Alumni Update: Parimala Alva (2004) secure admission in Robotics in UK University

Hello Sir,

 

How are you? I enjoy reading your blog sir. Waiting for more. There is some good news from my end. 

 

I managed to get offers from university of Leicester,university of Hertfordshire, Middlesex university,kingston university and university of Sheffield hallam for my MSc degree. I chose university of Hertfordshire because I was interested in the subject Artificial Intelligence and Robotics which they are offering in january. This has all been possible because of yourrecommendation letter and support. Thank you very much sir. I am very grateful.

 

Sincerely,

Parimala Alva

Samveshana Quiz

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Nikhil Kulkarni Visits SDM again

Nikhil Kulkarni has visited SDM earlier  and had shared his invaluable experience with our students. See comments by Vanishree and Pavan Here . Nikhil visited us again us on 4th and held a lively discussions with our VII semester students. Here are the highlights

• Develop interest and passion for something and chase it. Try to explore each thing things u learn in the wider context of their use and application. Friends suggestions made in SNS is based on algorithms
• How to plan u r career. Take it as a 30 year journey; break into 6 parts of 5 year each. For each part have some specific purpose   

• 0-5 years – learn as much as possible about your work and domain
• 6-10 years – specialize in one or more domains.
• 10-15 try out different roles
• 15-20 – consider opening up u r own venture ( Mitesh Naik
• 20-21 become best known name in the field
• Communication skills- contact people; read their blogs, comments on them, write small messages in email – not more than 7 sentences
• Networking – find people and join their address list – get their cards etc 

Amith and Divya make " Give it back to institute" Visit

Today was one such special day where past meets the future in the present or experience meets the anxiety or a strong sense of “giving it back to my institution” propels a lively and interesting interaction.

The Narendra Couple – Amith and Divya, classmates , 2006 passouts interacted with the current VII semester students and shared their views and experience and answered many questions from the student audiences, Here are the key points enunciated by them.

 Amith Narendra addressing VII semester students on 4th November, 2010

• Don’t build walls; INSTEAD build bridges and Open Up: Narendra made a very observation to by asking students that why you – boys and girls still seat separately and stay away from each other. In industry such a separation or demarcation is not seen nor supported. One has to interact with all kinds of people and has be feel comfortable in interactions involving people of other genders, different age groups, geographical origins. So open up your minds, mingle with people and try to gain confidence in interacting with others.
• Learn with purpose, contexts and relate your learning to  future. “How of many of you are proficient in any one of the programming language you have studied” he challenged the students. While no one in the class took that challenge, he explained that this happens because – you study each course in “isolation” and with a very small purpose of completing it in a given semester. Instead of that one should try to see each subject in the context of entire engineering course and see it as a kind of foundation to the things to come in future.
• Example: While studying a programming language say C a student may always keep asking himself “what features of this language might be needed during the future semesters where I will learn DATA STRUCTURE, OS or even carrying out project?” Such approaches provide a cumulative scheme in which you will be able to learn with an eye on current and future utility of that topic or course. Try to use backward and forward thinking and find out extended use of each topic in next course, next semester and even beyond that
• Discuss Topics and Trends with others: Actively take part in the happenings of the world – at least in the fields related to your domain- what is happening in IT field, who is buying and what, who is acquiring whom? Such knowledge provides a wider perspective of real world which in turn helps you to make informed decisions.
• Prepare for Interviews: Narendra being part of many recruitment events informed students about the thinking of selectors when they look at fresher CV and kinds of questions they pose. More than the academic records, the interview committee looks at candidates ability to approach a problem and different perspective he or she can bring to the company
• Some of the other points highlighted were the needs for establishing networks, communication skills and how to develop them. He gave an example of a student who is to make calls to Vodafone customer help to learn English fluency. 

CSE dept bids farewell to Devi Prasad Achari

Mr Deviprasad Achari, who was working as attender in CSE department is leaving and moving to SDM Ayurvedic College, Udupi. The department bid a farewell to him on 2nd November, 2010. Wishing him all the best in his future life and endeavorer.

Mr Deviprasad receiving momento from Prof. J V Vadavi  

Neha Hulkoti(2010): becomes TCS Associate.

TCS took over SuperValu India. Now i am a TCS associate. Neha had earlier joined SuperValue in July this year. Here is the report

IBM RFT Certification Exam on 1st Novemberm 2010

IBM conducted a certification exams on RFT for our students. About 60+ students took the exams. Here are snaps of the event. 

IBM conducted a certification exams on RFT for our students. About 60+ students took the exams. Here are snaps of the event. 

Prof. S L Deshpande Assumes Office of the HOD

On Friday, 29th October, 2010,  Prof. S L Deshpande assumed the office of HOD, CSE. Here are some snaps,

 From L to R: Prof Joshi S M, Prof. J C Karur, and Prof. S L Deshpande

Prof. S L Deshpande, HOD CSE

Alumni Update: Sahity Shetty(2010), Sarah ganihar(2010)

Hi Sir,

I wanted to update u that today me and sarah are giving an presentation of our project in FACEBOOK DEVELOPER GARAGE", Banglore. Nikhil Kulkerni Sir gave us this opportunity. Just wanted

you to know about this. Have a nice day sir :-)

Regards,

Sahitya Shetty

ph :9535063753

Career Update from Neha Hulkoti(2010)

How are you doing? I got job in SuperValu Services India . It is the 3rd largest US grocery retailing company. I am into infrastructure services. To be more specific , i am dealing with Service Management Tools . I joined on 22nd july . I would like to take this opportunity
to express my happiness and gratitude in having you as my mentor.

With best regards,
Neha Hulkoti

Prateek Shetty(2010): How my final year project landed me in Job

Hi all,

           It gives me immense pleasure to share my experience with all you juniors.  Here is a small article on how my final year project helped me get a job! Ravindra Sir had asked me to write this long back, but due to my busy schedule I couldn’t. I believe it’s better late than never, so this is how it goes…

           Once you enter your final year the search for the project group starts. And after the group is formed, starts the hunt for the project topic. Can say it as the most vital part of the project.  Some think of the marks they are going to score if they take up a particular project and some think of the things they can learn while doing the project. This reminds me of what my friend Rohan Nayak used to say, “It doesn’t matter how much you score in your project, what matters is how much you learn out of it”. And remember, if all you want is to get some marks there are easy ways out. But we chose the hard way and under the guidance of Ravindra Sir and mentorship of Mr. Nikhil Kulkarni from Minglebox, we started our project ‘Social Network Aggregator’.

            To say in brief about the project, we wanted to do something that has real world application, a product. We can call it as a WEB 3.0 application that aggregates data from different social networks. We aggregated data from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, through which one can upload his status simultaneously on all three networks. It’s been done using the API’s provided by these networking sites, protocol called OAuth for user authentication, and PHP. They say that getting a job off campus is nut cracking experience. But in reality, if you are good there are always people ready to hire you. I will be always thankful to Ravindra Sir for offering me an opportunity, and I made the best out of it. I proudly tell that I had got offers from two companies!! Out of which I chose InfoBridge Solutions, Pune. I was hired as a PHP developer.  Learning experience and exposure a fresher gets in a small company or a startup can never be compared with that of the IT giants!!

            That’s all I got to say fellas, all the best for your project and future. Thank you Ravindra Sir, for giving me this opportunity.

Regards,

Prateek Shetty

Jr Software Developer,

InfoBridge Solutions, Pune.

Email: prtek.shetty@gmail.com

Himanshu explains the importance of Internship and how to find one

Few steps to get internships during summer vacations. Drafted from my own experience.

1.) If you want to work in months of June to august, start looking in last December-January itself.

2.) The IT sector is so huge, so decide a domain in which you would like to work and learn some related

technologies.

e.g. Web-Design/Development - Php, Java, Javascript, Ajax etc

App-development for iphone, blackberry, etc - Java, Objective C etc

Enterprise Solutions - VB, VB.Net, DBMSs

3.) Now search on the internet about the companies which suit your domain. Get the contact info

of their HR department.

4.) Send them a mail writing that why would you like to work for them. Your interest, and what period

of time you would be available, preferred location etc. Attach your RESUME.

5.) Do this for all companies which suit your domain.

6.) If you have any relatives/contacts working in such companies, feel fere to ask them to refer you.

Dont hesitate. At the maximum, they will say a NO to you.

7.) Register yourself on the websites specifically for internships. Currently I know 2 of them.

http://www.hellointern.com/

http://www.twenty19.com/

There may be many more.

8.) Even if you dont get an internship, dont worry. At least join some courses related to your domain.

Or get involoved in some personal project of your own.

9.) If you wish to pursue post-graduate courses, this is the best time for joining any full time institute for

GATE/GRE/CAT etc. Many institutes run vacation specific courses.

10.) At last, to include, only 1 point, 3 months is huge amount of time. Dont waste it sitting ideally at home.



Himanshu Sarawagi

Preeti Hedge VII Sem - Internship at Total Computer Software

Preeti Hedge, current VII semester is undergoing internship at Total computer softwares, Bangalore. Her intership includes technical writing stuffs, lik srs and documentations and now m learning .net simultaneously. Good to know this

I am Cloud 9 : Jeevan Dongre, Jr. Software Developer, Inkorus, Pune

I am Cloud 9 : Jeevan Dongre, Jr. Software Developer, Inkorus, Pune


I am very keen on sharing my final year project experience with my you all because I do understand the difficulty in choosing the right topics and even I was once in a dilemma like you guys not aware what kind of topics to be chosen for. The final year projects are not just gonna add to your academic brilliance but most of the times decide your career. So the topics for the project must be chosen very very carefully.


I am tech savvy and I had a great appetite for learning and staying updated about the latest and upcoming technologies.Before I decide any thing regarding my final year, I had two objectives that has to be fulfilled by project.Firstly it should be helpful to a group of people or a community like Education, Healthcare etc.Secondly it should possess a strong business objective, so that I should be in a position to promote it has product. Since the word “cloud computing” was in the buzz, I felt this could be one such interesting topic which i could take for my career deciding project. So I and my team approached ‘ happy-to-help-anytime’ Dastikop Sir, who gave us a clarity of the subject.

“CLOUD BASED TEACHING SYSTEM”(CBTS) was my final year project. The objective of this project is to bring the traditional class room teaching system a new dimension. Utilizing the resources which are already available in web, we are able develop a new product which can be managed effortlessly.By cloud-based teaching-learning system we mean a method of teaching where web is the point of contact between teacher and learner. This system may be used independently or in conjunction with class room teaching.

CBTS harnesses variety of cloud resources to design, develop and deploy teaching courses and delivers them over the web. By end-to-end we CBTS covers all aspects of teaching process such as Course registration, content delivery, monitoring of students progress, assignments, tests and final certification culminating with warding grades to registered students. The CBTS will be accessible to teacher and students at a web-interface and acts as a dashboard.

Suprizingly “Cloud Based Teaching Sytem” is not just our final year project, it is going to be a research activity soon as “Cloud Learning Environment”. People across the world(US/UK/Canada) are showing keen interest.Thanks to Social Networking sites.

I would suggest you to go for upcoming technologies since the industry prefers such projects rather than the conventional age old concepts. Lot many developers and Engineers are already working on traditional systems, to make different identity in the industry, its very important to up with a OUT OF BOX thinking and start working on cutting edge technologies.Finally its your interest all which matters.Prioritize your interests and strengths and do thorough searching before you choose the topic.

Vijay Sali: How my project won me the job

Hello,

Its my immense pleasure to share my experience about “ How my project helped me to get my first job”.... Firstly my heartily thanks to Prof.Ravindra Dastikopa, for giving me an opportunity to share my views & experience in getting my first job...

During 7th semester myself with my team were thinking to do something which is new , innovative, and helpful to society , this was our main objectives.... As we approached Professor he suggested his idea's which will be helpful for the education system i.e “CLOUDBASED TEACHING SYSTEM”.

Here started our journey to think in the direction of "CLOUDBASED TEACHING SYSTEM”.... With this in mind we started searching more information with respect to this and during this session lots of brainstorming sessions happened on requirement collection, constraints, and choosing domains (Like java, python and .net)..... Finally we where al set & started our work in this .....

We understood the entire system environment and stepped into executing the plans what we had.. We took java as platform to develop a system. In between we faced lots of errors and constraints , that we fixed it .. And finally done with the project successfully ....Here , I would like to mention one more person Mr. Earlence Fernandes from PUNE , who helped & guided us during the time of project development....

In the entire process i have really learn' t lot many things which polished me to transfer myself from normal student to become a Professional and i'm very happy & satisfied with the work i have done so far ...... A Knowledge gained from our project really helped us to get a job which i'm in now.... Project really made us to enter into the Corporate world that too soon after my engineering without much delay ......

Finally coming to the job, offcourse the most important thing ....

I have applied to the job where I can apply my skills and get more knowledge about the industry.. They called for face to face interview.. I was confident in my work & on myself ...... Interview went nearly 6 Hrs .. It was pure technical session, in that they had asked on some basic concepts of Computer Science field , java and offcourse abt GAE (Google App Engine , i.e , based on my project ) .. And after 2 days of my interview I got my OFFER LETTER to my mail joining was on 5th July .... All this happened and stil our 8th sem results were not announced yet & i had an OFFER LETTER for my FIRST JOB in my hand....

If i just turn back & see, feels like all this happened like a miracle even though there were lots of ups & downs until the completion of my project ..... Finally my project helped me to get near to my destiny.....

by VijayKumar Sali, Jr. Software Developer ,Inkorus Solutions,Pune, India

THINK 10: Workshop on Web Tools for Learning and Teaching

THINK-10

A Hands on Workshop
on
Web Tools for Learning and Teaching

Introduction

We have been often told that this is an age of life long learning. In fact it more than that, this is also an age of life long working and living too. In this technologically advanced age, tools are integral part of our life and WEB has become a powerful companion of learners and professionals and a veritable resource.

The purpose of this HANDS ON WORKSHOP is to sensitize the user about the true potential of web resources- information and tools and introduce some of the important ones. During the workshop the participant will be introduced to various web tools, their features and how to use them purposefully.

HIGHLIGHTS of the workshop: In addition to general introduction to tools such as email, search engine, blogs, the participant will understand how to

• Create, submit ,share and publish docs online
  
• Collaborate project work using online docs
  
• Create, and publish a quiz using docs
• Create and publish a blog
• Using Search engines effectively and creating Custom Search engines
  
• Harness community tools such as groups, social networking
  
• use web tools for personal and professional purposes

• Pointer to education resources such as open ware
  

• Projects with web tools

and MUCH More !!!

For a Preview of workshop Visit

Web Tools for Learning and Teaching

for further details contact

Ravindra Dastikop,

Workshop coordinator
email: ravindra.dastikop@gmail.com
Cell: 99808 73130


http://wtlt.blogspot.com 

Openings at Bluecoat

As you already know that S7 software is acquired by BlueCoat ( www.bluecoat.com).. and it is a product based company
now i am an employee of BlueCoat...

Sir, there are lot of opportunities in the field of networking., in our company.

looking for :

3+ experience candidates with experience on networking.

sir, please ask our seniors to contact me if they are planning to hop to another company and to those who are planning to work in a product company.

my email id : sameer.kathawate@bluecoat.com

Openings at CTS

Dear All

We propose to organize combined campus (off-campus) recruitment drives across select locations for 2009 batch freshers ONLY. Towards this, we have opened up registrations in the Cognizant Careers Portal (https://careers.cognizant.com), under the “Freshers” section. Interested students, as per the criteria mentioned in the portal, can log onto it and submit the relevant details.

If found suitable as per eligibility criteria, they shall be invited to participate in the off-campus recruitment drives. Details of the drives will be shared with the eligible candidates, as and when it is scheduled.

Kindly share the information with interested students of the 2009 batch ONLY.

Thanks and regards

Cognizant Campus Team

SDMites Break their own record: 76 selected in Infy campus

The college is happy to announce the news that 76 students from the college have been selected in yesterday's campus recruitment by software service giant Infosys. There can be no better way to start a new campus season than this. We congratulate each of these selected student who has set a good trend. The number 76 beats the previous highest 58 selected by CTS some time back.