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MARCH 10 - 15, 2014 |
Chairman Nominated as Candidate in Shimoga Constituency
 The Management, Staff and Students congratulate Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation, on being nominated for the present Lok Sabha General Elections from the Indian National Congress, Shimoga Constituency. We wish him every success in the upcoming elections.
A born leader, Dr. Manjunath Bhandary’s skills were honed in the early student days of school and college and opened up vast avenues for him to be recognized as a leader and thereby counted among the youth as a youth icon on the global platform. He received the prestigious fellowship from Eisenhower Foundation, Philadelphia, USA in the year 2004.
He was instrumental in the government's ambitious rural welfare scheme called CSCs (Common Service Centers). He proposed a project, “Rajiv Vikas Kendra” to the Govt. of India through the Hon'ble Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, and the same was approved by the Prime Minister, Sri. Manmohan Singh with the Union Cabinet sanctioning rupees 5637 crores to provide employment to 10 million rural youth.
In 1978, Dr. Manjunath Bhandary involved himself actively in the congress party at Karkala, while he was studying Pre-University, when the former Prime Minister Late Smt. Indira Gandhi contested the Lok Sabha bye-election from Chikmagalur.
It was in 1980, that he met his political mentor MP, Mr. Oscar Fernandes, and since then under his tutelage, he blossomed into a full- fledged congressman. Since 1980, he has been........Click here to read more
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Cricket unites people of all religions – Mr. Moideen Bava
Mr. Moideen Bava, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Surathkal, Mangalore, inaugurated the four-day inter-collegiate cricket tournament for UG students organized by the Sahyadri Premier League (SPL) at the Sahyadri Campus. Around thirty-two teams from different parts of Karnataka are participating in this tournament.
Mr. Bava illustrated with examples how cricket can unite people of all religions and develop peace and harmony among people in a society. He appealed to young men and women to unite together to work towards the betterment of the society. India, being the youngest nation in the world, can be a superpower within the next five years, if youngsters of our country unite together by forgetting difference of caste, religion and language. Mr. Moideen Bava also emphasized the need for cricket lovers of Mangalore to practice overarm bowling rather than underarm bowling which is very popular in the district. He also expressed his happiness that students have formed the SPL as a student enterprise to tap the interest of the youth in cricket and to promote sports and games among men and women.
Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, presided over the inaugural function and Dr. Ananthapadhmanabha Achar, Director, Department of Business Administration, provided an overview of the Sahyadri Premier League. Mr. Manish Gatti, Chairman, SPL, welcomed the gathering and Mr. Boris Fernandes proposed the vote of thanks.
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Kudos to the Semester I Part-time M.Tech. Toppers
Digital Electronics
 Harish Prabhu with 80.67% has topped the Sahyadri College in the Digital Electronics Semester I Part-time M. Tech. Examinations of 2013-14 held by VTU.
Transportation Engineering
 Mithun with 79.11% has topped the Sahyadri College in the Transportation Engineering Semester I Part-time M. Tech. Examinations of 2013-14 held by VTU.
Computer Science & Engineering
 Lathika J. Shetty with 77.56% has topped the Sahyadri College in the Computer Science & Engineering Semester I Part-time M. Tech. Examinations of 2013-14 held by VTU.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
 Thimmappa D. S. with 79.11% has topped the Sahyadri College in the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Semester I Part-time M. Tech. Examinations of 2013-14 held by VTU.
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Annual Alumni Meet 2014
The Annual Alumni Meet commenced with sharing of experience and career guidance by Joe Newton Crasta, Darshan, Shiva Prasad, Sanketh Poojari, Isham and Deepraj Alva. Abhijeet Karkera, Managing Partner, Vibrant Minds, motivated students to pursue their dreams.
Later, there was an interaction with the management team, HoDs and faculty members. The principal addressed the gathering to infuse life into the current students. Dean Academics stressed the importance of an alumni association. An Alumni Body Meeting was held and board members were appointed. The president of the current Alumni Association is ShivPrasad Shetty, vice president, Joe Newton Crasta, secretary, Abhijith Karkera, treasurer, Mamatha Shetty, joint secretary, Prashanth and Deepraj Alva, members, Rakshith, Vasanth Radhika, Isham and Raksha. The roles and responsibilities were made clear and various major discussions were held.
Fun filled activities were conducted and prizes were distributed around the campfire near the cafeteria. Students of the college performed for the alumni. A cake was cut on the occasion and a sumptuous dinner served to the alumni. There was dancing around the campfire. The alumni and faculty members applauded the efforts put in by the organizing committee...... Click here to view Photo Gallery
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Alumni address MBA students
Mr. Prashanth Baliga, Proprietor, Godrej Interiors, Mangalore, addressed MBA students on the eve of Alumni Day. He stressed that participation in inter-collegiate fests is important to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in class. He offered tips and suggestions to the prospective participants on how to succeed in various management fests.
Ms. Reema Naik, Financial Analyst, Northern Trust, Bangalore, shared her knowledge into entering and working in the corporate world for a fresh MBA graduate. She stressed on the importance of being skillful and dynamic at the workplace to enjoy career growth.
Mr. Mushir Rizvi, Senior Sales Consultant, Navneeth Motors, Mangalore, stressed the importance of learning. He emphasized the significance of Student Internship/ Projects. He called on the student community to have a goal in life and work towards it.
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Microsoft Appathon Road Map at Sahyadri
The Prestigious Microsoft Application Development Contest (Appathon) has begun at Sahyadri. Appathon is spread over four-week duration, and each week there will be a check point which will be monitored and evaluated by the Microsoft concern team. The best application will be rewarded by the team. Sahyadri students will develop an app using Microsoft technology. Mr. Jaganmohan Naidu of Microsoft started the roadmap show and tossed various ideas across the groups to initiate the program. The program also includes hands-on-experience like developing apps, launching apps, etc. The program went on throughout the day and around 150 students of various engineering streams participated and got an end-to-end development benefit from this interaction.
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What’s trending at Microsoft?
The Microsoft Bus visited the Campus with their latest trends in the software industry. Different electronics gadgets were installed with the latest version of the Microsoft Operating System. The Microsoft Bus team interacted with students and demonstrated these products. The students got to experience first-hand the performance of these new products.
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Er. Premprasad K. V on Managing a Project - From an Engineers Perspective
  The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (I), Mangalore, ACC Limited & Department of Civil Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, jointly organized a technical talk on “Managing a Project - From an Engineers Perspective.” Er. Premprasad K. V., Deputy General Manager, Operations, M/S Raheja Universal Pvt. Ltd., was the resource person. Mr. Premprasad during his technical talk expressed a lot of information about project planning, the critical path in project execution and key elements of project implementation. He stressed that students should become good engineers to ultimately make good managers in construction industries. He stressed that students should give value to time management that is helpful to execute a project perfectly and in scheduled time. The principal, Dr. U. M. Bhushi presided over the function. The HoD, faculty members of the Department of Civil Engineering, UG and PG students participated.
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Ten teams win preliminary round in TCS-Tech Bytes Quiz Competition
Ten teams have been selected for representing the college in the regional finals of TCS-Tech Bytes Quiz Competition to be held on the 5th of April 2014 at SIT, Valachil.
The winners are:
| Sl. No. |
Team No. |
Name of Students |
Semester/Class |
| 1 |
22 |
Avinash. P., Dheeraj |
VI / CS A |
| 2 |
34 |
Sachin Ganesh |
IV/CS A |
| Preetham |
IV /CS A |
| 3 |
26 |
Koshik Raj |
VII /CS A |
| Dixon D’Costa |
VIII /ME A |
| 4 |
25 |
Vinay Raghavan |
VIII/EC B |
| Dhanush Hegde |
VIII/ME A |
| 5 |
13 |
Prathik Kumar |
VIII/ ME A |
| Suraj Aranha |
VIII/ME B |
| 6 |
5 |
Sharath B Hegde |
IV/CS A |
| Abhishek K |
IV/CS A |
| 7 |
21 |
Rohan Shetty |
IV/CS B |
| Aman Agarwal |
IV/ CS B |
| 8 |
6 |
Mishra Bishwas |
IV/ CS A |
| Roshan Varghes |
IV/CS A |
| 9 |
33 |
Suraj Kamath |
VIII /EC A |
| Nachiketh Shetty |
VIII/EC A |
| 10 |
17 |
G. Saivastava |
VI /CS A |
| Manjunatha |
VI /CS A |
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MRESULT Pvt. Ltd. recruits MBA students
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Sogith
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Sajan
Chowta |
Ashish
Ullal |
Shihan
Hussain |
MRESULT Pvt. Ltd. has recruited Sogith, Sajan Chowta, Ashish Ullal and Shihan Hussain; students of the Department of Business Administration as Financial Analysts.
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Dr. A. P. Manu conferred Doctoral degree
 Dr. A. P. Manu, HoD, Department of Information Science & Engineering, was conferred his Doctoral degree in Information Technology at the ninth convocation held by the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad.
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Ms. Joyline D'sa bags Silver at IIIT-A
 Ms. Joyline D'sa, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, bagged the Silver Medal in M.Tech. (Microelectronics) simultaneously receiving her degree at the ninth convocation held by the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad.
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M.Tech students’ research paper published in IJERT
A research paper titled, "Survey on Efficient Secure Storage Authentication in Cloud Storage System", authored by Mr. Amaresh Patil and Mr. Valluripalli Srinath, M.Tech, Semester IV, Computer Science & Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Sudheer Shetty, HoD, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, has been published in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), Vol. 3 - Issue 2 (February - 2014), ISSN: 2278-0181.
  A research paper titled, " Secure Login for Websites: A User Authentication Protocol to Resist Password Stealing and Reuse Attacks", authored by Mrs. Rashmi S Suvarna, M.Tech, Semester IV, Computer Science & Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Pavan Kumar V, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, has been published in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), Vol. 3 - Issue 3 (March - 2014), ISSN: 2278-0181. www.ijert.org
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M.Tech. student presents paper in National Conference
A research paper titled, "A Secure Accountability Method for Data Sharing in Cloud”, by Mr. Arun Kumar M. B., M.Tech, Semester IV, Computer Science & Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. B. S. Umashankar, PG Coordinator, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, was presented in the National Conference on `Current Trends in Computer Science, held in Oxford College of Science, Bangalore.
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Faculty member attends prestigious symposium
 Prof. Anush Bekal, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering attended the prestigious symposium on "Custom Circuit Design & Layout Implementation conducted by "Synopsys Inc" at The Lalit, New Delhi. The main key focus of this symposium was on challenges and opportunities in custom design implementation, synopsys solution for new age custom design and layout using Laker Tool and TCAD -Sentaurus overview.
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Faculty member invited as resource person
 Mr. Ramesh K. G., Mr. Ramesh K. G., Assistant Professor-SG, Dept. of Business Administration was invited by Alva's Education Foundation to deliver a guest lecture. He addressed the final year M.Com. students on the topic 'Recent Developments in Financial Services & Financial Products..
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Interview round of TCS off-campus recruitment drive at Sahyadri
 Mr. Sarfaraz Nawaz Khan H., HR – TAG, Campus recruitment, Tata Consultancy Services, along with his twenty-two member team conducted the interview round of the off-campus recruitment drive. Eighty-seven students from different colleges in the region were interviewed. The results are awaited.
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Mahindra & Mahindra Internship at Sahyadri
 Internship for the students of semester VI, Mechanical Engineering was conducted by Mahindra & Mahindra. Five students were shortlisted for the final telephonic interview. Amol Deshphande, Assistant Manager - HRD at Mahindra & Mahindra, Mumbai Area, viewed the entire process.
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) is an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation, headquartered in Mumbai. It is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers by production in India and the largest seller of tractors across the world. It is a part of Mahindra group, an Indian conglomerate.
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Sahyadrian recruited by VIT Infotech
 Joyson D'Souza, Semester VIII, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, has been recruited by VIT Infotech as Software Trainee in the recently conducted pool campus recruitment drive held at SDMIT, Ujire.
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Sahyadrians in “The Run Nirbhaya” Cross-Country Run
 Mr. Twelve students of the college participated in the “The Run Nirbhaya” cross-country 6 kms. Run organized by NITK, Surathkal, held at Mangala Stadium, Mangalore. Mr. Sannidhi Shetty, Semester IV, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering won the First Place and Mr. Arpith, Semester VI, Department of Mechanical Engineering won the Second Place in the boys’ section.
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