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OCTOBER 06-11, 2014 |
International Conference on Agribusiness Management - Opportunities and Challenges held in the Campus
 A three-day International Conference on Agribusiness Management-`Opportunities and Challenges’ was held in the Campus with 200 delegates including 35 international delegates from 3 countries taking part in the Conference. Dr. Chowdappa P., Director, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, inaugurating the programme, spoke about the shift from agriculture to agribusiness, attracting young stars towards agribusiness by making agribusiness a profitable venture.
Dr. P. Chandra Shekara, Director, Agribusiness Centre, MANAGE, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, was the keynote speaker for the programme. Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation, in his presidential address spoke about the culture in agribusiness. He gave many examples of his life to define the culture in agribusiness. Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, gave the welcome address, Dr A. P. Achar, Director, Department of Business Administration, gave the overview of the conference.
The international conference was organised by the Department of Business Administration in association with National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad and the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, supported this conference as knowledge partner.
A cultural extravaganza after the formal programme was held for the participants of the Conference where Sahyadrians and delegates showcased their talent in vocal music, instrumental music and dance.
The aim of the conference was to explore and map various opportunities and challenges for agribusiness in developing economies including India in the internationally integrated and globalized economic environment.
Eminent Experts Address Opportunities and Challenges in the International Conference on Agribusiness Management
On the second day of the International Conference on Agribusiness Management, Mr. H. S. Krishna Murthy addressed the topic on `Agri Entrepreneurship’ along with skill development. Dr. Maheshwarappa, CPCRI, Kasargod, was the moderator for the session. Dr. Manjunath, Director, SKDRDP took up the second session on `Retaining Youth in Agriculture and Women in Agribusiness.’ He spoke about the importance of family structure in agriculture and stressed on the point that youth today are no more interested in agriculture and also the hardships the Indian farmers go through as the returns in farming is too far and too less. The session was moderated by Dr. Udayachandra, Professor, SDM, Ujire.
The third session was on `Infrastructural and Institutional Framework of Agribusiness Management’ which was delivered by Dr. Philip, Director, Department of Master of Business Administration, Kerala Agricultural University. He emphasized on the management skills that are required in agribusiness management. He made a special mention of communication skills, analytical skills, computer skills and critical thinking which is imperative for any manager in agribusiness. He said that an individual should have both; aptitude and attitude to serve in rural areas. Institutions should foster case method of learning rather than lecture method and the faculties should have expertise and industry exposure in addition to mentoring students. The session was moderated by Dr. M. M. Bagali, Professor, Jain University, Bangalore.
Mr. Arunkumar Khannur, Chairman and CEO of ISQT Process and Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, spoke on `Agricultural Marketing-Domestic and International Agricultural Trade and Marketing Policies. He enlightened the audience on the use of technology which he believes can help farmers to eliminate middleman. He stressed that, agricultural marketing needs to be reoriented to respond to the market need. Delegates then presented their research papers after the sessions by the eminent experts.
On the final and concluding day of the three-day International Conference on Agribusiness Management, Mr. Mahadevaiah, Former Deputy Director, C.F.T.R.I, Mysore, engaged an interesting session on `Processing of Fruits and Vegetables for Value Addition.’ He spoke about the processing of various fruits and vegetables and the availability of market and technology for the same. The session was moderated by Dr. Sandeep. Dr. Allen Pereira, Former Director, National Institute of Bank Management then delivered the final session on `Agriculture services: Finance, Insurance and Extension.’ Delegates then presented their research papers after the sessions by the eminent experts.
Dr. L. C. Soans, Soans Farm, Moodbidri, was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory function which was presided over by Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangalore.
Policy makers, financial institutions supporting agribusiness’ Non-governmental organizations, experts from the industry, academicians and researchers from the related areas and students from related streams participated in this conference. All the papers accepted for presentation in the conference will be published in the form of a book with ISBN Number. 15 best selected papers will be published in ITIHAS – The Journal of Indian Management which is internally indexed and listed in EBSCO Publishing.
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Chairman Addresses Faculty Members on Sahyadri Talent Hunt
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, interacted with the faculty members regarding Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt. Briefing on the topic he said that the faculty members and students can combine and execute the programme. He explained the steps to be followed in implementing the programme successfully. There are three steps to implement the idea; Identifying and interacting with P.U. Colleges, Conducting career guidance programme and competitions, finally identifying the winners and awarding them in a mega event of ‘Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt’ to be held at Sahyadri campus. He also gave a call to the faculty members to create interest on the topic so that the students are motivated to take up the project.
Following the interaction by the Chairman on the Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt a career guidance presentation for the faculty members was given by Mr. Ananth Prabhu in the Campus.
A presentation introducing Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt-2014 was organized in various PU colleges of Kasaragod district. The team comprising of Prof. Abdul Kareem, Fadil Luquman, Nived, Semester VII, Eelctronics & Communication Engineering, Minhaj, Semester V Mechanical Engineering and Mashood, Semester V, Computer Science & Engineering, delivered sessions on the Science Talent Hunt programme, career options in Science stream, projects, method and reference for executing projects. Many students have shown interest to come to Sahyadri for studying about project works.
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Dr. Abdul Sharief takes over as Chairman, Research Consortium of Mangalore Zone
 Dr. S. A. Khan, Principal, Beary’s Institute of Technology, handed over chairmanship of the Research Consortium to Dr. Abdul Sharief, Principal, P. A. College of Engineering. Dr. Khan will take over as Principal, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and was the Founder-Chairman of the Research Consortium. The consortium formed with the aim of promoting research culture among the coastal cluster of Engineering colleges coming under the Mangalore zone, has been instrumental in promoting awareness and importance of research among academicians. Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal and Prof. M. N. Nayak, Administrator & Dean Placement of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, and Prof. Sudesh Bekal , NITTE College of Engineering were present on the occasion.
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Sahyadrians Highest Selected in Infosys Recruitment Drive
 Forty-nine students of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management were the highest selected candidates by Infosys Ltd. out of 143 shortlisted candidates of P. A. College of Engineering, Srinivas Institute of Technology, St. Aloysius College, KVG College of Engineering, Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology, MITE, Shree Devi College of Engineering, and Canara Engineering College. Mr. Arjun Pai, Senior Lead, Talent Acquisition, Ms. Laxmi and Mr. Neil Rodrigues of the HR team of Infosys Ltd. were some of the panelists on the recruiting team of Infosys.
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Twenty-one Sahyadrians Recruited by Tech Mahindra
Twenty-one Sahyadrians have been recruited by Tech Mahindra in the final pool interview held in the Campus. Students of B.E. and MCA from St. Joseph College of Engineering, Canara Engineering College, Srinivas Institute of Technology and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management attended the interview. Mr. Raju N. G., Resource Management Group, Tech Mahindra Ltd. along with his team conducted the final interview.
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Mr. Mohit Shetty of MetricStream Addresses Students of MBA
 The Department of Business Administration organized a guest lecture for the HR specialization students of the department. Mr. Mohit Shetty, Senior Strategic HR Business Partner, MetricStream, Bangalore, was the resource person. He addressed the students on the various "Recruiting Skills" that are required for the HR students to assess the candidates lined up for interview as most of the HR students would choose HR-Recruiter as their career to begin with. He gave clear inputs on the corporate expectations from the HR-Recruiter. In addition to this, he has been instrumental in sharing the current trends in recruitment and gave the students the practical exposure to use the search engines on Job Portals. Students in the role of an HR Recruiter had to close vacancies within the stipulated time frame in an activity session coordinated by Mr. Mohit Shetty.
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