer Laser and a Seminar on Pulsed Laser Deposition
Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM) organized a seminar on Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) on the occasion of the inauguration of Coherent-Excimer Laser at Sahyadri Campus. The Chief Guest Dr. Burkhard Fechner and the Guest of Honor Dr. Lalit Kumar inaugurated the Excimer Laser. The seminar was organized by Center of Excellence in Nano-science & Technology (CENT) in association with the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management.
Dr. Burkhard Fechner in his inaugural address spoke about the historical perspective of lasers and especially, the origin of Excimer lasers starting from the early effort in the development of Excimer Lasers at Lambda Physik Germany. He also talked about Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) other applications of Excimer Lasers.
Prof. Richard Pinto, Director, CENT, explained the genesis of PLD starting with the first publication of the growth of superconducting film using Excimer laser in 1987. He thanked Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, for funding the Excimer laser and also Coherent (Dr. Burkhard Fechner and Dr. Lalit Kumar) for co-sponsoring the Excimer laser. The total cost of the laser with special gases for operation is about Rs. 1 Crore. The Coherent-Excimer Laser Compex-Pro 201 is the only gas laser with high energy over 750mJ in the west coast of India excluding the institutions at Mumbai.
Pulsed Laser Deposition is a powerful technique for the growth of thin films of multi-component complex materials. Hence, the inauguration of Excimer laser will act as nucleus for CENT and the research effort on thin films and Nano-materials is to make rapid progress, especially with collaboration with neighboring institutions and industry partners.
Dr. Fechner received PhD in 1987 from University of Hannover, Germany, in "Laser Atomic Spectroscopy in High Electric and Magnetic fields". Dr. Lalit Kumar as a head of Laser Science Services (I) Pvt. Ltd represents over 30 of the leading laser manufacturers from all over the globe, covering a wide range of products which includes: scientific and industrial laser systems, spectroscopy and microscopy equipment and imaging systems.
Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, presided over the program. Prof. S. S Balakrishna, Vice Principal, Prof. Umashankar, Dean Academic, Dr. Rajesh Rai, HOD of Mechanical Engineering, A.J.I.E.T., Mangalore, faculty members of the institute and researchers from various institutes including Mangalore University were present during the program.
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MBA Student Recruited by Kingdom University, Bahrain
 
Mr. Rajesha T Mathew (2014 – 2016 batch) has been appointed by Kingdom University, Bahrain, for the position of “Specialist in Accreditation and Quality Assurance Office” with highest salary package in the zone ie. Rs.14.04 lakhs per annum. Rajesh would be deployed to work closely with the Vice-President of the University for Accreditation. He has been recognised for his exceptional MBA internship project on “Application of Lev & Schwartz Compensation Model on the Human Resource Accounting practices of MCF Limited” under the guidance of Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director, Department of Business Administration. He has a work experience of one year at Larsen & Toubro, Mysore. He is a B.Sc. graduate and has pursued MBA in dual specialization – marketing & HR.
He was felicitated in the presence of his parents for being appointed by the Kingdom University, Bahrain. During the felicitation programme, Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director, Department of Business Administration shared the glimpse of Rajesh’s journey of MBA and the internship project which was completed under her guidance. She highlighted that the best projects are sent to universities and corporate organizations out of which Rajesh’s project was recognised and was offered to appear for a SKYPE job interview. She appreciated Rajesh for giving her a gift on the occasion of “Gurupoornima” in the form of an Offer Letter that he received from Kingdom University since she sees her student’s achievement as her success.
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation, in his speech acknowledged that an institution cannot move to a national or international level, but it is the students and the faculties who take the brand image of an academic institution to a national or international level. Today, Rajesh has branded Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management in the Kingdom University of Bahrain. He recognised the efforts of MBA faculties in evaluating the strengths of their students, nurturing them and making opportunities available to them. He emphasised that achievers like Rajesh will be a motivator to others as he comes from a rural background and has inspired youngsters - that with hard work and dedication, one can reach greater heights.
Mr. Rajesh T Mathew expressed his gratefulness to the Sahyadri management and his faculties for being great contributors in his achievement. He overwhelmingly mentioned that his first salary would be donated to the Sahyadri Corpus Fund, the fund that will be used for the up-liftment of students. He acknowledged the fact that his guide Dr. Vishal Samartha played a key role in moulding him to be an industry-fit resource. Though he would be earning outside India, he would always ensure he brands the image of his nation and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management for making him what he is today.
Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal, in his speech highlighted that project-based learning; the brain-child of the Chairman has proven results with job offers for our students in esteemed organizations. He re-iterated that the recent HR Meet that was hosted by Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management in Bangalore had several corporate leaders attend it and they appreciated Sahyadri’s education structure being the ultimate. He also highlighted that Mr. Priyank Kharge, Karnataka’s IT Minister, who was also a part of the HR Connect, was appreciative of Sahyadri and urged the Universities to replicate Sahyadri Education Structure.
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SSTH 2016 Awareness Programs
St. Joachim's and SS PU College
SSTH 2016 Awareness program was conducted at St. Joachim's PU College, Kadaba and at Shri Subrahmanyeshwara PU College, Subrahmanya, Sullia. The zonal coordinator Mrs. Vidya of St. Joachim’s PU College and Mr. Girish of Shri Subrahmanyeshwara PU College welcomed the gathering in their respective colleges. Mr. Suhas and Vaishak N L, faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management briefed about SSTH-2016 at both the colleges. Nishanth Kottary and Ashwitha from DTLabz; the student startup at Sahyadri explained the ideation process, importance of project and its importance in day-to-day life. Mr. Kiran Kumar, Principal of St. Joachim’s PU College and Mr.Vittal Rao Principal of SS PU College along with their faculty members presided over the program.
St. Agnes PU College
The first and second visit of SSTH (Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt) was made to St. Agnes PU College, Bendoor. Dr. Molly S. Chaudhuri, Head, Training department and Ankitha K, Asst. Prof., Computer Science & Engineering were accompanied by a team comprising of Mr. Johnson Tellis, Ms. Shreya M, Mr. Sagar and Mr. Alister who demonstrated Quadcopter and smart helmet. Nearly 700 students enthusiastically interacted with the SSTH team and they showed great interest to participate in upcoming SSTH events.
St. Aloysius PU College
The first and second visit of SSTH (Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt) was made to St. Aloysius PU College, Mangaluru. Faculty members Ms. Jayapadmini Kanchan and Ms. M Srinidhi Bhandary of the Department of Information Science & Engineering, accompanied by a team comprising of Mr. Johnson Tellis, Ms. Shreya M, Mr. Suhas, Ms. Tanusha and Ms. Deepa demonstrated the Quadcopter and smart helmet. Nearly 2000 students enthusiastically interacted with the SSTH team and they showed great interest to participate in the upcoming SSTH events.
Expert PU College
SSTH team from Sahyadri made their second visit to Expert PU College, Kodialbail, Mangaluru. Mr. Karunakar Balkur, SSTH Co-ordinator, Expert PU College welcomed the gathering. The SSTH 2016 awareness program was conducted by Mrs. Deepthi Dayanand, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering accompanied by Ms. Shreya from DTLabz and Mr. Suhas, III Sem CS student. The students enthusiastically interacted with the SSTH team and showed great interest to participate in the upcoming SSTH events. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Niha Abdul Rehman Sheikh, Cultural Co-ordinator, Expert PU College.
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TCS Conducts CodeVita Programming Competition in the Campus
TCS conducted the CodeVita programming competition in the campus which saw more than 400 students participating. TCS CodeVita a programming competition, is TCS way of attracting young talented college students to adopt the culture of looking at programming as a sport and experience the joy of programming.
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MBA Student placed in AJ Hospital & Research Centre, Mangaluru
Ms. Prathika V Shetty, second year MBA student has been placed in AJ Hospital & Research Centre, Mangaluru as an HR Executive.
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MBA students interview a Business Icon on the Success Story
As a field based learning during vacation, four of the MBA students Dhanya Shree, Prajwal Karkera, Sayona Joseph and Pharesh Salian interviewed Mr. Darshan Jain, one of the partners of ACE Promoters & Developers, a well-known construction company in Mangaluru which is engaged in building Residential Apartments and Commercials. They had an experience sharing session wherein our students were walked through the journey of Mr. Darshan Jain from being employed in a private bank to an Entrepreneur. During the course of the discussion, he induced them to be a Job creator rather than a Job seeker. Our students were taken on a tour of ACE Promoters & Developer’s upcoming projects and answered all queries they had regarding a Real Estate Business.
They were also invited to be a part of the company’s promotional activity headed by Mr. Karimbil Kannan Nair, Business Development Manager, ACE Promoters & Developers, so that they get a practical exposure to Marketing strategies carried out for the sale of their upcoming projects. Our students volunteered to join hands with ACE in their two-day promotional activity in one of the leading Banks of Mangalore. This gave an insight on how to identify a potential customer without wasting time and effort on the individuals who are not keen on doing business with them. Our students were enlightened on the various marketing as well as pricing strategies adopted by a construction industry. They were introduced to “Throw the Box Strategy” (Innovative & Creative marketing techniques) to approach potential customers. The two-day experience aided our students to initiate their own marketing strategies for their Start-Up in the near future.
ACE Promoters & Developers were delighted with the overwhelming collaborative effort in the promotional activity and gave away certificates for a commendable job during the two days along with a letter of appreciation to Sahyadri MBA for grooming the students and providing opportunities to acquire utmost learning from the situations, success and failure stories around them.
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Sahyadri Innovations Channel - SPSS Projects on YouTube
Sahyadri Projects Support Scheme (SPSS) projects are now uploaded onto YouTube under Sahyadri Innovations Channel. This channel demonstrates the projects of the Engineering students of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management in public domain. Sahyadri Innovations Channel is a novel concept where the benefits are multi-fold i.e., knowledge sharing to public, strengthening student CVs, publicity to the students and also the institution. It also inspires them to proudly showcase their projects in public domain and also enhances opportunities to pursue better projects in future. Students can also link their YouTube project videos in their CVs as an investment for their future.
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Students Papers Published in International Journals
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Mr. Errol D’Souza |
Mr. Mithun |
Mr. Dileep Kumar U, Asst.Prof. |
A paper entitled ' Experimental Investigation on Concrete With Waste Plastic as Fine Aggregate Replacement', by Mr. Errol D’Souza and Mr. Mithun, Semester III, M.Tech. (Structural Engineering) along with their project guide Mr. Dileep Kumar U, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department has been published in IJSAT Volume 2 Issue 7 –JULY 2016 (ISSN[ONLINE]: 2395-1052).
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Ashish Ashok |
Arha Raghavan |
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Gautham Jeppu |
Rashmishree KN |
A paper based on students final year project entitled “Production of Biogas Using kitchen Waste”, by Mr Blesson S, Mr Ashish Ashok, Ms Arha Raghavan and Ms Divya P Gunagi of the Department of Civil Engineering along with their guides Dr Gautham Jeppu, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Udupi and Ms Rashmishree KN, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Sahaydri College of Engineering & Management has been published in IJRET Volume 5 Issue 6 – JULY 2016 (ISSN [ONLINE]: 2319-1163).
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Faculty and Student Present Research Paper in International Conference
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Dr. Jose Alex Mathew |
Ms. Ashwitha K Shetty |
Ms. Ashwitha K Shetty, IV Semester, M.Tech. and Dr. Jose Alex Mathew, HoD, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering presented their paper titled “Detection of Abnormalities in Fetal by Analysing FECG” during the International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and Computational Research (ICSPCCR -16) conducted at Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering.
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Sahyadri MBA Alumnus wins “Golden Beam” Award
Chethan Prabhu, an alumnus of Sahyadri MBA (2012–2014 Batch) has won the “Golden Beam Award for Quality & Performance YR 2016”. He is currently an Advanced Tax Analyst at Ernst & Young India, Bangalore.
This is an annual award given to employees for their performance during a particular year. The award winner is gauged on five main categories i.e. Value, Quality & Performance, Inclusiveness, Leadership and Exceptional Client Service. Moreover, this year, there were around 6000+ nominations across all the E&Y locations in India for various categories, out of which, 500 employees were shortlisted for the award.
Mr. Chethan Prabhu was nominated under "Quality & Performance" for maintaining 99% Quality at work throughout the year. Apart from Quality, the additional pointers that won him this award were appreciation from clients and innovative ideas on Automation Process which reduced 367 hours annually for the department he worked in.
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Faculty Member Successfully Defends PhD Thesis
Mr. Ashwath Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis entitled "Effects of Radiation on High-k/Si Interface Properties" at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad. High-k materials used in metal oxide semiconductor applications and metal insulator metal capacitors allow increased gate capacitance and physical thickness with low leakage current could be a potential candidate for future applications. Radiation studies provide useful information regarding behavior of MOS devices and circuits used in space and military electronics.
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An Article published in Kannada Newspaper
An article authored by Dr. Navin N Bappalige, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, titled - 'Nuclear energy as a fuel for Electricity Generation' has been published in the Kannada fortnightly newspaper "Vamsha" in the issue dated 26th, June 2016. This newspaper has a circulation of around 5000 copies in and around the Bantwala taluk. The article gives an insight about the importance of harnessing nuclear energy to overcome deficit in the electric energy. At the same time, the article also cautions about the misuse of nuclear energy but concludes with matured utilisation of nuclear energy, essential for clean and sustainable development.
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