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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 - OCTOBER 05, 2019 |
VTU Inter Collegiate Mangalore Zone Throwball Tournament organised at Sahyadri
 VTU Inter Collegiate Mangalore Zone women’s Throw ball Tournament was organized on 3rd October, 2019 at Sahyadri. Mr. Devdas Hegde Trustee Bhandary Foundation was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural Function. Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, Prof. Balakrishna S.S, Vice Principal Prof Ramesh K.G. Dean Strategic were present in the event. Cutting the ribbon and serving the ball marked inauguration of the event.
 
Total of 12 teams from various colleges throughout Mangalore participated in this tournament. Final match was between Sahyadri & SDMIT, Ujire. SDMIT won the Mangalore zone Inter collegiate Throwball tournament. During the valedictory ceremony, Ms. Aishwarya, student from Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangalore was awarded as Best Thrower, Ms. Suchira student from St. Joseph Engineering College was awarded as Best Receiver & Ms. Lekha from SDMIT, Ujire was awarded as Best All Rounder. SDMIT, Ujire emerged as the Winners of the tournament, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management bagged the Runners Up Trophy, St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor won 3rd place & NMAMIT, Nitte 4th place. Principal Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Prof Ramesh K.G. Dean Strategic & Mr. Sadanand H.S. gave away the prizes to the Winners & handed over the mementos to the Officials.
Gandhi Jayanthi and Shastri Ji's Birthday Celebrated in the Campus – ‘Swacch Sahyadri’
 
On 2nd Oct’19, NSS unit of Sahyadri celebrated Gandhi Jayanthi and Shastri Ji's Birthday and organized ‘Swacch Sahyadri’ as a part of the event.
The speakers for the formal programme were Prof. Gurusiddah, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Prof. Dr. Premanand Shenoy, Dept. of Civil Engineering. The programme started with a Bhajan- ‘Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram’. The dignitaries offered flowers to the portrait of Gandhiji and Shastriji. Prof. Gurusiddah, while addressing the gathering, remembered his childhood days and shared some of the memorable instances and concluded his talk with a quote of Gandhiji – “Where there is Love, there is Life”.
Prof. Dr. Premanand Shenoy, Dept. of Civil Engineering, shared his thoughts on the life story of Gandhiji and Shastriji. He also reminded young minds of the power of non-violence. He concluded his talk by remembering the contribution of farmers. Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal felicitated the programme. Ms. Shreelatha U A, AAO, concluded the programme by appreciating the efforts of NSS unit and expressed her words of gratitude.
Chairman’s visit to National Institute of Technology, Goa and interaction with the Director
 Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman-Bhandary Foundation visited the National Institute of Technology, Goa and had an interaction with Dr. Gopal Mugeraya, Director of National Institute of Technology, Goa on 4th Oct’19.
Dr. Gopal Mugeraya has served at NITK, Agartala and NITK, Surathkal in various eminent positions before joining NIT, Goa. He has obtained Ph.D frm IISc, Bengaluru. He has coordinated more than 35 industry-oriented projects at PG level and has guided 9 Ph.D’s in the area of Industrial Pollution Control and Solid Waste Management.
His Achievements are:
• Received “Hindustan Door-Oliver National Award-2000” by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Received “World Environment Day-Parisara award 2001” by Govt. of Karnataka.
• Awarded “Biotechnology Overseas Associate ship Award 2004” by DBT, Govt. of India and undergone advance training at Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA in the area of Biosensors and Bioremediation.
• Deputed to “Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (AIT)” by Govt. of India in year 2003 as Visiting Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering (SERD).
• Life member ISTE, IIChE, IAEM, ECSI and Biosensors and Bioremediation Society of India.
He was also involved with NBA of AICTE as an accreditation expert member for more than fifty Institutions all over India for the last ten years. He is the Chairman of Technical Advisory Committee of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and a well wisher of Sahyadri since those days while he was serving at National Institute of Technology, Surathkal.
During interaction, Dr. Gopal appreciated the approaches taken by Sahyadri towards Industry-Academia interface and assured of his association with Sahyadri through Dr. Manjappa S, Director-Research towards overall development of the institution.
Chairman's visit to BITS Pilani, Goa and interaction with the Director
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman-Bhandary Foundation visited BITS Pilani, Goa and had an interaction with Dr. G Raghurama, Director- BITS Pilani, Goa on 5th Oct’19.
Prof. Raghurama joined BITS, Pilani in 1987. He obtained his M.Sc. from IIT Madras, and his Ph.D in Physics from IISc Bangalore.
His achievements are:
• Received Research grant from Nokia in 2000, the Faculty Champion Award from Microsoft in 2007, and has been recognized and felicitated by SkillTree Knowledge Consortium with the title 'SkillTree Education Evangelist of India 2014'
• Member of the Technical Advisory Board of Cradle Technologies, Pune in its initial years.
• Between 2010 and 2012, Prof. Raghurama also led the redesign and rollout of an improved Performance Appraisal System.
• During his Directorship of the Pilani Campus, he successfully led the Vision 2020-Mission 2012 Project, provided leadership to Project Parivartan from concept through completion of major milestones: the signature and iconic NAB (New Academic Building), the New Faculty Housing Complex, the New Student Housing Complex, and the Renovation and Augmentation of Ram Bhawan.
• Prior to his appointment as Director of the Pilani Campus, he was Deputy Director (Academic). He has served as Dean of Admissions and Dean of Faculty Division-II. As Dean (Admissions) he led the team in the design and implementation of the pioneering computer based online test BITSAT, which till today remains a benchmark for standardized, fully computerized admission tests in India.
His origin is from Dakshina Kannada, a place named Panaje in Puttur. During interaction, Dr. Raghuram appreciated the student-centric initiatives of Sahyadri and assured his cooperation and guidance for the overall development of the Institute. He also assured to visit Sahyadri and interact with Students & faculty.
Chairman interacted with Prof. Prasanna Kumar, BITS Pilani, Goa
Prof. Prasanna Kumar, Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, is originally from Mangaluru. He introduced Chairman to the infrastructure of his institution.
The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, BITS Pilani is an all-India Institute for Higher Education. Over the years, BITS has provided the highest quality technical education to students from all over India admitted on the basis of merit. Its graduates may be found throughout the world in all areas of engineering, science and commerce. BITS symbolize the maturing of Indian technical ability and "can-do" entrepreneurial spirit, especially as derived from the private sector.
During his interaction, Prof. Prasanna, expressed his thoughtfulness and was delighted to support Sahyadri in all its initiatives in the future.
Chairman invited to inaugurate ‘Brand Mangaluru Friendship Cricket Tournament 2019’ held at Mangaluru
 
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman-Bhandary Foundation, also serving as the 'President of Dakshina Kannada, Athletic Association' was invited as a Chief Guest for the Inauguration of ‘Brand Mangaluru Friendship Cricket Tournament 2019’ held at Nehru Maidan, Mangaluru on 2nd Oct’19. This tournament was organized by District Press Club, Mangaluru.  The event was also graced by the various dignitaries such as Smt. Sindhu B Rupesh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada; Shri Srinivas Nayak, Indhaje, President, D.K Press Club; Dr. Selvamani R, IAS, CEO, Dakshina Kannada-Zilla Panchayat. Dr. Shanadi Ajith Kumar Hegde, KAS, Commissioner of City Corporation, Mangaluru; Shri. Lakshmi Prasad, IPS, Superintendent of Police and Shri. Kishore Alva, President, Adani Group.
Inauguration of Sahyadri Management Students Association (SMSA)
 
The Sahyadri Management Students Association (SMSA) for the Academic year 2019-20 was inaugurated by Mr. Darshan Jain, Partner-Ace Promoters & Developers as the Chief Guest; Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal and Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director-MBA on 4th Oct’19.
Mr. Darshan during his inaugural address reminded the council members of the moral and social responsibility they have as members of the council towards the society in which they operate. He appreciated Sahyadri for making such a forum available to the students wherein they start grooming themselves as leaders. He said – As leaders it is very important to treat their subordinates with great concern and respect.
The office bearers were lead through oath taking by Prof. Samarth Shenoy. Mr. Bhagwandas, President of SMSA shared the Plan of Action of the Academic Year 2019-20.
Film Actor Prakash Raj visited Sahyadri for Film Shooting
 Film Actor Prakash Raj visited Sahyadri on 2nd Oct'19 for film shooting of his upcoming movie starring actor Puneeth Rajkumar. The story of the movie is centered on Students. Actor Prakash Raj went around the campus and appreciated the infrastructure of the college and acknowledged that he was familiar with the prominence of the institute.
Director- Research along with Incharge-Industry Connect meet the Director of IIIT-A
 
Dr. Manjappa S, Director-Research & Development and Dr. Anush Bekal, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering & Industry Connect In-charge visited Prof. Dr. Nagabhushan, Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-A) who was on his official visit to Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT).
IIIT-A being the mentor institute extended appraisal & best wishes towards the technical developments of Sahyadri. They discussed on long-term MoUs between the two institutions for student-centric initiatives in addition to faculty exchange programmes.
IIIT-A’s association with Sahyadri since the year 2009, has benefitted the overall development of our institution. Mrs. Laxmi Nagabhushan (Spouse of Prof. Dr. Nagabhushan); Dr. Manohara Pai M M, Professor- Dept. of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) & Associate Director- Innovation Centre, MIT; Dr. Radhika M Pai, Professor- Dept. of ICT, MIT and Dr. Renuka A, Professor-Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering were also present during the occasion.
IT Quiz - Chanakya 2019 Concludes
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering organized a One-Day IT Quiz - Chanakya 2019 on 28th Sep’19 in Sahyadri Campus. This competition was open for all Graduate and Post Graduate students of various colleges and Universities in Karnataka and nearly 150 teams took part in this event. Mr. Shailesh Shetty was the Quiz Master who hosted the event.
Top Six teams that made into final are:
Shrikrishna
P V Chetan Acharya |
NMAMIT Nitte |
Shashank S Mayya
Keith Lennor Veigas |
AJIET, Mangaluru |
Sidharth Bangera
Erol Fernandes |
St. Aloysius, Mangaluru |
K Dhanush Nayak
Sujay L Karinja |
SJEC, Mangaluru |
Karan Gupta
Garry Leroy Pinto |
SJEC, Mangaluru |
Russell Mathias
Amruth Rodrigues |
St. Aloysius, Mangaluru |
Winners of Chanakya 2019 are:
Shrikrishna
P V Chetan Acharya |
NMAMIT Nitte |
First |
Shashank S Mayya
Keith Lennor Veigas |
AJIET, Mangaluru |
Second |
Sidharth Bangera
Erol Fernandes |
St. Aloysius, Mangaluru |
Third |
Sahyadrians participate in Massive Shramadan organized by Ramakrishna Mission
In commemoration of the concluding ceremony of Ramakrishna Mission Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan 2015-19 on Sunday, 29th Sep’19, the first year engineering students, NSS volunteers and faculty participated in the massive Shramadan organized at Central Market, Mangaluru.
 
The event was flagged off by Revered Srimat Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj in the presence of other dignitaries. Our students were assigned the Central Service Bus stand as the location for Shramadan. The students worked with zeal and finished the task allotted to them.
Sahyadrians secure Internship at Capgemini
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Vasu D
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Pavan Saratur
4th year CS |
Praveen Honavar
3 rd year CS |
Three students from Computer Science & Engineering have secured internship at Capgemini through Technical Career Education (TCE). These students have been trained by the Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity at Sahyadri. They would be in Capgemini campus, Bellandur for a period of one month and will be developing software on Blockchain for IKEA (a Swedish company).
Students attend 50th Concluding Swacch Soch Seminar
The students of Information Science and Mechanical Engineering attended 50th concluding Swacch Soch Seminar on the theme Swacch Bharat - Samarth Bharat on Tuesday, 1st Oct’19. Two Hundred students participated in the seminar. The seminar had 4 sessions based on the theme of Swacch Bharath facilitated by eminent resource persons like Captain Ganesh Karnik, Prof. K Raghothama Rao, Dr Ananth Prabhu G and Mr Ranjan Bellarpady.
MBA Faculty attend PRAXIS8, a Public Relations And Corporate Communications India Summit 2019
 
Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director-MBA, Prof. Samarth Shenoy and Prof. Sushma V from the Dept. of Business Administration-MBA attended PRAXIS8 held in Grand Hyatt, Goa during 27th to 29th Sep’19. This is an annual event which hosts more than 700 Public Relations Practitioners especially at Managerial Levels including the CEO’s and VP’s. Faculty had an opportunity to interact with the professionals and invite them to the campus in order to strengthen Industry-Academia interface.
The two-day event included Speeches of Inspiration, Power Talks, Power Panel by Globally renowned Experts and Felicitations for the PR Practitioners and PR firms.
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First year Engineering students win prizes at NIT Kurukshetra
A total of 22 first year engineering students from clan Samagratha, under the mentorship of Mr. Dixit from 2nd year Mechanical Engineering participated in ‘Techsparda 19’ organized by NIT Kurukshetra.
The team won prizes in the following events:
• 2nd Place in Robo Soccer
• 3rd Place in Robo Soccer
• 2nd Place in Water Rocket
• 3rd Place in Water Rocket
• 5th Place in Maze up
• 6th and 7th Place in RC Bot
First year Engineering students secures prizes at Srinidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad
A total of 25 first year engineering students from clan Samyama, under the mentorship of Mr. Vinyas from 2nd year Mechanical Engineering participated in ‘Roboveda 19’ organized by Srinidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad.
The team won prizes in the following events:
• 3rd place In Gati (Death Race)
• Top 8 in Robo Soccer
First year Engineering students win a prize at SRM Institute of science and Technology, Chennai.
A total of 19 first year students from clan Sankalp, under the mentorship of Mr. Pratham from 2nd year Mechanical Engineering participated in ‘Aarush 19’ organized by Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (SRM) Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. The team won 3rd place in Maze Runner.
Sahyadrian Recruited by TCS Digital
Tanveer Ahmed from Computer Science & Engineering was recruited by TCS Digital in the recruitment drive held on 12th Sep'19 with a salary package of Rs.7.00 Lakh per annum.
Campus Recruitment Drive - Robosoft Technologies
Robosoft Technologies visited Sahyadri on 28th Sep'19, to conduct a Pool Campus Recruitment Drive for the engineering students of 2020 outgoing batch. A total of 97 students from pool colleges participated in the drive and the results are awaited.
Campus Recruitment Drive - Juego Studio
 Juego Studios conducted a Pool Campus Recruitment Drive on 3rd Oct'19 for the Engineering and MBA students of 2020 outgoing batch. Team comprising of eight members from Juego were present to facilitate the recruitment process. Around 222 students from different colleges participated in the drive. A total of 7 students were selected out of which 5 students are from Sahyadri.
Sahyadrians Recruited by iWave Systems
 Keerthi Uday from Information Science & Engineering was recruited by iWave Systems for the position of ‘Embedded Software Engineer’.
Prathwik R Amin & Kaustubha from Electronics & Communication Engineering were recruited for the position of ‘Embedded Hardware Engineer’ in the Campus Recruitment drive held on 25th Oct'19.
Sahyadrians Recruited by Focus Academy of Career Enhancement (FACE)
Shruthi D Shetty from Information Science & Engineering and Shakshi Kumari from Mechanical Engineering were selected by FACE for the position of ‘Business Analyst’ in the Campus Recruitment drive held on 26th Sep'19.
Campus Recruitment Drive – MindTree
 MindTree Limited’ visited Sahyadri to conduct an Exclusive Recruitment drive during 30th Sept to 1st Oct'19 for Computer Science, Information Science and Electronics & Communication Engineering students of 2020 outgoing batch. A total of 222 students participated in the recruitment process and the results are awaited.
IEEE Day Celebration
The IEEE Student Branch of Sahyadri celebrated IEEE Day on 1st Oct’19. During the formal function, Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal addressed the gathering and stated the history of IEEE community, stressed on the usage of technology for the better tomorrow and also encouraged the students to join IEEE community.
Dr. J V Gorabal, Head of Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering; Dr. Shamanth Rai, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, IEEE SB student members and third year Information Science & Engineering students were present during the event.
Director - Operations & Technology, EVERI along with his team visited Sahyadri
Mr. Manikandan Subramanian, Director- Operations & Technology, EVERI along with his team member Mr. Suresh, Lead of Mangaluru visited Sahyadri on 1st Oct’19. Mr. Nithin Shetty, a well-known Chartered Accountant in Mangaluru, who is a well-wisher of Sahyadri family since its inception had also accompanied them.
EVERI is a leading Multinational U.S based Company with diverse collection of brilliant and talented individuals committed to giving patrons and operators alike a premium experience on the casino floor. The company has a dynamic team of accountants and artists, engineers and visionaries. They are into process of dream, design, program, and build and follow core Values of Transparency, Collaboration, Passion, Integrity, Strength, Innovation, Inspiration, and Quality. In India, they have their branches in Chennai, Mangaluru and Hyderabad. The officials of the company were delighted with the Initiatives and Start-ups at Sahyadri and appreciated Industry-Academia approach of the college. They are looking forward to have an association with Sahyadri, for the collective efforts towards the Student’s Development.
Alumni of CSE brings laurels to Sahyadri
 Ms. Varsha Shetty from 2018 passed out batch of Computer Science & Engineering, placed in ITC Infotech, Bengaluru along with 8 other fellow Sahyadrians were trained and allocated to different projects in their company. Varsha was selected to work for one of the major banking project. She was given spot award last week recognising her effort put up in completing critical releases on or before time. She is the first girl below 25 years who is sent to onsite project to Jeddah, KSA.
Flutter Workshop by Developer Student Club
The beginning of a series of Flutter workshops took place on Sunday, 29th September 2019 with Developer Student Clubs (DSC) Sahyadri, which is affiliated to Google Developer Groups, taking up a day’s worth of sessions on the new framework for iOS and Android development by Google. Melwin Lobo and Adithya Suvarna from Computer Science & Engineering were the speakers of the event. The sessions covered the basics required to build an app with Flutter. This workshop will be continued on next Sunday with in-depth information on Flutter.
Game of Codes organized by IEEE SB-SCEM
 On the account of IEEE Day, the IEEE Student Branch of Sahyadri organized “Game of Codes”, a coding event open to all the branches. A total of 108 students had registered for the first round. The first round was a technical MCQ’s round which was hosted in HackerEarth – a coding avenue. The top 25 students of the first round then competed in the second round hosted in HackerRank, which had three coding scenarios to be solved. On completion of the event, the best coder Hussian Muhammad Billal of fifth semester-Computer Science & Engineering was adjudged as the “King of Codes”.
ISE Students on an Industrial Visit to Software Technology Park of India, Mangaluru
 Dept. of Information Science & Engineering organized an industrial visit to Software Technology Park of India, Mangaluru for the fifth semester students on Sep 17th ’19. Students got to know the significant progress in nurturing the growth of Software Industry after the establishment of STPI Centre in Mangaluru. They also received heads-up on entrepreneurial skills, project implementation and practical approach to understand certain theories dealt in class. The infrastructure consists of NOC working area, Incubation facility, Spacious Conference Hall, Networks Monitoring System and Library. Prof. Jayapadmini Kanchan and Prof. Prakhyath Rai accompanied the students for the visit.
Fourth Session on Future Skills - AI/ Big Data
Sahyadri Future Skills - AI/ML Big Data organized its fourth session on 28 Sep’19. The session focussed on enlightening the knowledge about Artificial Neural Networks. Prof. Duddela Sai Prashanth facilitated the session with a group activity. Each group came up with a problem and how it can be solved using Machine Learning. The session was then followed by a talk on Artificial Neural Networks. This presentation has helped the participants to understand the functioning of Artificial Neural Networks.
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