Student life is a great time and the future should be brightened by making good use of it, said Dr.M.R.Doreswamy, the Chancellor of PES University.
Addressing the farewell and annual day to the secondary PUC students hosted in the Prof.MRD auditorium of the PES University campus. Students who have been educated through our PES institution are working in the most reputable organizations today. It is a matter of pride for us. We are an institution working for the betterment of students and our purpose is the all-round growth of students. Scholarships are also being offered to meritorious students in our institution. He told the students that all the privileges that the institution has to offer should be availed.
Scholarships were awarded to talented students in the program and to winners of various competitions. Students showcased their cultural talents through song, dance, and music. The program was attended by Prof. M.V.Sathyanarayana, Academic Director of PES Hanumanthanagar Campus, Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Principal of PU College, Rajasekhar Gowder, Principal of PES evening college, faculty, non-teaching staff and students.
PES University’s Department of Physical Education and Sports management held the Awards Ceremony for the Campus Challenge Organized in the Campus during April 30, 2022 to May 06, 2022. A total of 8 games were held with 17 students bagging Medals and Certificates for their performances at the National and International levels.
Mr.Santhosh Babu, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Ramanagara, Dronacharya, and Arjuna Awardee Mr.Jude Felix Sebastian were the Chief Guests.
In his address, Mr.Santhosh Babu appreciated the efforts of the Sports Department in motivating students to participate in sports activities.
Mr.Jude Felix complimented the University for creating a state-of-the-Art Sports infrastructure to boost sports activities on the campus.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr.M.R.Doreswamy, Chancellor emphasized the need for encouraging students to participate in sports and said that Sports is equally important as academics for students. He mentioned that “Local Sports like Kabaddi and Kho-kho must be equally encouraged and University must support the students to learn and play. He shared that he was the Captain of the Kabaddi Team during his college days.
Spardha – the annual Sports Magazine was released on the occasion of Dr.J.Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, Dr.K.S.Sridhar, Registrar and Mr.M.S.Vinay, Sports Director was present on the occasion.
Dr. M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor, PES University presented Annual Awards to the students of B.Com programme during the Annual Day ceremony organized on Ring Road Campus of PES University. On the same occasion Ms. Anushree of PES Degree Evening College was awarded cash Rs. 1,00,000/- (one Lakh) cash prize for securing 6 th rank in Bangalore Central University, B.Com Examination.
Hon’ble Chancellor applauded 134 students of B.Com for being placed in various reputed companies ranging with average package in excess of Rs. 6 lakhs pa.
Prof. Sridhar, Registrar - PES University, Prof. M V Satyanarayan, Director – PESU HN Campus, Prof. Rupasi, Chairperson B.Com Program graced the occasion.
Orientation event of onCreate() club featured a mini treasure hunt and quiz based on mobile and application development trivia. The interaction created awareness about how the club is trying to transform itself into an open community with monthly themed events and other interactions. Rendezvous event was held at EC campus and on-line mode on April 29, 2022.
Prof.Chitra Vishwanathan, Director, Department of Design delivered a lecture on Being Stupid in Design Sense to highlight the element of design in the hospitality and event industry. She demonstrated how simple and irrelevant ideas can be converted into impactful design elements. The guest lecture was organized by the BBA HEM department on April 28, 2022.
The in-house book titled Housekeeping Basics, A Ready Reckoner compiled by the second semester students of BBA HEM program was released on April 28, 2022. Dr. Shailashree Haridas, Dean-Faculty of Commerce and Management and Advisor-Dept of Law was present on the occasion.
Participants got an opportunity to display prototypes of event styles, promote innovative designs and demonstrate event flows. The interaction to learn event operations, Pratisparadha was organized by the BBA HEM department on April 25, 2022.
Aatmatrisha, the annual techno-cultural fest of PES University, is a wonderful potpourri of the student culture on campus, encompassing the cultural, literary, technical, and theatre spectra. With this year's theme being cinema, with its rich history, vibrance, and exuberance, PES University is all geared up to make history. Aatmatrisha 2022 will be taking place on the 23rd and 24th of April with an expected footfall of over 8000 students with unmatched enthusiasm.
This magnificent spectacle has been possible only because of the monumental support of Dr. MR Doreswamy, Chancellor, PES University, Former Advisor for Educational Reforms (Cabinet Rank), Government of Karnataka, Prof. D Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor, PES University, Dr. J Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, PES University along with Dr. KS Sridhar, Registrar, PES University and Dr. V Krishna, Dean of Student Affairs, PES University.
Commencing the two days of the fun-filled fest was an evening filled with laughter and joy! We saw some enthralling performances by the drama team of PES University, The Nautanki Team, along with rib-tickling jokes by Kartikeya Phatwani and Nishant Suri. Towards the end, we also saw the reveal of the official mascot of PES, Jago.
The first day of Aatmatrisha, The Comedy Nite, was a fun-filled and joyous experience. The event kicked off with the cinema theme in mind with a play by our very own Drama Club, The Nautanki Team. The play tackled a sensitive subject, the Jewish Holocaust, with very sensitive hands. The play highlighted the interpersonal plights of the Jewish people imprisoned wrongfully during the Second World War. The actors addressed the emotional trauma with grace and poise. The play surrounded five women who were imprisoned for treason against the Third Reich. The setup, costumes, and brilliant acting were incredibly immersive and received numerous rounds of applause.
The evocative drama was succeeded by a light-hearted opening act by Kartikeya Phatwani, a stand-up comedian from Uttar Pradesh. He made humorous observations about life in Bangalore and traveling during the pandemic. His tidbits about his childhood and life during college left everyone in bouts of laughter. He warmed up the crowd for an interesting and brilliant performance by Nishant Suri, the winner of the first season of Comicstaan. He performed a hilarious set which kept both the students and the management entertained for the next 40 minutes. He interacted brilliantly with the crowd by talking to the organizing committee, the photographers, and the students, demonstrating his knack for observational humor. In the rest of the set, he joked about his bizarre experiences in Delhi and life, post-Comicstaan fame.
PES University is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year. In this regard, the new mascot of PES University, 'Jago' was revealed. This marked the end of a very memorable night, with a feeling of excitement for another fun-filled night the next day.
Aatmatrisha, the annual techno-cultural fest of PES University, is a wonderful potpourri of the student culture on campus, encompassing the cultural, literary, technical, and theatre spectra. With this year's theme being cinema, with its rich history, vibrance, and exuberance, PES University is all geared up to make history. Aatmatrisha 2022 will be taking place on the 23rd and 24th of April with an expected footfall of over 8000 students with unmatched enthusiasm.
In line with the "Cinema" theme, Aatmatrisha 2022 had an event called "Appu Nenapu", reminiscing and celebrating the great personality, the passionate actor that Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar was. Puneeth Rajkumar, belovedly known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. Being one of the most popular actors in the Kannada film industry, he was loved and respected all over the world. Following his recent sad demise, PES University's Kannadakoota held a tribute to celebrate the achievements of Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar and the legacy that he left behind.
"Appu Nenapu", held by PES University's Kannadakoota on the 22nd of April 2022, was emotional to watch. With the most talented students performing a musical tribute by singing some of the most well-known songs from Appu's movies, it was a soul-stirring emotive performance indeed, gaining admiration and cheers from everyone. To add to the tribute, there were also artistically magnificent dance performances by the best dancers on the campus, which everyone watched with awe.
There was a beautiful impromptu musical rendition of the song, "Bombe Heluthaithe" by Dr. V Krishna, the Dean of Student Affairs at PES University, which was euphonic to everyone who listened. With the very electric and lively crowd, whistles and cries of excitement and pride echoed all over the campus. By the end of the event, all hearts were filled with love and pride for the Kannada language, the culture, glory and heritage associated with it. The pride of being a kannadiga and an ardent fan of Late Dr.Puneeth Rajkumar shone through the crowd.
The final and most awaited evening of Aatmatrisha came, bringing with it all the fun it promised. The techno-cultural fest of PES University had no shortage of platforms for the participants to showcase their talents paired with the enthusiasm of the students.
The evening started with a performance by Meraki, the fashion club. The theme of the show was 'Cinema Characters' with the models dressed up as various iconic movie characters such as Maleficent, Tangled, Cruella, Joker, Harley Quinn, Batman, and much more. This was followed by 3 thrilling dance performances by the dance clubs of PESU. The program started with a performance by Team Trance followed by a classical dance performance by Team Sanskrithi to a classical fusion song. Last but not the least, Encore, the western dance team put on an amazing show for the audience.
This was followed by the Music Club of PES with 2 performances by the bands of Music Club, Hazzmat, and Saarang. Following this was a performance by the best of the music club members playing the official anthem of Aatmatrisha '22. This was an opening act to Pineapple Express, who put up an outstanding performance. They performed popular Hindi and Kannada numbers and a few of their own compositions.
This marked the end of a wonderful Aatmatrisha leaving everyone in anticipation for the next fest.
This magnificent spectacle has been possible due to the monumental support of Dr. M R Doreswamy, Chancellor, PES University, Former Advisor for Educational Reforms (Cabinet Rank), Government of Karnataka, Prof. D Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor, Dr. J Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, along with Dr. K S Sridhar, Registrar, and Dr. V Krishna, Dean of Student Affairs, PES University.
Participants were required to write short stories based on a subject provided at the venue jointly with a partner. In the subsequent round they were given a prompt on the spot and were required to switch stories halfway with their partner and finish each other’s stories. Adithi B & Pragya bagged the first place followed by Sanjana & Arushi Upmanyu in second place and Pragna Prasad & Muhammad Ashar Reza in third place. The Spin-a-Yarn competition was organised by the Apostrophe club of EC campus on April 20, 2022.
Inventive solutions in the domains of machine learning, data analytics and visualisation, image processing, robotics, IoT and Blockchain to solve common problems marked Dotslash 3.0 hackathon. This edition of dotslash was sponsored by Nivetti Systems, a new age Indian networking and cyber security company and Tessolve, a leading end-to-end semiconductor engineering company. Mr. Jayanta Mukherjee, R and D Site Leader, HP Enterprise and Mr. Ganesh, Product Manager, Analytics, Nivetti Systems, and Dr. Aravind, a Senior Systems Engineer and an alumnus of PES University, senior technical members from the sponsoring companies set the tone by providing insights about the industry trends. The jury comprised Dr. Aravind MA, Senior Systems Engineer, Nivetti Systems, Prof. Venkatarangan M J, and Prof. Vadiraja Acharya, PES University. Dotslash 3.0, the flagship 24-hour hackathon of Aatmatrisha was conducted on April 13 and 14 at the RR campus.
1. THE CRESENDO AKA BATTLE OF THE BANDS competition - Shaken not stirred which is the semi-professional band of PESU ECC won 2nd place competing with 17 other bands from all around the country both collegiate and semi-professional bands. Shaken Not Stirred the band, successfully performed a 15-minute set of their ORIGINAL composition splinter and Better by Cody Fry featuring Cory wong. The whole crowd was in awe and the band got invited to perform at several other fests in PUNE, MUMBAI, DELHI, and GUWAHATI.
Band members include:
2. The fashion “Team Panache” of PESUECC, participated in the haute couture event on the evening of April 14, 2022. The team had to showcase their outfits based on foreign mythology wherein, Panache chose Egyptian. With elegantly designed outfits and crisp walks of the models, the team placed 4th place amongst 8 other teams.
Participants include:
Prof. M R Doreswamy Chancellor PES University, heartily congratulated the student on his achievements.
The Indian chocolate market currently represents one of the world’s fastest growing markets for chocolates. S.Krishnamoorthy, chef at Morde chocolate conducted the workshop to present a practical view of chocolate and its types, tempering, molding and temperature control at the workshop organized by BBA HEM department on April 12-13, 2022.
The business themed debate and marketing competition was aimed at highlighting the importance and impact of marketing on a brand’s growth and recognition. All problem statements presented to the participants were real case studies. The intention was to challenge their wit, creativity and ability to survive demanding situations and engage them in thought-provoking marketing challenges and riveting debates that can encourage them to think outside the box. Pradyun P Rao and Hemanth V emerged as winners followed by Aarav Babu and L N Sriranga and Krish Mungra and Gayatri Praharshita. The competition comprising three rounds Made its Mark quiz What if...? The marketing and Pressing Matters debate, hosted by The Entrepreneurship Club ECC was held on April 13, 2022.
Creativity is key to coming up with designs that can transform events to realize new economic benefits and enhance engagement. Mr Anish Ranjan, founder and Creative Head of Paper Kraft Design Studio shared insights about developing content and use of digital tools, the importance of collateral, and techniques to boost social media presence in event operations. The guest lecture on understanding the essence of creativity and design in event management was organized by the department of BBA HEM on April 11, 2022.
TEDxPESU initiative introduced the salon series with a focus on brevity, opportunities for conversation, and heightened interaction with the audience. Mr. Nakul Abhyankar. playback singer and music composer and Mr. Rahul Kolle. Customer Experience Consultant at Cisco, and storyteller covered topics related to design thinking, creative roadblocks, and redefining creativity, among others. Performances, lunch, and goodies set the background for informed interactions at TEDxPESUSalon 2022 which was conducted on April 9, 2022, at the RR campus.
The marquee event of PES University, celebrates the essence of culture and technology on campus. Based on the theme of cinema, this edition of Aatmatrisha kicked off its artist reveal with an improve session by Nautanki drama club, mime performance and a flash mob culminating in the students coming together to form the event logo outside Be-Block. Aatmatrisha will feature stand-up comedian Nishant Suri on April 23 and Pineapple Express band on April 24. The organizing team was introduced to the audience and core team members were handed over the event ID cards. The Aatmatrisha’22 artist reveal event was held at RR campus on April 6. 2022.
The event featured panel discussions on the emerging paradigms in management driven by technology and user preferences. The panel discussion on day 1 was about Unravelling the Metaverse – Decoding the Future with Mr. Ravi Krishnan, Mr. Manoj Dawarwadikar, and Mr. Raktim Singh and Prof Krishna Kumar. The topics included application of metaverse in our everyday life, cost concerns, metaverse in the workplace, cryptos, NFTs, and expansion of the virtual world. The panel discussion on Roadmap to Successful Entrepreneurship featured Ms. Annie Sathya Kumar, Ms. Shwetha Shetty, Mr. Pavan Kumar Jain, Mr. Arun Ramu, Mr. Punith Raj moderated by Prof. Shankar Gopal. The panelists shared insights about the various aspects of becoming an entrepreneur, be it taking the first step or overcoming challenges. Day 3 featured keynotes on the topic of Journey During and After BBA by Prof. Ajoy Kumar and Mr. Santhosh Neelangatil. The students were given a reality check on what life in the real world is and the role of perseverance, discipline, and excellence in the personal, professional, and business world. A short film on people from different professions within a 5-mile radius of PES University was shown in which they spoke about the importance of time management and hard work and how they strived hard in pursuing the dream. The panel discussions snf keynotes as part of the management week were organized by the faculty of management and commerce on April 4-5-6.
Open Mic saw enthralling performances by talented poets, songwriters, musicians, and bands.
The improvement by Nautanki Team and musical accompaniment by the Music Club added to the excitement at the Open Mic event hosted by Write Angle on April 5, 2022, in Open Air Theater on the RR campus.
CSR Club of RR campus conducted a blood donation camp on April 1, 2022, in collaboration with Youth Red Cross Wing and collected over 500 units of blood. The four blood banks present on the day of the event included Rotary blood bank, Youth Red Cross, Rashtrothanna, and PES Kuppam.
Simulation-based learning is a teaching method for students to experience real-world scenarios in order to learn how to put their academic knowledge into practice. The Biz Champ learning session started with business idea generation followed by insights from guest speakers, simulation learnings review, and declaration of winners. Students competed and analyzed their performance after each simulation round. The BizChamp, 3-day business simulation course was conducted in a gamified learning mode for students of BBA from all Campuses from March 31, 2022, at the RR campus.
Deepika N emerged as the winner followed by Sanath Kumar HN and Abhijna J in the debate on the subject of: Is war a solution for international border disputes, that was organised by Bhashataranga Club of H N campus on March 31, 2022.
PES University had taken up the task of renovating and rebuilding the adopted Government Schools that were ravaged during the floods a year ago in some parts of North Karnataka. Dr.M.R.Dorewamy, Chancellor, PES University handed over the new and renovated buildings to Sri Basavaraj Bommai, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Symbolically on March 29, 2022, at his Home Office in Bengaluru. He informed that renovation work and new buildings of a total of 7 Schools and 2 Anganwadis in the districts of Belgaum and Badami were undertaken at a cost of over Five crores with four of them getting new buildings and the rest of the schools' buildings were renovated. In addition, the schools were provided with furniture, Computers, Libraries. Also, Notebooks and School bags were given to all the 1300 Students of these schools. Dr.Doreswamy said that PES had taken up the responsibility of adopting Government Schools 25 years ago when it adopted 18 schools in Bangalores' South Taluk. He mentioned that the University has been providing all necessary support to these schools regularly in addition to imparting Computer and Soft Skills to the Teachers of the Schools. He brought to the notice of the Hon'ble Chief Minister that 10 years back a village in Raichur was completely devastated due to rains and floods. PES built a total of 75 houses for people who had lost shelter due to the floods. He shared that the main purpose of adopting Government Schools was to provide the students with the infrastructure and academic support that most of the students are otherwise deprived of. He also informed that during his tenure as Advisor, Education Reforms to the Government of Karnataka, he had made 18 recommendations for upgrading Higher Education in the State and had prepared a Handbook containing details of the recommendations proposed. He handed over a copy of the book and requested the Chief Minister to implement these recommendations in the interest of Higher Education in the State.
Speaking on the Occasion, Sri Basavaraj Bommai Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka lauded the efforts of Dr.Doreswamy and appreciated his responsibility of giving back to society and his concern for School Children. He said that in the light of implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state it was appropriate for the Education Department to seek the guidance of Dr.Doreswamy for his efforts in making great strides in providing quality education and jobs to all students of PES University in the last 50 years.
He also shared that it was the dream of any parent to admit their ward to PES. He expressed happiness over Dr.Doreswamy adopting schools in the backward areas of North Karnataka to uplift them. He wished all success to the mission undertaken by PES in this regard.
The occasion was graced by Sri Govind M Karjol Hon’ble Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, Sri Murugesh N Nirani, Hon’ble Minister of Medium and Large Industries, Sri B.C Nagesh, Hon’ble Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, and Sakala, Sri Manjunath Prasad, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, PES University, and Dr. K S Sridhar, Registrar, PES University.
Varshini K & Rakshitha N S emerged as winners with Vishal S P & Rishab Bhaskar Chavan in second place and Sagar S Agrahar & Rahul Jain in third place in the quiz contest consisting of rapid fire and tie breaker rounds. Chanakya Spardha contest was conducted by Kauthiki, the quiz club at HN campus on March 23, 2022.
Karnataka Association for Advancement of Science (KAAS) and PES University jointly organized the Nobel Prize commemorative lectures on the 2021 Chemistry and Physics prize winning topics.
Dr. Shantanu Mukharjee delivered a Lecture on “Asymmetric Catalysis with Small Organic Molecules” which gave an insight on the Nobel Prize winning work of Prof Benjamin List of Germany and Prof David MacMillan of USA of 2021. He outlined the principles of Organ catalysis and described the various factors which make their contributions so important to the society at large.
Dr. J Srinivasan outlined the contributions of Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann "for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming" and Giorgio Parisi "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales."
Both the speakers emphasized on how curiosity about the nature could lead to significant contributions to our process of evolution.
Dr. M R Doreswamy in his presidential remarks appreciated the research fraternity at the Indian Institute of Science and their contribution to the society. He also stressed on need for implementing the National Education Policy which provides
the opportunity for students to study subjects across disciplines which leads to overall development of their skills. He congratulated Dr. Siddappa, Former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University for initiating the commemorative lectures at PES University which benefit both students and the Faculty alike.
Dr. Siddappa outlined the activities of the Karnataka Association for the Advancement of Science and its objectives.
Dr. K S Sridhar, Registrar, PES University welcomed the Guests.
The function was attended by students of various programs offered by PES University across it’s campuses in Bangalore.
PES School Adoption Program (PESSAP) is the brain child and a unique program designed, implemented and articulated across the State of Karnataka by our Founder Chairman Dr. M R Doreswamy.
This program is unique for every government school as it is designed based on a need-analysis of the school. Goal is to provide an ideal environment that encourages holistic development through infrastructural and personnel support and mainly to complement what the govt is already doing. This includes:
1. Providing basic infrastructural facilities including Class rooms
2. Setting up of computer labs in schools
3. Cultivating reading habits through a library setup
4. Improving drinking water facility in the schools.
5. Installing functional and separate washrooms for girls and boys or renovating the existing ones in the schools.
6. Teachers capacity building workshop
The PESSAP started way back in 1998 when PES adopted 12 Government Schools in the vicinity of its Hanumanthanagar Campus and Ring Road Campus and later extended by adopting 6 more Government Schools.
Later during 2014, PES adopted 10 BBMP schools under the programme “NAMMA BENGALURU NANNA KODUGE”.
PES is currently carrying out critical interventions in 34 Government schools in the districts of Bangalore, Bagalkot and Belagavi impacting nearly 3,000+ students and 60+ teachers. Seven Government Schools and two Anganwadi centres which suffered extensive damages in the flood-hit Bagalkot and Belagavi districts were adopted by PES University under the leadership of our Hon’ble Chancellor.
All these schools are all set to be operational. New desks, tables, chairs and Almirahs for storing library books have been despatched during October 2021 after seeking permission from the Office of the Commissioner.
Hon’ble Chief Minister has given has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest for the Inauguration and handing over programme which is scheduled on March 26, 2022.
The theme of the competition was Survival and participants came up with scripts based on gripping narratives that brought forth the ability to think creatively. Kulbhushan and their team won the first prize followed by Nikhil and team, and Deepak and their team in the Script Escrito competition organised by Abhinayaveethi, the drama club at HN campus on March 18, 2022.
PES University is organizing its 1st ever Industrial AI Bootcamp during March, in partnership with Industrial AI Consortium, comprising of IISC, Flutura, Hydac, IEEE, and Acadle. The workshop which spans over four days includes live sessions and in-house workshops for the students, conducted by experts from the industry and academia. The topics covered in the Bootcamp include Industrial 4.0, Digital Twins, IoT sensors, Controller programs, Drone Analytics, Drone Sensor Intelligence, Live Lab sessions & Hackathon.
The inauguration of Industrial AI Bootcamp was held on 18th March, 2022. Dr. M R Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University sent his best wishes for the Conference. Dr. Manjunath Ramachandra Principal Consultant, Wipro Bangalore and Amit Chatterjee Industrial IOT Segment Leader & Strategic Business Development, Intel graced the occasion as Chief Guest in the esteemed presence of Dr. G Jagadeesh, Chairman , Centre of excellence in hyper sonics, Indian Institute of Science and Prof. D Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University and CEO of PES Institutions as Guests of Honour.
Dr. G Jagadeesh highlighted the necessity of multidisciplinary subjects such as Artificial intelligence and Data analytics in the curriculum of non-IT engineering branches and gave a brief overview of the workshop. Dr. Manjunath Ramachandra talked about the ongoing research and futuristic trends in the field of AI such as virtual personas and supreme intelligence. Mr. Amit Chatterjee informed the students about the necessity of core domain expertise in predictive maintenance of systems using AI. Prof. D Jawahar laid out a plan to revamp the syllabi of non-IT branches, by including subjects such as IoT, Machine learning, Data analytics, and so on, to help the students meet the growing demands of the industry.
Tejas Naik came first followed by Darshan R and Vignesh at the miniature mobile photography contest hosted by Chitraka Photography club on March 15, 2022 at the HN campus.
Sports science is gaining importance as it studies the working of the human body during the exercises and ways in which a healthy lifestyle helps the body to be at its best. Mr. Varun Suresh Kumar, an alumnus of Harvard University and a fitness trainer explained the benefits of regular exercises, 3-4 week back to back strength training and 6-8 weeks of heavy workout. He observed that human beings have their own distinguished health lifestyle and simple exercises at the right time with consistency being key to healthy living. The guest talk organised by the Sports department aimed at disproving misconceptions, learning exercise techniques and building healthier lifestyle was held on RR campus March 15, 2022.
Understanding the global standards in services management is vital for building a career in the hospitality and event management industry. Mr. Ghaghan Lokesh shared practical insights about maintaining impeccable service standards from his experience at Disney world, Florida. According to him, the four key elements of services management are Safety, Courtesy, Show and Efficiency and that of service recovery are Listen, Apologize, Solve and Thank. Mr. Ghaghan Lokesh, alumnus of 2020 batch and who is presently Senior Associate with UpGrad delivered the lecture at RR campus on March 13, 2022.
An online coaching session with individual assessment of career preparedness brought out the students’ beliefs and values and outlined a career path aligned to their aspirations. The session was conducted for the students of the final semester BBA-HEM by Ms. Priya Khosla, a certified career coach on March 12, 2022.
The Hospitality and Event Management department in collaboration with Heritage Foods launched a culinary series on innovative recipes on YouTube. The series which explains the technical nuances of food preparation is aimed at the student community and academicians connected with industry as well as the interested public.
The students of BBA HEM volunteered and managed a part of the Deccan Herald's Bengaluru 2040 summit at a leading hotel. It proved to be an opportunity to learn first hand about guest management and interacting with high profile invitees. The prestigious summit was held on March 11, 2022.
With Mandala becoming a general term for geometrical patterns participants used the freedom in expressing their ideas using tools of their choice to come up with colorful and attractive creations. Deekshitha. C won the first prize followed by Sourabha Ravi Kumar and Shreya D at the Mandala art competition held at HN campus on March 8, 2022.
Pharma sector presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges for management graduates. Dr. Sanjay Boldhane shared insights from his rich experience of working with market leaders on key areas of research and development. He gave an overview of the pharma sector with key figures about global pharma market and India’s position. He talked about India’s potential to grow and the focus on quality, safety, equity and patentability. According to him management graduates can make the most of opportunities in market research, market analysis, business development, supply chain management and Marketing and sales. The responsibilities could cover drug improvements, recognizing specialized necessities, setting courses of events and financial plans, supervision and reporting. Dr. Sanjay Boldhane presently leads formulation development, heading the detailing improvement division for managed and nonexclusive market at a leading pharmaceutical company. He holds an M. Pharm in Bio-pharmaceutics (1999), Ph. D. in Pharmacy (2009) from Government College of Pharmacy and post- graduate confirmation in patent regulation and administrative issues. He is a qualified Lean six-sigma dark belt (LSSBB) expert and mentor. The Expert talk on current status and opportunities in pharma industries was organized by MBA department on March 8, 2022.
PES MUN Society, RR Campus bagged 16 individual awards to win the Best Delegation Award at SLCUMUN 2022, 10th edition of the School of Law, Christ University International Model United Nations held from March 4 to 6, 2022.
The Central Library and Faculty of Management Studies organized a book exhibition on March 4, 2022.
The physical treasure hunt in which teams of two had to cross 5 levels each related to a different area of computer science involved using the domain specific tech stack to uncover the clues. Questions and clues were put up on CTFd. On entering the correct answer, the next level was unlocked with necessary clues and location details. The clues related to diverse domains like Linux and cryptography added to the challenge. Vijit Kumar and Naresh Srinivas won the first place followed by duos of Kingshuk Karmakar and Krishna Bajaj and Kavisha Mathur and N.M. Aditya. “init()” the physical treasure hunt was organized by IEEE CS PESU RRC club on March 4, 2022.
Students volunteered to conduct creative group games and story building activity to improve communication skills in English of school kids in sixth and seventh standard studying in Swami Vivekananda school on March 5, 2022.
Students got an opportunity to capture the subtle aspects of the surroundings with unique lighting and colour. The stunning pictures of the campus were a way of experiencing the overlooked aspects of our ecosystem and caring about their preservation. Aruna bagged the first place followed by Sai Charan Reddy and Zaheen Parvaiz in Capture the Eco contest organized by Club Creativerse held on March 3, 2022.
PES University Library strives to support and enhance the learning, teaching, research, and service activities by providing organized access to quality information. The library of PESU EC campus hosted a book exhibition on March 3, 2022.
On the occasion of national science day, the Department of Science and Humanities organised a talk by Dr. Koteswara Rao, Distinguished Scientist and Former Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation. National Science Day is celebrated in the Indian subcontinent every year on 28 February to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on every year 28 February 1928, who later won the Nobel prize for his accomplishment. Dr. Rao remembered Sir CV Raman and his contribution to modern science and spoke on the excitement in space science and technology. Rao's talk varied from scientific background of human quest and their origin to a series of indigenous satellite launches such as Chandrayan1, MOM, Chandrayan 2, Adithya L1 and other significant projects in the field of Astro-science. The students were spellbound during his talk and expressed their joy in listening to the scientific lecture.
Mr. Paramahamsa, Senior Scientist and Project Manager of DRDO thanked PES University management, Faculty, and students for the successful launch of the R-satellite Sindhunetra,this day, last year and successfully completing one year in space and has been functioning well.
Mr. Tejas, student of first year engineering, who has developed a mini oxygen plant, shared his success story of developing the oxygen plant.
Prof. Anitha of the department of Science and Humanities rendered the vote of thanks. Earlier, Head of Physics department Dr. S. Radhakrishnan welcomed the dignitaries and audience. Registrar of PES University Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Dean of Student Affairs Dr. V. Krishna and Director of CORI lab Dr. Nagendra Rao and all the faculty of the department of science and humanities and students attended the function.
Students were dressed in their best attire that matched the theme of the day that was crazy, comical, wonderful and creative. The themes included: Throw back to 80’s 90’s and 2000’s in retro; Fashion disaster on mismatch day; Character x, a fictional character; Color blue; Tranquility day in color white; Futuristic day, creative. Spectrum Week was celebrated at HN campus by B.Com Clubs from February 21 to 26, 2022.
Narendra, Suman, Indira, Brijesh and Jessy Nair presented research paper titled, Spiritual Gurus’ influence on customer purchase intention of FMCG products. Sai Krishna, Shashank H and Jessy Nair presented research paper titled, Clean Transportation: A case of private community spaces based Electric Vehicle charging facilities which received the Best Paper Award. ISME Business School, Bangalore organized the 10th International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Management on February 26, 2022.
Equinox Jeopardy! Quiz tested the awareness of different aspects of space with the quizzing experience based on the popular TV show Jeopardy! The prelim round was conducted on an online quizzing platform, semi-finals on Jeopardy! Simulation website and finale had tougher questions. First place: N.M. Aditya and Kavisha Mathur; Second place: Kumar Shantanu Khare and Aakanksh and Third place: Srujana Golla and Kasturi Uday Aditya, Equinox The Space Club of PES University conducted Equinox Jeopardy at RR campus on March 25, 2022.
The mock auction tagged each participating team to a company with the objective of planning the right usage of the Merchant Matrix coins in bagging the best resource while balancing their budgets. The participants were then asked by the judges, the reason for the decisions they made in obtaining the particular resource. First place was won by team Akasa Air of Hitesh R, Tushar Kapil, S. Bharath, Pavan Chouhan and Vineeth B Parekh. Second place was picked by team team Tata 1MG of Sanjana S Murthy, Navaneeth N, Dhanush D, Prajwal P and third place by team Pharmeasy of Ashutosh, Lalith P, Mohammed Amal, Subodh Onkar and Aman Samar. Corporate Auction-Merchant Market was organized by BBA department on February 24, 2022.
Former India fast bowler and current Chennai Super Kings bowling coach Mr.Lakshmipathy Balaji inaugurated the Centre for Sports Science at the multi-sport facility of PES University on Thursday 24 th February 2022.
Referring to his injury and three-year long recovery, the former India fast bowler said: "We did not have this kind of Science and Technology facilities during our days. We had to travel to Australia and elsewhere for treatment. It is heartening that the management of PES University has created an excellent multi-sport facility. This will help transform Indian sports."
Noted Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, who was associated with the Indian cricket team for five years, said: "We have always wanted a Sports Science facility in the country. He expressed his happiness on PES University creating a multi-sport facility of international standard." PES University Pro Chancellor, Professor D Jawahar, extended support to the Sports Department in developing sports infrastructure and to encourage & promote the importance of Good Health to each staff of the University.
The Centre was inaugurated with graceful presence of Prof. D.Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor and Dr.J.Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, Dr.K.S.Sridhar-Registrar, Dr.Shailashree Haridas, Dean Commerce and Management and Dr.V.Krishna, Dean Students Affair and Mr.Vinay.M.S, Sports Director. The efforts of Physiotherapy Expert Dr. Gopakumar - Faculty of BBA Sports Management, Physical education Directors and the entire team of BBA Sports Management Students and Sports department was applauded for their support and dedication during the establishment of this centre.
Cryptocurrency is a booming topic in the current world scenario, which has had its share of global dilemma regarding its acceptance. Mr. S Narendra, economist, banker, and thought leader in mortgages, housing finance, risk management, credit controls, and recovery shared his knowledge and views on recognizing it as a currency or asset and different dimensions of cryptocurrency. The guest talk on Cryptocurrency- Good, Bad and Ugly was organized Department of Management and Commerce, EC campus on February 22, 2022.
A crisis in this day and age can cover a diverse range of incidents. The competition consisted of giving participants a crisis situation that organizations may face and were required to come up with convincing strategy and solutions. Gulshan bagged the first place followed by Keerthana K and Chathush Sriram in the competition titled Zero Hour that was organized by BBA department on February 18, 2022.
As a part of driving the students into socially responsible and service- minded. A free Medical Health Check-up Camp and a Health awareness program were organized by the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PES University held on 19th February 2022 at Vivekananda Park, Girinagar, Bangalore, Karnataka. The objective of the camp was to serve the basic medical needs of the public and to provide information regarding diet, exercise, weight control, and further management of medication adherence. A total of 25 Pharmacy students along with the faculties of the Department led by Dr.R.Srinivasan had provided services of general body checkup, blood pressure monitoring, blood sugar level monitoring, and patient counseling. Further to create awareness on different types of cancers that are more prevalent in India were provided during the health camp. The camp was successfully organized and carried out and an approximately 200 public have benefited from the camp.
ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆಯೇ ಹೊಸತನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಂದಿ: ಡಾ.ಎಂ.ಆರ್.ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳಿಂದ ದೂರವಿದ್ದರು. ಇದೀಗ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮೊದಲಿನ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ಮರಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿಭಾಶೋಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರತವಾಗಬೇಕು. ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆ ನಾಗರೀಕತೆಯ ಹೊಸತನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಂದಿ ಹಾಡುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುಲಾಧಿಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಡಾ.ಎಂ.ಆರ್. ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸಲಹೆ ನೀಡಿದರು.
ನಗರದ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು.
ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಪಯಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಡಿನ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರಿಯುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು. ಪಠ್ಯದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಪಠ್ಯೇತರ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳೂ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸರ್ವಾಂಗೀಣ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಲಲಿತ ಕಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇರುವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಸಂಗೀತಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಉಪಕುಲಪತಿ ಡಾ.ಜೆ.ಸೂರ್ಯಪ್ರಸಾದ್, ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಡೀನ್ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ್, ಹನುಮಂತ ನಗರ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಎಂ.ವಿ.ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ, ಪದವಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಪದವಿಪೂರ್ವ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಪ್ರಾಂಶುಪಾಲರಾದ ಡಾ.ಸಿ.ನಾರಾಯಣರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಪಾಲಕರು, ಬೋಧಕ ಮತ್ತು ಬೋಧಕೇತರ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು.
Story writing is important for every field as it is known to boost imagination, enhance creativity and improve self-confidence. Kulabhushan, Nishanth NS and Varshitha V were adjudged as best story writers at Chaya Chitra Katha Rachane competition held at HN campus on Febrauary 17, 2022.
This musical homage and tributes brought about the expression of inner emotion, a celebration of life and everlasting memories of the voice of a singer widely known as Melody queen of India. Students of BBA department sang some of the mesmerizing melodies of Lata Mangeshkar in the online event organized by Kalaantrika club on Feb 11, 2022. Students of EC campus joined the rendition of memorable songs and dance performances in honour of Lataji in a get together organized on Feb 15, 2022.
Ideas based on Responsible AI, Augmented Reality, Blockchain, and Robotics were pitched by contestants in the 24 hour hackathon. The ideas implemented by teams ranged from the development of a supply chain inventory management system and Docker python builds, to applications aimed at enhancing virtual learning and overcoming lockdown habits. Eminent jury members drawn from industry and academia including Mr. Clifton Fernandes from Nokia, Mr. Nagaraj Rajagopalan from Nokia, Mr. Balasekar from HCL, and Dr Vamsi and Dr Kaustav Bhowmick from PESU evaluated the teams and zeroed in on the top ideas. PES Innovation Lab conducted HashCode 2021 on February 12, 2022.
Industrialization is undergoing transformation with digital technologies and emerging market dynamics. The expert talk by Sumithra Ranganathan covered various aspects of the new wave of industrialization, its beginning and implementation in India, impact on GDP and employment opportunities. A case study about the growth due to Industrialization 4.0 and the allied work culture made the session relatable. The participants got a view of how companies undertake feasibility analysis, conduct sales pitch and study the market. Sumithra Ranganathan,Vice President Engineering, ER&D GBL, Capgemini spoke at the session conducted by the Department of management and commerce on February 8, 2022.
The insightful session on the latest budget by Mr Narendra Jadhav, Indian economist, educationist, public policy expert, lecturer, and writer focused on reading between the lines and deciphering the true import of numbers projected on the budget. Mr Narendra Jadhav started by taking the audience through the process of budget making which starts six months before the announcement. Information shared by economists, business associations, agriculturists, trade unions and politicians are scrutinized as well as surveys conducted. The process of printing the budget takes place in the basement of the ministry of finance. To maintain confidentiality, the members involved are kept in complete isolation. Further, Mr Narendra Jadhav spoke about the difference between economic survey and budget. Economic survey is a comprehensive economic document which consists of facts and figures and all about what is happening in the economy. Data regarding government finances, agriculture and other areas are reviewed with all factors and services providing the basis for predictions and recommendations and are not binding. A budget on the other hand not only contains facts and figures but also the other aspects such as political documents. The finance minister synergizes their combination and proceeds with the preparation of the budget. While preparing the budget, there are three main values that are considered: the revised number of the current year, budgeted numbers and the final number for the previous year. Mr Narendra Jadhav also spoke about how India being a developing economy has a fiscal deficit unlike developed economies. Getting into the domestic and global context, factors of grave concern reflected in the budget include: backdrop of corona and the second wave which happened to be heavily taxing for economies and countries, large and unprecedented increase in unemployment rates and elevated levels of inequality. According to reports, 84% of Indian people suffered due to reduced incomes due to prolonged lockdown and the number of billionaires has surprisingly increased. The reports on distribution of national income which is the income of a particular year and national wealth which is the accumulated incomes were examined, and the results show the gap between incomes of rich and the poor, where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. About the important developments globally: countries suffered a lot due to the pandemic, India suffered more but is also recovering at a good pace; US being a developed country has seen its highest inflation rate in years, it has tightened its monetary policy which has led to rise in interest rates, all of which are bound to have an impact on India. Ukraine and Russia backed by China are facing a likely war. This has resulted in a highly tense situation, which in turn has very serious implications for India. This would have fluctuations in the price of oil and the export promotions wouldn’t be possible. The budget assumptions include price changes due to war and effect on orderly movement of capital. The expected rate of growth was projected to be 8-8.5%, whereas he had his opinion that the growth rate wouldn’t be as much but would be around 7-7.5%. The budget has increased the government capital expenditure and has allocated 7.5 lakh crore for infrastructure, out of which 43.4% is allocated to railways and roadways and a large portion to defense. The strategy is to promote the private sector to invest in infrastructure. The logic here is that, when the government comes in with public investment, it will create more jobs. Mr Narendra Jadhav also spoke about, Azadi ka Amruth Mahotsav, an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. Mr Narendra Jadhav considered the budget of 2022-23 as a transformative beginning. Mr Narendra Jadhav is an authority on Babasaheb Ambedkar’s life and work. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha. He has previously served on the Planning Commission of India and the National Advisory Council of the government of India. Jadhav has received 67 national and international honours and distinctions, including four Honorary D.Litt degrees from the University of Oxford and the title Commander of the Order of Academic Palms from the French government. Mr Narendra Damodar Jadhav holds a BSc in Statistics from Ramnarain Ruia College of the University of Mumbai and an MA in Economics from the University of Mumbai. He received his PhD in Economics from Indiana University in the United States. The Expert talk on meaning and significance of the latest union budget by Mr Narendra Jadhav was held online on February 3, 2022.
Aatish Om won first position followed by Rachana Sharma and Sahana Parasuram in captivating the audience with their rendition of songs sung by V Hari Krishna, A R Rahman, Devi Sri Prasad, Lata Mangeshkar, The online contest titled Medley Of Legends held on February 1, 2022 saw participation from all campuses.
Focusing on one’s strengths and overcoming negative feelings like anxiety and jealousy plays a vital role in one’s success was one of the key lessons at the talk titled Boarding the flight to success. The talk by Harmendra Mishra, alumnus of IIT KGP and associated with Susamskar Foundation was organized by Dhruva Club of RR campus on January 28, 2022.
Italian food has gained popularity in India and is a sought after global cuisine. The online competition saw the participants cook a recipe using hyacinth beans, avarekalu in Kannada. Sandesh Kagalkar came first, followed by Vihith Aradhya and Prarthana Bhat in the competition titled Indo Italian Mela that was organized by Pakasiddhi Club on Jan 27, 2022.
Participants in the contest took up the challenge of preparing two delicacies, one using hyacinth beans and another based on a Chinese or Italian recipe. Sandesh. Kagalkar won the first prize followed by Vihitharadhya R R and Prarthana P Bhat at the Indo-Italian Mela organized by Pakasiddhi club of HN campus on January 27, 2022.
This program introduced Android development and provided an opportunity to learn the best practices in building apps using Kotlin, following the curriculum provided by Google. The three part session conducted by Manab Kumar Biswas was organized by Google Developer Student Clubs EC Campus on Jan 25-26-27,2022.
India adopted the Constitution, on January 26, 1950 and ever since then the day is commemorated as Republic Day. The Constitution of India is of high significance and remains the supreme law of India.
The day was celebrated in HN campus with great enthusiasm. The college campus was tastefully decorated with saffron white and green paper cuttings, flowers and National flag.
The program commenced at 9:30 in the morning. Our beloved chancellor Dr. M.R. Doreswamy unfurled the national flag amidst loud cheers with all the staff members and students singing proudly the national anthem which was followed by NCC activities.
Later Vaishnavi of 4th Semester B.Com presented a speech on the significance of the day. It was followed by a Kannada speech on republic day presented from Varshitha of Second year B.Com student. Kavana of I year PUC presented a patriotic song. Harsitha, Manasa and Sneha alumni of PES institutions presented a group song. Professor Ganesh Prasad,PUC program spoke about the significance of republic day celebration. Assistant Professor Nithya G.S. spoke few words about the importance of the day.
Dr M R Doreswamy, chancellor of PES University,addressed the gathering and provided us a thought provoking speech stating the importance of rights and liberties mentioned in our constitution. Our beloved chancellor said that we should always express “ Pride in One Nation, Pride in One National Flag and Pride in One National Anthem.” He said the younger generation needs Moral values and discipline as their character should be shaped in a good way to change the society and lead the country towards development. He proudly stated that Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world and January 26 holds a significant value in Indian history because it gives Indian citizens the power to choose their own government in a democratic way. The nation celebrates this day as the national holiday for the establishment of the Indian Constitution. He urged all to revisit the sacrifices by our brave hearts in giving us the freedom that we enjoy today. Lets all Salute to our freedom fighters!
Prof. M.V.Sathyanarayana, Director PES Central Campus and Principals of Degree, Pharmacy and Polytechnic programs graced the occasion.
Celebrations ended up with a note of gratitude expressed to all the dignitaries, staff members and students.
''HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY''
This session covered understanding of personality traits, the importance of body language, reframing, borderline personality disorder, tolerance of change and training one’s brain. This session conducted by Ruchi Tandon helped students to self-analyze the stages of personality development, positive personality, and cognitive development. Questions in the session motivated the students to think and analyze behavior, character development, and human development. Ruchi Tandon, L&D Consultant & Transformation Coach, ICF Accredited ACC-Level Coach, ISAQB Accredited Trainer for CPSA – F conducted the session titled Who Am I that was organized by Department of management and commerce on Jan 25, 2022.
It is the need of the hour to be adaptive during this crucial time for the community, industry and business. The guest speaker Saurabh Shah elaborated “Imagine you are the owner of the bank and 86400/- is deposited in your account everyday only for 24 hours. What will you do with it? A wise person would invest on business, shares and on anything that gives back profit as returns. 86400 are seconds of a day. Therefore, every single day we should use it to improve our present status. Where we are today and where we will be soon are the most important matters for one who wants their career to be in a good place. Where we are today on social media, exams, many goals, and parties. Where we will be soon- success, career, earnings, wanting more! Shifting from where we are today to where we will be soon is called Paradigm shift. SWOT analysis plays a major role in one’s self development. The last thing the fish knows about is water. What are we great at? Have you self- validated your thoughts? Do you have a role model in your mind? We must keep questioning this to ourselves from time to time. It is extremely important to have a role model to achieve your current goal. Academic effectiveness: What next? Is it basic? Yes, Basics need to be perfect in the practical world. It is important to relate basic concepts with application. Stay updated on the industry and business. Luckily PES University trains students by solving case studies and research papers based on real time instances of Industries or companies. Concentrating on a final year project is very important as it shows our ability to the firm that is going to recruit you. Communication is everyone's way to build your career. To improve your communication skills, be proactive in career-based activities, understand your communication style and work on it, reach out to people by asking questions and communicate your progress, build your contacts from day 1 and it’s called networking. To have a successful corporate life only you can own and drive your career. Organization provides vision and environment and manager points towards opportunities. Your growth is the breadth and depth of your skills.” Saurabh Shah is Head of Human Resources at Capita, a digital services and software business, delivering innovative solutions. Saurabh is a talent management and acquisition strategist in the technology space, specializing in organizational development, strategic human resource management, campus recruitment, employee engagement and HR process re-engineering. The guest lecture was held online on Jan 25, 2022.
The event featuring speeches and songs to spark the spirit of patriotism, Fashian event in which the participants represented a particular state through their attire and Trivia, quiz on freedom fighters, was held online on January 25, 2022.
Being industry ready to survive the cut throat competition demands emphasis on skills in areas which were not so key to career growth in the recent past. Mr Satyavrat, General manager Cars24 financial services and an alumnus of Sri Ram College of Commerce emphasized the importance of academic rigor without compromising on non-academic development. He clarified that an employee network charter is going beyond talking to people for exploring job opportunities to identifying the right set of people and building relationships over time. The expert talk on networking and up-skilling was held at EC campus on January 17, 2022.
he workshop made students of commerce and accounts aware of benefits of professional guidance for making the most of learning opportunities in universities abroad. The workshop was conducted by Mr Santosh Neelangatil of MERIT Higher Education Consultants. He felt that education today is the first step towards understanding the global economy, discovering the challenges of the marketplace and identifying themselves with a career that provides opportunities within the country and abroad. Mr Neelangatil is a European Foundation of Psychological Association (EFPA) and Psytech International certified career counselor and psychometric test administrator. Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce organized the online career workshop for undergraduate students of BBA and B.Com from Jan 18-20, 2022.
In the fast paced business integrating with the global economy a corporate governance is reflected in not just good environment, eminent board of directors, financial stability but also in constant improvement in quality of goods and services and consumer satisfaction. The rare insight was shared by Robin Banerjee, Managing Director of Caprihans India Ltd who is a Chartered Accountant, Cost and Management Accountant, Company Secretary, and has a master’s degree in commerce. He drew upon the experience of working in key positions with several large multinational corporations in over 20 countries. He focused on the questions of “Were you ever exposed to corporate fraud? Between what is corporate fraud? What is the dark side? What is good governance?” He went on to explain, “Knowingly or unknowingly, you would have seen or participated in any one of the frauds related to corporations as we live around people who are into corruption. Corporate fraud and the dark side are the same thing. They are another face of a good side which is not directly seen by the public.” He illustrated with an example: Restaurant. Yes, you would have noticed a few restaurants which were open a year before pandemic time would have closed within 6-7 months of time by your next visit. What might be the reason? Isn’t it that the restaurants are usually opened by good chefs, political members, one with good funding? It has fallen not because of finance stability but because of poor management or poor governance or SOP (Stand operating procedure). The restaurants which have existed for several years have kept customer satisfaction as their top priority. “Ethics in Corporate governance, the main ethical focus of a company will be satisfying the needs of the customers. Here there will be no chance for fraud. Many Germans based and French based companies are known for following ethics in the corporate governance. Running business ethically, TATA is known for running business ethically. Author had visited the Taj with his friend for a cup of coffee and a sandwich. After a few minutes of delivering the food to the Author the waiter asks for the review. To that the author said that the coffee tasted good while the sandwich tasted bad. The waiter instantly offered a refund for the author. Taj runs an ethical business. When you talk about corporate governance it is all about not to cheat customers, employees, board of directors and to the law.” He described another example: As and when the demand for honey increased during pandemic times, IARI took samples of honey and tested many of the branded honey. To their surprise 11 out of 14 branded honeys were adulterated. They were all well-known big brands which survived the market for years together. He was asked to use honey by most of the people during pandemic times as it is an immunity booster. Now after knowing this he stopped getting other products related to the same honey brand being a consumer or customer. This is a dark side of good governance. “Sometimes I wonder if the international companies are better as people over there do not compromise on the quality of product than people over here.” McKinsey knowingly funded a pharma company which distributed Opium, which is used in small amounts to treat cancer patients as a pain relief) for more than hundreds of people who died using Opium in huge amounts. The case could not be filed on McKinsey as there was no direct involvement of them in the scam, but was asked to pay a huge amount as a penalty. Three things to be concerned about: “Wilful defaulter, Cyber crime and Cryptocurrency. Wilful defaulter refers to the entrepreneur who is not returning the amount taken by the banks even after confirmation by the court that they had borrowed the amount long back. Cybercrime has increased 300-400% every year. People were into con activities more during pandemic times as they had to face financial crisis. They hack mobiles, bank accounts etc. No system in the world is unhackable.” According to the author the cryptocurrency has limited value. The online talk on the dark side of corporate governance was organized by the Department of MBA, RR campus on January 17, 2022.
The session outlined the career opportunities in the hotel industry post Covid, importance of innovation in work and understanding the start-up culture. Mr.Tejus Jose, General Manager, The Renaissance Hotel by Mariott and Mr.Nitin Founder and CEO of EventU Rox shared their industry insights. Dr.Shailashree Dean, Department of Management Studies gave an overview of the program of study and the expectations of the institution. Dr.Karthick, controller of examinations outlined the examination's norms, rules and procedures. Mr. Suresh Narasimha of PESU Venture Labs spoke about start-up culture and the opportunities ahead for the students. Mr.Sathya Prasad, Director of Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship highlighted the role of innovation in the marketplace. The orientations session for students of BBA HEM program was held on January 17, 2022.
Glowing tributes were paid to Swami Vivekananda and the importance of qualities such as dedication, honesty, courage and passion towards their work was highlighted by the speakers on the occasion. Swamiji Thadyukthanandaji Maharaj, chief guest urged the students to imbibe and follow the Swami Vivekananda’s ideas and principles in their day to day lives to make themselves more confident and stronger. He said “sacrifice and service” are the two important virtues we need to develop to transform the existing society into a developed society. He also applauded Dr. M.R.Doreswamy for introducing a special course for inculcating good values. In the presidential address, he reminded the students of the golden words of Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava and Acharaya Devo Bhava. Prof M V Satyanarayana, Director, HN Campus, Dr.Shylashree Haridas, Dean, Commerce and Management, PES University, Dr.Narayan Reddy, Principal, PES PU College, Prof.Rupasi, Chairperson, commerce program were present on the occasion. National Youth Day was celebrated on January 17, 2022 in an online event.
The talk about using LinkedIn effectively by students was delivered by Anmol Garg, popular standup comedian and an entrepreneur. Being a LinkedIn influencer, he believes that LinkedIn can help improve one’s professional career dramatically. For students, a resume is an important part of career growth. Anmol answered the question of how effective a Resume should be for students. Students who do not use LinkedIn effectively are more familiar with Instagram which is used by 99% of people with access to mobiles. Anmol felt that LinkedIn is one’s resume. But this question might arise at the same time “why LinkedIn and no other job-related platforms?”. Anmol observed, “LinkedIn is a platform where people get to know you better than cold connections which can be seen in other platforms. LinkedIn has many similar features as that of other Platforms but it enables rapid networking because it has earned its trust with companies as well as employees.” In the session, one of the attendee’s LinkedIn profile checks was done based on fields of marketing and finance. Anmol was of the view that marketing based LinkedIn profiles should have many valid certificates that show one’s capability. The main reason for usage of LinkedIn is getting a job and further, to create a brand of our own and also to gain followers. Followers are gained by networking which means contacting as many as people on LinkedIn and discussing with them about marketing and by giving value to the content shared on the platform. “It’s all about how well you are connected to people, how many connections you have”. Finance based LinkedIn profiles should contain share market info, decoding start-ups finance structure, current affairs on finance related topics. The main thing to take into consideration is not to state obvious facts. The site can be monetised by creating a course that helps others. Profile building is key to maximizing the effectiveness of Linkedin presence. Profile photo must be in formals. Description like MBA student at PESU may not stand out and instead Here to market marketing would attract the searcher or finder to know about you more. Upload a photo that makes you sell to the companies. Maybe a photo of you addressing a huge audience. This says that you are more into networking. Writeup on About is where the actual you or your ability is known. Here you should share your unique knowledge that people don’t know and are keen to know about. Make sure it is in the form of a four lined story. Example: Title (movie reference) as “wolf of wall street” and then explain the selling of pen instance in marketing and finance terminology. Recommendations matter. “Do not ask them to give recommendations instead type from their phone!”. Sounds silly right but that's a fact. Everyone is busy building up their career life so go for it because we don’t know who watches us. Maintaining consistency in LinkedIn posts, may lead you to 1 among 133 CMO’s. Video posts reach people on the platform faster than text posts. Do not post long paragraphs. Let the text be catchy and with some humor. Do not feel hesitant to showcase yourself, as said earlier, it is a game of consistency. Make sure you are under the spotlight. Share your experience as people are here to know more about your ability. Show people that you refer to many articles in daily life. For example, while conversing with people discuss current affairs on LinkedIn. One of the references from Anmol Garg was “Seth Godin” “sales hacks” who blogged everyday for 11 years and many of his posts found mention in business books. Anmol Garg, a popular LinkedIn influencer who runs a sales training company called Sales5X which helps startups with sales strategies, is an alumni of PESIT, batch 2010. The Tuesday Talk was hosted online by the Department of MBA on January 11, 2022.
PES University observed the National Youth Day on its campus on 12th January 2022 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
National Youth Day is celebrated every year on this day to inculcate values and create awareness amongst the youth about their role towards serving the country.
Prof. J Surya Prasad, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, and Prof. K S Sridhar, Registrar, PES University offered floral tributes to the portrait of Swami Vivekananda.
The faculty development program focused on ways to improve and enhance academic rigor of the courses. The program covered industry trends, updating course plans and learning outcomes, orientation to new curriculum and knowing about the new assessment tools and techniques. Dr.Naveen, principal of Jain College outlined the scope and opportunities of NEP curriculum. Dr. Balu, Associate Dean of Management Studies at Presidency University talked about the course plan design and delivery tools. Dr. Vinayak, Associate Professor at CMS and NAAC Coordinator gave an overview of adaptive and adult learning concepts covering Bloom’s Taxonomy and learning styles. Dr.Shailashree H, Dean of Department of Management Studies and Advisor to department of Law, PES University highlighted the importance of contemporary assessment and evaluation techniques. The session was followed by interaction with the management team of Novotel hotel to discuss the best practices and changes in industry and presenting the program structure adapted by the department. The faculty development program was conducted by the department of BBA HEM from January 4-8, 2022 at the RR campus.
As part of the Tuesday Talk series interaction on art of blogging was addressed by blogger and digital marketer Mr. Deepak Kanakaraju. He started by highlighting the importance of blogs in the digital world. He mentioned that the result of blogging is not constant, at times the outcome might be 10x times and sometimes it might be zero or even negative. Mr. Kanakaraju remembered his days of starting as a blogger and how he began as a moto-blogger. He shared his experience of his visit to China for ECIMA and, he stated that in his early learning period, “he learned Digital Marketing without even knowing what Digital Marketing is.” The speaker stressed that most decisions we take are a buffer against rejections and we as a generation are scared to accept rejection and hence are afraid to take any bold step. He countered his statement by providing the example of 'rolling of a dice' as a probability of obtaining results, the more we roll, the better probability to succeed. Mr. Deepak expressed that blogging is not merely about attracting customers but it is concerned with building an audience and trying to sell, as blogs attract traffic but do not make sales. He observed, “don’t create content and then try to sell but see what sells and then create the product. As efforts always yield results, it is important for us to take initiatives and start at the cost of our efforts. When we fail to act on it, every idea is an opportunity cost. Hence Go ahead and grab every opportunity. Indeed, it will be associated with embarrassment, but we need to take the initiative and move forward. Whenever we discuss an idea or seek help from family and friends about our decisions, it implies that we are not confident about it. Any day, it is better to 'ask for forgiveness rather than permission”. According to him, the best way to write a Blog is by choosing a self-hosted domain. Platforms like medium.com, blogspot.com and wordpress.com are also good options to consider. He felt that it is good if the writing is professional but in the end, it should be direct and easily understandable by everyone. He thought that one can start by writing about 500 words on any casual topic as if it is a conversation with a friend. The speaker suggested to the audience to develop the habit of writing a journal as it slows down the process of thinking and enables one to frame the sentences better. He compared writing to a way of thinking. He also gave an overview of the CATT framework for blogging, which is to Create content, Attract an audience, develop Trust and then Transact with them. The session concluded with an attempt at writing a blog addressing friends assuming that they are presently in the year 2025. The talk on the art of blogging was organized by the MBA department on December 21, 2021.
A Symposium on “ANALYTICS UNITE - THE POWER OF INSIGHTS” was organised by Department of Management Studies held on 22nd December 2021 at the PES University – Ring Road Campus.
The session began with a welcome note by Dr. Veena A, Chairperson MBA Program. Dr. J Suryaprasad Vice-Chancellor PES University addressed the gathering, in his address he mentioned about his experience in Motorola and how they overcame the challenge through data analysis. He mentioned that “Data is not number crunching any more, it is much more beyond”.
Dr. U Dinesh Kumar, Chairperson, Data Centre and Analytics Lab - IIM Bangalore, the keynote speaker, gave insights about the innovations driven by data and how analytics is changing the innovation with an example of Facebook relationship break-up data. He talked about how Indian industries are using AI and analytics for good decision making. He gave the example of how Bigbasket used Google page ranking algorithm based on keywords and ramped up their customer experience. Akshaya patra is a good example to show that analytics is not only used in large scale industries but also in SMEs. He also mentioned his current research on Neonatal Sepsis using Machine Learning to reduce the mortality rate in infants. He concluded by talking about ethical use of AI.
Abhijeet Neerkaje, Senior Director, Data Science and Analytics - Target, also an alumnus of PES University talked about the use of analytics in retail industry and their trends. He briefed about some of the success strategies used by Target post pandemic, how supply chain management can be more efficient through AI. He discussed the three important cornerstones of analytics and briefed the students on how to choose their career path in various industries.
Swati Ramanujam, Apprentice Leader, MU Sigma gave her insights about evolution of analytics at the time of Covid-19. She talked about digitalisation, multi-touch attribution, agent based modelling and mitigating supply chain risk. She concluded her session with some of the algorithms built by MU Sigma for their clients.
Venkatesh Paramsivam, Deputy General Manager, Cloud operations Mercedes- Benz, briefed about “Data Driven Development”. He mentioned about product development of various companies like Netflix, Flipkart, Google which is based on data. He briefed about development and operations for optimising speed and stability in automobiles and concluded by mentioning that analysing the product requirement, development and operations analytics which gives the best decisions and in-turn gives the best product.
Dr. Shailashree Haridas, Dean Faculty of Commerce and Management presented the vote of thanks.
Students got an opportunity to know about upcoming hotel internships and the related rules and regulations. The talk on do’s and don’ts of industrial training and policies of university and department clarified many of their doubts. The internship orientation for students of third semester of BBA-HEM program was held in RR campus on December 9. 2021.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PES University, HN Campus, 50 Feet Road, Hanumanthanagar Bengaluru-560050 organized a Symposium on Pharmacy Practice at 21st Century: Regulation, Technology and Pharmaceutical Care on Wednesday the 15th December 2021 at PES University, 100 Reet Ring Road, BSK III Stage Hosakerehalli, Bengaluru-560085.
Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Ex-MLC, Former Advisor, Education reforms GoK, Hon’ble Chancellor, PES University. Founder Chairman, PES Institutions, Bengaluru presided over the function. The dais was occupied by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, PES University Dr. Surya Prasad J. & Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, HN Campus Dr. J. Saravanan, Prof. M.V. Satyanarayana, Director , HN Campus, Dr. Sanjay Boldhane Vice president Formulation development, Microlabs, Rajendra Thamboli Subject Matter Expert, Strategist- Pharma Formulations as speakers of the Event followed by Badrinath D. R., Dr. Vijaya Vathsa and Partha pal are Invited for the Panel Discussion.
Event was commenced with an Invocation song followed by welcome note by Dr. J Saravanan, Dean of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dr. M R Doreswamy sir addressed the gathering as Pharmacy is one of the Noble profession with broad opportunities and challenges, therefore students should aware of latest developments that are being practiced, where seminars, research activities, conference’s will play a key role in widening the knowledge. He also noted that Practical knowledge plays a key role and also students should aware of current industrial practices, expectations and Standards.
One of the speakers Dr. Sanjay Boldhane has briefed about the significance of proper plan of clinical trial in order to have valid and reliable results. The second Speaker Mr. Rajendra Thamboli addressed that Pharmacists play an important role in pharmaceutical industry and society. He also mentioned that Pharmaceutical products directly deal with the human life’s so utmost importance should be given for improving the standards in pharmacy profession.
As the second part of the session during the panel discussion the panelist Badrinath D.R., Dr. Vijaya Vathsa and Mr. Partha Pal had an interactive session with students on various aspects of formulation, marketing, therapeutic applications and pharmaceutical care. Dr. Saravanan J Dean, Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences concluded the session with vote of thanks.
The students found this session as an engaging confluence of anthropology, technology, and philosophy made possible by powerful storytelling. The talk featured Atul Jalan an entrepreneur, technologist, science storyteller and founder of Manthan and Algonomy, creating pioneering AI solutions for the world’s leading retailers and consumer connect businesses.
Atul is a sought-after speaker to understand how technology is transforming man and the institutions he has created, changing how we do things and reshaping humans. And this is the perspective on technology that he usually speaks and writes about - not as an application of science but rather in a simple and philosophical way for managing and leading a better life. He is also the author of “Where Will Man Take Us?”. The speaker started his talk by calling himself lucky to be alive despite problems such as new diseases and nuclear annihilation. The speaker asked the students not to lament about anything and enjoy the privileges one has. He dreams of living in different times like during Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci and also the French Revolution. He tells that technology has made this era more transformative. Based on evolution we stand a new phase. We have examples of artificial intelligence, Gen-tech, Quantum computing.
The extensive reach beyond muscle power and technology is merging with biology. He calls evolution artificially engineered and is based on many factors. He mentioned that the people of this age have the responsibility of rewriting, redefining, and reimagining. And the process should be ethically flawless. Very little change of 1.26 % happened in humans, years ago from the nearest cousin chimpanzee and now we are at a very different phase and this tells us how change can bring wonders. He tells that he's eagerly waiting for the magic of 2032 where the social problems will be at a lower level. Answering a question from a student, the speaker compared the genetic structure to a word processor, and concerning ethics in technology, he exclaimed knife is a knife.
India requires changes and has many challenges such as economic inequality and social unrest. He quoted the example of the internet and told how India has responded well in adopting the change. Change is good but it comes with disruption. There is innate inertia to change and the main agents that can influence this inertia are education and policymaking and unfortunately, both of these are habitual laggards.
The speaker spoke about his inspiration for writing a book. Stories are first followed by other things. Answering a question from a student, Mr. Jalan said that there is confusion between mythology and history and also how imagination is turned into reality. Earlier the change was seen through the lenses of religion and philosophy and for the first time change is seen through the lens of science and technology. He advised students not to follow a narrower approach and asked them to get lost even more and considers that as the best way to find out about oneself. Mr. Jalan refers to technology as a continuum where the stories are imagined and technology brings stories to life. All streams are necessary to contribute to the tech revolution and everything is tech-enabled where one can leverage or contribute. AI and technology can replace humans and it is not a bad thing. Our current lifestyle is just about 300 years old and has been ours since the industrial revolution. Technology is not a zero-sum game. It gives opportunity and creates value. Ford was making horse carriages earlier when their industry got disrupted they moved to motorized carriages and this later became the wheel of the economy. He mentioned Luddites, used as a metaphor for the one who opposes technology. Luddism started by opposing the use of machinery in the textile industry which later employed a million people. There will be displacements and disruptions, society has to manage them. If one job is destroyed a million are created. Shortly, technology can bring drastic changes in the healthcare and education sector and there will be some of its repercussions
also. Technology is building new dimensions and it will change everything. We have examples of web 3.0, NFT and Blockchain. Pandemic has proven it. Technology is always seen as in progression and confluence is the point where the magic happens. Being philosophical he calls happiness is subjective and is not the mind's job. He requested the audience not to be prejudiced and to always stay vigilant. The guest speaker, Atul Jalan delivered the talk on Power of Storytelling at RR campus on December 14, 2021.
ಬಿಪಿನ್ ರಾವತ್ ಅವರು ದೇಶ ಕಂಡ ಅದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಸೇನಾನಿ, ಭಾರತಾಂಬೆಯ ಮಡಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂತಹ ವೀರಯೋಧರು ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಬರಲಿ ಎಂದು ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುಲಾಧಿಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಫೊ ಎಂ ಅರ್ ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.
ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು ಮತ್ತು ಎನ್ ಸಿ ಸಿ 2 ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಬೆಟಾಲಿಯನ್ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ ಜನರಲ್ ಬಿಪಿನ್ ರಾವತ್ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಗೌರವ ನಮನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು.
ರಾವತ್ ಅವರು ದೇಶದ ಭದ್ರತೆ ಮತ್ತು ರಕ್ಷಣೆಗೆ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರ ದೇಶಪ್ರೇಮ ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಮಾದರಿ ಎಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಪಟ್ಟರು.
ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುಲಾಧಿಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಫೊ ಎಂ ಅರ್ ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಹನುಮಂತನಗರ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ ನ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಎಂ.ವಿ.ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ, ಲೆಫ್ಟಿನೆಂಟ್ ಲೋಹಿತ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಎನ್ ಸಿ ಸಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಂಜೆ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು.
The BBA HEM department participated in the Gratitude and Networking Day for tourism for inclusive growth organized by Renaissance Bengaluru, a Marriott chain hotel. Tejus Jose, GM, Marriott Renaissance spoke on the occasion. The event, an opportunity to share best practices and interact and network with hospitality industry leaders and academic fraternity was held on December 8, 2021.
Coffee is gaining popularity the world over and the coffee chains are expanding rapidly. Students got an opportunity to know about the origin and growth of coffee. Mr.Suhas Dwarakanath, CEO and founder of Vimoksha Coffee shared practical insights about flavors and sensory aspects of coffee, career opportunities in the coffee Industry and certifications that matter in the industry. The Cafe Couture masterclass on coffee was held on December 6, 2021 on RR campus.
The use of data in business decisions is becoming crucial for success. L Janardhan shared insights about how business modeling and arithmetic are fundamental to the modeling process. He anchors the Advanced Analytics Consulting Practice in Tech Mahindra enabling customers to generate strategic and unprecedented insights from data through the use of AI ML. L Janardhan addressed the students of management and commerce as part of the guest lecture series on Nov 30, 2021 at RR campus.
Lead, Engage, Advance, and Drive student enrichment activity demonstrated the importance of the value of cultural exchange, towards achieving peace and unity among participants. Evangeline E. Timbang, CHE , Assistant Dean-University of Santo Tomas-Philippines and Prof.Kandappan- Associate Professor-Taylor’s University,Malaysia addressed the gathering and shared their insights about promoting global leadership, collaboration and cooperation. The first inter-university students extension activity in South East Asia attended by students PES University, Taylor’s University, Malaysia and University of Santo Tomas, Philippines was hosted on Zoom platform on Nov 27, 2021.
The students of the department of Civil Engineering participated in the walkathon aimed at highlighting the importance of involvement of civil engineers and NBC in construction of buildings. Eminent experts from the civil engineering fraternity who were present spoke about the importance of building safety and impressed upon the budding engineers to inculcate the practices. They also stressed the need to adopt NBC 2016 and few designated senior engineers planned to meet the Chief Minister at Vidhana Soudha and submit a memorandum. The walkathon was organized by ACCE(I), Bangalore Centre with participation from industry and department of civil engineering from various institutions on November 25, 2021.
The alcobev industry in India has grown steadily making it one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Celebrated mixologist Mr.Shivanth Nishkam shared insights about business of a bartender, role of a beverage manager, learning to manage people and the myriad choices available in the alcobev industry. The guest lecture on Crafting Careers in Beverage Industry was organized by the Department of Hospitality and Event Management on November 25, 2021 at RR campus.
The Faculty of Law, PES University, Bengaluru celebrated the Constitution Day on 26th November 2021 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India on this day in 1949. A special lecture was organised with Justice Shri. N. Kumar, former judge, High Court of Karnataka, as the chief guest Dr. J Surya Prasad, Vice Chancellor, PES University as guest of honour and Dr. M R Doreswamy, Chancellor, PES University as the president of the function.
On the occasion, the chief guest Hon’ble Justice Shri N. Kumar delivered the keynote address. He outlined the evolution of the Constitution of India and highlighted the contributions of a galaxy of stalwart freedom fighters right from Gopal Krishna Gokhale and made a special mention of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. B R Ambedkar, Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and many others. He articulated the efforts of members of the Constituent Assembly in giving us our sacred Constitution. He also emphasised on people to follow the fundamental duties in their true spirit.
The president of the function and the Chancellor of PES University, Dr. M R Doreswamy lauded the role of advocates during the freedom struggle. He further commented upon the values of liberty, equality and fraternity and outlined their significance enshrined as in the Constitution. He further called upon the students to embrace the ethical values and ideals that go to make their life worth living.
Professor Doreswamy distributed various prizes and certificates to students of PES University as well as other colleges and schools of Bengaluru who excelled in the poster making competition and debate competition organised as part of Constitution Day celebration. He expressed happiness and hoped that the future of the country is in the hands of its young able population. Students of Delhi Public School (East), JSS Public School and National Academy for Learning bagged the honours.
The Stock Blogger event helped the participants to understand closely the ideas that drive the trading in stocks and spot new ideas that can lead the growth of the particular company and increase its market cap. The participants were allotted a notional company stock to individually analyze its prospects. Deepika emerged at the top followed by Havish D and Nikitha Srikanthan. Arthasansadha, the finance club at HN campus organized Stock Blogger on November 9, 2021.
Sixth annual convocation of PES University was held at PES University premises. Honourable Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu was the chief Guest and delivered the convocation address. Honourable Governor of Karnataka Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot unveiled the scroll of honour and the Minister of Urban Development Shri Byrati Basavaraj was a guest of honour and represented the Government of Karnataka for the occasion. The convocation was presided by the Honourable Chancellor of PES University and Former Adviser (Cabinet rank) on educational reforms, Government of Karnataka, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy.
Honourable Chancellor of PES University Dr. M.R. Doreswamy in his presidential convocation address congratulated all the graduating students and rank holders for their achievement and expressed his happiness over the fact that a majority of graduating are employed through campus selections. He acknowledged the academic excellence of students, nonetheless, he emphasized inculcating values. He mentioned that PES inculcating in students values and ethics imbibed by Mahathma Gandhi, Vivekanada, and Sir M. Visvesvaraiah and so on that it is mandatory for all students to read these three personalities biographies. Another important milestone is that PES started with 45 students in the gymnasium has reached the current strength of 20 Thousand students. The success story of PESU is built on the pursuit of excellence with an eye on nationally relevant and globally sensitive issues. Another noteworthy achievement of PES is recognizing merit. PESU awards scholarships to all meritorious students and has given away Rs. 35 Crores in scholarship till date. He expressed his belief with a clear message that 'you cannot think of achievement without recognizing the merit. He wanted every graduating student to become job providers rather than job seekers to build a prosperous nation.
Honourable Governor of Karnataka Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot addressed the students after unveiling the scroll of honour. Shri Gehlot congratulated the students on their achievements and complimented the faculty, students and management for their role in achieving this feat. PES has achieved very good progress and excellence in academic standards within a span of 8 years is commendable and wished for more success. He appreciated the Government of Karnataka for implementing the NEP2020 for transforming education and the next- generation citizens.
Honourable Chancellor of PES University Dr. M.R. Doreswamy in his presidential convocation address congratulated all the graduating students and rank holders for their achievement and expressed his happiness over the fact that a majority of graduating are employed through campus selections. He acknowledged the academic excellence of students, nonetheless, he emphasized inculcating values. He mentioned that PES inculcating in students values and ethics imbibed by Mahathma Gandhi, Vivekanada, and Sir M. Visvesvaraiah and so on that it is mandatory for all students to read these three personalities biographies. Another important milestone is that PES started with 45 students in the gymnasium has reached the current strength of 20 Thousand students. The success story of PESU is built on the pursuit of excellence with an eye on nationally relevant and globally sensitive issues. Another noteworthy achievement of PES is recognizing merit. PESU awards scholarships to all meritorious students and has given away Rs. 35 Crores in scholarship till date. He expressed his belief with a clear message that 'you cannot think of achievement without recognizing the merit. He wanted every graduating student to become job providers rather than job seekers to build a prosperous nation.
Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University administered the oath to all graduating students. Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Governor of Karnataka Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Urban Development Minister of Karnataka Shri Byrati Basavaraj, and Director of satellite projects Dr. Sambashiva Rao have been felicitated. PES University Vice-Chancellor Dr. J. Suryaprasad welcomed the dignitaries and audiences. Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar of PES University rendered the vote of thanks. Prof. Ajoy Kumar, COO of PES University, and other distinguished invitees were present on the occasion.
ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೇ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಓದುವ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಬೇಕು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವು ವಿಶಾಲವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುಲಾಧಿಪತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಗೌರವ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾದ ಡಾ.ಎಂ.ಆರ್.ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ನಗರದ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಕುವೆಂಪು ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು.
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದಂದು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು. ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು ನುಡಿಯ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸಾರುವುದು ಈ ದಿನದ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರ ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಸರ್ವಪಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣನ್ರಂತಹ ಮೇರು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವವನ್ನು ಮಾದರಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು, ಅವರ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗುವ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು. ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಲು ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸುವ ಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥರಾದ ಪ್ರೊ.ವಿ.ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿದೆ. ಅದನ್ನು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಅರಿತು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ರಾಯಭಾರಿಗಳಾಗಬೇಕು. ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾದರಿಯಾಗಿರಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಂದ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಿಇಎಸ್ ಹನುಮಂತ ನಗರ ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ನ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಪ್ರೊ.ಎಂ.ವಿ.ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ, ಪಿಯುಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪದವಿ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಪ್ರಾಂಶುಪಾಲರಾದ ಡಾ.ಸಿ.ನಾರಾಯಣ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ, ಬೋಧಕ-ಬೋಧಕೇತರ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಲಕರು ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು.
This spring, the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN launched the Millennium Fellowship.
This program convenes, challenges, and celebrates bold student leadership advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on campus and in communities. 25,500+ students applied on 2,209 campuses in more than 153 nations, and just 120+ campuses (6%) were selected based on the caliber of applicants to host the program this year. We are thrilled to share that in acknowledging my contributions and plans this year, we have been selected as members of the Class of 2021!
The PES University cohort, consisting of 29 enthusiastic fellows, have vibrant and novel projects to impact the Sustainable Development Goals. From projects on Gender Equality to Sustainable living, the Fellowship is bringing out the best in these Fellows! The fellowship lasts till November 17th, which is our graduation day.
The inaugural event for First Semester Classes of M.Com Program was organized by the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies on 8th November 2021 at PES University-Ring Road Campus.
The Chief Guest for the day, Dr P Subramanya Yadapadithaya, Honorable Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, in his address, emphasized upon the relevance of HR Skills in the contemporary era. He stated that real knowledge is one which make the difference in lives. Coining the term “Glocal” as a combination of global and local, Dr Subramanya emphasized upon the holistic development of a candidate. He also identified three pillars for overall institutional excellence namely, Shared Vision, Identity of Interest, and determination for excellence.
In his presidential address Dr M R Doreswamy, Honorable Chancellor PES University, emphasized that PG programs in India are to be given top priority, competent enough to scale similar heights as in Western Countries. “PG Programs form a critical base for building committed teachers.” Honorable Chancellor also expressed his vision to align PES Institutions on par with leading world class institutions.
In her welcome address, Dr Shailashree Haridas stressed upon the importance of Research publications in corporate sector and academia.
Dignitaries present on the Dias were Dr M R Doreswamy, Dr K S Sridhar, Dr P Subramanya Yadapadithaya, and Dr Shailashree Haridas.
The vote of thanks was rendered by Dr Ramaprabha, Chairperson, M.Com Program.
The hospitality industry has to grapple with the rapid changes in the food and beverage preferences of the customers like the emerging focus on plant based food. This is in addition to the general challenges of choosing the right employees and correlating profit with customer satisfaction. Students got an opportunity to engage successful restaurateurs in conversations on these challenges. Mr. Prem Koshy, Koshy’s Parade Café, Ms. Panjury V Shankar, Mr. Kavan Kuttappa, Naru Noodle Bar and Ms. Nidhi Nahata, Justbe Resto Café shared insights about the emerging trends and their view of the growing restaurant business. IRA- Conversations on food was organized by the Department of BBA-Hospitality and Event Management on October 29, 2021.
The open cockpit electric race car designed and built by Vega Racing Electric, the electric formula student team of PES University, RR Campus, secured overall runner-up position in Formula Green Concept 2021 competition. The team finished third in the cost event and second in the design event. Raj Purohit won the Best Team Captain Award. The participants competed in cost, business plan and design presentation rounds. They were assessed for understanding of the costs related to manufacturing, viability of business strategy using the current car as a prototype and grasp of technical nuances and creativity in creating a race car while conforming to the technical criteria set forth in the rule book. A total of 9 teams from all over India participated in the Formula Green Concept 2021, which was held online from October 23 to 31, 2021. Award ceremony video link.
Students got an opportunity to learn styles and techniques to curate classic and innovative on the spot cocktails. The Mix-it-to-fix-it competition for testing impromptu mixology skills was judged by Mr. Pradhyumna celebrated bartender and PES alumni, Mr. Sikdar, mixologist and Ms. AR Lakshmi Raju owner of Sherlock Taproom. The jury shared practical insights about mixology in the event organized on RR campus on October, 28, 2021.
The inauguration of The First Biennial Conference on Hybrid Electric and Automotive Technologies (HEAT-2021) was held at the PES University – Ring Road Campus. This event will span over 2 days (Oct 29 th and 30 th 2021) with experts from the industry and Academia addressing the students. This Conference is being conducted on a virtual reality platform.
Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University sent his best wishes for the conference and Dr. Kaushik Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc, Bangalore graced the occasion as Chief Guest in the esteemed presence of Mr P. Zachariah John, Senior Director, Breakthrough Initiatives, Garrett Motion Engineering Solutions Private Limited and Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University and CEO of PES Institutions as Guests of Honour.
Dr. Kaushik Basu mentioned that the topic of electrification of vehicles is very relevant to today’s scenario of pollution and complimented the organisers for arranging this Conference. Mr. P Zachariah John talked about the challenges of EV’s in Indian context. He deliberated the problems of battery driven vehicles in slow moving traffic and the rapid rate of discharge leading to low efficiency of the battery.
Keeping up with the spirit of the conference and as a part of the yearlong Golden Jubilee celebrations of PES institutions, Prof. D. Jawahar, laid out key ideas to ensure that all the 4 wheelers owned by PES University will be electric. He also motivated faculty members to switch over to electric vehicles & necessary help would be provided by giving subsidies to procure the EV’s by the Institution. The PESU RR campus has 1.2MW capacity of power generation using solar panels installed on roof top of 13 th floor B block which is used for lighting. It will be upgraded to 5 MW electricity generation by 2022-23 as an initiative towards sustainability.
The other dignitaries of the conference included Dr J Suryaprasad-Vice Chancellor PES University, K S Sridhar-Registrar, PES University, Dr T S B Sudarshan, Dean-Research, PES University, Dr V Krishna Dean-Student Affairs, PES University, General Chair-HEAT-21 and Dr N Rajesh Mathivanan Chairperson Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES University, Organising Chair HEAT-21.
"SAMRUDDHI 2021 - Finance Symposium" was organised by department of MBA on 22 nd October 2021 at the PES University - Ring Road Campus.
Shri Chandrasekhar Tilak, Ex VP NSDL, while addressing the gathering. mentioned that India's service industry, accounts for over 58% of the country's GDP. Multiple trading Demat accounts (totalling close to 1.9 crore) were opened in the last 21 months to supplement one's income during lockdown and 95% Demat accounts are active. Speaking about Air India's problem, which has become a source of debate for the past 21 years, said how disinvestment policy affected it. He also included information on liquid mutual funds and how they are invested. He said that India is presently, or will be in the near future, a popular destination for international direct investment. which is growing quickly and is already attracting FDI.
Shri Sowmya Kanthi Ghosh, Group Chief economic advisor SBI – in his address gave his thoughts on “ECONOMY AND FINANCE: PRE AND POST PANDEMIC”. He stated that prior to the pandemic; India had undertaken numerous social activities. A total of 16.5 crore AYUSH cards have been distributed. The number of digital transactions has increased 19-fold. Ujjwala has supplied free gas connections to 8.3 crore people. He discussed the circumstances during and after the pandemic, as well as post-pandemic challenges. During the epidemic, there was high inflation, poor consumption, low government spending, and exports were losing steam, Evolving liquidity conditions: nationally and worldwide, Climate risk and green financing, and so on.
Prof. Jawahar D, Pro-Chancellor PES University described the Journey of PES starting from PU College to be coming a University that has been ranked No. 1 in the State and is one among the Top 100 Universities in India. He also told about creating more opportunities to students in the coming days.
Welcomed the gathering Dr. Shailashree Haridas, Dean - Faculty of Management. She expressed her delight at having such a well-known visitor on campus. She encouraged students to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the symposium.
Dignitories Present on the Dias were Prof. D Jawahar, Prof. Arvind Giri K, Dr. Shailashree Haridas and Prof. C Sivashanmugan
The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr. C Sivashanmugan – Professor, PES University.
As part of practical learning in event management students were given an opportunity to assist the HR team of a leading hotel in organizing a flash mob. They performed to the hotel’s anthem and cinema songs to entertain the guests and motivate the staff of the hotel. Students of first semester of BBA-HEM assisted the HR team at Novotel in managing the Accor HR gratitude week celebration on October 13, 2021.
Mahatma Gandhi is an apostle of “Satya and ahimsa”. They were two socio-political weapons he used in achieving his goals. His Principles, ideals and teachings still have universal relevance said Dr. M R Doreswamy while addressing more than 30,000 PESUians online in his address on “Gandhi Jayanthi”. He appealed to all PESUians to take the lead in imbibing the principles and values of Gandhi in personal, social and professional life. The name of Mahatma Gandhi ji transcends the bounds of race, religion and nations and has emerged as the prophetic voice of the 21st century. The world remembers Gandhi not just for his passionate adherence to the practice of truth and non-violence, but as the benchmark against which we test ourselves and fellow beings in personal, social and professional life.
Rotaract club of PES University, hosted a "Mega Blood Donation Camp" on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, 2nd October 2021 at PES University campus. Blood donation is a service to mankind. Millions need blood owing to some medical condition and their only hope remains with volunteer blood donors. Every day, numerous blood transfusions take place and save millions of lives all over the world. It not only benefits the needy, but also enhances the health of the donor. That's precisely the motive behind the camp.
The camp inauguration was graced by honourable DG Fazal Mahmood, District Governor, RI 3190 district. We were glad to have our esteemed Vice Chancellor, Dr. J Surya Prasad, Registrar, Dr. K S Sridhar, Dean- Student Affairs, Dr. V Krishna, Rtn. Rohit Nagesh, President- Rotary Bangalore Banashankari and Rtn. Taranath D M, Secretary- Rotary Bangalore Banashankari at the inauguration ceremony. This selfless drive was in collaboration with Rotary Bangalore Banashankari and other sister clubs who gave their best to make the event a grand success. It gave us all a sense of responsibility and a sincere gesture towards the society.
The event spanned from 8am to 5pm on 2nd October and we are proud to have received almost 250 units of blood from students of PES University and the general public among various age groups. We, Rotaractors celebrate every individual who volunteered to donate blood for the needy. Every donor was awarded with a certificate and T-shirt as a token of appreciation. We also thank Sanjeevni blood bank, Doctors for their immense support to help us achieve this feat. Through our small gesture, we were successful in spreading awareness among youngsters, adults and old age groups to regularly donate and serve humanity.
The event spanned over three days with experts from the industry and Academia addressing the students.
Shri Seemant Kumar Singh – IPS, ADGP, ACB, Bengaluru, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. He mentioned that nothing comes easy in life without struggle. He spoke on how he likes to implement managerial aspects in policing. He also mentioned how he looks forward to interacting with youngsters as it helps him improve his work. He educated the audience on People Friendly Policing, which emphasized on the KSP App and the Emergency Response Support System. He also extensively spoke about the challenges that were faced during the first wave of Covid-19 Pandemic, where he successfully helped several migrant workers in their time of need.
In his Presidential address, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University described the 50 years of Journey of PES starting from PU College to a University that has been ranked No. 1 in the State and one among Top 100 Universities in India. He said the discerning factors that make PES Unique are Quality and Value based education, learning environment with best teachers and best in class infrastructure, Student mentoring, placement opportunities and merit scholarships. He also spoke on the unwavering commitment of the university in imparting quality education that has led PES to its accomplishments. He also mentioned that education plays a critical role in the progress of a nation. He assured to create opportunities n for learning but also for them to experience the fulfilment that comes from sharing this learning with others. He also emphasized on the all round development and overall transformation of students enrolled at PESU.
Prof Jawahar, Pro Chancellor, PES University said that PES follows the core values of Perseverance, Excellence and Service.
The University has adopted the acronym SPIRIT; S- Student, P- Process, I- Identity, R- Research, I- Infrastructure, T- Teacher in all its endeavours which leads students to a bright and prosperous career
Students from the senior classes were awarded with Prof. CNR Rao and Prof. MRD merit scholarships.
Welcome the gathering Dr. Shailashree Haridas, Dean - Faculty of Management. She advised students to make the most of the opportunities given to them. She emphasized on the importance of giving back to society and to be the torch bearers of tomorrow. She concluded with an interesting fable of Krishna and Arjuna with the moral “If you are taking care of others, God is there to take care of you.”
Prof. Arvind Giri – Director MBA Program, introduced Chancellor Dr. MR Doreswamy where he spoke of his nationalism and social work. He mentioned Dr. MRD’s contribution with regard to the 18 recommendations made to the state government on Educational reforms and also about his multiple awards and recognitions.
The dignitaries unveiled the Academic Planner for MBA program batch of 2021-22.
Vote of Thanks was delivered by Prof. Shankar Gopal – Professor and Advisor to PES University.
Dr. J. Suryaprasad – Vice Chancellor of PES University and Prof Ajoy Kumar – COO and Dr. K.S.Sridhar - Registrar were present on the occasion.
Bootstrap is an interesting and enriching introduction to the world of engineering which has proved to be effective in kindling a serious interest in machines and processes. The five-day program from September 27 to October 1, 2021 has skill building sessions on mechanical and electrical engineering, electronics, design thinking and social awareness.
One takes the switches, plugs and appliances for granted and never attempts to rectify them when they stop working. Understanding how it all works and handling it can make repair and maintenance an easy task. The two-wheelers and four-wheelers are complex machines but one can make a beginning in understanding it by handling the minor tasks which are essential for their smooth working. Design thinking is a systematic approach to problem solving which helps a student develop practical innovative solutions for difficult problems. This process focuses on need finding, understanding, creating, thinking, and executing. Students are also educated on the need to volunteer for social activities apart from academics. Students learn to empathize, help the under privileged and feel a sense of gratitude when helped.
Dr. M R Doreswamy, Chancellor, PES University said that at PES University students are given more hands on exposure than just theoretical concepts. This makes them to apply skill set acquired during their study duration to real world problems. Apart from this social awareness which is an integral part of an education system, is being imbibed in the youth from day one so that they will be able to contribute more to the society.
Mr. Praveen Sinha, Principal Architect, Palo Alto Networks, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Addressing the students of Batch 2021-22, Mr Praveen said that parents can be rest assured that their wards are in the right hands. Further, he motivated the students to revisit once in a while from where they started their career so that they get to know how much of progress has taken place.
In his presidential address, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University narrated the 50 years of Journey of PES starting from PU College to a University that has been ranked No. 1 in the State and one among Top 100 Universities in India. He said the discriminating factors that make PES Unique are Quality and value based education, learning environment with best teachers and supporting infrastructures, mentor system, placement opportunities and merit scholarships. He highlighted on the significance of attracting talented industry professionals to join academia for teaching which has also been aptly said by the New Education Policy. There by establishing a strong bondage between industry and academia as this is the need of the hour. He called upon the aspirant engineers to follow great personalities like Sri M Visvesvaraya. He said PES is in the verge of celebrating its Golden Jubilee during the year 2022. He added that PES is coming up with a medical college with a 300 bedded super speciality hospital that would cater to the needs of 100 villages in and around electronic city with the affordable medical charges.
Dr. J. Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor welcomed the dignitaries and audiences. The dignitaries distributed the Prof. CNR Rao and Prof. MRD Merit scholarships to the awardees. Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar of PES University rendered the vote of thanks. Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University, and Prof. Ajoy Kumar, COO of PES University were present on the occasion.
The inauguration function was followed by detailed orientation by Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor
Crisis Combat contest was about crisis management as a team of two that entailed dealing with high level threats that an individual, business, or country may face. Participants were given Crisis Files related to diverse areas like public relations, marketing and finance. In the preliminary rounds, the participants had to solve mini-crises pertaining to real-world brands. The first round was a PR crisis where the participants were required to document strategies for brand growth and draft a letter to handle the PR situation. The second round had a huge financial crisis to be dealt with wherein participants were required to find a millionaire investor to get a company out of bankruptcy. The teams then had to pitch to the organizers who acted as investors. With six teams in the fray, the participants had to battle out through a game of Aircrash. Aryan Kapoor and Gowri Nandana clinched the first position. Bhavini Madhuranath and Anirudh Rowjee won the second position and Praneeth Kumar and Rehan Ganapathy came in at third position. Crisis Combat, the debut event of Blueprint club of EC campus was held on Discord platform on September 25, 2021.
Inauguration and orientation of First Year Classes for B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Pharma programs 2021-22 was held at the PES University campus. Dr. Pradipkumar Thaker, Country Head and Vice President, Marvell Semiconductors inaugurated the program. Dr. Kumar while addressing the students stated that success for achieving in life is different for different people. The students should hear to their inner voice. He said that the world is in a challenging situation, with Covid19 pandemic having affected everybody at a different level. The positive side of the crisis is the transformation of the virtual platform and digital connection. In the coming days, there will be more of artificial intelligence and machine learning that will facilitate everything. Innovation can facilitate the execution of business realities and it is the key to success to entrepreneurship. A relentless mission is important to fulfill the vision. Students and professionals should have the integrity to succeed in their life.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar lauded the city of Bangalore for its salubrious climate and the people which it is attracting from all parts of the country. It is also called the Silicon city as it houses a vast number of industries. He said that among 200 nations in the world, India stands out for its culture. Even during COVID India was able to produce its own vaccine to protect the citizens which is a remarkable achievement.
In his presidential address, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University spoke on the need for industry professionals joining academics and involving teaching activity in the New education policy should attract talented people to teaching and a closer relationship between industry and academia is the need of the hour. PES built a tradition of recognizing merit. And has so far has given Rs. 35 Crores as scholarship since the inception of the University. remembering that PES stands number one in placements in Karnataka amongst 210 Engineering colleges. 1458 students are placed already from the eligible list of 1550 students with the highest compensation being Rs. 1.5 Crore/annum. Dr. Doreswamy added that the new students should have Sir M. Visvesvaraiah as their role model to achieve success in life. Every student should be an asset, not only to his family but also to the nation. He urged students not only to be job seekers but also job providers or entrepreneurs. PES through its PESU venture labs is funding Close 1.5 Crores for those passionate in becoming entrepreneurs and start their new venture.
PES University Vice-Chancellor Dr. J. Suryaprasad welcomed the dignitaries and audiences. The dignitaries distributed the CNR Rao merit scholarships to the awardees. Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar of PES University rendered the vote of thanks. Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University, and Prof. Ajoy Kumar, COO of PES University were also present on the Occasion.
Teachers' Day Wishes from Hon’ble Chancellor
Dear Teacher Colleagues,
I join all of you to rededicate ourselves to empower Nation through meaningful education.
“Education is Empowerment”
My heartfelt appreciation for all of you for Choosing this noble profession.
Dr. M R DORESWAMY
Hon’ble Chancellor, PES University.
The new batch of students joining the BBA HEM program got a glimpse of the hospitality and event industry in the week long program conducted by Department of BBA HEM. Insights about the rapidly changing industry were shared by guest speaker Ms. Sunaina- General Manager, Mercure, Accor Group. The orientation program was held from Aug 23-27, 2021.
PES University organized the 75th year of independence of the Country on its Campus.
Dr. M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor offered floral tribute to the life-size Statue of the Sri Mahatma Gandhi installed in the campus. He stressed the need to educate the present day students on the life and preaching of Sri Mahatma Gandhi and insisted on having a subject on the father of the Nation to be mandatorily taken up by all students. This will instil culture in students in addition to learning technology as he believed that knowledge on technology can be best used only with good culture.
Prof. D Jawahar, Pro Chancellor hoisted the tricolor flag in the presence of Prof. J Suryaprasad – Vice Chancellor, Prof. K S Sridhar – Registrar along with Deans and Chairpersons of various Programs.
Later the Pro Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor addressed the students online. The Pro Chancellor addressed the students on Teaching-Learning process and also apprised the students on commencement of Regular classes by offline, blended and on-line mode starting from August 23, 2021. The Vice-Chancellor presented to the students various updates on the University.
Students got an opportunity to understand the nuances of grape growing, manufacturing wine and building of the brand Sula. Ms. Kanika of Sula Vineyards walked the students through the informative session organized by the faculty of BBA HEM program on July 7, 2021.
With Karnataka’s capital feeling the big surge in Covid-19 cases, PES University has volunteered to provide free delivery of cooked meals for the families of patients and needy struggling with food insecurity during the government imposed JANATA CURFEW.
The service was started from day one of the JANATA CURFEW in the State with prohibitory orders in place which resulted in lockdown like restrictions in restaurants, hotels and road side eateries.
PES University took up the task of providing hot and delicious meals to the family of the patient’s admitted at various hospitals in city particularly Jayadeva, Victoria, Vanivilas, Sanjay Gandhi, Nimhans, Rajarajeswari hospitals.
Dr. M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor of PES University took this novel initiative of providing fresh meals to the patient’s families. Till date over 3500 people have been fed in the “meals drive” undertaken by the University. Dr. M R Doreswamy mentioned that the Drive will continue until the JANATA CURFEW ends.
As per the directions of Dr M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor, PES University a full day Vaccination Drive was organized on PES University campus in association with Excelcare Hospital on April 8, 2021. Faculty and staff members aged 45 years and above, got benefited by this drive. The stakeholders who took vaccination were under observation for 30 minutes in special rooms designated for the purpose.
All the stakeholders expressed their happiness for receiving the Vaccine shot at the workplace. Earlier to this drive few staff members had also got vaccinated at Excelcare Hospital.
Students of hospitality and event management program learnt about the importance of mixology in the hotel industry and how menu planning, costing, and cost control make it viable. Mr Ajeet Kumar shared his insights gained during his rich professional career. In another workshop, chefs Raghu and Tiru explained the history of bread and the art and science of bread making. The Bread workshop held on March 2 and Mixology workshop held on March 4, 2021 were organised by the department of hospitality and event management.
The auditions for the music club of PESU ECC selected the members of bands in three different genres, The Clefhangers, in Acapella, Shaken not Stirred in Western music, and Swantantraka in Indian classical. The auditions held on Zoom on Jan 29, 2012 selected fourteen talented musicians for the three bands.
The celebrations at the PES University’s HN campus got underway with a cultural program consisting of group song, group dance, speeches by students of commerce, PUC, polytechnic and pharmacy streams that brought forth the spirit of India. Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor, PES University unfurled the national flag and in his thought provoking address highlighted the importance of rights and liberties mentioned in our constitution. He took pride in the fact that ours is the most exhaustive, written and the best constitution in the world and looked forward to students learning from the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
On the occasion of the 152nd birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, PES University celebrated the day by garlanding the statue of Gandhiji installed in the campus. The Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, key officers, faculty and staff of the University paid floral tributes to Gandhiji.
Dr. M R Doreswamy speaking on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi at S-VYASA University said that the entire world is paying tribute on this day to the most celebrated son of India.
On this day one needs to introspect why only Gandhi is a Mahatma while there are many individuals rendering yeomen services to the country in many wonderful professions such as lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers etc, His legacies of Truth and Non-violence have left a lasting imprint on the collective consciousness of human civilization.
He is a Mahatma because he got independence for the country using these twin ‘weapons’, not waging a war or with bloodshed. He was aware that violence begets violence and adopted a unique method of protest against foreign rule which was the essence of our great Indian culture. Use of peaceful non-cooperation (satyagraha), he stabilized the Independence movement for years and ultimately got independence to India.
His life was a message - a message of peace over power, of finding ways to reconcile our differences, and of living in harmony with respect and love even for our enemies. Gandhiji can be considered the most modern political thinker India has ever had. He shines like a luminous star in the galaxy of intellectuals, reformers and leaders.
Gandhi transformed the Indian National Congress party from “Class party to Mass party” i.e. inclusion of all sections of society in the party he added. He recalled that “Gandhiji was telling that means is as important as end”, He also said that Gandhi's leadership role was extremely complex. Knowing that violence only begets violence, he began practicing passive resistance, Satyagraha. His achievements were nothing less than miracles.
Mahatma Gandhi was an icon of simplicity in life style – dress, food and choosing a dress of the poorest Indian, which he even wore when he went to England for the Round Table Conference in 1931 on the invitation of Winston Churchill the then Prime Minister of UK. There many social experiments he conducted as part of the independence movement; two noteworthy are the Swadeshi Movement to encourage boycott of British goods march from Dandi and the famous salt. However today, it is sad that the country is steeped in corruption, countless scams, criminal charges, self-centric and selfishness of people representatives. There is an urgent need to rediscover Gandhian principles.
Prof. Doreswamy called upon all Universities to celebrate Jayantis in a meaningful way like what S-VYASA is doing today on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and join hands with the Government’s initiative of adopting Government Schools in the State. He called upon “S-VYASA” to sign MoU with the State Government for introducing YOGA in all government schools.
Dr. H R Nagendram the Chancellor of S-VYASA University thanked Dr. M R Doreswamy for having accepted the invitation and rendering a wonderful message, befitting the occasion.. He agreed to extend full support from S-VYASA University to Government initiatives. He recalled how YOGA being introduced to WORLD from “Then Narendra (i.e. Swami Vivekananda) to Now Narendra (i.e. our Hon’ble Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi ji) and conceptualization of “International Yoga Day”.
Dr. B R Ramakrishna Vice-Chancellor, SVYASA University in his brief introduction of the Chief Guest Dr M R Doreswamy said that “Dr M R Doreswamy is real yogi who has contributed immensely towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat through his untiring service in the education sector. The virtues of Dama i.e Self Restraint, Dana i.e. Charity or giving and Daya i.e. Compassion are being practiced by Dr. MRD from the past five decades and in this sense he is a true yogi he added.
The current pandemic scenario has ushered in not only online modes of learning but also online hiring, training, joining and on-boarding. PES University students of BTech program from the graduating class of 2020 received 1185 offers with the highest compensation offered touching 49.75 lakhs per annum. 321 students secured compensation ranging from 12 lakhs per annum to 35 lakhs per annum. Microsoft, Atlassian, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Intuit, Morgan Stanley, PWC, Citrix, Mercedes Benz and other industry leaders visited the campus. The job offers to the batch of 2020, PESUians through campus drives do not indicate delayed joining dates. A leading global application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) company was the first firm to start off e-hiring. Ms. Bharani Ujjaini Kempaiah, Mr. Viraj C Bukitagar and Mr. Akash Mukhopadhyay of Computer Science and Engineering bagged the offers with CTC of 39.2 lakhs per annum. They have also been offered internships with stipend of Rs. 75,000/- per month. PES University has been chosen by Mercedes Benz for a unique program titled “Mercedes in Mechanical” exclusively for girl students to encourage girls to enrol in Mechanical Engineering discipline. Under this program the selected girl students receive an annual scholarship of Rs 1 Lakh from the second year onwards. They are offered internships with the company during the final year leading to full time offers. PES University with a motto of Education for Real World and focus on academic excellence continues to be a preferred institution of leading global and Indian technology companies for recruiting engineering talent.
The National Librarian’s Day in India, is celebrated in remembrance of National Professor of Library Science, Dr. S R Ranganathan, who spearheaded library development in India. Central Library, PES University celebrated the Librarians’ Day on the occasion of Dr. S R Ranganathan’s 128th Birth Anniversary. Dr. J Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, offered floral tributes to the statue of Dr. S R Ranganathan in the function held on Aug 12, 2020.
The International Yoga Day was celebrated at PES University in virtual mode. Over 60 yoga enthusiasts participated online on a video platform, some of them were joined by family members. A demo video was shared with the registered participants before the event. 21 Surya-Namaskaras each comprising 12 asanas were followed by 10 minutes of Shavaasana. Mr. Santosh Katti and Ms. Deepthi, Asst. Professors from the Department of MCA, anchored the event. The event hosted by the Department of MCA was held on June 21, International Yoga Day.
The Clefhangers team won first place in the acoustic event called 'Voodoo Crew' at Cultura 20. The Clefhangers are the acapella faction which is about singing unaccompanied by musical instruments, of the PESUECC Music club. The team includes Sahana V K, Aratrika Ray, Reshma P Roy, Chinmaya Ravi, Sai Krupanandan, Samson Antony, Sagar Somsaale. Cultura 20, the techno-cultural fest popular among the Bangalore student community was organised by CMRIT and was held on Mar 7, 2020.
Students got an opportunity to understand an expert’s perspective on software quality. Mr. V Mani who leads the Metrics team in IBM Quality shared his insights about Software Quality drawing on his deep expertise in process models. He shared insights about software quality definition and assurance, quality metrics, and defect management. The online guest lecture organised by the department of MCA was held on April 9, 2020.
In a recent industry trend, many retail companies are showing a preference for hospitality graduates. Mr. Vivek Jothiani, Business Head – Operations, SPAR India, a PES alumnus of 2008 batch of hospitality program, explained how such students are groomed and their attitude is tuned to fit well with the opportunities in the retail sector. The guest lecture delivered online on PES University’s video platform on April 10, 2020 was accessed by the students of BHEM program from their homes.
The Department of MCA, during the time of Nation-wide lockdown, has shown a gesture of one-ness. All the staff members and students along with their family members, participated in the call made by our Prime Minister Modiji, to light up lamps/Diyas on 5th April 2020 at 9 pm for 9 minutes.
In the time of social-distancing, all the staff members, students and their family members came together on the digital platform to express their gratitude towards the Doctors for their selfless service in this pandemic season.
The world wildlife day was celebrated with informed conversations with experienced and committed wildlife enthusiasts. Prakash Matada, wildlife photographer, Dheeraj, marine photographer and Sujan Bernard wildlife conservationist shared insights about wildlife in urban settings and steps that can be taken by us to reduce global warming. The session created awareness about snakes in Bengaluru, causes of snake bite, first aid and its management. The event organised by students of the department of management studies was held on March 3, 2020.
International Women's Day was celebrated by the department of management studies with a panel discussion on equality and empowerment of women in the industry titled Praudhangana. Successful women professionals Sarah Fazal, RJ with radio Mirchi; Janice Joseph, Surgeon and baker, Nikita Das, Sr cluster head Marriot Hotels shared their experiences. The celebrations organised by students of the department of management studies was held on March 10, 2020.
The cultural festival brought together young would-be pharmacists from around fifteen Pharmacy colleges in and outside Karnataka for the inauguration of the cultural fest. The function witnessed the gracious presence of Mrs. Vani Harikrishna – music composer, music director and playback singer and Dr J Suryaprasad - Vice Chancellor, PES University. Dr M R Doreswamy Ex.MLC
Advisor (Education Reforms), Government of Karnataka, Chancellor, PES University presided over the function. 14 students who secured RGUHS overall rank in the academic year 2018-19 of B.Pharm, M.Pharm, Pharm.D and Pharm.D-PB were felicitated by the esteemed guests with gold medals. Fathima Beevi Award comprising of a gold medal was awarded to Ms. Simran Singhal for academically best outgoing B.Pharm student by Sami Labs Ltd. II B.Pharm Class topper Ms. Varalakshmi S and III B.Pharm Class topper Ms. Manasa R were felicitated with K. Shamanna Award. Chief Guest, Mrs Vani was very happy on seeing girl students bagging most of the awards and earnestly requested the male community to support and encourage ladies to flourish in their chosen fields. She mesmerised the audience with her soulful voice. Dr. M R Doreswamy congratulated the rank holders, class toppers and distinction holders. In his talk, he emphasised that participation in co-curricular activities is of utmost importance which adds a new dimension to the overall personality of an individual. He stressed on the three qualities of Focus, Effort and Dedication which transforms an individual into an achiever. He mentioned the pivotal role played by him as an MLC by suggesting to the then Health Minister to include Pharmacy program into CET. He concluded his talk by mentioning that placement is inseparable from PES Institutions and 100% placements have been provided to all Pharma Graduates. Aspiration 2020 was hosted by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, HN Campus, PES University on 13th March 2020 at Dr M.R.D Silver Jubilee Auditorium on the campus.
Members of the Music Club in collaboration with CMS and Aatmatrisha performed the chartbuster songs of the country’s top singers. Rohan Ajay, Nalin Saxena, Lakshmi Narayan, Satvik Nath, Yoshitha and Manasa Upadhyaya regaled the audience with their versions at the OAT on Feb 26, 2020.
The 25 th anniversary of Uday Shankar Ballet and Dance Festival was organised by Shruthi Mandal at Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 26 th February 2020. The event was organised in memory of Sri. Uday Shankar, the legend of Indian Dance and choreographer, Padma Vibhushan awardee and Sangeet Nataka Akademi award winner. It is our pride to announce that, Ms. Chaitra, from 2 nd semester MCA, presented her Kuchipudi dance performance during the event, representing Shambhavi School of Dance Ensemble. Ms. Chaitra is practicing the art for 15 years.
The 7th of March saw Aatmatrisha 2020’s Pro Nite, the most awaited and anticipated day in the Aatmatrisha calendar. Pro Nites of the previous years have seen artists such as Sunidhi Chauhan, Salim-Sulaiman, Vishal Shekhar & Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, but this year was the first time we had such an electrifying duo, the famous Bollywood singer Benny Dayal and Indian Rock Fusion band Thaikuddam Bridge. The show took off at 6pm with the Thaikudam Bridge performing energetic numbers and making the crowd cheer with excitement. This band guaranteed the audience not one moment of silence. The whole crowd sang along in merriment and enjoyment. After this amazing performance Benny Dayal took the stage at 7.30pm and lit it on fire with the most amazing songs. The crowd danced from the very beginning to the end. He sang songs from every decade and audiences sang with him automatically.These artists guaranteed an unforgettable performances well past sunset. All together it was a festival that everyone will remember for their lifetime.
The first day of Aatmatrisha 2020 opened with a bang. An approximate crowd of 4000 people had come to participate in a wide spectrum of events that Team Aatmatrisha had to offer. Every nook and corner of college was decorated impeccably by the Creative team. That is not all, at about 6pm on the Mainstage the band 'To Be Decided' kick started Aatmatrisha 2020's Culnite. Followed by a Fashion walk by the Fashion Team of PES University. The Music club performed a set of songs and ended with the Official Aatmatrisha song composed by the team.Team Trance, Sanskriti and Encore lit the stage on fire and entertained the crowd for approximately an hour. To end it all off Dr. V Krishna, Dean, Student Affairs went up on stage to introduce the Core team to the vast crowd of about 5000 students. The night ended with a DJ performance.
Team Aatmatrisha promised a night that would be remembered and delivered.
Aatmatrisha 2020 was officially inaugurated on the 5th of March at 5:20 pm with the opening ceremony being held in the Dr.M R Doreswamy auditorium at PES University. The event begun with a soulful invocation by Rashmi, a student at PESU.
Dr. V Krishna presented a heartful and enthusiastic welcome address where he spoke about the phenomenon that AT is.
The dignitaries then went on to invoke the blessing of the lord by lighting the lamp.
The inaugural address was delivered by Dr. Keremane Shivananda Hegde, the presiding chief guest of the event. He motivated the gathering and spoke about the pristine art that Yakshagana is.
Next, Dr.M R Doreswamy took the stage to speak a few words about the event where he enlightened the crowd with his words of wisdom.
The music video of the fest was launched next. Needless to say, it was well received by all in the audience.
The event concluded with a mind blowing Yakshagana performance by Shree Keremane Shivananda Hegde.
The event left everyone feeling good and excited about the two days of Aatmatrisha yet to come
It is rightly said that there is no age of being an achiever, this thought rightly imposes on Dr. M.R Doreswamy who recently proved his efficiency in the field of education by getting appointed as the Advisor- Education Reforms, Govt. of Education. The educationist who pursued excellence in the field of education, Dr. Doreswamy, was conferred by our Honorable Chancellor Dr. P Shyama Raju on his February 29, 2020 for being one of the greatest pillars in the education systems and Indian society.
The ceremony was attended by all the dignitaries of REVA University along with the guest dignitary who is one of the pillars of REVA University but makes his presence rare, Dr. Shridhar Mitta, Advisory Board Member and of course our Guest of the day, Dr. M.R Doreswamy.
The felicitation ceremony commenced with the huge applause and introduction of the star of the day Dr. M.R Doreswamy by our Vice-Chancellor, Dr. S Y Kulkarni who left no stone untouched to spread the words of appreciation for the guest of the event.
Dr. M.R Doreswamy thanked REVA for giving him so much respect and then appreciated Dr. P Shyama Raju for his continuous effort from the ground level. Dr. Doreswamy then spoke about his journey which he started as a teacher and today also if he gets an opportunity, he never misses and loves to teach. He added, “I taught for more than 40 years and my subject was Economics”. He also advised the faculty of REVA University to enjoy their teaching and students should also enjoy learning. Dr Doreswamy clearly stated that he was stunned by the progress and leap steps taken by REVA University which has in so short a time period soared high. He stated clear that REVA must focus on international partnerships and invite faculty and students from abroad to come and study in the mini USA campus created by Dr P Shyama Raju.
He concluded his speech by saying that a person should never forget 3 Ms in life – Mother who is a personification of god, Mother Tongue and Mother Land. Also, appreciated Bangalore city as being the most employable and education-oriented city.
Dr. P Shyama Raju, Chancellor, REVA University, thanked Dr. M.R Doreswamy for being so kind and appreciating REVA. He also made it clear that REVA has already invited students from Universities abroad and as a practice, students from select countries are trained at REVA UIIC and another cohort of students from Universities in the UK and Spain will be attended the Summer Schools offered by REVA School of Architecture and School of Performing Arts. The event was concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. Shubha, Director, Commerce and Management.
March 4 saw a fun filled and culturally enriching day at PES University. As a part of the Maatrubhasha Diwas celebrations 'Nammane Sangeetha' which included Meghana Bhat, Rashmi Shashank, Shashank Kalamanji and Pancham Halabandi on the vocals.
They were accompanied by Punyesh on keyboard Maruti tabla and Umaprasad on rythm pad andcoordinated by Prof. Chidambara Kalamanji performed a compilation of Kannada songs from all genres for two hours. The event which started at 2:10pm started with Dr. V Krishna giving a welcome address highlighting the greatness of Kannada. Later Dr. Chidambara Kalamanji and troupe took over for an absolutely energising performance. The event was attended by many faculty of the PES University Ring Road Campus. The event was also graced by the Vice Chancellor Dr. J Suryaprasad. The event went up to almost 5:00pm. Students and faculty alike were up on their toes and sang to the numbers played by the troupe.
PES University, on the 28th of February hosted comedy's rising star, winner of Comicstaan, Akash Gupta for an evening of standup comedy. With countless laughs and hilarious comical anecdotes from Akash's life, the event was a massive success. Akash captivated the audience with his original and observational brand of humour.
The event began with an opening act by PES University's very own comedy group, the BisibeleBois, an emerging improv team in the Bangalore circuit.The group started their interactive bit 'Movie Masala' at 4:15pm and the bit ran up to 4:50pm.
Akash performed to a sold out auditorium who absolutely loved his comedy. Geeta, a fresher said "I've been to many stand-up performances. Akash has been the best so far. Unapologetically observant, the man is".
The event concluded at 6:00pm with a standing ovation from the entire audience and a token of appreciation was presented to Akash by McDonald's India. With an audience of 1600 people, we would term the Comedy Evening with Aakash Gupta a grand success.
A fantastic start to the fun that's about to go down at Aatmatrisha 2020.
From left to right (above) Mr B Ganesh, Manager, University Collaboration Team, Nokia, Dr V Krishna, Dean Student Affairs, Dr TSB Sudarshan, Dean Research, Dr KS Sridhar, Registrar, Dr Suryaprasad J, Vice Chancellor, Ms Ponni, University Collaboration lead, Nokia, Dr Anuradha M, Chairperson, Dept of ECE, Dr B.K. Keshavan , Dean Engineering & Technology, Prof M Rajasekar, Nokia Faculty Champion, Dept of ECE, PES University
PES University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nokia Solutions & Networks, Bangalore, India for collaborating with Nokia for various technology-related activities in various domains of mutual interest. PES University has been a preferred University partner for Nokia over several years in the past and has now formally reinforced this association through an MoU. Some of the planned activities of interest to students and faculty range from visits to some of Nokia’s largest research labs in Bangalore, Internships opportunities, working on cutting-edge research projects, Credit-courses within PES campus, Tech-talks in the campus, opportunities to participate in various University related activities held at Nokia to full-time recruitment opportunity for students. Both Vice Chancellor, PES University and the Nokia University Collaboration Lead (& the Mobile Networks Telco cloud & SRN Lead) expressed their enthusiasm to support & promote various academic activities of mutual interest. From PES University the MoU was signed by Dr Suryaprasad J, Vice Chancellor, PES University & Dr Anuradha M, Chairperson, Department of ECE. Ms Ponni, Nokia University Collaboration Lead and Mr Rajesh Krishna, Nokia Bangalore Technology Center Controller signed on behalf of Nokia Solutions & Networks, India.
ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಬಳಸದೆ ಇರುವುದು ಸುಮಾರು ಎರಡೂವರೆ ಸಾವಿರ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯು ಕಾಲಾನುಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳೆದ೦ತೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅನೇಕ ಏರು-ಪೇರು ಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿದ್ದರೂ
ಕೂಡ ಇ೦ದಿಗೂ ಕೂಡ ತನ್ನ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊ೦ಡು ಬ೦ದಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಇ೦ತ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿರುವ೦ತ ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಮು೦ದಿನ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಗೂ ಬೋಧಿಸುವ ಹಾಗೂ ತಿಳಿಸುವ ಜವಬ್ದಾರಿ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲದ್ದರಾಗಬೇಕು ಎ೦ದು ಪಿ.ಇ.ಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುಲಪತಿಗಳಾದ೦ತಹ ಡಾ. ಜೆ. ಸೂರ್ಯಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ವಿಶ್ವ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷಾ ದಿನದ ಅ೦ಗವಾಗಿ ದಿನಾ೦ಕ ೨೦/೦೨/೨೦೨೦ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ರ೦ದು ಪಿ.ಇ.ಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಾನಿಕ್ ಸಿಟಿ ಕ್ಯಾ೦ಪಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊ೦ಡು ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ಆಗುವ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಅನುಭವಕ್ಕಿ೦ತ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಅನುಭವವೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎ೦ದು ಹೇಳಿದರು. ತಾಯಿ,ತಾಯ್ನಾಡು ಹಾಗೂ ತಾಯ್ಭಾಷೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಸದಾ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಹೊ೦ದಿರಬೇಕೆ೦ದು ಇ೦ತ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳು ವರ್ಷಾಚರಣೆಯಾಗಿರದೆ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನದ ಆಚರಣೆಯಾಗಿರಬೇಕೆ೦ದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ಪಿ.ಇ.ಎಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಅಪರ ಕುಲಪತಿಗಳಾದ೦ತಹ ಡಾ. ಬಿ.ಎಸ್ ನಾಗೇ೦ದ್ರ ಪರಾಶರ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರಾ೦ಶುಪಾಲರಾದ೦ತಹ ಡಾ. ಸುಭಾಶ್ ಎಸ್ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ ಮತ್ತಿತರರು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು.
ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಸಾ೦ಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಗಾನವಿ ಎ೦ಬ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯು ತಮ್ಮ ಭರತ ನಾಟ್ಯದ ಮೂಲಕ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆದರು. ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಕಿರು ನಾಟಕಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಬಗೆ ಜಾಗೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದರು
Rasa Prashne 2019, quiz program for school children from Vajarahalli, Srinagar, Veerabhadranagar, Tataguni, Muthurayanagar was organised by the students in the Biotechnology department. Three rounds of quiz were conducted on general knowledge, literature and sports and entertainment. The winners were felicitated with books and gifts. The program was held on the campus on Jan 18, 2020.
ARIVU 2020 – a 5K run, Cancer Conquered? Almost! drew enthusiastic participation of students and staff. The running event aims to create awareness about cancer. The total registration amount was donated to an NGO in Bengaluru committed to preventing cancer. The second edition of the event was organised by the Department of Management Studies on February 14, 2020.
A candle light procession marked the celebration of the year of The Nurse and the Midwife 2020 and 200th Anniversary of Florence Nightingale at PES. The staff and students of PES College of Nursing and Nursing staff of PESIMSR Hospital held the candles with pride and respect as they walked the distance. The programme created awareness on global challenges of nurses and discussed the importance of nursing profession globally. Dr.Y.J.Visweswara Reddy, Emeritus Prof & Advisor of PESCON and Dr.J.Balalakshmi, Principal, PES College of Nursing & PESIMSR Hospital Nursing Superintendent graced the occasion held on January 28, 2020.
The launch event of Samarpana with the unfurling of the banner atop F Block featured performances by Music Club and Team Sanskriti. As a tribute to the brave Indian soldier's, Samarpana Run, the annual event welcomes participants of all age groups to take part in long-distance running, the proceeds of which are donated to martyr families. The event enables interaction with jawans and their families. Dr. Suryaprasad J, Vice-Chancellor Dr. V Krishna, Dean of Student Affairs and Prof. S V Venkatesh graced the launch event with the participation of over 200 enthusiastic students on January 27, 2020.
Team Aatmatrisha set the ball rolling with Artist Unveiling event, revealing the identities of Aatmatrisha 2020’s headlining artists. A large flyer revealed the stand-up comedian for the event as Akash Gupta and for Pro-Nite the team announced Benny Dayal and Thaikkudam Bridge as headlining performer. The event saw the in-house DJ kewcumber taking control of the turntable and playing a mix of his own tracks and popular hits. Dr. J Suryaprasad and Dr. V Krishna presented the core team with the core team ID cards ad addressed the gathering at the fun filled interaction on January 31, 2020.
The 47th Annual Athletic Meet was held on 1st February 2020 at PES University Sports Ground, RR Campus, Bangalore. Chief guest, Dr. Rohini Katoch Sepat, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South advised the students to take responsibility for their choices in life and also suggested that, college life being very crucial and important, has to be enjoyed thoroughly and responsibly. Dr. M.R.Doreswamy in his inaugural address spoke about the importance of sports and yoga in a student's life and stressed upon being disciplined in life. Dr.J.Suryaprasad, Vice-Chancellor, PES University, Prof.M.V. Sathyanarayana, Director, H.N. Campus, Dr. S. Mohan, Director of Pharmacy and Dr. A.V. Chandrashekar, Chairperson, Department of Commerce and Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Principal, P.E.S College and teachers of PES University graced the occasion.
Heads of departments of Pediatrics and Community Medicine and faculty of community medicine, interns and health care workers administered oral polio vaccine to children below five years of age at PESIMSR Hospital. As a follow up health workers went house to house in PESIMSR campus and attended to children who had missed taking the drops. The program was conducted at PESIMSR hospital, rural health training center (RHTC) and urban health training center (UHTC). The drive supporting nationwide programme for eradication of polio was conducted on Jan 19-20, 2020.
Over 200 students and staff members of Binny Road police station took out a rally to create awareness among citizens about the importance of following traffic rules.
Dr. J Suryaprasad, Vice Chancellor, PES University presented the welcome address.
Dr. Suma Sudheendra, renowned Veena exponent, hoisted the National Flag and spoke on the cultural values and said it is important for students to be proud of India. She stressed that the rich and diverse culture of India reflect and shape values, beliefs, and aspirations and said it defines our national identity. She recalled her interactions with PESians who had volunteered during SAAC1980’s at her recent USA tour and said they were all in eminent positions at premier IT industries. She expressed PES’s key role in shaping their future. She also marked that PESians are serving the State, Bharat and the Global Village – World. She called upon young PESians to take up initiatives including conservation of environment by volunteering for plastic free campus, home, city, state and there by Swaach Bharat. The 3 C’s namely: Commitment, Consistency and Courage will play a vital role in the success of the individual and thereby the nation she added. Finally, she spoke on her "India Music Experience museum", FOURTH museum in the world dedicated to music which runs on the formula of ‘see, hear, touch and discover’ which is a must-visit for music buffs and extended an invite to all PESians.
On the same occasion FITNESS CENTER at PES University with full fledged health club equipment, gym trainers and facilities for group exercise classes, freestyle training & much more was inaugurated by Ms. Priya Shah
Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-chancellor of PES University, in his Presidential address spoke on the progress of PES University and his vision of making it one among the top Ten Universities in the years ahead. He said Students, Teachers and Infrastructure have been three pillars of PES since inception and it will continue to be. PES is committed to its core values Perseverance, Excellence and Service he added. He also articulated his Vision and expectations from the Stakeholders by stating that “they are the key people to turn expectations into reality”.
Mr. Ashwin H, alumnus of PES University was felicitated for scoring 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2019.
Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar, PES University delivered the vote of thanks.
The tenth annual intercollegiate techno cultural fest Maaya 2019 with the theme Auro of Lights saw more than 2500 students participating in 31events and contests. The participants showcased their talent in technical, literary, fine arts, cultural and sports fields. Students from PESU RR, DCSE, Christ, RVCE, BMSCE and 35 other colleges competed in the contests judged by top notch experts in the concerned field. The festival of talent was inaugurated with the hoisting of the flag of Karnataka followed by the lighting of the ceremonial lamp. Former Chief Justice of Karnataka High court Mr. Nagmohan Das, actress Sawathi Nayak, Aniketh Jain, CEO Kalera and Dr. J. Surya Prasad, Director PES University EC Campus graced the occasion. An audience of more than 5000 witnessed the elaborate and spectacular extravaganza over the two days. Creative team of Maaya 2019 curated the events and contests which were appreciated by the visitors many of whom captured the memory in selfies. This was the first opportunity for the visitors to experience the amazing PESU EC Auditorium. Girish and Chronicles band and DJ sponsored by MTV Beats and VH1 enthralled the crowd. The10th annual intercollegiate techno cultural fest Maaya 2019 organised by PES University Electronic city campus was held on Nov 15-16 2019.