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MARCH 13 - 18, 2017 |
Exhibition organized by the M.Tech Civil Engineering Students ranked third in model making at IIT, Bombay
Mr. Bharath Nishan, Mr. Errol D’Souza, Mr. Mithun, Mr. Rohith Kumar A S and Mr. Sudharma V S Acharya, students of fourth semester M.Tech Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering and CADS) participated in 'AAKAAR 2017', India’s largest Civil Engineering Technical Fest held at IIT, Bombay. They ranked third out of 70 teams who had participated in the event named “Seismic”, which presented a challenge in which the team had to design efficient and sustainable earthquake resistant structure. The students were given a task wherein they had to design and build a two storey structure that can withstand maximum earthquake acceleration and show minimum inter-storey drift. The building had to incorporate advanced earthquake resistant techniques like cross bracings, base isolation, tuned mass damper etc.
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Civil engineering Students participated in 'AKAAR' held at IIT, Bombay
Mr. Cavin Vijay Mascarenhas, Mr. Jeethan Grinal Rodrigues, Ms. Priya S Javalgi and Ms. Radhika M.R of eighth semester Civil Engineering participated in 'AKAAR' held at IIT, Bombay. They participated in Smart Pitch - Idea presentation, Bridge it - Design of Hydraulic Lift Bridge, Civil Q - National Level Quiz Competition and SEISMIC - Earthquake Resistant Structure.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Ms. Rashmi K.M, Ms. Seema B Lamani, Ms. Jevin Cutinho and Ms. Hima A.G. of fourth semester Civil Engineering participated in 'CONQUER IT' - Design of Concrete Cube using Steel Fibers under the guidance of Prof. Sudeep Shetty, Department of Civil Engineering.
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Sahyadri MBA Ranked 38th among the 100 B-Schools across India & 7th among the Top B-Schools with Excellent Industry Exposure
Higher Education Review "Beyond IIMs Top B Schools in India" March 2017 Survey has ranked Department of Business Administration, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management as 38th among the 100 B-Schools across India & 7th among the Top B-Schools with Industry Exposure.
Higher Education Review Magazine conducts this survey to guide the large community of students in India and their parents to enable them to choose the best institutes for management education to pursue the course of their choice.
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BMCDT - INFOSYS Foundation Bone Marrow Registry Awareness & Donor Registration Programme
Dr. K M Srinivasa Gowda, Former Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences visited the campus and had discussion with Principal, Administrator, Director Research and AAO regarding an awareness programme to be conducted at Sahyadri about Bone Marrow Registry and its donation. This is a sponsored programme from Infosys and Bangalore Medical College Development Trust.
In our country every year, 150000 people suffering from blood cancer and other diseases need Bone Marrow Transplantation as the last resort. Last year, only 600 got it which means nearly 130000 or more people are dying due to lack of this treatment. The patient needs matching Bone Marrow from a healthy donor whose HLA type matches that of the patient which is difficult to get. In 30% of lucky people, they may get a donor among siblings or close relatives. But in other cases where an unrelated donor has to be found, it is extremely difficult and frightfully expensive.
Sometimes testing 20,000 people also may not get the hapless patient a matching donor, and each test costs Rs. 15,000/-
The foundation needs young people to get registered as voluntary donors and is approaching all institutions where they make a small presentation and request the students to get registered as voluntary donors. The intent is to establish a registry with one million HLA typed donors, at the foundation cost and the services are free for the recipient. Foundation’s financing is from their Alumni and philanthropic bodies.
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All India Radio, Mangaluru broadcasts Vice-Principal's Interview
Prof. S. S. Balakrishna, Vice-Principal participated in an interview on the topic "Technical Education and Job Opportunities" in “Darideepa” of Yuvavani programme which was broadcasted by the All India Radio, Mangaluru. The interview was for guiding students to choose the right course for their future career. Various aspects such as importance of technical education, engineering profession, available courses, selection of courses and college, importance of CET Exam, job opportunities, company expectations etc have been covered in the Interview. Mr. Naveen Kumar Kadri, Programme Executive, All India Radio, Mangaluru interviewed Prof. Balakrishna.
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M.Tech Civil Engineering Students Attend National Level Workshop
Fourteen students of second year M.Tech (Structural Engineering and CADS) attended a national level workshop on "Innovative Design and Construction Practices in Highways, Bridges and Flyovers" held at Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru. A total of 400 participants from across India attended the workshop. Students had an opportunity to interact with industrial personalities like Mr. B T Jwalendra Kumar, Project Director, National Highway Authority of India who shared his views on traffic congestion in Bengaluru and innovative solutions for it. The student’s excitement doubled when they met Prof. B B Pandey, Emeritus Professor in Civil Engineering, IIT-KGP. Mr. R K Jain, Highway consultant, Former chief engineer, PWD, Haryana encouraged the students to get into PWD works of India. Students had a great exposure to meet many research scholars namely Mr. Srikanth B Joshi, Consulting Bridge Engineer, Mumbai, Mr. Nagesh Puttaswamy, Regional Head Ultra-Tech Cements Ltd, Bengaluru, Dr. Mahadev Achar M, Senior Vice-President, Transys Consulting Pvt Ltd from the field of Civil Engineering who shared their practical experiences.
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TVS Training & Services Ltd. pooled campus recruitment drive
 TVS Training & Services Ltd. visited Sahyadri to conduct the pooled Campus Recruitment Drive for all Graduates of the current batch including 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013 passed out batches. The drive was conducted to hire candidates for ICICI Bank thus sourcing and training Sales Officers across South India. 230 candidates were part of the recruitment process, of which nineteen have been offered job. Candidates of 2017 batch who were part of the recruitment process and shortlisted, will have to attend the final round of selection post semester exam. Mr. Ayyappa Sharma R, Talent Acquisition, TVS Training & Services Ltd. was at the campus to facilitate the entire process.
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Exhibition organized by the SOGEFI MNR pooled campus recruitment drive
SOGEFI MNR visited Sahyadri to conduct pooled campus recruitment drive for the shortlisted candidates in Preliminary round, as part of their final round of selection. Final results are awaited. Mr. Prasanna Kumar, DGM-Operations, SOGEFI MNR accompanied by panellists on the recruitment team were at the campus to facilitate the entire recruitment process.
Vectra Geospatial pooled campus recruitment drive
Vectra Geospatial visited Sahyadri to conduct pooled campus recruitment drive for the shortlisted candidates in Preliminary round, as part of their final round of selection. Twelve Sahyadrians including the students from pool colleges were part of the recruitment process. Final results are awaited. Mr. Chakrabarty, Project Manager, Vectra Geospatial accompanied by panellists on the recruitment team were at the campus to facilitate the entire recruitment process.
PeopleLogic Business Solutions (P) Ltd pooled campus recruitment drive
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PeopleLogic Business Solutions (P) Ltd. visited Sahyadri to conduct the pooled Campus Recruitment Drive for MBA-HR students of the current batch for the post of Associate Staffing Analyst/ Recruiter.
85 candidates from ten colleges were part of the recruitment process of which 20 were shortlisted post the Aptitude Test Round for Personal Interview including 7 students from Sahyadri MBA. Mr. Ankur Agrawal, Director - Operations & John Samuel, Managing Director was at the campus to facilitate the entire process.
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Interaction with UG Faculty coordinators of Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2017
The UG faculty members from 31 colleges who participated in Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2017 played a key role in the execution of this mega event. During the interaction session between Sahyadri faculty Team and the UG Faculty coordinators of Whiz Quiz, it was encouraging to receive an appreciation to Sahyadri for conducting an event which focuses on enhancing knowledge, one of the key contributors of student success.
They have suggested that we conduct Sahyadri Whiz Quiz every year in Jan/Feb since there would not be other academic assignments during these 2 months. They have also requested that we continue organising “Leadership Development Programme for UG students” and keep the registration open to all irrespective of the student’s role in college.
Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal mentioned that Sahyadri faculty team has been deputed to IIM’s & IIT’s for various Faculty Development Programme’s and the Sahyadri Culture is not to keep the learning outcome with self, but to share it with our counterparts so that they could also benefit from it. Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director, Department of Business Administration highlighted the strength of the department which includes both the faculty and the students in conducting pre-placement training, softskills training, student development programmes and expressed the willingness to conduct these programmes in their respective colleges. The UG faculty members were re-iterated of the PGCET Training Programme which is conducted at Sahyadri every June as a community initiative for MBA aspirants from economically poor background who could then pursue MBA in Karnataka under government quota.
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Exhibition organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering
 The fourth semester (B section) students of Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a model exhibition of mechanisms to understand the working of different Kinematic linkages. Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal was the chief guest of the event. Speaking on the occasion, he eulogized the students and encouraged them to take up such events. He also suggested them to inculcate the aspect of critical thinking which would contribute to the improvement of design. Further, he also suggested brainstorming sessions to incorporate the concept of design thinking more effectively. Various models of mechanisms were showcased by the students and were appreciated by all. Prof. Rakshith H S, Department of Mechanical Engineering coordinated the event.
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Student Engagement Programme for MBAs
Like corporate organisations practice Employee Engagement at workplace resulting in the right conditions for employees to give their best each day, committed to their organisation's goals and values, motivated to contribute to organisational success, with an enhanced sense of their own well-being, Sahyadri MBAs were taken out for an outbound student engagement programme facilitated by the in-house faculty – Prof. Mithun Ullal.
After the grand success of Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2017, which was organised and managed by students, they deserved a breather to unleash themselves and live the spirit of togetherness. Student engagement activities were lined up for them contributing to the learning outcome either in terms of Knowledge, Skills and Attitude.
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Students Celebrate the Festival of Colours
Student Council representatives had organized “Rang 2k17” in view of celebrating the festival of colours – Holi. Sahyadri was vibrant with colours and this festival created a unique bond between all members of the Sahyadri family as the celebration reverberated with joy, music and laughter. The student council expresses their gratitude to the management and all the volunteers in making this event possible.
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Industrial Visit to UST Global, Cochin by Final year CSE students
A total of eighty nine final year students of Computer Science & Engineering accompanied by four faculty members, namely, Prof. Shamanth Rai, Prof. Shetty Mamatha Gopal, Prof. Jinto Thomas & Prof. Biniya Binoy visited UST Global, Cochin.
Mr. Sugith Kumar S, Offshore Delivery Manger - Energy and Utilities gave an insight about the company and also the Business to Business model followed at UST Global. He also shared his experience and answered student queries. Mr. Shiva, Developer facilitated the premise tour of UST Global and briefed about the discussion room, work culture, Network and server room of the organisation. Mr. Vignesh & Ms. Vineetha also interacted with the students and gave them valuable insights about life at UST Global. The industry exposure visit has added great value to students as they got the feel of corporate life.
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Dr. Vishal Samartha invited as the Moderator for a National Conference at SDM PG Centre
Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director, Department of Business Administration was invited as the Moderator for the One-Day National Conference on 'Global Brand Building' organized by SDM Post Graduate Centre for Management Studies & Research, Mangaluru. She handled the session on 'Brand Co-creation & Innovation’ wherein she re-iterated that Brand co-creation relates to involving customers or end users in one or more stages of the innovation process. In this context, she referred to the strategies followed by certain brands like Tanishq, the jewellery arm of the Tata group, BMW, Nike and Apple on how they promote co-branding for their newly launched products and it is an effective a marketing tool which contributes to increased profits. Her session was well appreciated for the exhaustive examples stated in relation to industries.
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Skill Development Programme facilitated by MBAs at Infant Jesus Higher Primary School, Modankap.
 “If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in a way the child can learn”. Inspired by the B.B King quote, a team of MBA first year students conducted “Skill Development Programme” under the guidance of Prof. Padmanabha B for seventh standard students of Infant Jesus Higher Primary School, Modankap.
This programme focused on activity based learning and invoked student’s creativity skills. Activities like “Quiz “, ”Focus Game”, “Instructive Drawing”, “Balloon Game”, and “Magic Numbers” were conducted which emphasised on developing listening, concentration, communication and team building. Two best teams were awarded with pen kit & chocolates. Sahyadri MBA team was invited to conduct these activities once a month in their school.
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MBA new recruits for KPMG interact with their HR Manager
Mr. Guruprasad H D, HR Manager, KPMG was invited as a Guest of Honour for Sahyadri Whiz Quiz 2017. During his visit, he interacted with the final year new recruits of KPMG and shared his expectation with them. He urged these selects to continue learning and stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in technological tools and also to take up Advanced MS Excel classes seriously. He emphasised on improving their communication skill and take up assignments and projects that can contribute to their development. He disseminated the career path followed at KPMG which inspired the students to set goals for themselves. This session was like an orientation programme which is generally conducted on the joining date; however our students had an opportunity to interact with their future leader and groom themselves to be the best fit at KPMG and start performing from the Day One of their joining.
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Faculty Member Successfully Defends PhD Thesis & Receives Invitation for Post-Doctoral Research from 3 Prestigious USA Universities
Prof. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering defended his PhD thesis entitled “Design and Development of Dictionary Matching Technique for Composite Sketches with Human Face Images” at Karunya University, Coimbatore. The research work was guided by Dr. G. Josemin Bala, Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore.
As per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) instituted by MHRD, Government of India, Karunya University is ranked 44th under Engineering institutions category and 48th under Universities category. It has secured 5th rank under outreach category and 35th rank under research, professional practice and collaborative performance category on all India basis when compared to IITs, NITs, IIITs and leading universities.
Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes worked for 05 years (2012-17) towards design and development of three novel approaches for matching composite sketches with human face images. These methods include:
• Sparse representation with dictionary matching fusion intended for recognition of human beings in hysterical surroundings
• ODROID XU4 assisted decision stage fusion technique realization for composite sketch matching
• Decision support for matching the composite sketch with captured images from un-manned aircraft systems
Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes has received seed research grants from University of Houston–Downtown, USA ($ 1000), Vision Group Science & Technology (Rs. 04 lakhs), The Institution of Engineers (India) (Rs. 0.80 lakhs). He has collaborated with various Scientists, Professors, Researchers, Students and jointly published 19 Research articles in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) Journals, 05 Research articles in Emerging Sources Citation Indexed (ESCI) Journals, 07 Research articles in Scopus (Elsevier) indexed journals, 16 Book Chapters in Springer Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), 18 Research articles in various IEEE, ACM, Elsevier conferences across India and USA. http://stevenfernandes.in/publications/
Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes has been invited for Post-Doctoral Research from 15th July 2017 for a period of 06 months from 03 prestigious USA Universities. This includes:
• University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA under the guidance of Professor Hongwei (Harry) Zhu, Former Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
• University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA under the guidance of Professor Murat M. Tanik, Former Scientist of NASA, USA
• University of Houston–Downtown, USA under the guidance of Professor Hong Lin, Currently working on USA government funded projects.
Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, has thanked Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation, Dr. D L Prabhakara, Director, Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal, Prof. Balakrishna S S, Vice-Principal, Dr. J V Gorbal, Dean Academics, Dr. Manjappa Sarathi, Director Research & Consultancy, teaching and non-teaching staff of the institute for their continued support throughout his research work. He has dedicated this research towards the B.E. and M.Tech students of the institute who have helped him for the past 5 years.
Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes contributes towards Sahyadri Corpus Fund
Sahyadri Corpus Fund was established to extend needful assistance to carry out research work and innovations in the field of Science, Social Science, Management Science and Technical fields. The focal point of the fund is to extend support to the deserving students coming from economically backward sections and to assist them in education and research.
Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes has contributed Rs. 25,000/- towards Sahyadri Corpus Fund as a token of gratitude for the assistance received for the past 5 years during the period of research work for his Ph.D.
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Training Programme by MBAs at Govt. Higher Primary School, Bokkapatna
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood''. Inspired by Fred Rogers quote, MBA students from the 1st year facilitated a Training Programme in Government Higher Primary School, Bokkapatna as an Activity Based Learning which is part of Human Resource Management curriculum. From taking approval with the Principal of the Govt. School till its execution followed by collating feedback post the training, the entire activity was carried out by our students.
They conducted engagement activities like making craft models, identifying famous personality, Pick & Speak, Sketching and also Yoga. Participants were given a forum to exhibit their talent and many came forward to dance & sing. Awareness Session on “Swachh Bharat'' was also a part of the training programme. Students of the Govt. School gave handwritten feedback which shall be treasured as it brings in a sense of accomplishment to our students.
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Mechanical Engineering Faculty presents paper in a National Conference
 Prof. Ajith B S, Department of Mechanical Engineering presented a paper titled “Investigation of Fuel Properties of Garcinia Gummi-Gutta seed oil Methyl Ester and their blends with Conventional Diesel oil and Ethanol, Diethyl Ether as additives to assess their usefulness as CI Engine Fuel” in a Two-Day National Conference on “Renewable Energy Technology: Future, Opportunity, and Challenges for India (RET: FOAC 2017) organized by Department of Thermal Power Engineering, VTU PG Studies, Mysuru. The conference was conducted in association with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) & Government of India.
Sahyadrian recruited by Jaro Education
Sandesh Alva from the department of Computer Science & Engineering has been selected by Jaro Education in the recently held pooled campus recruitment drive.Jaro Institute of Technology Management and Research, also known as Jaro Education, is a business school located in Mumbai that provides international Master of Business Administration and executive international MBA programmes.
Call for full length Research/Review Papers for Sahyadri International Journal of Research
The editorial team of Sahyadri International Journal of Research solicits contributed research/review papers (full length papers) from faculty/research students for the SIJR journal (www.sijr.in). As the Vol. 3 Issue 1 will come out before the end of June 2017 with ISSN, the editorial team has the following deadlines:
1. Last date for receipt of Manuscripts: April 15, 2017
2. Review report by the editorial team : May 15, 2017
3. Last date for receipt of revised Manuscripts : June 05, 2017
Manuscripts of students are encouraged provided they are reviewed and submitted by their respective guides for content, presentation as well as plagiarism issues (Plagiarism percentage should be below 25% in the text and not in figures/tables). The Authors are requested to send their manuscripts to [email protected] or [email protected]
Alumni interacts with students and faculty members
Mr. Rakesh and Ms. Swathi, Alumni of our institute who are currently working as Design Engineers in Poorna Consulting Engineers, Bengaluru addressed the students of sixth and seventh semester, Department of Civil Engineering. They briefed the students on the work methods and work culture in industries that are essential to meet the global demands in Civil Engineering. They shared useful tips on facing challenges in the industries and also on how one's attitude towards work should be inculcated. Post interacting with the students they also spoke to the HOD and faculty members of the department.
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MBA Faculty invited as a resource person at Government First Grade College, Mudipu
Dr. Rashmi Kodikal, Professor, Department of Business Administration was invited as a resource person for a workshop on "Youth Empowerment" by Government First Grade College, Mudipu. She delivered a lecture on "Values, Attitude & Job Suitability". In her deliberation, she enlightened the young audience about relevance of ethically backed professional grooming. Her talk included details about career options for the students and how they should train and develop themselves to cope up with the changing dynamics of the economy. This workshop was a part of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) programmes conducted for Final year students of the college.
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