Vol : 10

No : 7

October 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.

www.scmsgroup.org Email: scms@scmsgroup.org

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 SCMS

Now 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 Nayar

Chairman, SCMS Group

Mr Tony Chammany

Mayor, Kochi Corporation

Mr. Oommen Chandy

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala

H.E. Jrn 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 News

Accenture 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 B

Mayor

Kochi Corporation

Hon'ble Dy.

nd

The 2 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, 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. Jrn 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 thousand

days 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 Teachers 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. th

Onam 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

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