Vol : 10No : 6September 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

Dr. G.P.C. NayarFounder & Chairman

SCMS Group of Educational Institutions

Dr. GPC Nayar, Chairman, SCMS Group hoisting the National Flag on the 68th Independence Day at SCMS Campus, Prathap Nagar at Kalamassery. Board of Directors, Faculty Members, Students and Staff participated on the occasion.

‘Vande Mataram’

Dr. Pradeep P. Thevannoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group explaining the Water Policy Project to Mr. Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala. Mr.Tony Chammany, Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation, Ms. Bhadra, Deputy Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation, Mr. Benny Bahanan MLA, Mr. Hibi Eden MLA and Dr. Sunny George, Director, CSWTM also seen .

SCMS joins hands with Kochi Corporation for ‘Water Policy’As part of the Mission Kochi 2015, an initiative of the Corporation, the Centre for Sustainable Water Technology and Management (CSWTM) at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology (SSET) has been selected by the Kochi Municipal Corporation for developing a water policy for the city. This is the first time ever in India that a local self government is developing its own local water policy under the purview of the National and State water policies. This water policy project is one among the few projects that Kochi Corporation has enlisted under ‘fast track projects’ category and was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mr. Oommen Chandy on 25 August, 2014. The water policy will act as guidelines for the effective utilization of water resource in the city and will help the corporation to plan and implement projects providing sustainable solutions to unique water issues in the city. News SSET

M.Tech 5th batch inauguration

IPR Awareness Programme

Staff Achievements

Mr. Manoj Kumar B., Asst Professor - Automobile Department and Mr. Vinoj P.G., Asst Professor - Electronics and Communication Department attended one day Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at Hotel Dream, Cochin Organized By FISME, Intellectual Property India &

rdGovernment of Kerala on 23 August 2014.

SSET Final Year Students who were engaged in v a r i o u s I n n o v a t i v e Projects Mr. Rakesh R Na ik , Mr. Vip in P S u b r a m o n i a m , M r.

Naveen Joseph, Mr. Saeed Rahman, Mr. Jabir Haneef, Mr. Abijith Menon, Mr. Neal R Chhabani, Mr. Paul Zacharia, Mr. Adithya also joined the Programme as student delegates.

The 5th batch M.Tech programme was inaugurated by Prof. M. Madhavan, Director, SSET on 20th August.

Ms. Diana P. G. Percy, Assistant Professor -CSE Dept secured first

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Mr. Vinu Verghese the Chief Operating Officer of Kerala at Idea Cellular Limited and the Senior Vice President of Operations – Kerala, interacting with students at SCMS campus in the programme ‘Industry Institute Interaction’ on Monday, 18th August, 2014.

Dr.C.Sengottuvelu, Professor and Consultancy, SCMS Cochin School of Business has attended a one day workshop on Cost and Profitability Management on 05-07-2014 conducted by MSME Development Institute Chennai under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India. A paper titled on " Measuring supply chain performance in selected Engineering Industry" has been published in International Journal of Business and Administration Research Review (IJBARR), Volume 2, Issue 5, April-June 2014".

The students attended a personality development programme during the period from August 11 to 31. The resource persons were Mr.Mahesh Nazare and Prakash Almeda from

Red. India Limited, Mumbai.

Workshop Attended and Paper Published

Personality Development Programme ( PDP)

National Conference on “Knowledge Management” at SCMS

A two-day national conference on “Knowledge Management” was held at SCMS COCHIN School of Business campus at

th thKalamassery on 29 and 30 of August, 2014. The event was supported under “Building Capacities for Consultancy Development & Knowledge Management with Partner Institution (KMPI)” Programme of Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), an autonomous Institution of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) of Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. SCMS is the Knowledge ‘Management Partner Institute’ of CDC. The conference was designed for academicians, researchers, IT professionals, consultants and participants from the corporate to discuss the emerging practices in Knowledge Management domain.

Mr. Manoj K. Das, Resident Editor, The Times of India inaugurating the conference.

On Friday morning, Mr. Manoj K. Das, Resident Editor, The Times of India inaugurated the conference. Dr.V.Raman Nair,

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rank in Embedded Systems during the Cochin University M.Tech examinations conducted in June 2014.

Ms. Asha S., Assistant Professor -CSE Dept secured first rank in Information Systems during the Mahatma Gandhi

University M.Tech examinations conducted in March 2014.

L&T Ramboll conducted campus recruitment for 2014 batch M.Tech students on August 13. 2 students have been shortlisted for final interview.

FCI OEN India conducted campus recruitment for 2014 batch B.Tech students on August 23, Final results are awaited.

Bloomberg Aptitude Test was attended by our 2015 batch B.Tech students on August 10. Infosys Limited will conduct their campus recruitment drive for 2015 batch final year students during the first week of October 2014.

Placement News

Diana P. G. Percy Asha S.

Mr. Ralf Heilmann and Mr. Marius Dietmann from Germany are visiting SSET for 4 months as part of the student exchange programme between University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten and SSET. During their stay at SSET they will actively participate in the ongoing projects of CSWTM like development of Water policy for Cochin Corporation, electro dialysis desalination, Green Audit, German Water Partnership Programme etc.

Meanwhile the students of M.Tech Environmental Engineering Department from SCMS Engineering College has reached at University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany as part of the Students Exchange Programme for a duration of two months.

Students Exchange Programme

German Solutions to Indian Challenges

The 2nd Indian – German Water Partnership summit will be held on th

6 October 2014 at the Taj Gateway Hotel Kochi in association with SCMS School of Engineering and Technology and Kochi Corporation. Mr. Oommen Chandy, Hon'ble 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, Friedrich Barth, Managing Director GWP, Mr Hibi Eden, M.L.A., Prof. M. Madhavan, Principal SSET and Dr.Sunny George, Director, CSWTM 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.

thIndian – German Water Partnership Summit 2014 on October 6

Dr. Pradeep P. Thevanoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group and Dr. Sunny George, Director, CSWTM with the Indo German Sub Committee of German Water Partnership.

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The students of SCMS welcoming Mr. Rajesh Parpyani, Head – Knowledge Management & Publications, CDC, Government of India., Mr. Manoj K.Das, Resident Editor, The Times of India, Mr. Rajesh Nair, Associate Director (Markets), Ernst & Young LLP, Kochi accompanied by Dr.V.Raman Nair, Director, SCMS COCHIN School of Business.

Introduction of the seminarSai Narayanan & Shivin

(PGDM Batch 23)

Prayer Amjatha & Karthika(PGDM Batch 23)

View of the audience

Mr.Tobby Simon, Founder, Synergia Foundation delivering

the key note addressMr. Rajeev Mukundan, TCS, Kochi with Dr.Indu Nair, Director, SCMS

Dr.Praveen Kammath, Global Head -

Talent Transformation, Wipro BPO, Bangalore

Mr. Tushar Dekate, DGM, HCL Bangalore

Mr. Jack Eapen, Sun Tec Business Solutions,

Techno Park, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr.K.Jayakumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Sports &

Youth Affairs, Govt. of Sikkim

Dr. Beena K.S., Chief Librarian

CUSAT

Prof. Muralidharan K.B., Dept. of Computer Science,

CUSAT

SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Development (SIBB R&D) and Kaipuzha Coconut Producer Company Limited, Kollam has signed a one year MOA. As per this, Neera products – Neera drink, Neera honey and Neera sugar developed by SCMS will be marketed by the company in the State. Dr.Pradip P.Thevannoor, Vice President, SCMS Group and Mr.Jayamohan, M.D, Kaipuzha Coconut Producer Company jointly signed the agreement at SCMS campus, Kalamassery. Prof. P.C.Pillai, Group Director, SCMS, Dr.C.Mohankumar, Director, SIBB R&D and Mr. Shajahan, Chairman, Kaipuzha Coconut Producer Company were present on the occasion.

T h e f i r s t N e e r a processing pilot plant in the private sector in the country will be c o m m i s s i o n e d i n September, 2014. It is a successful initiative of SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Bio-technology Research

and Development (SIBB R&D), a member of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions. The State Government has granted permission for one year for the production of Neera in association with Coconut Development Board, Government of India. The project has successfully full-filled its objectives using financial aid from the C.D.B. The State Excise Department has also released NOC to tap Neera from 250 coconut trees in Ernakulam District. SCMS research institute is the first institution in the private sector in the country in developing “Coconut Neera drink” and its add-on products like “Neera honey,” “Neera sugar,” and “Kera Nutri Vita,” a highly nutritious protein powder ‘for the infant and the old.’ The plant is located at Vidya Nagar near Cusat, South Kalamasery at Ernakalum District. ‘The production capacity of the plant will be 1000 liters per day of Neera drink and bi-products. The latest technology well ensures that the functions of the machineries will be highly hygienic.

The drink can be preserved for 3 months at normal temperature. Dr.C.MohanKumar, Senior Scientist and Director of SCMS research Institute (SIBB R&D) is the leader of the SCMS research

SCMS ‘Neera’ plant to be commissioned this month

team. Earlier, Mr.Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala officially had launched the Neera Products developed by SCMS at

nda function in Kottayam on March 2 2014.

Signs MoA for ‘Neera’ products

Dr. Pradeep P.Thevannoor and Mr.Jayamohan exchanging the MoU for marketing the Neera products developed by SCMS. Prof. P.C.Pillai, Group Director, SCMS, Dr.C.Mohankumar and Mr. Shajahan also seen in the picture.

“Are you ready for the corner office” book release

Mr. Shyam Sreenivasan, Chairman and CEO, Federal Bank, releasing the book titled "Are you ready for the corner office" written by Mr. Pradipta K. Mohapatra IAS, Co – founder and Chairman, Coaching Foundation India Limited in a function organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) at SCMS COCHIN School of Business campus, Kalamassery in association with TiE.

This network is not just to foster the relationships you have built in your campus life. It enables you to benefit from the strength of this alumni network and benefit from the alumni you may not even know personally. Each one of us needs to spread this other SCMS alumni too.

“We have taken the first step towards bringing all our alumni under one roof.”

An exclusive alumni network for

SCMS COCHIN

SCMS Cochin School of Business has its own exclusive alumni network which can be accessed at https:// scmscochin.fourthambit.com/ I request all the alumni to register here: https://scmscochin.fourthambit.com/ says Prof. Pramod P. Thevannoor, Sr.Group Director, SCMS.

The dual Degree MCA (BCA+MCA) Programme affiliated to the MG University and offered by SCMS School of Technology and

thManagement (SSTM), has begun on 25 Monday, August, 2014 at the SCMS campus at Kalamasery.

MBA

A freshers’ welcoming party was organized by the MBA seniors to the juniors on August 7 at the campus.

BCom

Senior students of BCom programme organised a marvelous welcome party to the freshers on 14th August, 2014 at the Campus auditorium.

Dual MCA pogramme launche at SSTM

Freshers’ gathering at SSTM

Director, SCMS Cochin School of Business accorded welcome and Mr. Rajesh Parpyani, Head- Knowledge Management & Publications, CDC, Government of India presided over the meeting. Mr.Tobby Simon, founder, Synergia Foundation delivered the key note address and Prof. MariakuttyVarkey, Head- Systems & Operations, SCMS expressed vote of thanks.

Mr. Praveen Kamath, Global Head- Talent Transformation, Wipro BPO, Bangalore, Mr. Rajesh Nair, Associate Director (Markets), Ernst & Young LLP, Kochi, Mr. Rajeev Mukundan (TCS, Kochi), Mr. Jack Eapen (Sun Tec Business Solutions, Techno Park, Thiruvananthapuram), Dr.K.Jayakumar, IAS (Principal Secretary, Dept. of Sports & Youth Affairs, Govt. of Sikkim), Prof. Muralidharan KB (Dept. of Computer Science, CUSAT), Dr.Beena, KS (CUSAT), Mr. Tushar Dekate (DGM, HCL Bangalore), Dr.C.Sengottuvelu (Professor and Head-Consultancy, SCMS) and Prof. Srikrishnan S. (Systems and Operations Area, SCMS) were the speakers in the two-day national conference.

A one day seminar on “Novel exposures of Biotechnology and its thallied areas” has been conducted on August 8 2014 at SCMS

south Kalamassery campus. The objective of the programme was to provide a clear awareness to graduate students and parents about the need for studying M.Sc Biotechnology and its job opportunities in the areas of clinical and molecular diagnosis of diseases, designing and production of drugs, new tissue implants and tissue engineering, production of nutraceuticals, transgenic crops, recombinant therapeutic proteins, biofuels and other novel biotech products.

Dr. AnilKumar P.R., Sr. Scientist, Tissue Engineering Department, The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, inaugurated the seminar. Dr. C. Mohankumar, Director, SIBB R&D presided over the inaugural ceremony. Mr. Jacob Thomas, Manager, SIBB R&D, Dr. Jithesh Narayanan, scientist and faculty, SIBB R&D delivered the felicitation speeches. Mr. Sanal Potty, Manager, Public Relations welcomed the seminar and Dr. Shalini Bhaskar, Research Coordinator, SIBB R&D expressed vote of thanks. The seminar w a s c o n c l u d e d w i t h a n i n t e r a c t i v e s e s s i o n b y Dr. Shiny Velayudhan, Scientist, Biometerial Dept., Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.

Seminar on Biotechnology at SCMS

Dr. AnilKumar P.R., Sr. Scientist, Tissue Engineering Department, The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, inaugurating the seminar. Dr. C. Mohankumar, Director, SIBB R&D (extremely right), and Mr. Sanal Potty, Manager, Public Relations are also seen in the picture.

Dr. Jithesh Narayanan Mr. Jacob Thomas Dr. Shalini BhaskarDr. C. Mohankumar