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OCTOBER 14 - 19, 2019 |
Sahyadrians recruited by Cognizant
A total of 50 students were recruited by Cognizant for the position of Programmer Analyst Trainee, in the recently held Campus Recruitment Drive. At this, Sahyadri stands to have the maximum number of students recruited by this company in the entire Mangaluru region.
Out of the fifty students recruited, a record number of 31 students are from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, nine are from the Department of Information Science & Engineering, seven from the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering and 3 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The pay package offered is Rs 4 Lakhs per annum.
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication - Center of Excellence (CoE) Facility at Sahyadri Campus
 
On the account of Innovation Day Campaign and 88th birth anniversary celebration of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM) in association with Research Design Lab (RDL) Pvt.Ltd and under the banner of Sahyadri Institute Innovation Council (IIC) inaugurated the in-house Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication Lab Center of Excellence (CoE). PCB an essential component of all electronic devices, gadgets, Mobile, Laptop, TV, UPS, etc. PCB integrates various components to make the complete product. To date, students of SCEM for the projects and RDL for proof of concept (POC) had to depend on external agencies for realizing the circuit which consumes time, cost and efforts.
On this occasion Prof. Dr. Manjappa, Director of Research and Consultancy & President of IIC; Prof. Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal inaugurated the PCB lab facility and conveyed their best wishes to all the stakeholders in the campus. Mr. Raghavendra G Shetty, Founder and CEO, RDL Technologies; Dr. Ashwath Rao, HOD-ECE and Dr. Anush Bekal, In-charge Industry Connect & Vice President of IIC along with staffs of RDL and students of SCEM were present during the occasion.
This lab will enable idea to rapid prototyping for both single and double side PCB’s in less than 30 minutes and facilitate Industry Connect Program to provide hands-on experience with PCB fabrication. Additionally, this facility will help RDL reduce POC delivery time and improve customer response and satisfaction.
The prestigious event Hacktoberfest HackNight hosted at Sahyadri
 
In order to celebrate the month of open source with Hacktoberfest, Sahyadri Open Source Community (SOSC) in association with Aptra Technologies Pvt Ltd hosted the event Hacktoberfest HackNight at Sahyadri during 12th to 13th Oct’19. Dr. R. Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal, presided over the event. Prof. Prashanth Dudella, SPOC Coordinator-Smart India Hackathon, and Ms. Navya Bhat, Chairperson–SOSC, were also present.
Sahyadri Open Source Community (SOSC) is a community driven by tech enthusiasts and open-source contributors, to help young students to be part of the open-source ecosystem by providing training and skill development.
In his address, Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte spoke on what Hactoberfest is all about and encouraged students to participate wholeheartedly. Prof. Prashanth Dudella, spoke about the importance of hackathons and gave insights on how to crack Smart India Hackathon.
The main event started off with a workshop followed by an 18-hour Hackathon wherein more than 120 students got together as teams and worked on projects under various real life problem statement given by organizations. The projects were then open sourced through GitHub paving way for new open source contributors to be born. There was also an opportunity given to the participants to solve problem statement and get Internship in Aptra.
Winners of Hacktoberfest 2019: Team X to Infinity, comprising of Abhijit Serigara, Deepak Nayak, Ullas Kunder and Saurabh Shetty from SMVIT College, Bantakal.
Runners-up: Team Dream Skill, comprising of Abdul Raquf, Muhammud Shayiz, M. Elambilat and Vishnu Bhagiratan from PA College of Engineering, Mangaluru.
Best Freshers’ Project: Fawad Abid Hussain and Vishnu N.V., from Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru.
Inauguration of CLOUDS 2019-20
 
Dr J V Gorabal, Head of Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering inaugurated the activities of Computer Legends of Unified Department @ Sahyadri (CLOUDS) for the Academic Year 2019-2020. He delivered the inaugural speech and welcomed the second year students into the department. Prof. Sudheer Shetty, Dean–Examination, addressed the students and spoke on the importance of National Board of Accreditation. Prof. Shailesh Shetty S, Staff Coordinator, Mr. Darshan Shetty, Vice-President–CLOUDS and Ms. Anvitha Rai, General Secretary-CLOUDS were present on the occasion. Academic Toppers were felicitated at the event.
The formal function was followed by cultural events from staff and students. Variety competition was conducted among the students of various sections of Computer Science & Engineering in which students of ‘B’ Section, 5th Semester, emerged as winners. Students of ‘C’ Section were runners-up.
Director-MBA invited as Chief Guest for the POSH Train-The-Trainer Workshop
 
Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director-MBA was invited as a Chief Guest for the Train-The-Trainer Workshop on POSH organized by Swastika Consultancy Services on 11th Oct'19 at Ocean Pearl, Mangaluru.
Prof. Sushma V along with two of the MBA HR students - Ismail Rishan and Josvina Machado attended the workshop as participants. Prevention Of Sexual Harassment (POSH) is the need of the hour and the Act of 2013 requires that every organization with 10 or more women employees should strictly adhere to the POSH Guidelines.
The team intends to facilitate an Awareness Programme on POSH at Sahyadri for its staff members and are also exploring opportunities to conduct Training Programmes on POSH to other organizations as well.
MBAs conduct Training as a part of their Curriculum Assignment at Government First Grade College, Bantwal
 
As a part of the Assignment in Learning & Development Subject, HR Students of 2nd year MBA facilitated a Training Programme for the final year B.Com and M.Com students of Government First Grade College, Bantwal. The sessions aimed to improve Communication Skills. Students shared insights on performing in a Group Discussion and also imparted activity-based session on Interview Skills through Mock interview. They also shared tips on how to crack an interview and conducted team building activities emphasizing on the importance of Team Work.
MHRD’s Sahyadri Institute Innovation Council (IIC) Meeting held
 
The first meeting of the Sahyadri Institute Innovation Council (IIC) which was inaugurated last month for the Academic Year 2019-20 was held in the presence of Head of Institute – Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte; President of IIC – Dr. Manjappa Sarathi; Vice-President of IIC – Dr. Anush Bekal and the rest of the Council Members on 16th Oct’19. The Calendar of Events planned for this academic year was discussed along with the Roles & Responsibilities of each Council Member of IIC.
IIC Members for the Academic Year 2019-20
| Position |
Name |
| Head of the Institute |
Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte |
| President of IIC |
Dr. Manjappa Sarathi |
| Vice President & Convener |
Dr. Anush Bekal |
| Stat up Activity Coordinator |
Mr. Prashanth Sai Duddela |
| Internship Activity Coordinator |
Dr. Mahesh Davanageri |
| IPR Activity Coordinator |
Dr. Rathishchandra R. Gatti |
| NIRF Coordinator |
Dr. Rajesha S |
| ARIIA Coordinator |
Dr. Rajesh Shetty |
| Social Media Coordinator |
Ms. Sushma V |
| Innovation Activity Coordinator |
Ms. Navya D Rai |
“India First Leadership Talk Series” LIVE streamed at Sahyadri
 
Institute Innovation Council of Sahyadri, established by the Ministry of Human Resources Department (MHRD), organized a LIVE streaming of “India First Leadership Talk Series” on 12th Oct’19. The session was delivered by Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The theme of the Talk Series was “Innovation for Resurgent India”.
Faculty members and students attended this live session.
Dr. Pokhriyal began his talk on the importance of time management. He explained to the audience that there is no substitute for time management, whatsoever. If one needs to succeed, one needs to manage time effectively.
Moving ahead, questions like the importance of leadership skills and what exactly are leadership skills, were addressed. This indeed helped everyone present, to understand the term leader and leadership in depth.
Dr. Pokhriyal also shared his daily schedule with the audience and highlighted the importance of writing in his life. He encouraged everyone to find out that one thing which motivates them and very beautifully explained why and how one needs to stay motivated.
The current scenario in the education system was discussed with special emphasis on practical learning and the need to produce more and more entrepreneurs as compared to the managers.
The talk proved to be of great help to all present there. It provided a vision, motivation and a will to achieve anything and everything in the coming days and make our nation a better place to live in.
Sahyadrians secure First Place in Folk Dance Competition organized by Infosys
Second Year engineering students participated in the folk dance competition named “PRISM-catch the light” conducted by Infosys, Mangaluru on 15th Oct’19.
Listed below are the names of participants:
| Electronics & Communication Engineering |
Shibhani B Kunder |
| Sannidhi |
| Shradha S. Rai |
| Information Science & Engineering |
Maithri Vishnu Hebbar |
| Apoorva Rao B. |
| Neha S. |
| Shravya |
| Rohith |
| Computer Science & Engineering |
Kavya Shetty |
| Avijna S.G. |
| Ashwija |
The students were accompanied by Mr. Naveen Pilar, Cultural Coordinator.
Sahyadri team secured first place in the competition and raised the name of the college a step above.
MBAs attend Outbound Training at Nature Bound Sahyadri, Ankola
 
A total of 125 students from first year MBA accompanied with 3 faculty members participated in the “Outbound Experiential Business Management Training Module” at ‘Nature Bound Sahyadri Camp’ in Ankola. The course was organized for value forming experiences through adventure and challenge, Compassion and Service, Learning through experience and social and environmental responsibility.
The course facilitated experiences through activities and games to get a practical insight to individual behaviour and group dynamics. The purpose was to reflect upon desired responses and experiment them in real time situations and further reflect on what to expect from future experiences. The students were divided into nine teams and each team was allotted with a trainer. As soon as the students entered into the camp they had to deposit all the gadgets and hence had to stay away from digital life for three days. The students also had to stay in tents.
The whole-day event included activities related to communication, adventure, scavenging and navigation in forest using navigation compass. It also included briefing sessions on personality development, smart thinking, development and application of strategies.
The students had to challenge themselves when they were tested with physical endurance and also logical thinking. Students returned with a positive feedback and also expressed their confidence to stay away from the digital gadgets for more hours. The course has definitely brought in changes in personal and professional behavioural pattern of students and helped in reinforcing the theories and principles studied in the classroom.
Second Year MBAs conduct Placement Training for 1st Year Engineering Students to execute their Assignment in HR
 
The HR students of 2nd year MBA conducted a Placement Training for the 1st year Engineering students of all sections as a part of their Assignment in Learning & Development Subject. The objective of the assignment was to deliver the theory learnt in class in terms of Training Process from Planning till Implementation stage including follow up & Feedback.
They covered topics on Communication, Resume Building, Group Discussion and Face to Face Interview. They also conducted Mock GD and Face to Face Interview which enhanced the learning outcome.
Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign - An effort to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer
 
In commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Sahyadri NSS Unit and Sahyadri Women's Cell in association with A.J. Hospital & Research Centre, and A.J. Cancer Institute, Mangaluru in collaboration with Indian Cancer Society, Bengaluru, organized the "Breast Cancer Awareness Talk" on 17th Oct’19. The talk was essentially for the female teaching, non-teaching staff and students.
The Talk was delivered by Dr. Rachan Shetty, Consultant Oncologist, A.J. Cancer Institute, Mangaluru. Dr. Rachan Shetty comes with an extensive experience in solid tumour oncology, treatment of breast, lung, liver, gastrointestinal, head and neck and gynaecological malignancy.
In his talk, Dr. Rachan Shetty explained in detail about the causes of breast cancer, risk factors, screening methods, early detection and the need for a reliable permanent cure. While talking about breast cancer statistics, he said that Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the second most common cancer overall. Every year, over a million cases of breast cancer are reported.
Dr. Shetty effectively responded to the questions asked, by which the audience got clarification and enhanced their knowledge. A video on self-examinations, mammograms and other tests was also played for the benefit of the audience, in order to support the spoken words.
Ms. Shreelatha U.A, Academic Administrative Officer & NSS Programme Officer; Prof. Jyothi F. Serrao, Associate Professor, Department of Physics; Mr. Dileep Kumar, Medical Social Worker and Counsellor, A.J. Hospital and Research Center; Ms Shaila Lobo, Mr Ranjan and Ms Kavitha, Representatives, Indian Cancer Society, Bengaluru were present.
Sessions on Design Thinking for Sector-specific Solution
 
Mr. Johnson Tellis & Mr. Gautham Nayak conducted a session on Design Thinking on 14th Oct’19 for the 2nd Year students of Information Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering. In this session, students were asked to choose different sectors in which they would work for the next 3 years. This helps the society to lead a better life. They were also called upon to be aware of the various problems affecting Dakshina Kannada District and were advised to come up with solutions that could impact the region.
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Team Challengers win 2nd place in Aeromodeling competition at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
Team Challengers won 2nd place in Aeromodeling competition Aerodominator held at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore. The team members comprised of Shamanth S. Gowda, student of 4th Year Electronics & Communication Engineering along with 1st Year students - Akshay B. Rao, S. Shashank Tholpady and Prakyath H.N. The team members also interacted with students of various technical clubs of VIT.
Sahyadrians recruited by Juego Studio
Ms. Tanushree, a student of Information Science & Engineering has been recruited for the position of Software Development; Ms. Ashwini, a student of Computer Science & Engineering has been recruited for the position of Software Testing; two MBA students - Ms. Sanjana Cion and Ms. Suhasini Shankar B. have been recruited for the positions of Business Development Executive by Juego Studio during the campus recruitment drive held on 3rd Oct’19, for the outgoing 2019-2020 batch.
Sahyadrian recruited by Semnox Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Ms. Fiona D'Souza from the Dept. of Information Science & Engineering was recruited by Semnox Solutions Pvt Ltd. for the position of Development Stream in the Campus Recruitment Drive held on 9th Sep’19.
Sahyadrian recruited by Rakuten India
Riya Batra from Computer Science & Engineering has been recruited by Rakuten India in the Campus Recruitment Drive held on 12th Sep’19, for the position of Technical Intern. The selected interns will work in multiple departments like ECOM, Financials, Mobility, Data Science, Media & Sports etc.
Based on the internship, after conversion, the salary will be between Rs. 6-9 Lakhs per annum.
First Year Engineering excel at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamilnadu.
A total of 21 First year students from Clan Mudita, under the mentorship of Mr. Sumanth of 2nd Year Information Science & Engineering, and Mr. Akhilesh of 2nd Year Computer Science & Engineering, participated in Gravitas-19 organized by VIT, Vellore.
The team won prizes in the following events:
• 1st place in Chem-e-car
• 1st place in De-Melt
• 2nd place in Aeromodelling
• 4th place in Chem-e-fountain
• 5th place in Chem-e-light
First Year engineering students to participate in:
'ATMOS-19' at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Hyderabad
A total of 21 First Year Engineering students of ‘Clan Udgam’ will be participating in ‘ATMOS-19’, Technical Fest to be held during 18th to 20th Oct’19 at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani - Hyderabad.
The team is mentored by Kiran Kumar and Vinay Kumar of Second Year Electronics & Communication Engineering. The students will be participating in events such as Law Follower, I-Navigator and Sequential Co-op.
'Tathva-19' at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut, Kerala
A total of 25 First Year Engineering students of ‘Clan Samanvaya’ will be participating in ‘Tathva-19’, a Technical Fest to be held during 18th to 20th Oct’19 at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut, Kerala.
The team is mentored by Hassan Rashid and M.H. Shahas from Second year Mechanical Engineering. The students will be participating in events like Death Race, Dirt Race, Line Follower and Robo Soccer.
First-year Engineering students excel at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
A total of 24 First Year students from Clan Utkarsh, under the mentorship of Mr. Nihal Sanil, student of 2nd Year Mechanical Engineering participated in I-Fest organized by Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. They have bagged the best BOT award.
'Amalthea-19' at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT), Gujarat
A total of 18 First-year Engineering students of ‘Clan Rachit’ will be participating in Amalthea-19, a Technical Fest to be held during 18th to 20th Oct19 at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The team is mentored by K Samarth N. Kamath from Second year Computer Science & Engineering. The students will be participating in events like Robo quest and Chem-e-car.
'Engineer-19' at National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal
First year engineering students of ‘Clan Udbhav’ - 18 in number will be participating in Engineer-19, a technical Fest to be held during 18th to 21th Oct’19 at National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal.
The team is mentored by Kaushik and Renil from Second year Computer Science & Engineering. The students will be participating in events like Light of Seven, Bot, Hockey, Trailblazer and Perfect Machine.
Sahyadri Women’s Weight Lifting team emerges as Champions at Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Annekal, Bengaluru
In the VTU 20th inter-collegiate weight lifting competition held at Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Annekal, Bengaluru, Sahyadri Women’s weight lifting team emerged as Champions, bagging medals in the following categories.
1. Deeksha P. won 1st place in 49 kg category
2. Ann V. Mariya won second place in 55kg category
3. Vaishnavi D.K. won 1st place in 59 kg category
4. Swathi won 1st place in 64 kg category
Furthermore, Deeksha P., Vaishnavi D.K., Swathi and Namrasha N. Ganiga have been selected for All India Inter University Weightlifting competition.
Second Year Engineering student bags Silver Medal
Shashank R of Second Year Mechanical Engineering has won silver medal in Taekwondo 63 kg category, in the VTU Inter-collegiate Taekwondo Competition.
The competition was organized by GAT, IT, Bengaluru during 17th to 18 Oct’19.
Campus Recruitment Drive - SLK Software Services Pvt Ltd.
SLK Software Services Pvt Ltd. conducted a Pool Campus Recruitment Drive on 16th & 17th of Oct’ 2019, for the engineering students of 2020 outgoing batch. A Six -member recruitment team from SLK, were at the campus to facilitate the entire process. Around 800 students from pool colleges participated in the Drive.
Eight students from Sahyadri were selected.
“Dotnet core and Multithreading” - Industry Expert Talk
The Dept. of Information Science & Engineering organized an industry expert talk for the third year students on 12th Oct’19. Mr. Vasudevan, Software Engineer, RSA, Bengaluru, was the resource person. He has an industry experience of 4 years.
Mr. Vasudevan took up a session on “Dotnet core and Multithreading”. He briefed the students regarding the current industry needs, importance of good practices in programming and new project ideas. He gave a glimpse of the projects he is currently undertaking at RSA. He also stressed on the fact that learning is a never-ending process and called on the students to inculcate the habit of learning new things.
Expert talk on Agriculture held as a part Social Innovation Programme
As a part Social Innovation Program, an expert talk on Horticulture Sector was held in campus on 18th Oct’ 2019. Mr. Sathyashankar K. and Mr. Muralikrishna K., founders of Kalpa Agri Service, Puttur addressed the first year engineering students. Kalpa Agri Service along with ARS Engineering has developed a coconut dehusking machine which can dehusk 800-1000 coconuts in one hour.
The founders gave awareness about various value added products that can be developed from coconut. They also stressed the importance of mechanization in horticulture sector and motivated the students to develop solutions that can add value to the farmers in the region.
Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt (SSTH) Ideation event at Lady Hill Victoria PU College
In order to encourage students in solving community-based problems and developing problem solving skills in them, an ideation event was facilitated by Mr. Gautham Nayak and Mr. Akshay P N at Lady Hill Victoria PU College on 17th Oct19. A total of 130 students attended the session which indulged them in different cases of Ideation - understanding the problems of stakeholders by doing inclusive research and eventually defining the problem to come up with a solution as a part of upcoming event Sahyadri Science Talent Hunt (SSTH). SSTH would witness 400 ideas at the Grand Finale focussing on community-based problems.
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