WEEKLY BUZZ JUNE 20 - 25, 2016

Chairman Invited to 240th Anniversary Celebrations of U.S. Independence

Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Mrs. Prasanna Bhandary, Secretary, Bhandary Foundation and Ms. Deeksha Bhandary, attended the 240th anniversary celebrations of U.S. Independence organized by The Consul General of the United States of America, Phillip A. at Bengaluru.

Shri Mangala Enterprise and other well-wishers Sponsor Team Formula Sahyadri

Formula Sahyadri, the SAE-SUPRA 2016 team of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management has received Rs.25,000/- from Shri Mangala Enterprises as sponsorship amount. Mr. Suraj, Mr. Rajesh, Mr. Ganesh who are marketing partners of Shri Mangala Enterprises visited the team and conveyed their best wishes by recognizing the team’s effort and hard work in building Mangalore's first student version of a Formula One car. Shri Mangala Enterprise, based and operating in Mangalore, is the dealer for V-Guard, Havells, RR, GM switches. Trustee, Mr. Devadas Hegde, has made it possible through this company to sponsor the team as well as many other companies are coming forward as sponsors through him.

Team Formula Sahyadri has received an additional Rs. 25,000/- as sponsorship amount in addition to the previous Rs. 50,000/- from the faculty members and students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prof. S. S. Balakrishna, Vice Principal handed over the cheque to the team member Larry Medonca in the presence of Prof. Mahesh B Davanageri, HoD of the department and other faculty members. With this, the team Formula Sahyadri has received a total amount of Rs. 75,000/- from the department.

Team Formula Sahyadri received Rs.25,000/- as sponsorship amount from Sahyadri Edu Dreamers R&D Pvt. Ltd.. Sachin Ganesh, CEO handed over the cheque to the team member Tharanath. Ms. Achala, Mr. Nishanth and Mr, Gautham, members of DTlabz were also present and wished the team great success.

The team will be participating in the national level event “SAE SUPRA 2016” to be held at Buddh International Circuit, Noida, U.P., in July 2016. The team Formula Sahyadri, with 25 team members, are designing, fabricating and developing a student version of a Formula 1 car (Prototype of F1 car). This event deals with the design, manufacture, management, communication, research and marketing. SAE SUPRA is highly sought-after across the engineering mobility industry.

Two-day PGCET Training Programme held in the campus

Mr. Manoj Rajan, Additional Secretary to Government (Market Reforms), Government of Karnataka and the Chairman of the Agricultural Market Reforms Committee was the Chief Guest of the inaugural function of the two-day PGCET training programme organized by the Department of Business Administration. Mr. Manoj Rajan’s recommendations to bring reforms in the agri-marketing sector are being implemented in the state of Karnataka. He has played a key role in bringing out the Karnataka Agricultural Marketing policy 2013, a first-of-its-kind in the country. As Managing Director and CEO of Rashtriya e Market services Pvt. Limited, Mr. Manoj successfully established “online markets” across 105 APMCs in Karnataka, and as a result became the only state where 105 regulated markets are under the common electronic platform allowing for greater transparency in the price discovery process. He established Rashtriya e Market Services Private Limited (ReMs), a unique public-private partnership model in the agricultural marketing sector. He has also been a Special Officer (Elections), in the Election Commission of India.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Rajan reiterated that life has given us 86,400 seconds in a day and our thought process should be inclined towards how effectively we spend our time. Life is a trade and if we budget our time accordingly, the sky is the limit. Emphasising on the importance of life and time Mr. Rajan urged every individual to change the life of others as well. He stimulated participants to do a SWOT Analysis of self since each one is unique which can guide us to set goals for the next 2 – 5 years. He appreciated participants who occupied the front rows and acknowledged that one who dares to sit in front has substance. He encouraged students to work on their career chart, value time and also prepare a calendar for self. He urged every individual to incline their thoughts towards what you want to give, rather than what you want to take. He appreciated participants for their interest in MBA as this course helps in applying the skills into practice. He mentioned that the participants should make the optimum utilization of the learning’s they receive in these two days which will make their life.

There were close to one hundred and fifty MBA aspirants from various UG colleges who attended the training. A session on Quantitative Analysis was facilitated by Mr. Vivekananda Kamath, Centre Head, Co-ordinator, Career Guidance, H.R. Manager at T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ltd.), Udupi. He is also a master trainer in Pradhan Mantri Koushal Vikas Yojana. Another session on Proficiency in English Language was facilitated by Ms. Shirley A Furtado, a Freelance Soft Skills Trainer. Faculty members Mr. Raghavendra Prabhu and Mr. Mithun Ullal facilitated the sessions on General Knowledge and Logical Reasoning, respectively. The training programme concluded with a mock test and the top three scorers were rewarded. The participants were immensely delighted with the infrastructure at Sahyadri and the hospitality rendered to them.


Campus Recruitment Drives for 2016 batch of students

Mandovi Motors Pvt. Ltd. conducted a pooled campus recruitment drive for the engineering students of the 2016 batch at the campus. Mr. Suraj Sapalya, Human Resource, Mandovi Motors Pvt. Ltd. accompanied by the panelists on the recruitment team was at the campus to facilitate the entire process.

Mr. Suraj V, Business Development Manager and the HR team of Spaneos Software Solutions were at the campus to conduct a pooled campus recruitment drive for the 2016 B.E. batch. The results are awaited.


Ms. Hina Goyal and the HR team of SRM Technologies were at the campus to conduct a pooled campus recruitment drive for the 2016 B.E. batch. Seventeen students have been shortlisted to attend further rounds of interview.

Faculty Members Research Article Published in JIDPS


A research article entitled "Early Skin Cancer Detection Using Computer Aided Diagnosis Techniques" by Dr Ananth Prabhu G, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering has been published in the Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science (JIDPS) http://content.iospress.com/articles/
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JIDPS is the official journal of the Society for Design and Process Science. The journal serves to promote research of transdisciplinary design and process science from different disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, engineering, natural sciences etc. JIDPS is now Science Citation Indexed (SCI) by Thomson Reuters, Web of Science. http://science.thomsonreuters.com/
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Five Sahyadrians Recruited by TVS Iyengar & Sons Ltd.

Deekshit Rao M
Sushanth S. Bolar
Vikas B.

Sankranth S. Kambli
Bhushan D. Naik
Deekshit Rao M., Sushanth S. Bolar, Vikas B., Sankranth S. Kambli and Bhushan D. Naik from the Department of Mechanical Engineering have been recruited by TVS Iyengar & Sons Ltd. in the campus recruitment drive held at Sahyadri.

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