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JUNE 10 - 15, 2019 |
Director of Nagarjuna Education Society addressed the Faculty on NBA Accreditation
Director of Nagarjuna Education Society and the Ex-Principal of Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Bengaluru - Dr. S G Gopala Krishna visited Sahyadri and addressed the faculty on NBA Accreditation. His inputs boosted enthusiasm in faculty as they play a key role in the NBA Process.
Key Takeaways of the session:
• NBA is an autonomous body and works independently
• Earlier, focus was on input based assessment; however now the emphasis is on input, output and quality driven Outcome Based Education
• Teachers should aim to develop skills of students through Case Method and Project-Based Learning
• While NAAC is Institution Level Assessment, NBA is Department Level Assessment and it is a continuous process
• Faculty should take up internship in industries and focus on quality publications along with motivating students for publications
While concluding his talk, Dr. Gopala Krishna appreciated the in-house industries and start-ups of Sahyadri and stimulated faculty to engage in them wholeheartedly and take it to the next level.
Interaction Programme on Engineering Admission and CET Process
An Interaction Programme on Engineering Admission and CET Process was held in the campus, in order to help students and their parents to get clarity about the overall CET procedures.
Dr. Ananth Prabhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering; Mr. Sacheth Suvarna, Chief Nodal Officer, CET Helpline, Mangaluru Centre; and Dr. R. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, were the resource persons.
Dr. Ananth Prabhu spoke about Future Skills and Engineering. He explained about the different branches of studies and their scope of employment. He added that what one learns today may become outdated after a certain period of time. Hence one has to constantly upgrade and update one’s skills. The next session of the Day was on KEA and Government Seat allotment facilitated by Mr. Sacheth Suvarna – Chief Nodal Officer, CET Helpline Centre. He spoke about eligibility and also about basic details like caste reservation, income/caste certificates and the criteria for minorities and SC/ST students. He placed great emphasis on Option Entry.
The session was concluded with a question and answer round where students and parents alike came up with several queries and all the queries were correctly addressed.
Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal took up the last session on Option Entry. While Mr. Suvarna covered most of the topic, Principal threw some light on Option Entry choices. He explained about college-wise, branch-wise and course-wise entries. He also explained about the fee structure. Overall, the participants found the sessions comprehensive, rich in content and useful
The programme was telecasted on Namma Kudla 24*7 News Channel on 12th June 2019 at 7:00 pm. And the repeat telecast of the same was on 13th June 2019 at 2:00 pm
Second Batch of Interaction session with the Parents of New Entrants to Engineering Batch 2019
Interaction session with the parents of new entrants to the engineering stream was held in the campus. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman extended a warm welcome to the parents. He explained that engineering is a process of learning and advised the parents to encourage their children to constantly upgrade their skills. He said students are exposed to learning through projects & aptitude classes, start-ups & entrepreneurship. They are also offered a platform to compete in various national and international events. In order to establish social/emotional connect; the students are exposed to societal issues.
The chairman further explained about the facilities and infrastructure available and also the various initiatives undertaken, stating that Sahyadri works round-the-clock and strives to give the best for its students. Engineering is not just about earning a degree it is a lifestyle he said.
The chairman called upon the parents to share with their children, the hardships which they have encountered. This will definitely help their children to shoulder responsibility and take up a job in the long run. He suggested that parents avail loan facility, in order to make their child financially responsible. He re-iterated the importance of dress code for students.
Dr. R. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, in his address requested parents to be in touch with the college regularly and encouraged parents to utilize the facilities provided by the institution to improve their child’s skills.
Bridge Course for the Engineering Batch 2019
The Bridge Course for the new entrants to Engineering Batch 2019 started with the introduction of students. Conversation is a key to language development hence exchange of thoughts and ideas and also listening helped them to know each other. They received guidance on how to work as a team which helps them to bring out their new and imaginative ideas into reality.
Students were also encouraged to ask questions during the questioning hour which fosters critical thinking concepts such as analyzing, reasoning, decision making, evaluating and problem solving. The sessions were productive with a daylong activity-based learning.
Students from CIT, Chennai undergo Two-Week Internship at Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt. Ltd
Students from Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT), Chennai successfully completed a Two-Week Internship Programme at Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt. Ltd in Sahyadri Campus. This company is headed by Mr. S M Sunder who works under various diversified areas of Mechanical Engineering.
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Director-Research invited to become the Member of Main Programme of NDRF Golden Jubilee Year Committee
During the meeting of Board of Governors (BoG) of National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), Bengaluru which was held recently, it was resolved to constitute a committee to look into the matters of Golden Jubilee celebrations of NDRF. It was also proposed that Dr. S Manjappa, Director-Research be invited to be the Member of the Main Programme Committee.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering receives RGS-F fund for Ocean Wave-energy research
Dr. Rathishchandra. R. Gatti, Professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been selected by Vision group of Science & Technology, Department of IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka to receive the 5 lakhs worth RGS-F grant (Research Grant for Scientist-Faculty) for the project titled "Design and Development of a Novel Point Absorber Type Wave Energy Generator for MicrGrids and Desalination for agricultural purposes".
The objective of the proposed project is to design, fabricate and test a novel point absorber type wave energy generator for micro-grids and desalination. The wave energy potential along the coastal lines of peninsular region of India is approximately 171 GW. There are two visions to develop this novel wave energy converter in this project: (i) To bring grid stability by having Wave energy based micro-grid setups (50-100 MW private and public power plants) at the coastal regions so that the landlocked regions of India can rely on other power resources (ii) another objective is to build high pressure water and feed it to Sea Water Reverse Osmosis plants which in turn can cater to coastal drinking water and agricultural water supplies. This will reduce the agriculture dependence on fresh water or ground water resources.
The Hague India Cyber Security Summer School Programme
Srinath K S and Naveen Kumar B from Aptra technologies Pvt. Ltd. attended “The Hague India Cyber Security Summer School” organised by Centre of Excellence - Cyber Security, Government of Karnataka (KSCST) in collaboration with M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.
They had fruitful interaction with Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Executive Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and Dr. Y Narahari, Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Automation, IISC, Bangalore.
This Six-Day Summer School Programme allowed to gain deeper knowledge and understanding of cyber security concepts and latest developments, cutting edge cyber security technologies such as cyber Forensics, Diplomacy and policy, cyber strategic capability development and ethics. It also involved rectifying the problem statements and provided solutions for Challenge on Drone Security Policy India assessed with DigitalSky ltd.
Computer Science & Engineering Student procures Internship at
Sophos Group PLC
Nishan B of Computer Science & Engineering gets his Internship approved at Sophos Group PLC with stipend. Sophos Group PLC is a British security software and hardware company. Sophos develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security, mobile security and unified threat management. Sophos is primarily focused on providing security software to the mid-market and pragmatic enterprise from 100- to 5,000-seat organizations.
Nishan B will be working work closely with the NSG-Network Security Group.
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