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Mr. Radha KrishnaDr. M. D. TiwariDr. D. L. PrabhakaraDr. B. S. AnamiMr. Shankar AlvaMr. Balakrishna BhandaryDr. Manjunath BhandaryMrs. Prasanna BhandaryMr. Devadas HegdeMr. Shashi Kiran ShettyMr. M. V. SubramanianMr. Jagannath ChowtaDr. U. M. BhushiDr. Antony A. J.

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Sahyadri Educational Institution has gone through leaps and bounds in the past year in order to provide professional and high quality education through its originality of conception, excellence of visual presentation and commitment to accuracy. Pertaining to this, Sahyadri has been acknowledged with numerous accolades from various other institutions,

enterprises and well wishers.The placement activities have been the probable highlight of the institution with over 130 reputed companies from diversified fields of engineering and management who have visited the campus providing employment opportunities for students at the UG and PG level. Sahyadri institute has initiated its streak of acquiring ranks and gold medals at the university level thereby attaining greater heights in academics. Sahyadri students also participated and won prizes in numerous national and international technical events like SAE Baja at Indore, Madhya Pradesh and Kshitij-15 at IIT Khargapur where events based on robotics, mechanical design and fabrication, circuit designing etc. were conducted.Additionally, the college has been ranked 83rd among top private engineering colleges and 35th among top B-schools in India by various surveys conducted by reputed organizations. However, Sahyadri still aspires to maintain the respect and interest owing to strengthen its commitment towards welfare of the society.The Faculty and Research team of Sahyadri is committed to maintain a high standard of research integrity that has always been a characteristic which represents its growth. The ultimate purpose is to engage and strengthen research activities by procuring effective funding from external funding agencies. In this context, the research standards are set forth to give research contributors a clear idea of what they can and should expect. Sahyadri students have continued their winning ways with extensive achievements in athletics, volleyball, badminton, throw-ball tournaments and other events. The institution, with a committed and driven staff headed by the able guidance of Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, has been the architect of motivation for staff and students alike, to achieve excellence in all fields.The current issue of this newsletter will take you through the outstanding achievements and activities of the last six months of the semester. The institute welcomes feedback and suggestions from readers.

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The 66th Republic Day was celebrated in Infosys revenue. present on the occasion. the Campus. Mr. Vasudev Kamath a In his address, he called upon the staff After the flag hoisting, Staff Sports Day B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from REC, members to inspire the students to was organized by the Department of Calicut, and now the Associate Vice- achieve success by quoting the example Physical Education. Prof. Umashankar B. President, Unit Risk Manager, Infosys of Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. He S., Dean Academic and Prof. Sudheer Limited, hoisted the flag. Mr. Kamath has also emphasized that the students should Shetty, HoD, Department of Computer been with Infosys for nearly 19 years, be problem finders instead of just being Science & Engineering gave away the worked for Marquee clients based in US problem solvers. prizes for the winners of various events. and is responsible for risks arising from Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman and projects being delivered for nearly 50% of Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal were also

Sahyadri Celebrates Republic Day

Dr. Pavana Prabhakar, Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department, University of Texas at El Paso and daughter of Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, Director, Sahyadri Educational Institutions, has been awarded the “Best Young Researcher” by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), The United States of America, through its Young Investigator Research Program for her research work on `A Novel Multiscale Design of Interfaces for Polymeric Composites and Bonded Joints using Additive Manufacturing.' She is a Professor of the University of Texas and is sponsored by our Chairman.Dr. Pavana Prabhakar earned her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering (Structures), University of California, Berkeley, B.Tech. Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. She has received several honours and awards and her research papers have been published in international journals.

Dr. Pavana Prabhakar Receives “Best Young Researcher” Award

Ms. Deeksha Bhandari has secured admission in one of the premier institutions, the London School of Economics (LSE) to do her postgraduate program. She has completed her Bachelor of Arts, in Economics, Psychology and Literature at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Her higher secondary education at Rishi Valley School, Madanapalli, which follows Jiddu Krishnamurthy's Philosophy of over all development has helped her reach the Student Council as the Vice President of Mount Carmel College, and one of the main organizers of their Cultural festival, called Cul-ah. She is also the elected General Secretary for the Indian Youth Congress, Shimoga Parliamentary Constituency.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and former President of India K. R. Narayanan are the alumni of LSE. LSE is closely associated with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.

Ms. Deeksha Bhandari Secures Admission in London School of Economics

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The fifth Graduation Day for the passed out 2013-14 proud to witness this occasion. She said that it was batch of students of M.Tech., MCA and B.E. and the sixteen years of hard work that has culminated in this 2014-15 batch of B.E. students of Engineering was day. They were fortunate and blessed that they could held in the Campus. 675 students took an oath and celebrate their success. Mrs. Mathews called upon received their graduation certificates from the Chief the graduates to be thankful to parents, teachers and Guest. Around 250 parents and relatives of the well-wishers for their success. She asked the students were present to witness the honor’s. graduates to learn from their mistakes and drawbacks

and to perfect the subject knowledge and to spend Mrs. Rekha Mathews, Head-India Campus some time to improve their skills. She said that the 3 Relationships, UST Global was the Chief Guest. She I's for success were Insights; to know one's purpose holds a B. Tech. Degree in Civil Engineering from and have a goal, Inspiration; work with passion and be College of Engineering Trivandrum, PG Diploma in passionate entrepreneurs and have integrity in computerized Management and PG Diploma in whatever one does. She said that the initial years Marketing Management. She has 23 years of after graduating are for learning and it has to be experience in the areas of Media, MIS, Business continuous learning which is the key to success. She Operations Management, International Business, cautioned that when one is successful one has to Imports & Exports Management, Merchandising, HR repeat success, only then will one remain successful. Management, Recruitment and Training. She has In today's world, to remain successful, one has to run been working with the UST Global heading India faster than yesterday otherwise, one will be Campus Relationships for the last 5 years and is overtaken by a more competent person. She wished mainly responsible for fresher recruitment and the graduates all the best for the future and told them campus activities in India.to grow wings of passion like a butterfly and fly with Mrs. Rekha Mathews in her address called the their passion.graduates ̀ Young Super Heroes' and said she was very

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Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, in FAIL should not be taken literally but it is of success, it takes hard work and grit his presidential remarks said that he was to be read as `First Attempt In Learning' determination to be successful. very happy to see so many students and that there are plenty of opportunities Dr. C. Ranganathaiah, Director-Research graduate on this memorable occasion out there. Dr. Bhandary called upon every gave the welcome address. Invited and he congratulated the graduates on graduate to be the Brand Ambassadors of dignitaries, the trustees, Mrs. Prasanna their achievements and the parents for the institution where ever they may be B h a n d a r y, S e c re ta r y, B h a n d a r y placing their trust in Sahyadri when they placed in life and to always uphold the Foundation, the parents, the press and chose this college four years ago for their name of the institution. media, the faculty, the staff and the children to pursue their professional students were present on the occasion.Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, in his studies. He told that, so far they were Students shared their experience of the vote of thanks congratulated the dependents but now they have become time they spent in the Campus and graduates and said that the institute was independent adults of society and able to expressed their gratitude to their alma proud of their achievements. In his advice make their own decisions; they can mater. The formal function was followed to the young achievers he said that with choose what is right and what is wrong. by a photography session. hands in the pocket it is not possible to He said that mistakes, failure and climb a ladder, one needs to hold on to it rejection are part of life and that the word to be able to climb; so it is with the ladder

It doesn't matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. - Jerry Zucker

Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management heights. He thanked the Chairman, Mr. Bhandary for celebrated its eighth College Day in the Campus. Mr. his constant support and his far-reaching vision that Neil Rodrigues, Senior Project Manager, Infosys Ltd., has made Sahyadri Educational Institutions what it is Mangaluru, was the Chief Guest. Speaking on the today. occasion, he said that he was honoured and happy to Prof. Umashankar B. S., Dean Academic in his be a part of the College Day celebrations. In his presidential remarks praised the students and the thought- provoking speech, he said that a lot of change is taking place all around the world; change that is good as well as bad. It is up to us to decide what change to embrace. He also said that technology too is advancing at a rapid rate and it is up to every engineer present on this occasion to use the right technology and to plan their projects where it will be beneficial to society at large. He wished the students and the institution well in the future. Dr. Antony A. J., Vice-Principal read out the report for the academic year 2014-15 and highlighted the many achievements and accolades received by the College. He laid out the future plans for the College especially the thrust given to research and development and faculty for their hard work and dedication. He said the setting up of the Nanoscience lab and the Fablab that change is going to happen in future for which exclusively for the students. He also declared that in students have to be ready. He further highlighted the the coming year, the Chairman, Mr. Manjunath importance of projects and research and going Bhandary has earmarked Rupees fifty lakhs for forward, the institution will become one of the best in student research projects. In his motivational speech, the field. he spurred the students on to achieve greater

On the second and concluding day of the College Day celebrations, Ethinic Day-2015 was celebrated in the Campus. Students came dressed in traditional attire. The highlight of the day was the crowning of Mr. and Ms. Traditional - 2015 which saw thirty students participating in the event. A set of two rounds was conducted and Mr. Shelton Rainer Pinto, Semester VIII, Civil Engineering was crowned Mr. Traditional, Mr. Ajay Raj M.P., Semester II, Computer Science & Engineering was the Runner-up. Ms. Panchami Pradeep, Semester VI, Computer Science & Engineering was crowned Ms. Traditional and Saudamini, Semester VIII, Electronics & Communication Engineering was declared the Runner-up. Various cultural programs and games were conducted by the students on the occasion.

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Academic toppers of each semester and Mechanical Engineering proposed the members, non-teaching staff and Best Outgoing Students of each branch vote of thanks. Ms. Shravya, Semester IV, students were present on the occasion. were felicitated by the Chief Guest. Mr. Computer Science & Engineering was the Students showcased their talent in a Gautham J. Shetty, President, Student Master of Ceremony. The Trustees, Ms. scintillating cultural programme all Council welcomed the gathering and Mr. Deeksha Bhandary, the Management, through the day. Royston D'Souza, Semester VII I , other dignitaries, the HoDs, the faculty

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Manjunath Thantri of Srinivas Institiute of Technology, Valachil, Mangaluru bagged the Third place. Dr. Suresh Ramaswamy Reddy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru and Executive Director, BITES, Ms. Shobha, Coordinator, TCS TechBytes, TCS, Bengaluru, Mr. Lloyd Saldahna, Quiz Master, Grey Caps, Bengaluru, Mr. Bhavik A. Shah, Grey Caps, Bengaluru were the guests present on the occasion. Staff

The 6th Edition of “TCS TechBytes”, a which six teams were selected for the coordinators of the participating colleges state level quiz competition for B.E / finals. were present. Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, B.Tech., and also the regional final round Principal, Prof. Umashankar B. S., Dean The First place was bagged by Mr. for the Mangaluru region was organized Academics, Prof. Prabhakara B. K., Hemanth G. and Minti Jyothish, of NITK, by the Board of IT Education Standards Coordinator for Mangaluru Region, Surathkal, Mangaluru. The Second place (BITES) and Tata Consultancy Services HoD's of various departments and faculty went to Mr. Arpan Kumar Mishra and Mr. (TCS) Bengaluru in the Sahyadri campus. members of Sahyadri College of Nabil Silva of MIT, Manipal and Mr. R. Alok Students of nineteen engineering Engineering & Management were also and Mr. Rahul Samani of NMAMIT, Nitte colleges (130 teams) participated in the present. along with Mr. Rajath Rao K. and Mr. first round of the regional finals out of

TCS TechBytes: 6th Edition State Level Quiz Competition

Mr. Sarfaraz Nawaz Khan H., HR - TAG, Campus Recruitment, Tata Consultancy Service and Mr. Sreenivasa Ramanujam, Academic Relationship Manager - Karnataka, TCS, visited the Campus. They addressed the final year students about TCS and the career opportunities at TCS. They also explained TCS' off campus online test procedure which would help them get through.

HR Personnel of TCS Addresses Students

• ranked 83rd among the top 100 private engineering colleges in a survey conducted by The Week magazine among private engineering colleges in India.

• The college Ranked 61st place in South Zone among top Private Engineering colleges in research survey by The Week Magazine and Hansa 2015.

• Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management has been ranked AA+ in the survey by Careers 360 Education magazine among Best Engineering Colleges for the year 2015.

• Master of Business Administration Programme (MBA) of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management has been ranked 35th in All India level Beyond IIM's Top B-School Survey-2015 conducted by Higher Education Review and featured one among the top 10 MBA Institutes in Karnataka.

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Poojya Gurumaata Amma, visited Sahyadri College of potential energy within him. She even sharpened the Engineering & Management and gave a discourse on minds of the audience by saying that, when mind is "Self Realization". Chairman Mr. Manjunath expanded, we can explore one's self . The discourse Bhandary in his introductory speech explained the sessions were conducted separately for the teaching importance of Self Realization. Poojya Gurumaata and non-teaching staff. Amma later in her discourse session, briefed about Poojya Gurumatha Amma is the founder and guiding self realization and emphasized that every man has light of the Sreedhara Sri Gudda Center for Self an unique mind and that he should shift thoughts Realization, Bangalore. She often travels around the from the mind to the heart. She also emphasized world to meet devotees, delivers self realization talks about the attitude which we inherit, and stressed that and gives meditation and yoga retreats. we should love what we do. Amma also highlighted In the validectory, Poojya Gurumatha Amma was that man should think and act in order to realize the felicitated by Dr. Antony A. J., Vice Principal.

Spiritual Discourse on Self Realization by Poojya Gurumaata Amma

visited Sahyadri along with Mrs. Sadhana Srinivasan, based in the US and Mrs. Rajini Chandrashekar, based in the UK.Mr. Iyer graduated in Metallurgy from the College of Engineering, Pune. He serves in the board of BG Shirke Construction Technology Ltd. (Sri Lanka) . He has promised to connect Sahyadri to financial service organizations such as Goldman Sachs and several Civil engineering organizations. He is a well-wisher of Sahyadri and was happy to witness the ambience of

Mr. Sairam Iyer, Co-founder and Chairman of the the College and also appreciated the infrastructure leadership development and consultancy company, and facilities provided.Tatvã Leadership and Management Services Pvt. Ltd.,

Mr. Sairam Iyer visits Sahyadri

Ms. Sujatha Karunakaran, Deputy General Manager and Mr. Vasanth Shetty, Divisional Manager, Canara Bank, Circle Office, Balmata, Mangalore visited the Campus. They met and interacted with Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman. On their walk around the Campus, they appreciated the infrastructure and discipline of the College.

Dignitaries of Canara Bank Visit Sahyadri

Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has

no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance. - Dr. E. H. Brown

Sahyadri in Top 100 Ranking

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Tech Vision 2015, a two-day intra-collegiate project Quadracopters, Octo-copters, Multiengine test rig, competition was held in the Campus. The main wind energy pump, earthquake resistant building, objective of this event is to inspire the young minds of low-cost water filter to name a few. Around 12 the engineering students by providing them a external faculty members from other engineering platform to demonstrate their skills and knowledge colleges were invited as judges for this event.through projects. More than 50 Lakh rupees have First, second, third and consolation prizes were won been spent on Student Project Support Scheme by all the departments for their projects Some of the (SPSS) wherein the grants in terms of 5000, 10000, projects that won the first prize were for 25000 and 50000 INR are being provided to each of Reconditioning of VCR S.I. engine for performance the qualified student projects. More than 200 test using Ethanol blended Gasoline fuel, Plagiarism projects including SPSS and Non-SPSS projects, and detection tool, Implementation of modified apriori in VTU final year projects of B.E./M.Tech/MCA students HADOOP, Use of waste plastic in bitumen, Drowsiness were displayed. More than 500 students participated detection and electronic throttle control, Low cost in the event demonstrating their engineering talent. water filter for rural North-Karnataka (Non-SPSS), Diverse technologies were displayed such as ATVs, 3D Design and Fabrication of Hydramp, Smart belt for printers, 3D aerobic planes, Sai l planes, blind (NON SPSS).

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Mrs. Shreya Rai, M.Tech. in Computer Aided Design of Structures (CCS) has secured the Third rank with 84.67% in VTU and has been awarded the Gold Medal by VTU at the Annual Convocation.

M s . S h i m n a M . , B . E . Information Science & Engineering has secured the Eighth rank in the VTU examination 2013-14 by scoring 81.77% aggregate.

VTU Gold Medal and 3rd Rank VTU 8th Rank in Information Science

working and the steps to setup a FabLab. The session continued with interaction with students wherein they clarified their doubts concerning FabLab and its setup and also doubts regarding higher education at MIT. A FabLab is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication. The program began as a collaboration between the Grassroots Invention Group and the Center for Bits and Atoms at the Media Lab in the Massachusetts Institute

Mr. Henry G. Skupniewicz visited the Mr. Johnson Tellis, Semester VIII, of Technology with a grant from the College to engage with the management, E l e c t r o n i c s & C o m m u n i c a t i o n National Science Foundation. The FabLab faculty and students in setting up a Engineering in the presence of Dr. setup in Sahyadri campus will benefit the Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in the Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Dr. students in outsourcing their projects, Campus. Mr. Skupniewicz a graduate of Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal and Prof. help them in executing their projects and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Umashankar B. S., Dean-Academic and act as an online community for 24x7 (MIT), Boston, heads the FabLab in the faculty members. In the session held support. Ahmedabad. with the faculty, Mr. Skupniewicz gave a

brief introduction about Fablab, its Mr. Henry G. Skupniewicz was greeted by

Henry G. Skupniewicz of FabLab Visits Sahyadri

the Campus during the Infosys placement drive and carried the message of an apt institution for the students to study. Members, GM Group of Institutions, Davanagere, responded to their request and ascertained what makes Sahyadri distinct. They said, “The Vision and Mission of this institution can be seen in the Campus. We can also see it in the infrastructure, in the students, staff and management. In eight years it has achieved stupendous growth. If this pace continues, it will fall in line with premier Mr. Pandith Jaya Prakash, Governing Administrator, GMH PU College, institutes of repute within a decade.” The Counci l Member, GM Group of Davangere, visited the Campus along visitors appreciated the overall academic Institutions Davangere, Mr. M. Rafiq Raj, with Mr. Geo D'Silva, VTU Special Officer ambience of Sahyadr i Campus . Advisor, GM Group of Institutions, Mr. H. for Placement and Training. The visit was

N. Pradeep, Principal, and Mr. Rudrayya, facilitated by their students who visited

Dignitaries of GMIT Davangere Visits Sahyadri

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. - Unknown

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Finishing School Programme for Civil Engineers Valedictory of Finishing School Programme

The ten-day Finishing School Programme ̀ on Building Survey of Advancement of Concrete Technology”. It Construction, Supervision and Management' was followed by a talk on “Purpose of Finishing School organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Programme” by Er. Premananda Shenoy, Chief Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management in Consultant &Managing Partner, Roy &Shenoy association with Visvesvaraya Technological followed with Charline Stella Samuel,Neelakshi University, Belagavi, Association of Consulting Civil Joshi,Dr. K. S. Babunarayan,Er. Anirudh, Er. S. B. Engineers (India), Mangaluru Center, Indian Concrete Manjunath, Er. Siddesh Kamath, Er. B .V. Institute, Mangaluru Center, Ramco, Ultratech Rameshbabu,Mr. H. S. Varadarajan, Dr. Subhash C. Cements and CADD Centre at Sahyadri campus. The Yaragal,Er. Arunprabha, Dr. A. V. Pradeepkumar,Dr. B. programme was inaugurated by the chief guest Prof. M. Sunil,Er. M. M. Kamath, Er. Nageshputtaswamy, M. S. Shetty. The guests of honor were Er. Mr. Anil K. Pillai,Mr. Anil Hedge, Er. K. B. Keerthan RanganathAithal, Chairman, ACCE (I), Mangaluru Kumar,Dr. Gangadhar Mahesh in following days. Centre and Er. Anil Baliga. Prof. M. S. Shetty gave a presentation on the “Brief

appreciated the role of Finishing School Programme and emphasized strong need for development of engineering skills for Civil Engineering Students. All the participants were satisfied with the content, delivery, presentations and the topics covered during the programme. The main objective of the Finishing School was to upgrade the fresh engineering graduates as per industry requirements and help them to get better job opportunities. This will indirectly help industries as they can put the new The Valedictory session began with a Chief Guest highlighted the activities & recruits on the job without much short video presentation of ten days initiative taken by Department of Civil training.activities and events. Er. Anandakumar S. Engineering, Sahyadri College of

K, Managing Director, Master Plannery, Engineering and Management. Mr. Puttur was the Chief Guest. In his address M a n j u n a t h B h a n d a r y, C h a i r m a n

Mr. Rahul Kharge, son of Sri. Mallikarjun Kharge, former Minister of Railways and a well-wisher of Sahyadri visited the Campus along with his family. He completed his research from Indian Institute of Science and cleared the UPSC examination and was selected for the Indian Revenue Service. After the completion of training he resigned from the service as he found that the job did not suit his personality. Currently, he is an advisor for IT companies. He and his wife Arundhati Kharge, an Electrical Engineer graduated from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore appreciated the ambience and infrastructure of the College.

Mr. Rahul Kharge Visits Sahyadri

The 124th birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of Indian Constitution, was celebrated in the College on the 14th of April 2015. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, paid his respects along with the Principal, Dean, Heads of Departments, Staff and Students of the College.The special guest, Mr. Henry Skupneiwicz, an alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Co-ordinator of FabLab CEPT of Ahmedabad was impressed to know about Dr. B. R. Ambedkar; a jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who campaigned against social discrimination against the downtrodden.

Management, Staff and Students Pay Homage to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Polupanov from Kotel'nikov and Prof. Umashankar, Dean-Academics with other Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics of the faculty members from research department were Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, gave a special present. Prof. C. Ranganathaiah in his introductory talk to the sixth semester BE students of Electronics speech appreciated the caliber of Prof. Alexander and Communication Engineering. His talk mainly Polupanov for his research in Physics as well his ability emphasized the educational system in Russia and to venture into various other disciplines of learning as avenues available for higher education. He is a visiting well. professor to many reputed institutions like In a separate session after having interactions with Macquarie University, North Ryde, Austria and King's the students, Prof. Alexander Palupanov gave a College, London, UK. He also has worked at Moscow special lecture to the research faculty on his latest State University of Psychology and Education, IT paper on 'Recurrent sequences in solving the Department, Chair of Applied Mathematics. Schrödinger equation'. Prof. C. Ranganathaiah,Director of Research, Dr. U. M. On his walk around the Campus, Prof. Alexandra was Bhushi, Principal, Prof. Richard Pinto from IIT-Bombay deeply appreciative of the beauty of the Campus.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Polupanov of the Russian Academy of Sciences Visits Sahyadri

the institute and all its stakeholders the very best and prayed for its growth from strength to strength. Procam International is a full-fledged sports management company, involved in the promotion of national and international sporting events, sports consultancy and l ive te lev is ion programming. Procam has promoted and conducted over 45 world events in the last 23 years. These prestigious events have elicited player participation of the

Mr. Vivek B. Singh, Jt. MD, Procam institute and were very impressed with highest calibre, as well as huge public International Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, the facilities provided at Sahyadri. Mr. interest. Mr. Vivek Singh is associated accompanied by Mr. Anand Louis Vivek B. Singh expressed his pleasure for with The Standard Chartered Mumbai Menezes, Mr. Hugo Van Den Broek and having visited the Campus. He also added Marathon, the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Mr. Satish Pillai visited the Campus and that Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, a friend of and the TCS World 10K in Bangalore; interacted with the Chairman and the his is a visionary and his passion is three of the most prestigious distance Principal. On their walk around the obvious and visible. The students and running events in the world. They are premises they appreciated the excellent faculty have an excellent atmosphere for accredited by the Association of infrastructure and ambience of the study and research activities. He wished International Marathons (AIMS).

academic year. The chairperson of SAE team Jerin David Varghese, gave his presidential speech. He enumerated the various activities of SAE BAJA 2015 and highlighted the benefits and areas of improvement. The Vice Chairperson, Mr. Anwar, spoke about the events which the SAE team wants to conduct for the coming academic year. He proposed the two main events: one is South India SUV motosport race and the other is the South India Aero design competition. The heads of the departments and faculty members gave their suggestions. Dr. U.M.

SAE team of Sahyadri College of Engineering and Bhushi, Principal, appreciated the plan and work of Management held an interactive talk with college SAE team and assured all support from the college.management briefing about the plan for the coming

SAE BAJA and SAE Aero Design Team Interact With the Principal and Faculty Members

Mr. Vivek B. Singh of Procam International Pvt. Ltd. visits Sahyadri

Alumni Meet 2015 was organised in the campus. Seventy latest technologies and the areas where students can alumni participated in the Meet. In the morning session, improve. Later in the evening, alumni board members were the alumni interacted with their juniors in the college on the selected for the next year. This was followed by games, importance of project, soft skills and technical skills. They cultural program and dinner. also addressed the faculty on corporate environment,

Alumni Meet 2015

Indian Institute of Science Representatives Visits SahyadriProf. Soumyendu Raha, Associate Professor and Dr. R. Venkatesh Babu, Ass i stant Professor in Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, visited the Campus and interacted with the staff.

A research paper entitled "Digital Resources and Services at SCEM, Mangalore" by Mrs. Bharathi K, Librarian, has been published online and in print in the International Journal of Digital Library Services Vol. 5, Issue. 1, Jan-March 2015.

Publications by Faculty Members

Mrs. Jyothi F. Serrao, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics has presented a research paper titled “Crystal and Surface Structural Studies on Spin Coated Ga-doped ZnO thin films” in the International Intra-disciplinary Conference on the Frontiers of Crystallography IICFC-2014, held at Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa College, Madikeri, Kodagu.

Bitsoft is specialized in E-commerce – Project Management and Micro & Small Business Management Solutions. Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management and Dr. A. P. Achar, Director, Department of Business Administration, interacted with them on the various issues related to enhancing the employability skills of engineering and management students during the course of their study. Dr. M. N. Shetty and Mr. Meghanadha Shetty agreed to extend their help in setting up a Centre of Excellence in Project Management. A detailed discussion on the proposal to set up the Center of Excellence in Project Management took place during the interaction.Dr. M. N. Shetty, Professor (Rtd.), IIIT, Kanpur and his son Mr.

Meghanadha Shetty, CEO, Bitsoft, Australia visited the Campus.

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National Technology Day 2015 was organized at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management by the Institution of Engineers, Mangaluru Local Centre, Institution of Valuers Mangaluru Branch and Kodagu, DK and Udupi Engineers Association. Mr. Ramesh Bhat N., General Manager, MCF Limited, Mangaluru was the chief guest who spoke about "Technologies in Fertilizer Industries". Dr. S. Shrihari, former Chairman and Mr. Mukundraj Pai, Manager IEI, Mangaluru Center, Dr. A. V. Hegde, Professor, NITK, Dr. Sunil B. M., Assistant Professor, NITK and faculty members attended this program.

Mr. Umesh M. V., Director-Human Resource, SPAN InfoTech (India) Pvt. Ltd., visited the Campus. In an interactive session, he addressed the pre-final year students on `The Things We Don't Get from Classroom Teaching and the IT Industry.' He spoke to the students about thinking outside the box, planning, t ime management, team work, assertiveness and the questioning ability. He also discussed about the IT and manufacturing industry. He covered various concepts like ITES, BPO, KPO, etc.

Corporate to Campus Team of Infosys Ltd. requirements, skills to be developed and conducted a workshop for pre-final year various avenues of growth for freshers in students of Computer Science & Infosys. Engineering, Information Science & Addressing faculty members of B.E. and Engineering, Electroncis & Engineering MCA the team discussed ways of guiding and Mechanical Engineering in the students to avail career opportunities. Campus. They organized ice breaker and They also emphasized on the scope for team building activities. The Infosys team non-IT streams in Infosys. addressed the students on corporate

Corporate to Campus Team of Infosys Ltd. organizes Workshop

Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, was invited as a resource person and the chief guest for the one week ISTE Approved STTP on “Implementation of Outcome Based Education (OBE) For Quality Enhancement In Technical Institutions” organized by AIKTC's School of Engineering & Technology and School of Pharmacy. He addressed on “Assuring Quality and Stimulating Innovation in Technical Education”. Audience spanned various engineering colleges of Maharashtra.

National Technology Day 2015

conductor Association) at the Leela Palace. The theme address was given by Padma Bhushan Dr. K Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, ISRO. Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Chhatisgarh, M.P, Dr. Ronald Black, President & CEO, Rambus Inc. and stalwarts of industry were present during the two-day conference. The themes for the two-day conference for discussion were Make in India - Vision to Reality, Transforming India -Movers & Shakers, Fuelling the Wheels of Change - the essentials: States –The Fulcrum of ESDM Policy Implementation, Realising Mr. Srinath M, COO & Professor, Dr. Molly Chaudhuri, Smart Cities with IoT, and Semiconductor Fab -The Head, Training and Prof. Girish M., MBA, attended the Opportunity, Challenges & Accelerators.IESA Vision Summit held in Bangalore. The Summit

was organised by IESA (Indian Electronics & Semi-

Faculty Members Attend IESA Vision Summit

Mr. Umesh M. V. of SPAN InfoTech (India) Addresses Students

CEO of Bitsoft Australia Visits Sahyadri

Sahyadri family deeply mourns the sad demise of our student Mr. Rathul S. A., Dept. of Civil Engineering. May his soul rest in peace and the Almighty give his family the strength to bear this loss.

Obituary

Principal invited as a resource person

Sahyadri Facilitates Written Examination for Karnataka State PoliceKarnataka State Police held a written examination in the Campus for the post of Police Sub-Inspector. A total of 955 candidates who got through the physical test took the written examination which was held in the morning and afternoon sessions. Mr. Vishnuvardhan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, supervised the examination along with his vigilant team. The City Police Commissioner conveyed his satisfaction and appreciated the co-operation from the management and dedicated staff members which made the process simple and systematic.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network. - Kevin Mitnick

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea

alone. This is the way to success. - Swami Vivekananda

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Sahyadri Students have won the first and students are now eligible to represent were taught to develop Object & Motion third prizes at the Zonal level of Vision Sahyadri College of Engineering & Detection Robotics, Line Follower Robot, Robotics workshop and competition held Management at the International GUI Switch Controlled Robot etc. on the 14th and the 15th of February Robotic Championship (RoboTryst-2015) Students were enriched by the vast 2015 conducted by Robosapeins Pvt. Ltd. IIT Delhi. technical experience of the two Research Robosapiens are India's leading Research Engineers Mr. Amit Bhatia and Mr. Nitesh During this workshop students were & Development in Robotics, Embedded from Robosapeins Pvt. Ltd. Delhi. provided hands-on experience and Systems, Quadcopter etc. Sahyadri exposure in the latest technologies. They

Sahyadrians win in Vision RoboticsEvent Results:First Prize Winners1. Roshin B. Varghese - VI Semester CSE 2. Vinusha - VI Semester CSE3. Bishwas Mishra - VI Semester CSEThird Prize Winners1. Wilma P. Puthran - IV Semester ECE2. Vikshith R. - IV Semester ECE3. Vinod R. - IV Semester ECE4. Sambhav - IV Semester ECE5. Sahana P. - IV Semester ECE

examination halls and the help she received to access her examination room. The exam conducted at Sahyadri College was very well executed. COMEDK (Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka) determines the merit of students seeking admissions to the undergraduate courses in the Member Institutions of the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust (KPCF). The COMEDK Entrance Test is an exercise to

College of Engineering & Management presentation given by the Sahyadri team shortlist candidates for grant of was one of the centres for COMEDK 2015. and the volunteer work done by the admission in a fair and transparent A record number of 1448 students took Sahyadrians. They expressed their manner. the test in 2 centers allotted to Sahyadri. appreciation of the open and friendly Dr. Swarup Hegde Professor from M.S. Students and staff of Sahyadr i atmosphere of the college. They were Ramaiah Dental College & Hospital, volunteered to help the students and c o m p l e t e l y s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e Bangalore and Mr. Manohar. C., Lecturer, their parents in all activities. Every a r r a n g e m e n t s m a d e f o r t h e i r Dept. of Physics, MES College, Bangalore comfort was provided to the visitors convenience and comfort. One of the were The Centre Observers from within the college campus. The visitors candidates appreciated the systematic COMEDK. appreciated the informative visual and organized arrangement of the

COMEDK UGET- 2015 at Sahyadri

Mr. Parthosarothy K Mukherji Chief Technology excellent contribution, he has won prestigious Govt. Officer, Sidel Systems USA visited Sahyadri and of India's Science & Technology award for innovative interacted with final year B.E students. He briefed Heat Exchanger & pollution control equipment. about the projects he has done and the project ideas He stressed upon the opportunities for mechanical which could be implemented at Sahyadri. He assured students in power sector companies. He gave an that he will guide the interested students to realize insight into innovative ideas relevant to mechanical their projects into final useable products. engineering which they could take up as final year He is a national & internationally renowned projects. technocrat, scientist & polymath whose work has He quoted the example of Mexican illegal immigrants encompassed multi-disciplines as diverse as Energy, in USA who had won a robotic competition at MIT and Environment, Chemical Engineering, Medical, said that there is potential in every individual. He sees Automobile, Computers across the world, working the same enthusiasm and intellectual innovation in with some of the finest Scientists, Engineers, our students as students in California and other USA Institutions & Organizations in these fields. For his institutes.

address the needs of the society. VTU-cSTPP is a venture in this direction.VTU-cSTPP encourages people to look technology with policy options. To understand right public policy is the fulcrum that facilitates technological inventions and encourages innovations in the society. To facilitate techno Policy at VTU to set two goals: The first is to create a right ecosystem for policy discourse, bringing researchers, technology experts & Niishit Sahay, Chief Mentor c-STPP(Center for practitioners, and student's community together in Science, Technology & Public Policy) visited Sahyadri order to contribute to policy debates, development, and interacted with Principal, Vice Principal, Deans and discussion across many areas of expertise, both and HOD's. He discussed various avenues of foreign nationally and internationally. The second goal is to collaborations that will aid students to get associated engage in research & training and create a pool of with renowned universities for their additional techno policy experts who can face the challenges of degrees.the globalized world. cSTPP try to link between Prelude to VTU-cSTPP: Nation's industrial technology and policy to connect the government development is a direct function of its public policy. and community. To endeavor in promoting Keeping this in mind, there is a need to examine collaborations between technology and public policy contemporary technologies and policy that affect the to address pressing needs of the society. social dynamics in the nation and around the world to

bring out latent technological potentials required to

Mr. Parthosarothy K. MukherjiCTO, Sidel Systems USA interacts with Sahyadrians

Nishit Sahay, Chief Mentor c-STPP VTU Belgaum Visits Sahyadri

Principal Conducts Workshopon TQM at MRPLDr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, was invited by MRPL (Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Ltd.) to conduct a Workshop at their Training Centre on `Total Quality Management - A Way to Eradicate Corruption.' Sixty employees from Engineers to Chief Managers attended the Workshop

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.- Bill Gates

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin

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On the occasion of the Esteem, Balanced Diet and Risks and Rewards in life. G i r l C h i l d D a y She also distributed stickers and posters on women ' M a n t h a n a ' - a n health.a s s o c i a t i o n o f Prof. Irene Veigas, Principal, Sahyadri Nursing College likeminded Sahyadrians was the President of the function. She spoke on organized a programme 'Women Awareness' and gave a call to the young girls 'Sakhi Samalochana- an to be careful and brave in the present society. She I n t e r a c t i o n w i t h narrated some stories and shared her personal Women' in the campus. experiences and said that the biggest weapon a girl Dr. Bhagyashree Baliga, can carry is assertiveness.M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B Mrs. Ranjitha, B, Coordinator, Manthana briefed (Diplomate National about the activities of the association in the last eight B o a r d ) O B G Y N , months and said that the unanswered questions in

Gynecologist, was the Chief Guest of the function. the young minds should be answered and such She is also a writer in vernacular magazines on platforms should be provided by the adults and the women's health and conducts regular workshops for institution. Dr. Savitha, HoD, Department of school girls on reproductive health and puberty. Chemistry, shared her views on the programme. The Dr. Baliga spoke on the topic 'Challenges for youth – session was followed by interaction and a Q&A Today and Tomorrow'. She discussed about the session. More than fifteen questions were raised by women health issues particularly on reproductive the students and were answered. Students had an health and puberty. She briefed about the Myths opportunity to view videos related to Women about puberty, Emotional Changes in Girls, Self Empowerment and Women Health.

A week-long Sahyadri Summer Camp was Camp. Panchayath President Mrs. Vrinda inaugurated at Meremajal Mandal Panchayat by the congratulated the children for having participated in participating children. Principal Dr. U. M. Bhushi, the Camp. Mr. Vinay T.S. and Mr. Sathya Prakash, President Mandal Panchayat, Meremajal Smt. Vrinda, Members of Karnataka State Trainers Collective and AAO Mrs. Sreelatha participated in the (KSTC) and Mr. Naveen Pillar, Coordinator, programme and wished all the participants luck. The Department of Art & Culture, Sahyadri College of resource persons engaged the children with group Engineering & Management and others were games, crafts, dance, and other activities. resource persons for the programme. Dr. Umesh M.

Bhushi, Principal wished best of luck and presented a Twenty-two children from four different schools gift to the children and welcomed them to visit the participated in the Camp. The students performed a Sahyadri campus. Mrs. Shreelatha U. A., AAO, play and song on Child Rights, exhibited Art and Crafts thanked each and everyone for their kind support and which they had prepared during the five days. The co-operation. children shared their happiness in participating in the

'Sakhi Samalochana' by Manthanaunderstanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science. The GATE score of a candidate reflects the relative performance level of a candidate. The score is used for admissions to various post-graduate programs (e.g. Master of Engineering, Master of Technology, and Doctor of Philosophy) in Indian higher education institutes, with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other government agencies. Recently, GATE scores are also being used by several Indian publ ic sector Sahyadri College of Engineering & for the examination for various streams undertakings (i.e., government-owned Management in association with Tata like Electronics, Mechanical, Civil, companies) for recruiting graduate Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Indian Aeronautical, Chemical, Architecture, engineers in entry-level positions. It is Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, Biotechnology, Mining, Agricultural, o n e o f t h e m o s t c o m p e t i t i v e conducted the computer-based test for M e t a l l u r g i c a l , P h a r m a c e u t i c a l examinations in India. the All-India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, etc.

Engineering (GATE-2015). A total of 400 GATE is an all-India examination that candidates from all over the country sat primarily tests the comprehensive

GATE-2015 in Sahyadri

Sahyadri Summer Camp Inaugurated at Meremajal Mandal Panchayat

On account of World Yoga Day Hegde spoke about the importance of to take part in the activity. Mrs. Celebrations on the 21st of June 2015, a Yoga in day-to-day life and explained how Shreelatha U. A., AAO, welcomed the week-long Yoga Camp was inaugurated one can be successful in life by practicing gathering, Ms. Ankitha Shetty, Assistant by the chief guests Mr. Srinath Hegde, Yoga. Smt. Jayalaxmi Hegde also Professor compered the program, Mrs. Convener, World Yoga Day Celebrations, appreciated the initiative taken by the N i t h i s h a R o d r i g u e s , D i r e c t o r, Mr. Narayan Shetty, Yoga Guru and Smt. management and motivated everyone to Department of Physical Education Jayalaxmi Hegde, President Abhyudhaya take part in the Camp. coordinated the program and Mr. Mahila Mandal, Adyar. Praveen Shetty, PRO proposed the vote of Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal encouraged all

thanks. Mr. Narayan Shetty and Mr. Srinath the staff, students and residents of Adyar,

Sahyadri Yoga Camp Inaugurated

Publications by Faculty MembersDr. Tenzin Pasang and Prof. C. Ranganathaiah have published entitled “Single and couple doping ZnO nanocrystals characterized by positron techniques” in Material Research Express, (IOP) UK. The paper was published in cooperation with research group of Prof. K. Byrappa, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University and the research group of Prof. Jim Williams, Centre of Excellence in Matter and Anti-Matter, Australia.

a research paper

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.- Walt Disney

traverse between the two poles and shoot the terrorists at the various floors. Akshay B Karanth first year ECE, Ravali G first year ECE, Suraj Shettigar first year CSE and Rohit Choudhary second year ECE were the participants. Three flyers John Nikhil Poyyayial final year ECE, Jagath Biddapa second year ECE and Navajeeth Karkera second year mechanical qualified for the zonal round of "Laws of Motion -Boeing National Aeromodelling Competition" and were among the top 30.The team consisted of 13 students and was accompanied by Megha. N, Assistant Professor

Students from Sahyadri College of Engineering and Department of ECE. The Tech Fest had several Management participated in the tech fest KSHITIJ -15 workshops, lectures, air shows, stunt shows, Envisage at IIT Kharagpur and bagged 'BEST MECHANICAL - Techno cultural fest. Events based on robotics, DESIGN' in the event 'CASCADE' among from hundred programming, electronic circuits designing, etc were teams. The task was to make a bot which could conducted by the coordinators.

Sahyadrians win 'Best Mechanical Design'in KSHITIJ -15 at IIT KHARAGPUR

The three-day Google Fest Mangaluru organized by Management who presided over the whole event. the Google Student Community saw the fest taking A game development workshop - "Game On", a one-off with the "Go Online" event, where participants day hands-on session on Unity platform for a simple were given a week's time to move around the whole three-dimensional game was held on the second day city to convince local businesses, enterprises, etc. to of the fest. The workshop saw thirty-two participants make their presence felt online by building front ends from four different colleges in Mangalore - Shridevi of websites, mobile apps, AdWords and gMap listings Institute of Technology, Karavali College of for them. Engineering, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil

and Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka. Mr. Another event, "Id8"; the design thinking session, was Vathsal Ambastha, Founder and MD of Firexit conducted by Karthik Ramakrishnan, Google Student Software along with his team conducted the day long Ambassador of Mangaluru. He gave the participants workshop. The event was held in collaboration with guidelines on to how to take forward their ideas on the Google Student Ambassador of Manipal, Tanay the given problem statement which was "A Agarwal. systematic feedback system for the customers

meeting the District Commissioner (DC) of The Rohan Corporation App Fair was held on the third Mangaluru." Thirteen teams (four from Sahyadri) and final day of the Google Fest Mangaluru. developed unique solutions to this same problem Participants from seven different colleges developed statement. The teams then presented their solutions mobile applications as per specifications given by The before a jury consisting of Mr. Ashwin, NIC Officer, Rohan Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Mangaluru and three DC's Office, Mangaluru, Mr. Suresh Agarwal, CEO, Shri teams were shortlisted to present their apps before Shyam Technica, Ahmedabad and Dr. Antony A.J., the IT team of the firm. The jury highly appreciated all Vice-Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering & three apps.

Three-Day Google Fest Mangaluru Held in the Campus

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VTU EXAMINATION RESULTS 2014-15FINAL YEAR BE

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Shruti S. Gangal Chandana Rao Rensi Raghunath N. K.

Shruti S. Gangal

Chandana Rao

Rensi Raghunath N. K.

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601

86.80

83.60

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Darshan Abhishek Nayak Raksha B. S.

Darshan

Abhishek Nayak

Raksha B. S.

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610

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Unaisa Begum Divya Kasturi Navyashree Shetty B.

Unaisa Begum

Divya Kasturi

Navyashree Shetty B.

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Paurav P. Shetty Gladson V. Barboza Roshan Rai M.

Paurav P. Shetty

Gladson V. Barboza

Roshan Rai M.

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Nagadeeksha Akshitha M. C. Ashwini N.

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The Project “Feasibility study and prototype design for biogas production in an engineering college from canteen food waste” by students of Civil Engineering under the guidance of Dr. Gautham Jeppu, Ms. Rashmishree K. N. and Mr. Umesh S. S., HoD, Department of Civil Engineering has been selected for a financial grant of Rs. 12000/- by Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology. Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) is a research funding organization under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka.

Mr. Deekshith, Semester IV, M.Tech.(CADS), Civil Engineering has won the First prize for his paper titled “An Approach on Optimization of Berth Structure at Port Sectors for Handling Bulk Cargo and Containers” in the Paper Presentation Competition at VISION-2015; National Level Technical Fest organized by K.V.G. College of Engineering, Sullia. Mr. Shelton Rainer Pinto, Semester VIII, Civil Engineering, won the First place in the Paper Presentation Competition at `Chakravyuh'; a National Level Inter- Collegiate Techno Cultural Fest organized by Alva's Institute of Engineering And Technology, Mijar, Moodbidri.

Mr. Chethan Kumar N. T., Assistant Professor and Shabareesh B., Semester IV student of the Department of Civil Engineering participated in the National Level Workshop on “Management Techniques of Rain Water Harvesting-Artificial Recharge Structures in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District of Karnataka,” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, Mangaluru Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE), Moodbidri, in association with Local CAFET-INN0VA Technical Society.

“SAMSTHITA-2K15 The Skill Expo.” and “ Kaushalya- Bengaluru , gave a technical talk on the topic “Cement 2K15” , a two-day technical event was organised by and Concrete “ for the Civil Engineering students of S a h y a d r i A s s o c i a t i o n o f M .Te c h . C i v i l higher semesters and for first year students. He spoke Engineers(SAMCE) and Sahyadri Pupil Association of about the opportunities available once they Civil Engineers (SPACE) at Sahyadri College of complete their post-graduation. He emphasised on Engineering & Management. Fifty projects were put the urge to learn and advised them on how to get into on display by all the participants of the Department of the civil engineering profession. Civil Engineering of Sahyadri College of Engineering During the Valedictory function prize winners were and nearby colleges. The exhibition was inaugurated awarded certificates and cash prizes.by Mr. Ranganath Aithal , Chairman, Association of “SAMSTHITA-2K15-The Skill Expo,” a technical fest Consulting Civil Engineers, Mangaluru Centre. Dr. was organized for the academic year 2014-15. Mr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal and Prof. Umashankar B. Vasudev Moorthy, Head, Tools Academy, S., Dean Academic. Mr. Ranganath Aithal interacted Bengaluru,the Chief Guest of the function with all the project teams and appreciated their ideas inaugurated the technical fest. and efforts and gave them many more ideas for the Following the formal inaugural function, Mr. Vasudev betterment of the project. Moorthy gave a talk on “Concrete - An insight into the Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Wonderful World” in the first session. He spoke about Foundation interacted with students. He also the practical applications of cement and concrete. motivated them to come up with more and more Giving some live examples, he made the session very ideas and continue their hardworking skill. He said interesting. Post-lunch, he addressed the topic that it is not academics which is the criterion to excel “Special Concretes for Special Application” which also but along with academics, talent, intelligence and turned out be a very interactive session. passion is very important. Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal and Prof. Umashankar B. S., Dean Academic interacted with the teams and also appreciated the participants for their work. The day-long events witnessed students showcasing their talent in projects like Shilpi, the model making, Veekshana, the video collage , Anveshana, IS Code Cracking and Jnana, the quiz competitions. They had the opportunity to interact with the guests individually. Mr. Vasudev Murthy, Head, Tools Academy,

engineering and on how an engineer analyzes and designs the structures. He also spoke about work ethics to the students. Ms. Rashmishree K. N., Student Co-ordinator gave a report of the activities of SPACE for the year 2014-15. The achievers in academic, sports and cultural were felicitated with achievement awards and a group of eleven students were specially awarded for their excellent involvement in the various departmental

The Valedictory function of SPACE Prof. Umesh S. S., Head of the events. (Sahyadri Pupil Association of Civil Department and the Guest of Honor of The students shared memorable Engineering); the student association of the function addressed the outgoing experiences of their four years spent in the Department of Civil Engineering, and students about life after graduation and Sahyadri, the Survey Camp they a farewell for the outgoing students of wished them well for the future. Prof. attended, about the class and the fun the civil engineering department was Purushotham C. T., Department of Civil moments that they shared with each held in the Campus. Engineering, gave an analogy about civil other.

“SAMSTHITA-2K15-The Skill Expo” by SAMCE and SPACE Associations

A research paper titled "Fuzzy Logic Based Assessment of Periodic Variation of Water Quality of Nethravathi River in Dakshina Kannada District " authored by Shelton Rainer Pinto and co-authored by Abith G., Tukarama and Ashmy Maria Pious, students of Semester VIII of the Department of Civil Engineering has been published in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering (IJIREEICE) Vol. 3 issue 4 (special edition) with Impact Factor 1.612.

Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, Director, Sahyadri Educational Institutions & Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering presented a technical paper at Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany. The paper “Stability Behaviour of Composite Laminates with and without Cutout under Non-uniform Edge Loads” is authored by Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, two professors of IIT, Mumbai and a research student.

Outgoing Students of Civil Engineering Bid Adieu

Director presentstechnical paper in Germany

Project selected by KSCST

Sahyadrians Win First Place in Paper Presentation

Faculty and Student Participate in National Level Workshop

Research Paper in International Journal

Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public

approval and often public money.- John Prebble

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The two-day workshop on “Cloud Computing” Mr. Sandeep Singh gave a brief overview about the organized by the Department of Computer Science & forthcoming sessions. Dr. U. M. Bhushi Principal, Engineering was inaugurated by the chief guest, Mr. stressed the importance of workshops and projects in Sandeep Singh, Technical Associate, Android App & his presidential address. Prof. B. S. Umashankar, the Cloud Computing Developer, Technophilia Systems. Dean Academic, was present on the occasion. Mrs. Prof. Sudeer Shetty, HoD, Department of Computer Ankitha K., Assistant Professor, Department of Science & Engineering, introduced the chief guest Computer Science & Engineering, delivered the Vote and welcomed the gathering. The event began with of Thanks. the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries.

Mrs. Priya R. Kamath and Mrs. Ankitha K., Assistant Professors Department of Computer Science & Engineering, attended a five-day Deep Dive Faculty Enablement Program on FP 4.0 in Infosys, Mudipu, Mangaluru. The faculty members who attended the programme were briefed about the changes in the content of the campus connect programme. They were given an overview about Computational Problem Solving, Object Oriented Programming using JAVA, Relational Database Management Systems, Web Technology and Software Engineering.

CLOUDS, (Computer Legends of Unified Department Department of Computer Science & Engineering, @ Sahyadri), Student Association of Computer Prof. J. V. Gorabal, HoD, Department of MCA, the Science and Engineering conducted “Orph-Help;” an faculty members and office bearers of CLOUDS were intra-departmental activity which is an initiative to present during the function. Competitions like movie help the elderly, orphans and differently-abled quiz, variety programmes were conducted for the people of the society. students and faculty members, paving an

opportunity for them to show their talents. The function was inaugurated by N. M. Sarma, VP & Head, Analytics & Insights, Tata Consultancy Services Event results: Winners of Movie quiz event:(TCS) who initiated the contribution by donating Rs. 1st place: Ms. Akruthi, Meghana Acharya, Akshatha 10,000. He said it was the best moment in any college (8th CSE- A). 2nd place: Mr. Vikas, Mr. Sarvesh he spent. Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal, Prof. B. S. Vishwakarma, Mr. Sunil (Staffs, Department of CSE)Umashankar, Dean-Academics, Mr. Francis V. J, Winners of variety programme: 1st place: 6th CSE-AAdministrative Manager, Prof. Sudheer Shetty, HoD, 2nd place: 8th CSE- A .

Mr. Sarvesh Vishwakarma, Asst. Professor of the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Investigation of Automated Video Surveillance Techniques for Human Activity Recognition & Modeling" at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad. His research interests include Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, and

Artificial Intelligence applied to unusual activity analysis and surveillance application. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and a Programme Co-ordinator of grant awarded for 'Karnataka Fund for Infrastructure Strengthening in Science and Technology in Higher Educational Institutions (K-Fist)-(Level-I)' scheme.

in the campus.Prof. Umashankar B.S., Dean Academics was the Guest of Honor. He emphasized that today's world is very competitive. He cited the example of the recent SSLC results where every student tries to outshine the other. The Annual Report of the club activities was presented by Gautham J Shetty. Awards were distributed to the toppers in the odd semester. The outgoing students shared their experience at Sahyadri.

The Valedictory function of the activities association of the students of Computer Cultural events were also organized. of CLOUDS (Computer Legends of the Science and Engineering, and a farewell Unified Department @ Sahyadri) - an for the outgoing students was conducted

Workshop on Cloud Computing Inaugurated in the Campus

ORPH-Help: To give is to receive

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Sahyadrian in final round of “All India Unisys Cloud 20/20 “

Mr. Jinto Thomas (M.Tech) CSE, project t i t l e d “ Ef f i c i e n t Resource Utilization in Hadoop on Virtual Machines” has made it to the All India level Unisys Cloud 20/20 student technical

project contest version 6.0 final round under the guidance of Prof. Manjunath Mulimani and Prof. Pavan Kumar V, Assistant Professors, Department of Computer Science & Engineering.

Deep Dive Faculty Enablement Program on FP 4.0

Anjali Bhandary, Ashwini Rai, Nagadeeksha, and Jayashree, Semester VIII students of Computer Science & Engineering along with Prof. Manjunath Mulimani, of the department, presented a paper titled "Nebula: Deployment of Cloud using Open source" at the Springer International Conference on Soft Computing System - 2015 organized by the Department of Electronics Engineering at Noorul Islam University , Kumarcoil, Kanyakumari Dist., Tamil Nadu.

Students and Faculty Member Present Paper in Springer International Conference

Registered for Ph.D. ProgramProf. Sudheer Shetty and Pavan Kumar V. of the Dept. CS&E have enrolled for Ph.D program under the guidance of Dr. A. P. Manu, Professor, Dept. of IS&E. Their research is in the area of cloud computing and its related security issues.

Inclusive Technologies were the topics covered during this mega event. This Symposium-Cum-Workshop highlighted that "A Smart City uses Information Technology to enhance performance and well-being, to reduce costs and resource consumption and also to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens". There is world-wide interest in Smart Cities and the Govt. of India has announced the formation of around 100 smart Prof. Manjunath Mulimani, Dept. of CS&E and cities to be developed in the future.Prof. Janardhana D. R., Dept. of IS&E attended a Prof. Vicki Hanson - Professor of Inclusive Symposium-Cum-Workshop on `IT Innovations Technologies- University of Dundee (UK), Dr. for Smart Cities' at IIIT-Allahabad. Automation Nathalie Mitton-Head- Self-Organizing Future and Embedded Software Engineering, IoT Ubiquitous Networks, Inria (France) and Prof. (Internet of Things), Cloud Computing, Service Artus Krohn-Grimberghe.- Head- AIS & BI- Uni. Oriented Architectures, Wireless Sensor Paderborn- (Germany) were the resource Networks, Predict ive mechanisms and persons. Recommender Systems, Big Data Analytics,

The outgoing students of the current academic and nature of job in the software industry. He also year of the department of Information Science & extended a helping hand from the department Engineering were given a farewell by STAISE; the side for any technical problems that they may student association of the department. Mr. Arun come across. The faculty members appreciated Kumar Nayak A., Project Manager, Infosys Ltd. was the students for their achievements in academics the Chief Guest. He addressed the outgoing as well as extra-curricular activities. On this students on opportunities in software companies occasion, outgoing students shared their views on and also briefed about the placement procedures. their academic journey at Sahyadri. The outgoing Prof. Manu A. P., the head of the Department, students were wished the best for a bright future.informed the students about the code of conduct

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Prof. Sourabh Prakash of the Department of Information Science & Engineering deputed to IIIT-Allahabad as a Research Scholar, attended a five-day workshop on Cryptology; prestigiously known as NIWC-2015 (National Instructional Workshop on Cryptology) at Shimla. The workshop was organised by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, under the aegis of CRSI (Cryptology Research Society of India).

Outgoing Students Bid Farewell

Sheethal P. N. and Tania Ronald Mendonca, Semester VIII, Section 'B', Computer Science & Engineering, have won the Second place for the paper titled “IRIS RECOGNITION” in the Technical Paper presentation competition “PAPYRUS” conducted by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru during “TIARA 2015,” the National Level Technical Fest.

• A Research paper titled "Data Analysis on Current Manjunath Mullimani and Prof. Pavan Kumar V in Affairs using R" by Ms. Neeriksha V Shetty, International Journal of Computer Science and Nikshitha Shetty, Renita Maria Lobo, Rajashree L, Mobile Computing, volume 4, Issue 4, pp 565-569 Semester VIII, Computer Science & Engineering and April 2015Prof. Manjunath Mulimani, Department of • A technical paper titled "Information Compression Computer Science & Engineering has been of Big Data using the SP Theory of Intelligence" by published in the International Journal of Advanced Ms. Vishmitha, Semester IV, M. Tech. CSE and Prof. Research in Computer Science and Software B. S. Umashankar was published in International Engineering (IJARCSSE), Volume 05, Issue 04, April Journal of Modern Trends in Engineering and 2015. Research (IJMTER) May 2015. The problems of

• A technical paper titled "Efficient Resource processing and managing Big data are overcome by Utilization in Hadoop on Virtual Machine" by Mr. the application of SP (Simplicity and Power) theory Jinto Thomas IV M.Tech student of Computer which works on the concept of information Science and Engineering along with Prof. compression.

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Faculty Member Presents Paper in the 9th IEEE INDIACOM-2015 ConferenceProf. Shamanth Rai, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering presented a paper titled "Scrutinizing Localized Topology Control in WSN using Rigid Graphs", in the 9th INDIACOM, 2nd International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development, held at Bharti Vidyapeet, New Delhi. Prof. Nathalie Mitton, Professor at INRIA, France, was the chairperson of the track. The presented paper will be published in the IEEE proceedings.

Swati K., Semester VIII 'B', Computer Science & Engineering has secured the Second place for her paper titled "A Real-time Hand Gesture Recognition Approach Based Motion Features" in the National Level Paper Presentation "TechPrints3.0" organized by the Department of Computer Applications, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru.

Sahyadrian Bags Second Placein Paper Presentation Competition

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Energy, Oil & Gas and Defence with over 180 products offerings to meet the needs of these sectors. Establishment of BHEL in 1964 was a breakthrough for upsurge in India's Heavy Electrical Equipment industry. Consistent performance in a highly competitive environment enabled BHEL to attain the coveted 'Maharatna' status in 2013. BHEL as a part of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's vision was bestowed with the onus to make the country self-reliant in manufacturing of heavy electrical equipment. Today, with 20,000 MW per annum capacity for power plant

Students of the sixth semester B.E. and BHEL, Dr. Manjappa Sarathi, Director equipment manufacturing, BHEL's first semester M.Tech., Electronics & Research and Consultancy and Mr. mammoth size of operations is evident Communication Engineering, visited Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant from its widespread network of 17 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Professor, Department of Electronics & Manufacturing Units, two Repair Units, Bengaluru. During the visit, students Communication Engineering. four Regional Offices, eight Service learnt about solar cell fabrication, PCB BHEL is an integrated power plant Centres, eight Overseas Offices, six Joint designing and manufacturing of control equipment manufacturer and is one of Ventures, fifteen Regional Marketing systems: PLC, DCS, SCADA system and t h e l a r g e s t e n g i n e e r i n g a n d Centres and current project execution at preparation of batteries for satellites. manufacturing company of its kind in more than 150 project sites across India Students were accompanied by Mr. India which is engaged in design, and abroad. The total installed capacity Sharath Chandra and Ms. Sreevidya, engineering, manufacture, construction, base of BHEL supplied equipment -138 Assistant Professors, Department of testing, commissioning and servicing of a GW in India speaks volumes about the E l e c t r o n i c s & C o m m u n i c a t i o n wide range of products and services for contribution made by BHEL to the Indian Engineering and student representatives the core sectors of the economy, viz. power sector. Mr. Ashok and Mr. Ashwin. The visit was Po we r, Tra n s m i s s i o n , I n d u st r y, facilitated by Mr. Babu, Executive Head, Transportation (Railway), Renewable

AEn CES (Assoc iat ion o f E lec t ron ics an d Secretary were also present on the dais. Guest of Communication Engineering Students), the student Honor, Prof. Manoj Kumar addressed the final year association of Electronics and Communication students and wished them good luck.Engineering organized a farewell for outgoing Students of the E&C department who made students on the campus. remarkable achievement in various fields like sports, The Programme was inaugurated by the Head of the culture, academics, and projects were felicitated. The Department, Prof Manoj Kumar and Assistant outgoing students shared their experiences at Professor, Mr. Kiran Kumar. Mr. Sushan, President of Sahyadri. A cultural program was also organized on the Council, Mr. Ashok, Vice president, and Mr. Akash, the occasion.

Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, technology and their impact on human lives. Paper Department of Electronics & Communication acceptance and publication will be reviewed on the Engineering, is selected as Guest Editor for 'Frontiers basis of quality, relevance to the issue, clarity of in Intelligent Systems Development (FISD)'. One of presentation, originality, and accuracy of results and the key objectives of this special issue are to provide a proposed solutions.guide for the developing resources in science and

M r. S t e v e n L a w r e n c e held at IIT Roorkee which attracted a large number of F e r n a n d e s , A s s i s t a n t National and International Researchers. This year the P r o f e s s o r f r o m t h e 5th International Conference on Soft Computing for Department of Electronics Problem Solving (SocPros 2015) will be held in the a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n Saharanpur Campus of IIT Roorkee. All the accepted Eng ineer ing has been papers of this Special Session will be published in s e l e c t e d b y S t e e r i n g Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing - Springer Committee of IIT Roorkee for Series (ISSN: 2194-5357) and the extended versions Springer Special Session On of the selected papers will be published in special

Intelligent Soft Computing For Pattern Recognition issue of Thomson Reuters SCI International Journals. And Medical Imaging Applications. SocProS was first

Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, (GCET), Greater Noida, India, from 8–10 October Department of Electronics & Communication 2015. Key objectives of this special session is to bring Engineering is selected for IEEE Special Session on together researchers working in the broad areas of Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing at Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing, the International Conference on Green Computing Pattern Recognition and related fields to promote and Internet of Things (ICGCIoT 2015) to be held in community-wide discussion of ideas that will Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology influence and foster continued research in the field.

Students of Electronics & Communication Engineering Visit BHEL

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A research paper titled "An Improved Dynamic Latch Based Comparator for 8-bit Asynchronous SAR ADC" by Prof. Anush Bekal et.al, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering and Research Scholar at Indian Inst itute of information Technology (IIIT-A) is accepted

for publication in one of the reputed IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI that will be taking place at Montpellier, France.

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Mr. Sharathchandra, Mrs. Laxmi Shetty and Ms. Megha N., Assistant Professors, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering attended a three-day Faculty Development Workshop on “Cadence OrCAD/Pspice PCB Design-The Analysis & Design of Electronic Circuits & Systems” organized by Canara College of Engineering, Bejanpadavu in collaboration with Entuple Technologies Ltd., Bangalore. Mr. Venugopal D. Kulkarni, Senior Technical Consultant at Entuple Technologies Ltd. was the resource person for the workshop. He has more than twenty years of experience in development and training of Mixed and Analog Design. The workshop dealt with the study of effective and advanced Cadence OrCAD tool Techniques. They emphasized on providing hands-on experience in complete PCB design flow, right from capturing the schematic to floor planning and routing using OrCAD.

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A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the

candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate's knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth.

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The Valedictory function of FLAMES (Fulfilling their hard work in academics as well as extra-Aspirations of Mechanical Engineering Students); the curricular activities. student association of the Department of Mechanical On this occasion outgoing students shared their Engineering and a farewell for the outgoing students experience of their years spent in Sahyadri. The was held in the Campus. achievers in academics and extra-curricular activities Dr. Antony A. J., Vice-Principal the Guest of Honor, were felicitated. Ms. Ramya, Student Co-ordinator wished all the outgoing students a bright future. Prof. gave a report of the activities of FLAMES for the year S. S. Balakrishna, Head of the Department in his 2014-15. After the formal function a cultural program presidential address, appreciated the students for with games entertained the gathering.

Mr. Manoj Kumar A.P., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, completed his doctoral studies at NITK, Surathkal by successfully defending his thesis titled “Effect of biodiesel blends on selective catalytic reduction system to reduce NOx in diesel vehicles.” He has to his credit, six International journal publications and several international/national conference publications. He carried out his research work under the guidance of Dr. P. Mohanan, Professor, NITK, Surathkal.

A research paper titled “Implementation of FMEA in Injection Moulding Process” authored by Shivakumar K. M. and co-authored by Hanumanthraya R., Mahadev U. M. and Kiran Prakash A. Assistant Professors, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, has been published in the International Journal of Emerging Trends in Technology, Volume 22, Issue 5, 2015. The journal is indexed by academic databases like Crossref, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and Index Copernicus.

A research article titled “The effect of Cordierite/Pt catalyst on the NOx reduction in a diesel and Jatropha bio-diesel operated single cylinder engine” by Dr. Manoj Kumar A.P., Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been published in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier Publications, Volume 3 (2015), pp 1125–1136. The paper is co-authored by Mr. Sreekumar J.S., Tata Technologies, Pune and Dr. P. Mohanan, Professor, NITK, Surathkal.

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The Unveiling ceremony of BAJA ATV efforts inspite of all the hardships and "THE ARIONS" Team has spent an amount “THE ARIONS” was held in Sahyadri discomfort. He also stressed that of Rupees 8.5 lakhs to make this dream Campus. The most awaited vehicle built irrespective of what happens in the car possible. by Sahyadrians was unveiled by Mr. V. R. V competition he is already happy with the The Principal, Staff and the Management Sriprasad, Managing Director, Volvo performance of the team. of Sahyadri congratulated the entire BAJA Buses India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru. Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal Sahyadri team for their successful completion of Mr. Sriprasad appreciated the efforts of College of Engineering & Management, building this off road vehicle for the THE ARIONS, and stressed that the result proposed the vote of thanks and Prof. S S National level BAJA competition is important, focus is more important, but Balakrishna, Head, Department of organized by Society of Automotive learning is the most important. Mr. Mechanical Engineering was also present Engineers (SAE), India Chapter at Indore, Manjunath Bhandary expressed his on the occasion. Madhya Pradeshgratitude to the students for all their

Mr. Kiran Hebbar of Akar Training & Consultancy and various tools like UG NX, NC Programming, the Company; authorized training partner of Siemens scope, job opportunities and companies expecting and ITeS NASSCOM conducted an awareness talk on these skill sets. The students are required to take a the topic “Engineering Services - Opportunities for certification examination to be conducted by Mechanical Stream Engineering Graduates” for NASSCOM through TCS to be eligible for placement in Semesters IV and VI of the Mechanical Department. such companies, he added. He spoke about the importance of Product Design

Awareness Talk on Product Design

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Dr. Manoj Kumar A. P. Successfully Defends his Doctoral Thesis

Faculty Members' Research Paper in International Journal

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evolution of science from ancient Greek days. Prof. B. N. Karkera explained some of his exhaustive research work in BARC. Dr. Umesh. M. Bhushi, Principal gave the presidential remarks and the vote of thanks. A crash course on Time and Energy Management in Academia was delivered by Dr. Gautham Jeppu from the research center. Dr. Manjappa, Director Research & Consultancy gave a motivational talk to faculty and shared some of his

The Karnataka Government Research on the importance of interdisciplinary experiences on how he built a research Center conducted a research workshop research citing his research experience as center in the 1990s when undergraduate titled "Research Workshop for Doctoral an example. He also appreciated the colleges were not allowed to carry out Candidates" in the Campus. vision of Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, research or guide PhD candidates. Dr.

Chairman to make Sahyadri a research The Hon'ble Vice-Chancel lor of Jayarama, Dr. Manu and Dr. Mariadas and innovation-driven educational Mangalore University, Prof. K. Byrappa, shared their experiences and guided the institution. was the Chief Guest for the inaugural participants. The workshop concluded

programme. In his keynote address he The Guest of Honor, Prof. Richard Pinto, with a question and answer session. explained the importance of research I I T B , C e n t e r fo r E xc e l l e n c e i n and shared his experience. He stressed Nanotechnology gave an overview about

The Karnataka Government Research Center of University.Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management Prof. U.M Bhushi, Principal, welcomed the gathering signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with and told that Engineering will grow only by the Mangalore University for Collaborative Research and contribution of basic science research. Mr. Development, Education and Training for the benefit Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, advised the faculty of students, researchers and faculty members with a to make use of the MoU by exploiting the research vision to reach excellence in education and research. facilities at Mangalore University. He also said that The MoU was signed by Prof. P. S. Yadapadithaya, research achievements are the indicator of success in Registrar, Mangalore Univers ity, Prof. C. many well known foreign universities. Research Ranganathaiah, Director Research, Sahyadri college Director Prof. C. Ranganathaiah explained the of Engineering & Management, and Prof. Umesh M. importance of MoU and said that the strength of any Bhushi, Principal, in the August with the presence of institute is measured by its strength of research. He Prof K. Byrappa, Hon. Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore has advised the staff members to take advantage of University, Dr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman and the MoU and make use of microtron and other Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, Director,Sahyadri College of facilities available at Mangalore University.Engineering & Management. Collaborations under The Registrar of Mangalore University Prof. P. S. this MoU are focused on, but not limited to R&D work Yadapadithaya conveyed that, this MoU supports in projects relevant to composite materials, structural effective collaboration to enhance the brand equity engineering (dynamics, design auditing and testing), of both the institutes. He said that it is a momentous material testing and visiting faculty or R&D occasion for both the institutes. Prof. K. L. Byrappa assignments, M.S., M.Tech., Ph.D. programs, short- expressed that engineering and Basic Science term training, and short-term courses. The MOU is research should go together. He also advised the intended to expedite R&D of new methods and faculty of both the institutes to come forward and try technologies that can be implemented in support of to explore the collaborative research work. He said Mangalore University and Sahyadri College of that the MoU will help in applying for research grants. Eng ineer ing & Management to enhance Dr. D.L Prabhakara delivered the presidential remarks technological capabilities, skilled human resources and opined that this MoU will be active because of and economic growth. It is aimed at enhancing the the constant support of research director Prof. C quality of research and teaching at Sahyadri College Ranganathaiah and Hon. Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. of Engineering & Management and Mangalore Byrappa.

MoU with Mangalore UniversityResearch workshop for doctoral candidates organized by the Karnataka Govt. Research Center

Dr. C. Ranganathaiah, Director of Research has contributed a Chapter to the book titled “Characterization of Polymer Blends, Miscibility, Morphology and Interfaces” edited by Thomas et.al and published by well known Wiley Publishers. Chapter 27 with the title “Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy: Polymer Blends and Miscibility” pp 877-921 introduces his new method of measuring polymer miscibility level. Extensive literature survey is included in this work and hence the chapter serves as a reference material for researchers and scientists working in the area of polymer blends. The book has been published in two volumes in Oct 2014 with ISBN: 978-3-527-33153-6 and spread over 994 printed pages priced at USD 405 for hardcover bound volumes.

Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, received a Research Grant of Rs. 80,000/- for the financial year 2015-16 from the Institution of Engineers, Kolkata, India, for his proposal titled "Developing a Novel Technique for Identification of victims/criminals of sexual exploitation on women and children using C6 Integra (DSP+ARM)." This proposal was prepared under the guidance of Dr. C. Ranganathaiah, Director Research and Dr. Manjappa S., Director Research & Consultancy

Research Grant from Institution of Engineers, KolkataAn SPSS Workshop on Patents & Publications was held in the Campus. The chief guests were Shri. V. L. Krishnamurthy, General Manager-Operations, MRPL and Shri. Nandakumar, Deputy General Manager, MRPL. They delivered a talk on “Energy Scenario - MRPL Perspective”. In a separate session, Dr. Gautham Jeppu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering presented a tropic on “How to Write a Technical Paper”. Dr. Rathishchandra Gatti, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering presented a topic on “How to File a Patent”. Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication informed all the SPSS students to complete their projects well in time. All the 250 SPSS students and 30 faculty members attended this workshop.

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Dr. Pradeep K Pujari, Head, Radiochemistry Division, management will grow into a major engineering BARC, Mumbai, gave a special lecture on avenues of institute from this part of the nation. Dr. P. K. Pujari funding opportunities/Research Projects through the also deeply appreciated the beauty of the Campus 'Board of Research in Nuclear Science' (BRNS) to the and its ambience. researchers and faculty members. The special lecture Dr. P. K. Pujari is a renowned scientist nationally and was initiated by Research Director, Prof. C. internationally. He joined the 28th batch of Training Ranganathaiah giving a prelude of the function. BRNS School of BARC, Mumbai after completion of M.Sc. is an advisory Body of the Department of Energy (Chemistry) from IIT, Delhi. He received the Homi (DoE) to recommend financial assistance to Bhabha Prize as topper of the chemistry discipline in universities, academic institutions, and national 1985. Subsequently he joined the Radiochemistry Laboratories. Division and has been specializing in positron Dr. P. K. Pujari explained the sub-categories of BRNS, annihilation spectroscopy and its applications. He has the funding mechanism, and route map of getting developed a state of the art positron laboratory at funds through BRNS. He also briefed about the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He has schemes such as DAE Graduate Fellowship Scheme, a received the T.D. Memorial Young Scientist Award fund given to complete an M.Tech. degree from any (1997), Japan Society for the promotion of Sciences reputed institute. Basic sciences play a major role in (JSPS) Fellowship (1998-2000), DAE-SRC Outstanding research and the BRNS gives importance for the team Research Investigator Award (2008) and Homi with interdisciplinary approach. He highlighted the Bhabha Science and Technology Award (2008). thrust areas for funding and concluded that all Currently, he is a Professor at the Homi Bhabha engineering departments have a lot to contribute. He National Institute and heads the nuclear chemistry was certain that Sahyadri College of Engineering & section of the Radiochemistry Division, BARC.

The executive members of KSCST funding in KSCST for students/faculty with interdisciplinary approach with (Karnataka State Council for Science and members of Engineering Colleges in the social and industry relevance. He also Technology) headed by Dr. S G State. The special lecture was initiated by stressed the importance of Intellectual Sreekanteswara Swamy, Executive Principal, Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi giving P r o p e r t y R i g h t s ( I P R ) . D r . S e c reta r y, S h r i . Ka n ka d r i , O S D prelude of the function. Sreekanteshwara Swamy congratulated Administration, Shri. Shivaprasad, the chairman and management for Dr. Sreekanteshwara Swamy explained Assistant Accounts Officer and Shri. K. N. creating the best infrastructure and the funding mechanism and route map of Venkatesh, SPP Co-ordinator visited the appreciated the attitude of faculty and getting funds through KSCST. He stressed College. They met the Chairman, the the research culture at Sahyadri. He about team work in research and Principal and the Director-Research & deeply appreciated the beauty of the importance of collaborative works. He Consultancy and have identified Sahyadri Campus and its ambience. said that research design, money and as a Nodal centre for hosting the KSCST collaboration are more important in Dr. S. Manjappa concluded by thanking project exhibition. research and development. The basic KSCST and all the members for visiting Dr. Sreekanteshwara Swamy also gave a sciences play a major role in research and and wished for a long-term collaboration. special presentation on avenues of the KSCST gives importance for the team

Dr. Pradeep K. Pujari of BARC Delivers Special Lecture at Sahyadri Executive Members of KSCST Visit Sahyadri

Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) in, Padubidri, Udupi district, Karnataka.During their visit, they met with Mr. P. K. Laxminarayan, Senior DGM and spoke about the different problems faced by thermal power plants and the research possibilities. Mr. Laxminaryan gave them a full tour of the power plant and welcomed the initiative that an academic institute has come forward to see the challenges faced by industries and extended a hand in solving them. The faculty members also met Mr. K. Nagaraj, Deputy General Manager - HR and discussed about possible internship and industrial visit by Faculty members Dr. Ratishchandra, Dr. T. Pasang and Mr. Sahyadri students.Gurusiddayya H., Karnataka Govt. Research Centre visited

Faculty Members of Govt. Research Centre Visit UPCL

A paper entitled “Physiochemical Investigation of Pre-Hydrolysis Liquor” by Prof. S. Manjappa, Director, R&D and consultancy, was presented in the First International Conference on 'Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research' (ICRABR-2015) at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy (SSS-NIRE), Kapurthala, India.

Director R&D Presents Paper in International Conference

Mr. Tenzin Pasang, Asst. Professor of Physics, successfully defending his thesis “Synthesis and Characterization of Molecular Imprinted Polymer using Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy.” He has to his credit fourteen international journal publications and several international/national conference publications. He has also delivered three oral / invited presentations in workshops and conferences. He

carried out his research under the guidance of Prof. C. Ranganathaiah at University of Mysore, Mysore. Mr. Tenzin Pasang is the eighteenth Ph.D student of Prof. Ranganathaiah.

Mr. Tenzin Pasang Defends his Doctoral Thesis

A research article titled “Thrust Induced Failure Analysis of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Different Service Temperatures during Drilling Process” authored by Jaimon D. Quadros and co-authored by Suhas P., Vaishak N. L. has been published in the Volume 7, Issue 1-2 of Journal of Machining

and Forming Technologies, NOVA Publishers, USA. (JMFT) is a refereed, international Journal that publishes high quality articles with an emphasis on research and development in recent advances in machining and forming technologies.

Research Paper Published in International Journal Research consists

in seeing whateveryone else hasseen, but thinkingwhat no one elsehas thought

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Dr. Sundara Rajan, Joint Director, Central Power research strength and research activities of Sahyadri Research Institution (CPRI) gave a special lecture on with the continuous support of the management. He avenues of funding in CPRI to the researchers and assured that, in years to come, Sahyadri will become faculty members of Sahyadri. strong in research and the impact will be visible soon. Dr. Sundara Rajan explained the funding mechanism In another separate interactive session with only and how to get funds through CPRI. He stressed about research faculty, areas of research interests were team work in research and importance of discussed with Dr. Sundara Rajan. He was very collaborative works and said that research design, impressed and encouraged the research team to money and collaboration is more important in apply for the funds to the CPRI and other funding research and development. Basic sciences play a agents. With the enthusiasm he witnessed with the major role in research and the CPRI gives importance research team, he was positive that Sahyadri can for the team with interdisciplinary approach. He also contribute towards R&D projects at the national level stressed about the importance of Intellectual too. Property Rights (IPR). He congratulated the chairman Dr. Sundara Rajan joined Central Power Research and management for creating the best infrastructure Institute in the year 1981 and worked in the area of and appreciated the attitude of faculty and research Electrical Insulation and Systems for more than three culture at Sahyadri. Dr. Sundara Rajan also deeply decades. He is head of R&D Management Division of appreciated the beauty of the Campus and its CPRI and Centre for Collaborative and Advanced ambience. Research. He also heads the VTU Research Centre of Earlier, Prof. C. Ranganathaiah, Research-Director in CPRI and manages about 60 research scholars who his introductory speech, spoke about the increasing are working for their Masters and Doctoral degrees.

Fourth prize. Shelton Rainer of social concern' , Y. Sagar, D. Pinto, Abith, Tukarama, and Karthikeyan, Pratiksha Bhat, Madhu Ahmy Maria Pioos, Semester Adiga, Semester I, G Section, Computer VIII, Civil Engineering, won the Science & Engineering bagged the First First prize of Rs. 10,000/- for place with a cash award of Rs. 10,000/- their project titled `Fuzzy logic for their project titled ̀ Edge detector and based assessment of periodic alternative solution of bricks.' The variation of water quality of Consolation prize of Rs. 1,000/- was Nethravati r iver. ' Renitha bagged by Cavin Vijay Mascarenhas, D'Souza, Shri Kalpa, Ashitha Chinmaya Bharan M. R., Deekshith M., Gatty, and Vithun, Semester VIII, and Kaushik M. Semester IV, Civil Civil Engineering, won the Third Engineering for their project titled `Low prize of Rs. 6,000/- for their cost water filter unit for rural north Srishti 2015 held at New Horizon College

project titled, Design Of Weir.' The Fourth Karnataka district.' of Engineer ing , Bangalore, saw prize with a cash award of Rs. 2,000/- was Sahyadrians bagging six prizes in all three `The Unseen Beneath The Structure'; a bagged by Anoop N. Shenoy, Subhod I, events. Fifty-two students represented Paper Presentation Competition saw the Nithesh K, and Sona Krishnan, Semester Sahyadri at Srishti 2015. Sixteen projects Sahyadri team with Anoop N., Semester VIII, Computer Science & Engineering for and four paper presentation groups VIII, and Aathira Raj, Semester IV, their project titled `A Revolutionary participated in the events. Computer Science & Engineering, picking Approach In The Voting Process For up the Third prize with a cash award of Rs. In the first event ` An Entrepreneur's State.' 1,000/- for their paper titled ̀ A survey on Dream - Competition of projects by final In event `AVISHKAR - A competition of revolutionary approach for voting system year engineering students', Sahyadri theme-based projects addressing issues in states of India.' students bagged the First, Third and

Special Lecture by Dr. Sundara Rajan, CPRI - Joint Director Sahyadrians Win Six Prizes at Srishti 2015

Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights: Significance for Academia in Business & Research

importance of managing it. Ms. Prabhavathi, the Co-ordinator of the IP cell, VTPC gave an insight into the various Intellectual property related issues in our country and the benefits that the participants shall be gaining from this program. In his presidential remarks, the Chairman of Bhandary Foundation, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary shared his personal observations and experiences of realizing the importance of IP and encouraged the audience to make the best use of this workshop. Mr. V. Raghuram, Consultant, T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f B u s i n e s s conducted with an objective to create Technology and IP Commercialization Administration, Sahyadri College of awareness on IPR related issues in and Dr. Rama Murthy, Head - IPR Centre Engineering & Management, Mangalore general and more specifically on for Emerging Technologies, Jain in association with Mangalore University educating the participants about the University Bangalore were the key and Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion value and protection of IPR. Dr. Joseph resource persons for the event. About 55 Centre (VTPC), Govt. of Karnataka, Gonsalves, the Principal of St.Joseph faculty members and researchers organized a One Day workshop on Engineering College, Mangaluru was the w o r k i n g i n m a n a g e m e n t Intellectual Property Rights: Significance Chief Guest. In his inaugural address, he i n s t i t u te s /e n g i n e e r i n g c o l l e g e s for Academia in Business & Research in provided an insight into the status of IP in participated in this workshop.the Sahyadri Campus. This event was our country and stressed on the

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.- Nicholas Murray Butler

Research Publications in Last Three YearsDepartment 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 TotalMechanical Engineering 5 8 10 23

Computer Science & Engineering 4 4 6 14

Electronics & Communication Engineering 10 14 20 44

Information Science & Engineering 7 3 1 11

Civil Engineering 2 2 0 4

Physics 6 12 18 36

Chemistry 0 1 1 2

Total 34 44 56 134

Research can only present data about the past. No one seriously believes that people's answers to hypothetical questions about the future accurately represent their future behaviour; they

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The Department of Business Administration, together this big crowd of young and energetic future Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management held builders of the nation. Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal the grand finale of `Sahyadri WhizQuiz'; a quiz spoke about the milestones achieved by the institute competition for under-graduate students of Dakshina over the years. Dr. Vishal Samartha, Professor in the Kannada and Udupi Districts in the Campus. This Department of Business Administration highlighted mega event, the brainchild of Mr. Manjunath the achievements and accomplishments of the MBA Bhandary, Chairman Department. Director of the Department of Business

was conducted with an objective of Administration Dr. A. P. Achar welcomed the motivating the youth to update themselves with the gathering. latest developments in the areas of Business, Political The Quiz Master for the event, Mr. Rakshith Shetty System, Marketing, Human Resource, Finance and spearheaded the quiz event by providing important Indian Economy. The Chief Guest Mr. M. Jeba Kumar, guidelines to the participants. The event witnessed Director-HR & Legal Services, Merit Matters, in his about 200 teams with 600 students from degree inaugural address, said that an incredible effort has colleges of Mangalore, Bantwal, Puttur, Surathkal, gone into organizing this program. The human brain Subramanya, Belthangady, Udupi participating in this has the capacity to process millions of facts, but we mega event. Ninety teams qualified for the second rarely utilise this potential. The real wealth lies in our round in the first preliminary round, of which six ideas and not in wallets. This effort of holding the teams qualified for the final round of the quiz. The WhizQuiz at Sahyadri is to bring those ideas out. He students participated in the event with great congratulated Mr. Manjunath Bhandary for bringing enthusiasm.

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The First place with a cash prize of Rs. bagged by Prathvi Bhandary, Gubin M a n j u n a t h o f C a n a ra C o l l e g e , 25,000/- was bagged by Akshay Nayak, Moidu and Ashish K. of St. Aloysius Mangalore. Mr. Rakshith, Alumni of Clafton and Ashwan Loy of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and the Third place Sahyadri College of Engineering & College, Mangalore. The Second place with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- went to Management was the Quiz Master of the with a cash prize of Rs. 15,000/- was also Sanj i th Shenoy, Shamsheer and event.

Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, the Chairman relationship with neighboring colleges of Sahyadri College of Engineering & and he has wholeheartedly opened the Management, addressed the young doors of the institute for seeking any kind participants of Sahyadri WhizQuiz. He of guidance to the students for their said that a successful education comes higher education. Mr. Bhandary also with quality. Though Sahyadri College of expressed his thanks to the student Engineering & Management is a budding fraternity and the faculty members from institute, he has always encouraged his various colleges for their participation faculty members to focus on quality and and support. to value education. He also said that the intention here was to develop a good

Sahyadri WhizQuiz 2015 Grand FinaleChairman Addresses Participants of Sahyadri WhizQuiz

A panel discussion on “Career Path for Graduates” where experts from corporate were invited to guide the students to select the right career path after graduation was held in the Campus. Ms. Shipra Rai, Manager, Graduate Hiring & Learning, MPhasis an HP Company, Mr. M. Jeba Kumar, Director- HR & Legal Services, Merit Matters and Ms. Vidya Shenoy, Asst. Manager-HR, Manipal Technologies, Manipal were the members of the panel. It was learnt from the discussion that, at present, there is a great need for quality institutes that provide higher education that make youth industry-ready. Education is what we make of it; no doubt, it gives us a platform to polish our abilities and competencies. Students aspiring for higher education must keep their perspectives straight and right.

Panel Discussion on `Career Path for Graduates' during Sahyadri WhizQuiz

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A two-day leadership summit on “Managing Business General manager, Taj group Mumbai and Mr. during Uncertain Times - Unique Challenges and Ramkumar Seshu, Chairman, Skill, Education and HR Smart Solutions” was organised by the Department of committee, FKCCI. The session was chaired by Mr. Business Administration in Sahyadri College of Ananth Ravi Senior, Vice President of Reliance Jio Engineering and Management. Infocomm Ltd.The summit was inaugurated by Mr. Ananth Ravi, 2nd session - Contextual leadership styles for Senior Vice President of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. In sustaining and growth in volatile environment. The his inaugural address he said that the business resource persons for the session were Mr. Augustus environment was stable till 1990. Due to Azariya, Associate Director-HR, IBM, India, Dr. Jebin liberalization, rapid technological innovation, change Manohar Director, HR and Talent Mangement Aptean in customer preference, uncertainty has become the Bengaluru and M. Jeba Kumar, Director HR& Legal order of the day. The gap between growth and Services/ Past Chairman NIPM recession is very narrow and it throws a lot of 3rd ession - Knowledge management and Business challenges in managing business. analytics. The session was chaired by Dr. Bagali, Mr. M. C. Dinesh, Vice President, FKCCI, in his keynote Professor, Jain University and the resource person for address pointed out that there is a mismatch the session was Mr. N. M. Sharma, Vice president-between academia and industry and the skill gap Analytics, TCS, Bangalore. existing needs to be narrowed down to cater to the 4th session - Imperatives of Talent management. needs of the 21st century knowledge economy. Mr. The session was chaired by Mr. VRV Sriprasad, Dinesh said that by 2020-25 India can become a three Managing Director, Volvo Buses, India and the trillion dollar economy if we size up, scale up and resource person for the session was Mr. M. Jeba speed up as a country with the largest skilled force. Kumar, Director HR and Legal services and past Mr. Manjunath Bhandary Chairman of Bhandary chairman of NIPM. Foundation in his Presidential remarks stressed that a The leadership summit concluded with a valedictory leader must have confidence, commitment, address by Mr. V. R. V. Sriprasad, Managing Director, dedication, accountability, responsibility to Volvo Buses, India and a speech by Mr. Srinath Birur, overcome the uncertainties in business. Co Chairman Skill, Education and HR committee, 1st session - Managing business during uncertainty: FKCCI and Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal Shyadri unique challenges, smart solutions. The resource College of Engineering & Management.persons for the session were Mr. Srinivas H. N.

Leadership Summit 2015

resource persons to analyze/interpret the results and provide prescriptive suggestions in diverse challenging situations. Almost all spheres of HR d o m a i n n a m e l y P e r f o r m a n c e Management, Recruitment & Selection, Talent Management, Workforce Planning etc., were covered to offer preventive solutions to the emerging challenges in a corporate environment. The faculty members, who represented Sahyadri institution outshined the rest of the Dr. Vishal Samartha, Professor, Mr. India. Emphasis was primarily on participants by securing first place in the Karthik Kudroli and Mrs. Sushma V, Asst. providing hands-on experience in HR Change Management Case Study, Professors, Department of Business Analytics which is the need of the hour. Comparative review of a Work Life Administration, participated in a seven- Dynamic training was imparted to Balance Questionnaire and Assignment day AICTE sponsored, short term course enhance the mentoring capabilities of on solving a case using “R” software. This on HR Analytics – Hands-on Training in IIT, the faculty members and contribute to training has laid a foundation to convey Kharagpur from the 10th of May to the the employability potentials of the MBA the learning to the forthcoming MBA 16th of May, 2015. The program had a students. Real-Time data of corporate batches. total of fifteen participants from all over organizations were utilized by the

Sahyadri MBA Ranked 35th in Beyond IIIM’s B-School Survey 2015

AICTE sponsored Short Term Course on HR Analytics at IIT, Kharagpur

The Department of Business Administration in association with Tejaswini Hopsital, Mangalore, organized a blood donation camp in the Campus. The Camp was organized to bring awareness about the importance of blood donation amongst the student community. Dr. Mallavi Saichandra from Tejaswini Hospital spoke about the benefits and importance of blood donation. Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, inaugurated the Camp by donating the first unit of blood. In total 205 units of blood were donated by the staff and students of the College.

Blood Donation Camp in Association with Tejaswini Hospital

Sahyadri MBA has been ranked 35th, in Beyond IIIM’s B-School Survey 2015, conducted by the H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n R e v i e w, Bengaluru. Sahyadri MBA is also featured in the top ten MBA programmes in Karnataka. The survey was conducted at the national level with 4000 B-Schools participating in the survey. The five criteria used for ranking are: placement and salary statistics, research and publication, process o f t e a c h i n g - l e a r n i n g , infrastructure, and current students and admission.

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An Exposure Visit for the Banking specialization students of second year MBA was organized by t

to gain profit or cover risks. The branch head of Anandrathi, Mr. Prasad GR, briefed the students about the company, their verticals and also explained why stock market is beneficial to the economy and to the individual. He also encouraged them to start investing in equities so as to link their academic classroom learning into practice. He expressed that the students are free to

trading mechanism in the stock broking visit the firm to seek any clarifications or firm. The executives of the firm explained learn anything about the capital market.

he Department of the working of stock as well as The visit was extremely beneficial to the Business Administration. Students visited commodity trading, the procedure students as they got a practical exposure A n a n d ra t h i F i n a n c i a l S e r v i c e s , involved in client-company interaction to online stock trading. Mangaluru, to witness the real time stock and the various strategies used in trading

Dr. Sachin Kamble, Professor and Head of consultancy and research projects to Centre for Supply Chain and Operations improve the industr y -academia Management, National Institute of interactions. He explained the steps Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, involved in a consultancy project from delivered a lecture to the faculty of the pre-consultancy survey till the projects Department of Business Administration close out. Dr. Kamble also shared some of on the topic, “Industry-Institute his own experiences about consultancy Interaction through Consultancy.” He projects in various companies across stressed on the importance of India.

Mr. R. P. Shetty, Senior Vice-President, Direct Ltd. by giving them heads up on the Ms. Teena Pereira, Senior Executive - areas of operations, different placement Sales and Mr. Shounakh, Senior opportunities, and the job description of Executive - Sales of Centrum Direct Ltd., the vacancies available in their addressed the students of final year organization. A quiz was conducted MBA seeking placement opportunities based on their presentation and prizes in Finance, Marketing and HR domain. were distributed. Students were introduced to Centrum

Drishti 2015 'Fete-Foraine'

The department of Business Administration M. Bhushi, Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering organized Drishti 2015 'Fete-Foraine', a management & Management presided over the function. He fest for undergraduates at Sahyadri Campus. Events emphasized that “more than winning let everyone of like Quiz, Mad-Ad, Best Manager, Group Dance and them obtain learning” should be the objective of the Fashion show were organized in this mega event. participants of 'Fete-Foraine' 2015. Prof. Aruna P. Kamath, Principal of SDM College of Dr. A. P. Achar, Director, Department of Business Business Management, Mangalore inaugurated the Administration welcomed the gathering and function. In her inaugural address, she expressed her highlighted the milestones that Sahyadri has reached pleasure of being at Sahyadri. She conveyed that in a short span of time.management fests are meant to groom the students The winners of various competitions were felicitated before they get into the corporate. She also on the valedictory ceremony. The Director of the encouraged the students by saying that they must Department Dr. A. P. Achar gave away the Trophies consider this fest as a platform to realize their and the Certificates with cash prize for the winners of competencies and enhance their ability to work in a the events.team and not merely to compete and win. Dr. Umesh

Dr. Sachin Kamble on Industry-Institute interaction through Consultancy

Session by Centrum Direct Ltd., Forex & Financial Planning Services

Exposure Visit to Anandrathi Financial Services

and create team bonding. The natural environment setting at Lobo's River View and the various outdoor activities conducted added to the learning and fun quotient of this training. The students underwent various activities like Ice breaker with “Make in India” concept, Poster Making with theme “Sahyadri 2020”, Role plays and Conflict Management games, etc. The students The Department of Business Administration

were able to understand the learning importance of organized a one-day Outbound Training Programme open communication, team strategies for reaping the for first year MBA students at Lobo's River View, required results, confidence, positive attitude and Morgansgate, Mangaluru. This programme was building common vision, values and team spirit. organized with an objective to enhance team building

One Day Outbound Training Programme for I year MBA students

Dr. Vishal Samartha, Professor, Department of Business Administration, addressed 35 American delegates who were in India on the 'Mission to Peace ' forum at the Karnataka Theological College. She spoke on the topic 'Role of Youth in the Changing Indian Society.' The American delegates were college going students from different streams of education. The American students were very inquisitive and had a lot of questions with regard to the youth of India. The session was very interactive.

Dr. Vishal Samartha Addresses American Delegates

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person,

just as you were helped. - Melinda Gates


Mr. Ananth Pai, Executive Director of which Bharath Beedi (30 beedi) grew Bharath Group, addressed the first year from a mere investment of Rs 30/- and MBA students on how all individuals today has diversified into several should focus on implementing strategies businesses like Bharath Mall, Bharath and not just companies. “Strategies Propert ies , Bharath Auto Cars , without execution are aimless and Alakananda Printers, Bharath Logistics execution without strategy is useless” is and so on. He also asked the students to what he quoted and informed how grab the opportunities that come their companies should not just design way and involve themselves with the strategy, but also implement it activities of Chamber of Commerce, effectively. He also explained the way in Mangaluru.

Mr. Ramesh K. G., Mr. Abhay Kumar, and Convertibility means freedom to convert Ms. Ankitha Shetty, faculty members of local financial assets into foreign assets at t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f B u s i n e s s market-determined exchange rates Administration attended the Manel which leads to free exchange of currency Srinivas Nayak Knowledge Series at lower rates and an unrestricted organized by MSNM Institute of PG mobility of capital. This is beneficial for a S t u d i e s , M a n g a l o r e . S r i . G . country because inflow of foreign Padmanabhan, Executive Director, investment increases and the flip side Reserve Bank of India, delivered a talk on though, is that it could destabilise an “Is India Ready for Full Capital Account economy due to massive capital flows in Convert ibi l i ty?” Capital Account and out of the country.

A team comprising of Mr. M. J. Shetty, President, Mr. Gaurav Hegde, Secretary, Kanara Small Industries Association, Mr. Mahesh Bondal, Managing Partner, KONSPEC and Mr. B. A. Nazeer, President, Canplast Industries, Mangalore visited the campus to interact with the staff members of the Department of Business Administration, regarding the proposed set up of Baikampady Industrial Township Authority. The team discussed about the possibility of association to conduct a detailed study regarding the Small Scale Industries under KSIA banner and expressed their interest to sign a MOU with the Institution.

management students close to their society and realize the need for nurturing, admiring nature and animals. One of the active volunteers of the Trust Mr. Tauseef Ahmed interacted with the students, shared his experiences of various animal rescue operations conducted by their team in and around Mangalore. He also inspired the students to be responsible citizens and try their level best to prevent animal abuse, abandons and bring it to the notice of the Trust in case such incidents are seen.Mr. Charles, Trustee, Animal Care Trust addressed the The Department of Business Administration students on the topic of handling snakes. He organized a session titled “Interact and Enact with explained the various types of snakes, its variants in ACT” by the experts and members of Animal Care terms of venomous and non-venomous snakes, the Trust, Mangalore for the students. To become a first aid required, the myths about snakes etc. The successful manager, one needs to be a good human session was informative and useful for the students being. The objective of the session is to bring

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Mr. Ananth Pai of Bharath Group Addresses MBA StudentsInteraction with Kanara Small Industries Association

Faculty Members Attend Manel Srinivas Nayak Knowledge SeriesA Session on “Interact and Enact with ACT”

Mrs. Gayathri Shetty, Assistant Professor, department of Business Administration, presented a paper on "Women in Leadership" in the ICSSR-sponsored two-day National Conference. The theme of the conference was "Women as Change Makers for a Vibrant Society" The program was organised by the Department of Social Work, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri. Delegates from across India participated in the program. The program was chaired by eminent personalities from the areas of social work, law, and management.

Ms. Sushma V. and Mr. Karthik Kudroli, Assistant Professors, department of Business Administration, presented a paper in the International Conference on Research in Business Management & Information Technology (ICRBIT 2015) titled - "A Study on Challenges in Recruitment & Selection in BPO/ITO Sector, Mangalore.” This conference was organized by RNSIT, Bangalore. The research paper has been published in ELK Asia Pacific Journals Vol-2 (Business Management), Special Issue. The Journal is indexed in Google Scholar, Journals Directory, ORCID,

CrossRef Metadata Search, Research Bible - ResearchBib, Indian Science, ROAD - Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, CrossRef, Index Copernicus International, Cabells International.

Faculty Member Presents Research Paper in National & International Conference

MBA Students Bid Adieu

Second year MBA students were bid Administration, Dr. A. P. Achar, also gave Shetty for Best Outgoing Students in adieu by the first year MBA students. Ms. an inspirational talk for the outgoing Extra-Curricular Activities and Ronson Piyusha Shah, Human Resource students. Sunil Menezes for Overall Best Outgoing Executive, Portea Medical, Bangalore, Student. The best outgoing students were was the Chief Guest for the farewell awarded during the function. Prajna was function. Congratulating the outgoing awarded for Best Outgoing Student in batch of students, she wished them good Academics, Abilash for Best Outgoing luck in the future. Principal Dr. Umesh M. Student in Sports, Prakyath Bhandary for Bhushi gave useful hints to the outgoing Best Outgoing Student Organiser, Sudhir b a t c h a n d s p o k e a b o u t t h e i r KM for Best Outgoing Student Etiquette, belongingness to the institution. Nikil Noronha, Sachin Shetty and Sannith D i r e c t o r , D e p t . o f B u s i n e s s

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. – Zig Ziglar


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A two-day PGCET Training for MBA aspirants was organized by t

person for Quantitative Analysis. Prof. Raghavendra he department of Business Prabhu, Prof. Mithun Ullal, Prof. Divya Prabhu and

Administration in the Campus. Seventy-five students Prof. Gayathri Shetty of the department were the from various UG colleges in and around Mangalore other resource persons for the two-day training. The participated in the training program. Participants response was overwhelming with interactive were given hands-on training on subjects like sessions being conducted. The participants were Quantitative Analysis, General Knowledge, immensely delighted with the infrastructure of the Reasoning Intelligence and Proficiency in English College and the hospitality they received during the Language which form part of the PGCET syllabus. CA program. Gopalakrishna Bhat, a practicing CA, was the resource

Two-Day PGCET Training Held for MBA AspirantsSeventh Sense Talent Solutions Pvt. Ltd.A pooled campus recruitment drive was held in the Campus by Seventh Sense Talent Solutions Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Bangalore for their Marketing devision. Mr. Karan Mishra, Regional Head, HR L&D, Ms. Rishita, HR L&D and Ms. Nilofer Sana Shaikh, HR L&D of the company delivered a pre-placement talk.

ICICI SecuritiesICICI Securities Ltd. conducted pool campus recruitment drive for MBA students in the Campus. The drive commenced with a pre-placement talk by Mr. Prakash Salian, Regional Head - Centre Sales and Ms. Geethanjaly G, Regional Manager - HR.

CareerNet ConsultingNireeksha Narayan, Prakhyath Bhandary and Sannith Shetty have been recruited by CareerNet Consulting as Associate Consultants. CareerNet is the leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Process Outsourcing solutions to the Technology, Knowledge Services, BFSI sector.

Exide Life Insurance Aparna B., & Valentia D'Souza has been recruited by Exide Life Insurance Company Limited as Assistant Sales Manager in a placement drive held at A. J. Institute of Management. Exide Life Insurance Company Limited commenced operations in 2001 and is headquartered in Bangalore.

MResult Services Sannith Shetty has been recruited by MResult Services Pvt. Ltd. as an Analyst. MResult Services provides best practices solutions in software development, business analysis and quality assurance.

Centrum Direct Ltd.Centrum Direct Ltd. conducted a pooled campus recruitment drive at St. Agnes College, Mangalore. Fourteen MBA students have been recruited in four Job Profiles namely: 1) Darshan K. U., Keyur D. Dedakiya, Sayyad Munaf, Bhavana D.C. and Akshatha Shetty have been recruited for Corporate Sales 2) Shruti Shetty and Suraj Shetty as Key Account Manager 3) Anitha Y. and Abhilasha R. for Branch-Customer Relations and 4) Mohini, Krupali Sheth, Vinitha Silma Louis, Bhavya, and Shilpa C.V. as Airport-Customer Relations for Calicut / Bangalore / Goa - Airport.

Kavin CorporationKavin Corporation conducted a pool campus recruitment drive for MBA students in the campus. The drive commenced with a pre placement talk by Mr. Swaroop Raj, Business Development Team Lead.

Robosoft TechnologiesDeekshith Banjan has been selected by Robosoft Technologies in the pool campus recruitment drive held at St. Joseph College of Engineering. Robosoft Technologies is a leading software solutions provider from Udupi.

Recruise IndiaRecruise India conducted campus recruitment drive at Sahyadri Campus. The drive commenced with a pre-placement talk by Ms. Divyashree, HR Manager and Mr. Sowrabh, HR Executive. Twenty students participated in the drive.

Campus Recruitment Drive

Mr. Karthik Raj Kudroli, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, was invited to deliver a guest lecture on the T o p i c " T o t a l Q u a l i t y Management - Concepts and Principles" in Besant Women's College, Mangaluru.

Faculty Member Invited as Resource Person

• Analysis of stress and its influence on job satisfaction in banks" has been published in the Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management for November 2014, volume 4, Issue 11, ISSN:2249-7307(online) 2250-1673(print). Impact factor is 2.302.

• 'Perception of employees towards the reward system - A case study in a software company' in the International journal of social sciences and inter disciplinary research, Volume 4, Issue 1, Jan- march 2015, ISSN no.2277: 677x, Impact factor: 3.503.

• “NPA in agricultural financing with reference to Dakshina Kannada district” in the International Journal of retailing and rural Business perspectives, Volume 3, Number 3, July to September-2014, pp1142-1147, Impact factor 2013: 5.020.

‘• A study on non performing assets in agricultural finance' in RVS journal of Management, Volume 7, Number 2, August 2014, ISSN: 0975-3435, pp. 50-58.

‘• Kisan credit card- A tool in agricultural finance' in the Agri business management opportunities and challenges- International conference held at Sahyadri college of Engineering and management, ISBN: 978-81-930547-0-3, pp. 40-42.

Publications by Dr. Vishal Samartha and Mr. Lokesh

Whether it’s Google or Apple or free software, we’ve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. – Bill Gates


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Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, was the Chief Guest at the medal ceremony of the 75th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship held at Swarajya Maidan, Moodbidri, Mangalore.

Mr. Abhishek Pakare, national athlete, Education on how she had cultivated his place was bagged by the first year Section the Chief Guest inaugurated “Arena- love for sports as his coach. He was very A while the third prize went to first year 2015” the annual athletic meet of happy to be invited to Sahyadri as the Section I. The prize winners of the various Sahyadri College of Engineering & Chief Guest and was delighted to be given events were honoured on the occasion. Management and declared the meet the opportunity to be part of the sports Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Dr. A .J. open. In his inaugural address, he called Meet. Antony, Vice Principal, along with HoD's on the gathering to give importance not A March Past by the engineering students and faculty members were present on only to academics but also to sports. He was the highlight of the inaugural the occasion. praised his sports mentor Mrs. Nitisha session. The first year, Section G, won the Rodriques, the Director of Physical First place in the March Past. The Second

Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary participated in S a t i s h c h a n d r a a n d M r. N a g a r a j I j a r i . the eighth edition of the World 10K TCS Run held at At the event, he met Olympian Ms. Marie-José Pérec, Bengaluru. He has been a part of this event since TCS French track and field sprinter who is specialized in organized the very first run in 2008. He had the honor 200 and 400 meters and is a three-time Olympic gold of presenting the medals to the winners medalist. Marie-José Pérec was the International accompanied by film star and 10K brand ambassador Event Ambassador for this event.Mr. Punith Rajkumar and TCS' Vice Presidents, Mr.

Chairman at Eighth Edition of World 10K TCS Run in Bengaluru

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The 5th Annual Athletic Meet “Athlein open. Finally Mr. Sunil Kumar delivered Team Championship Runners Up in the 2015” was conducted at Sahyadri the Vote of thanks. Ms. Mallika DKG was Boys section won by MBA. Team Campus. Mr. Prasheel Chinna Shetty, the Master of Ceremonies. Various Champion ship in the girls section won by Student (Alvas Institute of Engineering & Athletic events & Fun games were held the MBA & Team Championship Runners Technology & a National level Volleyball for the student. All the winners were Up in the girls section won by MCA and player, was the Chief Guest for the felicitated on the same day. Mr. Rakshith Over-all Championship (Boys & Girls Inaugural of the athletic meet. Meet Raj K.R. I year M.Tech CS won the combined) won by the MBA. . March past started with the March-Past by the Individual Championship in the Boys Ist place II year MBA, II place I MBA B students. Mr. Abhilash D. Student Sports section, Ms. Vidhya Lakshmi 2nd year section. The event formally ended with Coordinator welcomed the gathering; MCA won the Individual Championship in lowering the flag & Declaring the meet Chief Guest hoisted the flag and gave his the girls section, Team Championship in closed by Dr. Antony A. J., Vice Principal.inaugural address & declared the meet the boys section was won by the M.Tech,

Arena - 2015: Annual Sports Day

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M r s . N i t h i s h a Rodrigues, Physical Education Director, was nominated as Coach of VTU Athlet ic team which participated in the 75th All India Inter-Univers i ty Ath let ic Championship held at Moodbidri, Mangalore

Mr. Karnakumar K. S., A s s i s t a n t P h y s i c a l Education Director of the College was the Technical Officer at the 75th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship held at S w a r a j y a M a i d a n , Moodbidri, Mangalore.

Physical Education Director Nominated as Coach

Assistant PE Director Officiates at All India Athletics Meet

Mechanical Staff Team Emerge Champions

The men's staff cricket team of the Mechanical Department has won the staff cricket tournament organised by the Department of Physical education. The team from CS/IS/MCA was runner-up.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. - Bruce Jenner One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. - Knute Rockne

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Sahyadri Boys’ Hockey team has won the Runner-up Trophy in the VTU level Inter Collegiate Mangaluru Zone Hockey Tournament held at NMAMIT, Nitte.The team players were Sanjay (Captain), Sujith, Abuthomas Kalandar, Manjunath T. G., Prajwal P. R., Gagan S. D., Hegde Vignesh H., Subbaiah K. V., Darshan H. A., Dishan Aiyanna M. S., Vinod R., Maclin Jerome Pinto, Ponnanna T. M., Neelesh V. P.

College Girls Cross Country team emerged as champions and the Boys team has won 1st Runners Up trophy at VTU State level Inter Collegiate Cross Country Competition held at GNDCE, Bidar. Sahyadri bagged overall Championship for their achievement

Boys TeamArpithSannidhi ShettyRakshith RajMidhun JyothisSandeepa PrabhuNishwinSarvesh MarthaSachin Kumar P. K.Ranulf Norohna

Girls TeamNandini G.VidhyaAnusha HegdeManjushreeVinutha B.Hithartha B. J.Jayashree

Sahyadri Boys Volleyball team emerged as champions Mr. Sharad R. Shetty, Mr. Deekshith Shetty, Mr. Suraj in both Mangalore zone & Inter Zone Volleyball K. S. Naik, Mr. Subramanya M. V., Mr. Keerthi Shetty, Tournament for the 4th consecutive year held at Mr. Savan Shetty, Mr. Harshith, Mr. Izahid V., Mr. B. M. Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology, Raman Ahmed, Mr. Mithesh, Mr. Glister Prithesh Puttur & NMIT, Bangalore. D'Silva, Mr. Sri Harsha Bhat.The team comprised of Mr. Abhishek Amin (Captain),

Sahyadri Girls’ Volleyball team emerged Engineering, Bangalore for the 5th Shetty, Ms. Vinutha B. Ms. Nishmitha as Champions in both Rest of Bangalore consecutive year. Kulal, Ms. Lipitha M.G., Ms. Jyothsna, Ms. zone Tournament held at JNNCE, The team comprised of Ms. Priyanka Anvitha, Ms. Likhitha M. G., Ms. Shimoga and Inter Zone Volleyball (Captain), Ms. Sushmith, Ms. Ashmith Pratheeksha.Tournament held at ACSCE College Of Rodrigues, Ms. Yashwitha, Ms. Tanya

VTU Level Cross Country Champions

Sahyadri Boys’ Volleyball Team Emerge Champions

The students of Department of Mechanical Engineering are the winners in the UG Inter-Branch Football Tournament organized by the Department of Physical Education. They defeated the IInd Semester Physics Cycle team in the finals. A total of fourteen teams participated in the tournament. The team members exhibited good sportsmanship and participated in the competition with great enthusiasm.

Mechanical Engineering Football Team Emerge Winners

Sahyadri Girls’ Team EmergeVTU Volleyball Champions Consecutively for 5th Time

The Mens' Cricket Team of the First Year MBA has won the PG inter-class Cricket Tournament organized by the Department of Physical Education. The team won the competition by defeating the MBA Second Year team in the final. The team from MBA Second Year was runner-up. A total of Eight teams participated in the tournament.

Boys’ Hockey Team Bags Runner-up Trophy

MBA First Year Mens' Cricket Team Emerge Victorious

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The VTU Youth Fest-2015 held at Vishweshwarya In the Cartoon and Painting Competitions, Arun Naik Technological University, Belagavi saw thirty-eight won the Fourth place. Pavan, Anuraj, Sashwatha, students of the cultural team of the College Varshitha, Harshith, Disha Kottari, Navaneeth, competing against 95 VTU affiliated colleges. The Meghanashree, and Shereyas bagged the Fifth place team participated in 23 events in the YouthFest. in the One-Act Play.The team with Swetha, Shilpa Nayak, Agna Shetty, Kaushal, Anush Pai, Shreyas, Prashantha, and Harshitha, Rakshitha, Malavika, Anvitha, Athulya, Prashanth S. Holla competed in the Folk Orchestra Archana, Neha, Deepika, and Anuraj won the Third Competition and bagged the Seventh place. place in the Group Dancing Competition.

VTU Youth Fest-2015: Sahyadrians Win in Competitions

Sambhrama 14'Sambhrama14', State level intercollegiate Cultural fest held at Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Mangalore.The cultural team of the College comprising of twenty-five students of Engineering stream won the first place in the Variety Competition i n S a m b h r a m a - 1 4 ' , a S t a t e l e v e l intercollegiate Cultural fest held at Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Mangalore. The team competed against 20 other colleges. The winners are:

Chakravyuh - 14'

Chakravyuh - 14', a Intercollegiate Technical and Cultural Extravaganza, organized by Alva”s institute of engineering and Technology, Mijar, Moodbidri. Students from Sahyadri participated in the event and Shelton from the Dept. of Civil Engineering secured 1st place in western solo singing.

Fishco Festival - 2015

Students of the College bagged the First prize in the Dance, Bhandary, Atulya, Navaneeth, Mansa, Neha Shetty, Manasa, Pencil Sketching and Collage Competition in Fishco Festival - 15; Anusha Bhandary Kulai were the members of dance team. an inter-collegiate cultural extravaganza, organized by the Neha Jabbar won prize in Pencil Sketching and Arun Naik and College of Fisheries, Yekkuru, Mangalore. Anuraj Chouta, Neha Jabbar in Collage competition. Nikhitha V. Anchan, Rachana P. Shetty, Arathi M., Anusha

Sahyadri Students at ‘AAKRITI 2015'

Infosys organized an competition GLAMSLAM 2015 in Development Center at Mudipu, Mangaluru. 17 students from Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management participated in the event and received appreciation from the INFOSYS team for their performance.

Inter-collegiate Fashion Show

Inter-collegiate Fashion Chow Competition GLAMSLAM 2015

Sentia-14', an Inter-collegiate Technical and Cultural Extravaganza, organized by Mangalore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar, Moodbidri. Students from Sahyadri participated in the event and Shelton from the Dept. of Civil Engineering secured 2nd place in western solo singing.

Sentia - Inter-collegiate Technical and Cultural Extravaganza

Chitharanjan M. a student of M.Tech. (Civil) won the Second place in the Face Painting Competition at Canara Fest `AAKRITI 2015', an inter-collegiate cultural competition held at Canara Engineering College, Benjana Padavu, Bantwal.Anuraj Chouta, Nikhitha V. Anchan, Rachana P. Shetty, Arathi M., Anusha Bhandary, Atulya, Navaneeth, Mansa, Neha Shetty, Manasa and Anusha Bhandary Kulai were members of the prize winning dance team. While Neha Jabbar participated in Pencil Sketching and 2nd place. Arun Naik and Neha Jabbar secured 2nd place in Collage competition.

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“Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It’s OK to fail. If you’re not failing, you’re not growing.” - H. Stanley Judd

challenges and how to resolve them.They delved deeply on the areas o f S e l f - D i s c o v e r y & Transformation, Communication & Relationships, Leadership and Te a m B u i l d i n g , S t u d e n t ' s E x p e c t a t i o n M a n a g e m e n t , C o r p o r a t e w o r k c u l t u r e , Grooming, Handling Classroom challenges, Creativity in Training, Skills of the trainer and Best

A three-day workshop was Trainer and Vice - Chairman, p l a t f o r m s k i l l s u s i n g t h e organized by the Department of Karnataka - British South India experiential learning techniques. Training for the Teaching Faculty Council of Commerce (BSICC), UK, On the concluding day of the on “Pathway to Success for touched upon various aspects of workshop, practical presentations Teachers”. The resource persons, training, self -development, skills by the faculty and corrective Mrs. Bharathi Singh, Founder and o f t r a i n e r s , a n d s t u d e n t feedback was given by the Chief, Sa-Mudra Personality School expectations of management. resource persons. and Mr. K. C. Janardhan, Corporate They also looked at the classroom

Workshop on Pathway to Success for Teachers Held in the Campus

Mrs. Molly Sanjay Chaudhuri, HoD, Training, was conferred with the Doctor of Philosophy at the 33rd Convocation of Mangalore University for the thesis entitled, "Emerging Issues in Knowledge Management: A comparative Study of select software companies in Karnataka State" in the faculty of Commerce. She was guided by Dr. C. Kusumakara Hebbar, Professor, University College, Mangaluru.

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Two-day Workshop on `Self-Esteem and Work Ethics'organ isat iona l g row th . He emphasized on the paradigms in life and the importance of character ethics for building self-esteem On the concluding day of the workshop Mr. Chandrashekar emphasized the 7 habits of effective people, the four levels of leadership, characteristics of good

A two-day workshop on ''Self- eminent motivational speaker and work ethics and building strong Esteem & Work Ethics" for the corporate trainer. He touched work ethics to enhance the faculty members was held at upon a variety of topics which organizational culture. The CODP, Mangalore. The resource build 'Self-Esteem' and help build workshop was held for all the person was Mr. Chandrashekar, `Work Ethics' which are essential faculty members in two batchesthe former Joint Director, DTE; an both for the individual and for the

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Marketing, District 92, 2014-15, Toastmasters International was the Chief Guest at the Valedictory function. He gave insights into the importance of communicat ion through severa l anecdotes and emphasized the need for communication in corporate life. The Chief Guest, Mr. M. N. Pai also inaugurated the 'Oratocrats Gavel Club' in an innovative way by signing on the b o o k , ' T h e S e c ret Tre a s u re o f Knowledge'. He also gave away the prizes

'Akhyana 2015' - a Communication Fest, Speak, Turncoat, and Picture Description to the winners of various events. Dr. was inaugurated by Mr. Ram Mohan Pai were conducted. The external judges Molly Chaudhuri, HoD, Training, Maroor, Vice President, Kanara Chamber were toastmasters Ms Matilda Pinto, introduced the functionaries of the of Commerce & Industry; Director, DTM, Ms. Samina Nayak, DTM, Mr. Oratocrats Gavel Club. Prof. Uma Maroor Group; and Toastmaster, Shashikanth, Area Governor, Ms. Sujatha Shankar, Dean Academics, and President Winners Club. He spoke on the Kotian, and Mr. Brian Fernandes, from of the function, called upon the students importance of Communication in our PortTown Advanced Toastmasters., to make use of the club to build their lives especially in the corporate world. Winners Club Toastmasters & Mangalore communication and leadership skills. Mr. and called upon the students to build Toastmasters Karthik Ramakrishna of the Oratocrats their communication skills in order to Gavel Club gave an insight into the history In the preliminary round of Pick and excel in all spheres of life. The Student of the club and how the club has helped Speak ,Debate ,Turncoat , Mad Ads and Head for Training, Ms. Jyothsna Rai, them build their public speaking skills. He Picture Description, over 150 students welcomed the guests and judges. The also proposed the vote of thanks. The actively participated.programme was compered by Mr. programme was compered by Ms. CA. M. N. Pai, Director – Achal Cashews Shreyas Shetty. Panchami Pradeep. Pv t . Ltd . ; L ieutenant Governor The finals of Debate, Mad Ads, Pick and

Dr. Molly Chaudhuri, HoD (Training) and a member of k-community of Bangalore, attended the CII-KM Summit; an annual event organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry. CEOs, CKOs, KM Heads and KM Managers converged at this summit to discuss the new directions emerging in the Knowledge economy. This year, the theme was `Digital India: Pathways to a Knowledge Economy'. Over 30 speakers and 200 delegates participated in the two-day event through valuable presentations, panel discussions and knowledge cafes. The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) awards were also presented to the top practitioners of Knowledge Management (KM) in eight different categories.

'Akhyana 2015' - a Communication Fest

Faculty Member Attends CII- Knowledge Summit- 2015

Oratocrats Gavel Club Certified by Toastmasters InternationalOratocrats Gavel Club of Sahyadri Toastmasters International is a world College of Engineering & Management l e a d e r i n co m m u n i cat i o n a n d has been chartered by the prestigious leadership development. It has a Toastmasters International, based in membership of over 313,000 members. California, USA. With this recognition, Toastmasters International Mission is to students of Sahyadri will benefit largely empower individuals to become more from getting international guidance to effective communicators and leaders. having global standards in public Gavel Clubs are an affiliate of speaking. Toastmasters International.

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