Tech Vision –2018 held at Sahyadri College
Mangaluru: Tech Vision 2018, a One-Day intra-collegiate project competition was held in the campus. The main objective of this event was to inspire young minds by providing them with a platform to demonstrate their skills and knowledge through projects. Around 20 lakh rupees have been spent on Sahyadri Project Support Scheme (SPSS) wherein the grants are being provided to each of the qualified student projects. More than 710 projects including SPSS and Non-SPSS projects of BE, M.Tech, MBA and VTU final year projects of B.E students were on display. More than 3000 students participated in the event demonstrating their engineering talent.
Tech Vision 2018 was inaugurated by K. Prabhakar Rao, Director –Works, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd and Dr Ramakrishna, Senior Principal Scientist, Defence Food Research Laboratory, DRDO, Ministry of Defence. While addressing the gathering, K. Prabhakar Rao emphasized on project management as one of the experiences to be learnt by students. He spoke about PDCA Cycle, Six Sigma and the new technologies. He also touched upon the difference between innovation and invention. He mentioned that the transition from one comfort zone to a higher level of the comfort zone is through many uncomfortable zones.
Dr. Ramakrishna talked about the importance of food. He said food should be taken as medicine & not medicine taken as food. He spoke about diverse emerging technologies and motivated the students to take up projects. During the valedictory ceremony, the winning projects of both Engineering & MBA were awarded.
