Vol : 10No : 3June 2014

A Monthly Newsletter of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Cochin

Co-ordinating Editor - Mr. Sanal Potty Editorial Advisory Council: Dr. D. Radhakrishnan Nair, Prof. R. Sahadevan

Edited and published by Prof. B. Unnikrishnan for and on behalf of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Prathap Nagar,Muttom, Cochin - 683 106 and printed at Maptho Printings, Cochin - 683 104.

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SCMS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

SCMS COCHINSCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Dr. G.P.C. NayarFounder & Chairman

SCMS Group of Educational Institutions

‘SCMS has a major role in moulding youth for future’

The procession of the PGDM graduating students followed by the dignitaries.

The mood at SCMS Campus was apt to match the convocation ceremony.

The frame of mind among the students was visibly upbeat.

stThe 21 Annual Convocation of the PGDM programme of SCMS was held as a colourful glittering ceremony at the Prathap Nagar campus, Kalamassery on April 29, Tuesday.

was the chief guest on the occasion. He presented diploma certificates to the batch 21 PGDM students of SCMS COCHIN School of Business. As many as 168 students were graduated on the occasion.

Mr. Mohan Sivanand, Editor – at - Large, Readers Digest, India Ltd

“One of the most critical requirements to become a successful professional is to be very careful in serving your co-workers and preserving your relationships” said,

in his convocation address to the outgoing students. Business organizations are becoming more and more system-based and rule-based with growing modernization. Consequently, personalized approaches and relations are becoming progressively uncommon. This is going to be a serious challenge to the new generation of managers

added.

Dr.G.P.C.Nayar, Chairman, SCMS Group presided over the ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Nayar, stressed on the need for improving quality of our professional education on a continuous basis in order to make it comparable to world standards. And that would necessarily require more investments. Without additional investments it is not possible to improve the

Mr. Mohan Sivanand

Mr. M. Sivanand

Contd. on page 2Mr. Mohan Sivanand, Editor – at - Large, Readers Digest, India Ltd.,

distributing certificates to the PGDM studetns

Prof. Johanas Fritsch, Department of Engineering University of Applied Sciences, Ravensburg – Weingarten, Germany and visiting foreign faculty at SCMS conducting class for the M.Tech Environmental engineering students of SCMS Engineering College.

Paper Presentations

Placement News

Seminars and Workshops

The paper titled ''Network Design for Reverse Logistics – A Case of recycling Used Truck Tires'' by Manoj Kumar B., Asst. Professor – Automobile department has been selected for International Mechanical Engineering Congress organized by NIT, Trichy on June 13 – 15, 2014. Later the paper has been

ndselected (2 position) for publishing in Elsevier Scopus indexed international journal ''Applied Mechanics and Materials'' by Scientific.net, Material science and engineering of Trans tech publications, Switzerland.

A research paper titled ''Modelling the Influence of Job Stress on Musculoskeletal Disorders in Process Industries in India'' authored by Dr. Praveensal C. J., Professor-Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Balagopal G. Menon, Associate Professor-Mechanical Engineering and Dr. G. Madhu, Dean, College of

ndEngineering, CUSAT is accepted for the 32 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society to be held between July 20 to 24 at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

The forthcoming campus placements for 2014 batch during June 2014 are: Syntel Ltd., Federal Bank Ltd., Heurtey Petrochem, Tayana Software.

Mr. Manoj Kumar B., Assistant Professor-Automobile Engineering and Mr. Muhammed Aslam P. A., fourth semester Mechanical Engineering student participated in the Workshop on Startup Bootcamp titled “We Believe” held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on March 15.

Visiting Foreign Faculty Reflections and reminiscencesOur journey of life in SCMS School of Engineering and Technology was actually a transformation from the basic Newton's laws of motion to the advanced principles of gas dynamics and jet propulsion Pascal's law to computational fluid dynamics and Bhor's

model of atom to nanotechnology. Never in our lives could we imagine that the four years of living could forge us to this level of science and technology.

Industrial visits, inplant training, seminars, orientation classes, cultural and technical mega shows, social services, and lots and lots of exposure to technology-SSET had been an impetus for us to drive technology towards the social development and then self realization through them. The IEDC of the college encourages students to do innovative projects and I have completed a project under the guidance of this centre which is pending for patent. Through the determination which SSET has power packed in us through its vibrant class rooms, we are destined to take charge and drive the nation ahead, like never before.

Anugrah A. K., Eighth semester Mechanical Engineering student.

SSET became a guide to my life throughout the 'four' years. The assignments taught us all lessons of punctuality, lab works opened to me the extraordinary world of science, the micro to macro project works taught us perseverance and management besides opening the gates to experiencing 'engineering,' and every other

small thing which built an understanding, hopeful, caring and leader person out of me. I can write on and on and yet will not feel satisfied enough to thank SCMS for choosing me for working days and nights out to carve an 'Engineer' out of me!

During the final year, we had an excellent campus recruitment season which helped me land a job with Infosys Limited along with my 40 friends.

I sincerely wish every student who gets blessed with the opportunity to study in this college, utilize all the chances presented to them and imbibe in them the important lessons to become a better engineer and more than that a better 'person', given by this wonderful institution.

Hats off to SSET‼

Glincy Esther Yohannan, Eighth semester Computer Science and Engineering student.

Anugrah A. K.

Glincy Esther Yohannan

PGDM Annual Convocation Ceremony Held at SCMS

Dr.GPC Nayar delivering the presidential address

quality of our education, Dr.Nayar explained. He also distributed the medals for the students for outstanding performances.

Ms. Manjusha Muraleedharan of PGDM batch 21 secured the Chairman's Gold Medal for the best academic performance. Ms.Jayeetha Putatunda got the Best Outgoing Student Award for overall performance. Ms.Neelima and Ms. Minu C.Nair received medals for excellent academic performances.

administrated the oath.

Mr. K.I. Viswanathan, Vice President, Marketing Division, ITC Ltd was Guest of Honour. He explained the importance of the correct mix between smart work and hard work in the managerial sector.

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"The SCMS has a rich historic legacy and every student of the institute should be proud of it. The institution has a major role in moulding our youngsters in the country.” He added that teaching methods at the SCMS Group of institutions are a milestone in the field of higher education not only at state level but also at national and international levels.

The convocation ceremony began in the morning with the welcome speech by Prof.P.C.Pillai, Group Director of SCMS.

Dr.V.Raman Nair, Director, SCMS,

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Prof.K.J.Paulose and Dr.Filomina P.George Deans of SCMS were present

More than 1000 people including parents and relatives participated in the prestigious occasion.

in the convocation ceremony.

Prof. P.C. Pillai Dr. V. Raman Nair

Prof.K.J.Paulose Dr.Filomina P.George

Russian Dignitaries visit SCMS

Ms.Valeria Belous, International affairs, Dr. Igor, Associate professor, Mr.Dathan Nair of People's Friendship University of Russia visited

thSCMS campus on 30 April, 2014 for the further discussion on the collaboration between the both institutions.

Talks:

“The success story of Eastern Condiments” Mr.Prem Kumar, thC.E.O, Eastern Condiments Pvt Ltd (30 of April 2014)

“Social Commitment-The role of Media” Mr.Arun S.Nair, State thHead, Red FM (7 May 2014)

Prem Kumar Arun S.Nair Babu K.A.

International Conference held at SCMS Engineering College A two-day International conference on 'Innovations in Civil Engineering' was held at SCMS School of Engineering and

th thTechnology, Karukutty on 7 and 8 of May 2014, organized by the Civil Engineering Department. SCMS Group Chairman Dr. GPC Nayar inaugurated the conference. Dr. Rajashekhar Balasubramanian, Professor, National University of Singapore delivered the key note address. Prof. P.C. Pillai, Group Director, SCMS presided over the function. Dr.N. Ganesan, Professor, NIT, Kozhikkodu, Prof.M.Madhavan, Director, SSET, and Associate Professor Ms. Meril George also participated in the inaugural ceremony. Dr. Raghu Prasad, Emeritus Professor, IISc Bangalore, Dr. N.Ganesan, Professor, NIT, Kozhikkodu, D r. N a n d a k u m a r C . G , Professor, CUSAT, Dr. Rajan C, Director, Centre for He r i t age , Env i ronmen t and Development, Kochi par t ic ipated in var ious segments in the two day conference.

SCMS Group Chairman Dr.GPC Nayar inaugurating the two-day International conference on 'Innovations in Civil Engineering' at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty.

Prof. P.C. Pillai Prof. M. MadhavanDr. Rajashekhar

Balasubramanian Dr. N. Ganesan Ms. Meril George

Mr. K.I. Viswanathan, Vice President, Marketing Division, ITC Ltd.

A t w o - n u m b e r d e l e g a t i o n including Dr. Pradeep P. Thevanoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group and Dr Sunny George, Head, CSWTM, SSET are invited as special guests and speakers at the Annual Meeting of German Water Partnership (GWP) to be

held at Berlin on 24th of June 2014. The delegation from SCMS is invited in order to make presentations and to share the experience of CSWTM in coming out with the idea of how to develop a Water

SCMS Delegates to visit Berlin Policy for a local self government. GWP is a consortium of 350 members working on water technology in Germany. This include government departments, universities and scientific institutions and public and private sector companies functioning in Germany. GWP is financed by the six different ministries of the Federal Republic of Germany. The main objective of GWP is to make the outstanding German engineering know how and experience be of use for solving the water related problems all over the world. The delegation from SCMS will make discussions with H. E. Mr Vijay Gokhale, Indian Ambassador to Germany, officials from the German Federal Ministry for Environment and with various universities and water technology companies.

Dr Sunny GeorgeDr. Pradeep P. Thevanoor

Ms. Manjusha Muraleedharan, Ms.Neelima, Ms.Jayeetha Putatunda and Ms. Minu C.Nair

The parents and relatives looked happy and friends remained busy capturing the golden moments on their digital or cell phone cameras.

The students flaunted their degrees amid loud cheer

Paper Published in 'IFRSA’A paper by Dr.C.Segottuvelu, Professor and Head-Consultancy titled 'Measuring Supply Chain Performance in Selected Electronics Industry' has been published in International Forum of Researchers Students and Academicians (IFRSA), Business Review volume 4, issue 1, May 2014

“Banking on Digital Space-relevance, opportunities and challenges" Mr.Babu K.A, Deputy General Manager, Retail

thBusiness Department, Federal Bank Ltd (14 May 2014)

SCMS SCHOOL OFENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (SSET)