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JUNE 24 - 29, 2019 |
Inauguration of the Two-Day workshop on “Air Pollution and its Impact on Climate Change”
On account of World Environment Day 2019, observing the theme - Beat Air Pollution, a Two-Day workshop is organized by the Dept. of Civil Engineering in association with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) during 28th to 29th June’19.
During the Inaugural ceremony, Dr. S Manjappa, Director-Research spoke about the World Environment Day and its history. The workshop as inaugurated by Sri. Kadlur Sathyanarayana Acharya, Principal District & Session Judge & Chairman, DLSA, Dakshina Kannada. In his address, he spoke about the various hazardous aspects affecting the environment and the role of every individual in mitigating the issues related to deterioration of environment.
Dr. R Lakshminarayan, Member, Karnataka Public Service Commission, Bengaluru, the Theme speaker of the inaugural ceremony briefed the audience regarding the implementation of Air Pollution Act through judicial bodies, importance of renewable energy, reasons of urban and rural air pollution and citizen civic sense that should exist amongst the fellow citizens to mitigate air pollution.
Sri. Rajashekar Puranik, Environmental Officer, KSPCB, Mangaluru, highlighted the various industries causing air pollution, common air pollutants and how they are dealt with. He also spoke about the various acts implemented by legislation and exercised by KSPCB.
Post inaugural ceremony, the first Technical Session was facilitated by Dr. H. Lakshmikanth, Environmental Officer, KSPCB, Udupi on the topic –“Air Pollution”. He shared various case studies concerning Air Pollution which was dealt by KSPCB, Udupi.
The second Technical Session was facilitated by Dr. Manippady Krishna Kumar, Chief Scientist, Champs Industrial Pte. Ltd, Singapore on “Indoor Air pollution and various new technologies developed to counter the same”.
The third Technical Session was facilitated by Dr. Srihari, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, NITK Surathkal. He spoke about various sources of Air Pollution, major Environmental Acts/Rules/Policies in India, Air Quality Index, future trends in ambient air pollution and some of the recent innovations to tackle air pollution.
The fourth session was by Dr. Raj Mohan B, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NITK Surathkal. He spoke about the impact of air pollution and its overall impact on climatic changes. He also touched upon the various precautions taken to save our environment and role of each stakeholder to normalize the environmental imbalance.
Concluding Day of the Two-Day Workshop on “Air Pollution and its Impact on Climate Change”
 
Two-Day workshop on “Air Pollution and Climate Change” on account of World Environment Day – Beat Air Pollution was concluded on Saturday, 29th June’19. This workshop was sponsored by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Mangaluru and was framed under the guidance of Dr. S. Manjappa, Director-Research.
The first session of Say Two was facilitated by by Dr. G. Shrinikethan, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal on ‘Sustainable Development.’ Highlights of the session were - Social & Economical constraints influencing sustainable development, flue gas desulphurization, dual alkali systems, selective catalytic reduction process, staged combustion, ship emission reduction strategies and so on. The second session was delivered by Mr. U. Venkatachala Aithal, Chief General Manager, MRPL, Mangaluru on ‘Case Study – Air Pollution Control at MRPL.’ Through this session, Mr. Aithal spoke about various stipulations and mitigation strategies implemented at MRPL, Mangaluru for the control of air pollution.
An industrial visit to Udupi Power Corporation Ltd, Padubidri was organized as a part of the workshop in which the participants had an opportunity to view the various air pollution mitigation strategies implemented.
Introductory Session organized by Sahyadri Future Skills AR/VR/MR and Social Mobile
 
Sahyadri Future Skills AR/VR/MR and Social Mobile successfully conducted its first introductory session on the topic “Introduction to Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Social Mobile”. The session witnessed the participation of Teaching & Non-Teaching staff of Sahyadri.
Mr. Sachin Ganesh, Co-Founder and Director, Dreamsoft Innovations Private Limited facilitated this interactive session. The session was then taken forward by Prof. Prakhyath Rai who gave an insight on Social Mobile by illustrating the needs of mobile applications in the market and also briefed on the various categories of mobile application platforms and the programming languages used for its development.
Bridge Course for Engineering students– 2019
A Twelve-Day Bridge Course for the new entrants to Engineering Batch 2019 has commenced in the campus. Mr. Johnson Tellis, Director, Sahyadri Edu DREAMERS R&D Pvt. Ltd. interacted with the students and stressed the importance of starting conversation. The session included team building activities to enhance communication and decision making capabilities. 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 students of the first batch presented their team’s robot in the Bridge Course Mega Event Challenge. The teams built a robot which can follow light, can be controlled manually through Bluetooth connectivity, and finally perform autonomous line following function to complete the task. The teams built the robot by first designing the CAD model in onshape software, laser cutting the chassis of the robot using the facilities of Dreamworks Makerspace and programmed the robot using the in-house developed prototyping kit from Dream Tech Innovation Lab (DTI lab).
The second batch of Bridge course students were merged with first batch today to view the event and have few takeaways to help them enhance their learning.
Currently, two Engineering Batches of 2019 are undergoing Bridge Course simultaneously.
Bridge Course Batch 1
Students are now successfully rendering the message of team building, design thinking, process of bringing their ideas into reality and building the prototypes. Apart from this, they have presented their overall experience of last 12 days of Bridge Course which brought them together and not only induced them to think differently but also prepared them to become Professional Engineers.
Bridge Course Batch 2
Students had great takeaways from the session on Design Thinking. They were guided in defining the problem statement and also use ideation technique to come up with solutions to the problem. Students were assigned with a task of designing an ideal wallet for the user. They learnt to analyse the problem and showcase it with their innovative ideas by preparing a prototype using paper prototyping technique and finally shared the ideas with the end users for feedback on the design.
Students were introduced to computer aided design software Onshape. This software enables students to design the robots for their final mega event. The students learnt the basics of sketching and part modelling features of the software. Further, they will create the design of the robot chassis based on the requirements of the problem statement.
During the Day Five of the Bridge Course on 28th June’19, students visited the in-house industries and the Launchpads of the institute and also interacted with the industry heads. They were introduced to various programmes and facilities available in the industries & launchpads that will help them in building their future projects.
In the second session, the students completed the design of their robot based on the requirements of the problem statement.
Valedictory of AICTE sponsored 7-Day FDP on Student Induction
 
The Seven-Day AICTE sponsored FDP on “Student Induction” facilitated by Mr. Ashok Gopala was brought to a successful conclusion through a formal Valedictory Programme. The Chief co-ordinator of the FDP was Dr. Ravichandra K R, Dean-Industry Connect and Head of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Prof. B C Pramod and Prof. Ajith B S were the faculty coordinators. The theme of the Seven-Day FDP was ‘Universal Human Values’. The attendees’ viz. faculty members from various colleges in and around Mangaluru, expressed that they were impressed as the content of the sessions delivered was exactly what they needed to hear and learn. A couple of faculty members came on stage and shared their feedback. Finally, they thanked Sahyadri and lauded AICTE for organizing the FDP.
Dr. R. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, thanked the resource person. He also thanked the participants and said that now it is their turn to carry what they have learnt and impart it to the students.
The need of Universal Human Values is to be reconsidered in the way technical education is being imparted in the technical institutions. AICTE has initiated this programme with a view to inculcate human values, knowing that technical knowledge coupled with human values will make the present day students better citizens of tomorrow.
Sahyadrians recruited by Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd.
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Ms. Savitha V |
Ms. Saloni N |
Mr. Abdul Khader Hamdan |
Ms. Sabna P N |
Ms. Savitha V, Ms. Saloni N and Mr. Abdul Khader Hamdan from the Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Ms. Sabna P N from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering were recruited by Extramarks Education India Pvt Ltd. with a salary package of Rs. 4 Lakhs per annum, in the recently held recruitment drive at Sahyadri.
IBM Campus Connect Programe
 
IBM has commenced the training session for the selects of the 2019 Batch. IBM has come up with a new proposal this year regarding its training period for Fresher’s i.e., IBM Campus Connect. IBM Campus Connect trains the fresher’s in their respective colleges for a period of time depending on the course they are to be trained. A total of 75 students have been attending the training session. They are divided into three technical courses - Core Java, C# and Software Testing. The training will be followed by an assessment.
Sahyadrians recruited by CapitalVia Global Research Limited
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Ms. Drishya |
Ms. Deeksha Shetty A |
Ms. Akshaya |
Ms. Drishya from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering; Ms. Deeksha Shetty A from the Dept. of Civil Engineering and Ms. Akshaya from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering from 2019 outgoing batch, were recruited by CapitalVia Global Research Limited for the position of Client Acquisition Manager with a salary package of Rs. 3,03,160/- per annum.
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Sahyadrian Recruited by Blackfrog Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Sudesh N Acharaya from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering was selected by Blackfrog Technologies Pvt Ltd. for the role of Junior Prototyping Engineer, in the recently held recruitment drive at Sahyadri.
Blackfrog Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a Product Development company with a particular focus on BioMedical Devices; they are backed by the Govt. of India for the development of a 'Portable Vaccine Carrier'.
Nippon Audiotronix Pvt Ltd conducts Online Test
Nippon Audiotronix Pvt Ltd conducted an online test for the Mechanical and Electronics & Communication Engineering students of 2019 outgoing batch. A total of 45 students from various colleges in Mangalore participated in the test and the results are awaited.
Nippon Audiotronix Pvt. Ltd. is the market leader for In-car infotainment systems and has been excelling as an OE (Original Equipment) supplier by providing state of the art technology and superior quality of car accessories for well over two decades. The company had its humble beginnings with its setup in 1987. By 1994, the Nippon Audiotronix Pvt Ltd. entered into a technical license agreement with Kenwood Corporation, Japan for the assembling and sale of Kenwood systems in India.
Caliper designed & developed own product - “Floating Ball Valves”
Caliper for the first time designed & developed their own product - “Floating Ball Valves”. These valves are fully fabricated using Robotic Welding, which are less weight, cost effective & quick deliverable using bars & pipes, instead of castings or forgings being used by other manufacturers. These uniquely designed, developed & manufactured products are going to be used in Nuclear Power Plant. Another 12 products are designed by Caliper and are in various stages of development / manufacturing.
Technical Support Team attends a Seminar on IT Security
Mr. Chandra Mohan D from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering and Mr. Guruprasad C from Manframe Computers Pvt. Ltd attended an IT Security Seminar organized by SOPHOS Technologies in association with Automation Technologies, Mangaluru at Deepa Comforts, Mangaluru on 27th June 2019.
Mr. Santhosh Varkey, Manager (South India, SriLanka & Maldives) from Sophos Technologies highlighted various issues - worst threats in cyber security and what a hacker can do in just three hours of time. The seminar also focussed on Cryptomining, Cryptojacking & RDP vulnerabilities and patches, Cyber Security as a System & also the updates in SOPHOS firewall related to upcoming threat protection.
Investor Awareness Programme by Sahyadri Capital Advisors LLP for Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff
An “Investor Awareness Programme” for Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff was organized on 28th June’19 by Sahyadri Capital Advisors LLP in association with Anandrathi Share & Stock Brokers Ltd.
Mr. Sanketh, Research Expert of Anandrathi Share & Stock Brokers Ltd from Mumbai conducted One-to-One sessions with the Principal, Deans, Heads of all Departments and Chief Executive Officers of the in-house industries. In addition to this, a session was also facilitated two different slots to cover the Teaching and Non-Teaching fraternity of Sahyadri.
Sahyadri Capital Advisors LLP is the very first start-up venture of the MBA Department. It is a firm providing financial & non-financial services. The main aim of this company is to create conducive environment for financial inclusion and innovation and facilitate the students and the faculty fraternity to capitalize the real time exposure towards the various products and services available in the financial market.
First Aid Demonstration and Health Care awareness session held for the Teaching and Non-teaching staff
A demonstration and awareness session on First Aid was conducted for the teaching and Non-teaching staff by Mr. Ankith S Kumar, Student Counsellor in order to prepare the team to respond to any emergency situation and also provide information about the various health care facilities. The sessions were conducted department-wise covering Computer Science and Engineering, Placement Department, Academic Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Business Administration-MBA in the first phase of the programme.
Second session of IoT Future Skill Group
The second session of IoT Future Skill Group was held on 29th June’19 at RDL IoT lab. Mr. Pradeep Kumar gave insights on future trends and industrial applications of IoT. Mr. Raghavendra Shetty, CEO, RDL Technologies Pvt Ltd took a session on things tagged to the internet. He also showed the demo and working of health monitoring system was given.
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