Vol : 10No : 7October 2014

A Monthly Newsletter of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Cochin

Co-ordinating Editor - Mr. Sanal Potty Editorial Advisory Council: Dr. D. Radhakrishnan Nair, Prof. R. Sahadevan

Edited and published by Prof. B. Unnikrishnan for and on behalf of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Prathap Nagar,Muttom, Cochin - 683 106 and printed at Maptho Printings, Cochin - 683 104.

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SCMS School o f Archi tecture

The inauguration of marketing of Neera products – Neera drink, Neera honey and Neera squash developed by SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research & Development (SIBB R&D) was held at Kollam on 15th September 2014.

Kaipuzha Coconut Producer Company Limited, a Kollam based distribution company will market the products in the State. Mr. Lal Varghese Kalpakavadi, Chairman, State Horti. Corp Chairman and Dr.C.Mohan Kumar, Director, SIBB R&D jointly launched products in a function at Kollam.

Neera drink developed by SCMSNow available in the market

Mr. Lal Varghese Kalpakavadi, Chairman, State Horti. Corp Chairman and Dr.C.Mohan Kumar, Director, SIBB R&D jointly launching the marketing of Neera products at Kollam developed by SCMS Research Institute.

It was a colorful day on Friday, 5th of September 2014 at SCMS campus, Kalamassery. The students, faculty members and staff celebrated the auspicious festival of Onam along with the members of the management.

Mr.Ravi Nair, Head of Programmes, R a d i o M a n g o 9 1 . 9 de l ive red the Onam message. As part of the celebrations, the students tried to bring out the best of

Mr.Ravi Nair, Head of Programmes, Radio Mango 91.9 receiving

'Onakkodi' from Maveli.

Indian – German Water Partnership SummitOn October 6th Monday, 2014 @ Taj Gateway, Kochi, Kerala, India

An initiative of GWP In association with SCMS Group & Kochi Municipal Corporation

Dr. G P C NayarChairman, SCMS Group

Mr Tony ChammanyMayor, Kochi Corporation

Mr. Oommen ChandyHon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala

H.E. Jörn Rohde Hon'ble Consul General

Germany

Ms. Christine Von Lonski Director, GWP

B.Arch 1st Batch Inauguration

The 1st batch B.Arch programme was inaugurated by Prof. M. Madhavan, Director, SSET on 1st September.

A research titled ''Cooperative Cross Layer Solution for Performance Improvement in Wireless OFDMA Network'' authored by Mr. Sunil Jacob, Associate Professor-ECE Dept. was published in the World Applied Science International Journal during September 2014.

The 'Auto Workshop' was organized by our Automobile Engineering Department in association with SAEINDIA Southern Section, Chennai for Third & Final year Mechanical and Automobile Engineering students during 19th and 20th September. 40 Students from various engineering colleges of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka including Kerala participated in the workshop. SSET Principal, Prof. M. Madhavan distributed certificates to participants. Auto Quiz related to new generation cars was conducted and prizes for winners were distributed. Prof. E.D.Mukundan, H.O.D – Automobile Department along with Organizing Committee conveners Mr. Manoj Kumar B, Mr. Sujay. K, Mr. Koshy P Joseph and Mr. K K Gopalakrishnan of Automobile Department coordinated various events.

Paper Publications

Auto Workshop

Participants of the Auto workshop with faculty and staff

Antinarcotics awareness classes were conducted for B.Tech fifth semester students on behalf of National Service Scheme unit. A team of Narcotic Control Bureau Kochi unit headed by Mr. Venugopal G Kurup, the superintendent of the cell delivered and demonstrated the various social impact affected to the society. Mr. K.K.Gopalakrisnan, former NSS Programme Officer, introduced the team to the students and delivered welcome speech. The program was moderated by Dr. Praveensal C. J., Professor –Mechanical Engineering dept. and Mr. Rakesh A, NSS Programme Officer.

Antinarcotics Awareness Class

Mr. Venugopal G Kurup, the superintendent of the Narcotic Control Bureau during class session

Placement NewsAccenture conducted campus recruitment for 2014 batch B.Tech and MCA students on 6th August and has selected four students.

Two-day aptitude training program were conducted from 23rd to 26th September for 7th semester B.Tech (all branches) and 4th semester MCA students. Trainers from Konfidence handled the classes.

Kerala's culture and tradition by intricately decorating Pookalam (floral Rangoli) in the campus. The students and other departments also performed traditional dances, songs and marvelous performances spreading the flavour of Onam in the entire campus.

The program concluded with an exclusive Onam feast. The celebration aligned with the institute's constant effort of connecting its diverse student community, and creating a homely environment for all its students.

Ms. Bhadra BMayor

Kochi CorporationHon'ble Dy.

ndThe 2 Indian – German Water Partnership summit will be held on th6 October 2014 at the Taj Gateway Hotel Kochi in association

with SCMS School of Engineering and Technology and Kochi Corporation. Mr. Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala will inaugurate the summit. GWP is a consortium of 350 German companies working on various aspects of water technologies. The water related activities of SCMS under the Centre for Sustainable Water Technology and Management (CSWTM) was caught the attention several companies who are members of GWP. They have decided to collaborate with CSWTM in order to fine tune the outstanding German technology on water to be ideally standardized for Indian local conditions for solving the water

related problems in the Country.

Dr. G P C Nayar, Chairman, SCMS Group will preside over the meeting. H.E. Jörn Rohde, Consul General of Germany in Bangalore will deliver the key note address. Mr Tony Chammany, Mayor, Kochi Corporation, Ms. Bhadra B, Deputy Mayor, Kochi Corporation and Ms. Christine Von Lonski, Director, GWP will participate in the inaugural ceremony. German and Indian water experts will deliberate on the theme “German Solutions to Indian Challenges.”It will also identify the challenges and opportunities of the Indian water sector, paying special attention to sustainable water resource management.

Onam song by faculty members

‘ONAM’ CELEBRATIONS 2014

Industry Institute Interaction (III)

Mr.Mahesh Mohan Prof Dr. Gopal Sharma

The narcotics control bureau has conducted an awareness campaign on the “ill-effects of drug abuse" on 15th September, 2014 at the campus. Mr.Venugopal G.Kurup, Superintendent of Police, Mr. Kumar Manohar Manju and Mr.Jacob Koshy, Intelligence Officer (Narcotics Control) led the demonstration sessions.

Awareness on the ill-effects of drug abuse

Mr.K.R.Biju Mon, Chief General Manager, Muthoot Finance Limited participated in the III programme on the topic "Intrapreneurship - Its role in Indian Commerce" on 17th September, 2014.

Mr. T.P.Sreenivasan, Former Ambassador of India and Vice Chairman and Executive Head of the Kerala State Higher Education Council addressed the faculty members and management students in the programme 'Industry Institute Interaction' (III) at SCMS COCHIN School of Business campus, Kalamassery.

An eight member team of students from Hyogo University, Japan visited SCMS campus on 16 and 17 September 2014.

The students from Japan with Dr.V.Raman Nair, Director, SCMS and faculty members of SCMS COCHIN. (Sitting from left) Ms. Shalini Nadwani, Dr. S.Sreekrishnan, Mr. Sudhir Sudhakar, (from right) Mr.Sreekumar B.Pillai and Mr.Nobin K Philip.

A Government of Kerala initiative to foster entrepreneurship in young minds The students of SCMS at 'YES' as volunteers

the Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES) held at Kochi on 12th September, 2014.

“Those who dream of the future can now erase the word 'no' from their 'lives,' “said the students who participated in the event.

The summit was a combined initiative of KSIDC, KFC, TBI, Technopark, Infopark, and KINFRA in creating a holistic ecosystem conducive for young entrepreneurs. YES is also a platform for young innovators to share their innovative ideas. At the event, the final selected innovators/ideas have been rewarded and honored.

The MBA students of SCMS posing for a photo shoot for the Outlook magazine in its latest issue.

Outlook

National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Kerala Chapter has organized a business quiz in association with SCMS Cochin & Binani Zinc Ltd. for “Ghanshyam Binani Ever Rolling Trophy” on August 12th Tuesday.

“Ghanshyam Binani Ever Rolling Trophy” business quiz

Centre for Sustainable Water Technology and Management (CSWTM) of SCMS engineering college conducted a Green

Green Audit for Panampilly Govt. College at Chalakudy

Better than a thousanddays of diligent study is

one day with a great teacher

Teacher's Day in India is held on September 5, on the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India's second President and a respected scholar and teacher of philosophy. The students of SCMS honoured all the teachers by cutting cake, singing songs and presenting flowers to their beloved teachers. Dr. Radha P. Thevannoor, Dr. V. Raman Nair, Dr. Indu Nair,

(Directors of SCMS), Prof. K.J. Paulose (Dean), faculty members and students from all departments participated in the honouring ceremony.

Dr. Filomina P. George

Happy Teacher’s Day

“Ghanshyam Binani Ever Rolling Trophy” business quiz

Onam @ SSET

The Onam celebrations of National Service Scheme unit and Helping Hands Organization (H2O) was conducted at Gandhi Gram Skin hospital (formerly known as Leprosy hospital ) Koratty. The unit distributed clothes (Onakkodi) to all the inmates of the hospital. The program was guided by Mr. Rakesh A, NSS Programme Officer and Mr. Manoj Jose Kalathil, H2O leader.

thOnam was celebrated at SSET on 5 September.

Dr.Ratheesh Menon (Faculty) and E.E. students are in action in the Green audit at Panampilly Memorial Govt. College at Chalakudy.

Audit at the Panampilly Memorial Govt. College at Chalakudy. The objective of the Green Audit is to help the institution to

efficiently manage their water, electricity a n d w a s t e t h e r e b y r e d u c i n g environmental degradation. Green audit is now considered by University Grant Commiss ion (UGC) as a bas ic requirement for NAAC accreditation of colleges in India. Audit team will inspect the usage of water and electricity in the campus and will give recommendation to reduce the misuse and overuse of these resources. Proper waste management solutions will also be given to the Govt. College campus. The exchange students from University of Applied Sciences, Ravensberg- Weingarten, Germany also participated in the audit.

Dr. Sunny George Head of CSWTM has been promoted to the Director of the department.

He is a Limnologist of high reputation and has worked

extensively in Europe and United States. He has been awarded fellowships from United Nations, United States,Govt of Belgium and C.S.I.R, New Delhi.

SSET has been crowned at the north Zone Inter Collegiate Chess Tournament held at St. Paul's College Kalamassery on 3rd September, 2014 conducted by M.G. University. Vaisakh V.N., Aditya A., Christopher George, Ramsujith & Varundas (CS & ME departments) are the team members in the tournament.

Congratulations team SSET