The document is a report from the principal of Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology for the academic year 2009-2010. It provides details about: 1) The institution offers 6 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate courses with a total of 1480 students. It has well equipped labs and facilities like high speed internet. 2) The faculty are highly qualified and several have received doctoral degrees or are pursuing them. The institution has also been recognized as an R&D center. 3) Students participated in various conferences and competitions, with some winning prizes for their presentations. Training and placement activities helped secure placements for 68 students in various companies.

1. Report of the Institution For Academic year 2009-10
By Dr. M. A. Venkatesh - Principal
Sri Shridevi Charitable Trust was established in the year 1992 with a mission to
impart quality education to all sections of the society. The trust is rendering
valuable service in the field of education and health by establishing Hospital,
Diagnostic Centre and a host of Educational Institutions such as Shridevi
Institute of Engineering & Technology, Shridevi Institute of Nursing, Shridevi
College of Education, Shridevi Polytechnic, Shridevi Institute of Management
Studies, Shridevi Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Shridevi Degree College,
Shridevi PU College, Shridevi Distance Education Study Centre, Shridevi PG
Centre, Shridevi Industrial Training Centre, Shridevi Vidya Mandir and Centre
for Shridevi Research Foundation.
The Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology was established in the year
2002 by the Trust and offers six Undergraduate courses and one Post Graduate
course with an annual intake of 480 students.
Post Graduate Courses:
1. Master of Business Administration
Under Graduate Course:
1. Electronics and Communication
2. Computer Science and Engineering
3. Bio-Technology
4. Mechanical Engineering
5. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
6. Information Science and Engineering
Currently a total of 1,480 students are studying in this institution.
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2. The institute has excellent infrastructure. All the departments are well equipped
with good laboratories. The institute has very good academic ambience and
students are punctual and regular in attending classes. Modern facilities are used
for effective teaching such as LCD projectors, Over head Projectors and
interactive CD’s. The institution provided with EDUSAT, a VTU Satellite
Communication which is an E-learning program with an interactive facility. SIET
is one among the 30 institutes which have this facility out of 130 Engineering
institutions in the State. VTU also accorded the E-Vidya facility by setting up
servers with learning materials a worth of Rs.1.5 lakhs ours is one among the few
of the colleges of the State. A central computing facility and internet with high
speed connectivity of 2 MBPS leased line which is kept open from 8:00 AM to 8:00
PM daily are provided for students.
The faculty of the institution are highly qualified and dedicated. Recently Dr. N.
Chandrashekhar, HOD of Chemistry Department has been awarded Doctoral
Degree from Bangalore University. Prof. H.K. Govindaraju has submitted his
Doctoral thesis for defence under VTU. Mr. T.S. Sadanand, Mr. C.P.
Chandrappa, Mr. G. Erappa, Mr. Kishor Kumar, Mr. H.R. Ranganath have
registered and pursuing their Doctoral Degrees. Few of other faculty members
are in process of registering their Doctoral degree under either VTU or other
universities. The institute has been recognized as R&D Centre by Tumkur
University from the year 2009-10.
Under DST SERC, Fast Track Young Scientist Project was awarded to Dr. G.
Panduranga Murthy, amounting to Rs.7.19 Lakhs grants for the project entitled
Biological approach for the degradation of Coir Industry waste through
Saprophytic fungi.
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3. The staff members have been publishing technical papers, presenting papers in
National / International Conferences and attending workshops and seminars
regularly. Some of the noteworthy are as follows:
Prof. H.K. Govindaraju, HOD, Mechanical Engineering Dept. presented a paper
at International Conference on Material Characterization held at NITK Surathkal,
Dr. M. Govindappa, BT Dept. presented a paper on DNA Discovery & Therapy at
2nd International conference at Dubai, UAE, Dr. B. Nagaraj presented a paper on
Bioinformatics and System Biology at Anna University, Tamil Nadu. Mr.
Sadananda T.S. was awarded best oral presentation at National Symposium at
Coimbatore, best speech presentation on Elizyans – 2010, Coimbatore and Best
Presentation in IEC – 2010 held at Thiruvananthapura, Kerala. Dr. G.
Panduranga Murty delivered a talk at Wuhan University, China on 1st November
2009 and also at Ubon Ratchatani University, Bangkok, Thailand, organized by
Chemical Society of Thailand on 23rd January 2010. Dr. N. Chandrashekhar,
Dept. of Chemistry presented a paper at a conference conducted by Bangalore
University from 19th to 21st November 2009. Prof. G.S. Hebbar published paper
in International Journal of Applied Engg. Research, Mr. Yoganand presented a
paper at 32nd International Symposium on Biotechnology on 19th & 20th April
2010 at USA and Prof. P.M. Chandrashekharaiah, Vice Principal published a
Book on Transmission and Distribution for V Sem. E&E course.
The Students are exposed to recent advances on current topics, frontier
technologies through a total of 47 expert lecture by eminent personalities in their
field apart from the university syllabus which is being regularly taught in all the
departments. Some of such eminent personalities are Dr. Vasanth Kumar
Thimkapur GLS Technology, Mysore, Dr. Prakash Halami, Senior Scientist,
CFTRI, Mysore, Mr. Madhusudan Reddy Y.S., Senior Software Engineer, SDLC,
Bangalore, Mr. Shyam Sundar E&R Manager .NET group, INFOSYS, Dr. Padma
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4. Reddy A.M., Professor, Sai Vidya Engg. College, Bangalore, Dr. Vijaya, Associate
Professor, SDM College, Dharwad, Shri Bhim Sen, CEO, Knowx Innovations Pvt.
Ltd., Bangalore, Sri Shivananda, KPTCL, (Ex) Superintendent Engineer, Dr. M.R.
Bhat, Department of Aeronautics, IISc., Bangalore, Dr. Somashekhar Hiremath,
IIT, Chennai, Mr. Vishwanath S.J., Inano Fobs, Bangalore, Prof. Purushotham
B.V., Technical Evaluator, Adobe Technologies, Bangalore, Mr. Satish G.,
Technical Leader, St. Exicsson India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Sri Shivanand,
Managing Director, DBSON, Tumkur and the list continues.
The Dept. of Biotechnology conducted a 2 day National level conference on
“Recent Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering” on 16th & 17th
October 2009. The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engg. conducted one
day Workshop on High Voltage Engineering, Applied Science Dept. conducted
one day workshop on Application of Numerical Methods in Engineering on 06-
03-2010. Information Science Dept. conducted one day Workshop on “Computer
Graphics applications in image processing”. Department of Mechanical
Engineering conducted a 2 day Workshop on “FEM Applications”. Dept. of
M.B.A. conducted one day National conference on “Managing for tomorrow:
emerging trends; issues and challenges”.
World Water Day was celebrated on 22-04-2010 in which Dr. Hunase, Director,
Central Ground Water Board, Bangalore and a host of eminent personalities
participated.
The department of Mechanical Engg. Established a new CAD/CAM Laboratory
for imparting training programs on Advanced Softwares. The department of
CSE has became a partner for Microsoft MSDN Academic alliance. Satadru
Bhattacharjee and Pratik A.M. are student partners for MSDN. Under student
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5. Technical Club Community, 80 students are active members of this club. They can avail
upto 40% discounts for Microsoft certification exams.
The department of Mechanical Engineering has signed an MOU with Swamy Design
Solution Ltd., Bangalore for training students on Catia Software and one batch of 27
students have already been trained.
The department of E&C has signed an MOU with KNOWX innovations Pvt. Ltd.,
Bangalore for training students on project work and to establish project lab exclusively.
We are happy to announce that the institute is hosting a prestigious 33rd series of KSCST
student project exhibition and a Seminar on 6th & 7th August 2010 comprising all the
engineering colleges affiliated to VTU. We are happy to announce that KSCST has
sponsored 14 student’s projects, for final year students of E&C, EEE, Mech. & BT
departments stands 2 position among the 170 VTU colleges in terms of Nos. of projects
sanctioned.
All the departments have staff advisory committees drawn from academic institutes,
Industries and Govt. organizations who conducted meetings in the months of December
and January on progress and overall development of the departments which helped us
in moving forward in the right direction and with true spirit.
To enhance academic ambience and to face university exams confidently & to boost
results, Internal tests & Unit tests are conducted on the similar lines of university
examination pattern at the Institutional level to all the students as per the academic
calendar. Further, more attention is given to conduct tutorials & assignments in all
subjects. Lab journals and question & answer type inputs are given to 1st year students
to cope with the engineering study standards & emphasized on teaching - learning
aspects. The efforts were fruitful & shown
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6. improvement in the results in terms of number of Distinctions and First Classes.
The concept of weekly Unit Test is also implemented for effective learning &
studies for further improvement of the results of University exams. In 2008-09
overall percentage of I Sem. is 62% & in 2009-10 it has raised to 67% which is a
positive progressive trend.
The final year students are passing in First Class and Distinction with 100% result
consecutively for the last 3 years. Therefore, my sincere thanks and
congratulations to all my teaching fraternity for putting their efforts in achieving
the goal.
We are happy to announce that the college has instituted scholarship of
Rs.1,000/- per month for students who have scored more than 85% in VTU
examinations. During this semester, 8 students are awarded and during last
semester, 7 students were awarded. Our hearty congratulations to all of them.
Apart from this, the students are encouraged by giving cash prizes for class
toppers. The staff members are also motivated by instituting cash prizes for
achieving more than 90% results in the concerned subjects. We are thankful to
the Management for the magnanimity and the good gesture shown towards the
students, faculty and staff.
The institution has got ISO certification in Dec. 2008 & further it has upgraded
to 9001-2008 during the year 2009-10 from BSI Management Systems, U.K.
To knit and enhance the bond between the Institution and Alumni, the institute
has successfully celebrated the 3rd Alumni function on 26th of January 2010 and
more than 150 alumni from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th batches have participated. The
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7. Guests & and industry personnel appreciated the efforts taken by the Institution.
The 3rd Alumni News letter was released during the function. It was over
whelming response by the Alumni.
The Library is fully equipped with latest books and has got best volumes with a
collection of 23,636 Nos. The Library database is centrally computerized for
accession and renewals with smartcard for the students and bar codes for the
books for the easy, secure and quick separation. Students can reserve the books
through the OPAC/Web OPAC. It has subscribed to 94 Nos. of National and
International Journals. It also has E-Journal facility, under INDEST-AICTE
consortium which provides ocean of information for project works & seminars.
Institution is a member of British Council library, American information resource
centre, Delnet, Central manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore Indian
Institute of Management, Bangalore, Institute for Social and Economic change,
Bangalore for classic information.
Students are encouraged to use library which is kept open from 8.00 am to 8.00
pm & the timings will be extended during examination period. The library
provides Book bank scheme and SC/ST Book Bank scheme for students.
Each department has it’s own student’s association in the institute. Under these
associations, students organize various activities like GD, debate, technical quiz,
extempore talks, seminars, paper presentation etc. The literary forum is formed
at college level to conduct these events periodically and to send teams to
participate in intercollegiate competitions.
A separate technical paper presentation cell is started at the institute level to train
students to prepare & present on advanced topics and to participate in various
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8. symposiums, seminars & conferences. The students are encouraged & motivated
to present papers by inviting experts from outside and students are provided
Traveling allowance and other facilities. The No. of students enrolled in this
year are about 110 students from different branches BT-26 Nos., CSE-13 Nos., EC-
17 Nos., EE-21 Nos., ME-15 Nos., IS-14. The number of National conferences
attended by the students is 29 and State level/workshops is 17. The number of
student teams won the prizes at various levels in different events are 10. Among
them, the note worthy is Ms. Harini S. Kumar and team, participated in National
Conference held at Sahyadri College, Shimogga on 25th & 26th March 2010 and
were awarded with First Best Presentation. Ms. Shilpa C. and team from EEE
Dept. were participated in the National Conference held at MVJ College,
Bangalore and were awarded First Prize for their presentation. Mr. Prakash B.
Ramana Bandi and team from Mechanical Engg. Dept. were participated in the
National Conference held at JSSSIETW, Mysore and won the Second Prize for
their presentation, Jyothi T.L. of MBA department has got First Prize, a cash
award of Rs.2,000/- for the Best Paper Presentation in “National Technical Paper
Presentation” held at HMSIT recently.
The institute is an institutional member of ISTE. Under ISTE chapter, staff
induction programes are conducted regularly during the academic year. The
faculty development programme was conducted under Mission 10x Wipro
Technologies wherein 15 faculties are trained for higher teaching-learning skills.
Faculties from KIT, HMSIT, SJMIT participated in this programme. A two day
workshop was conducted by Globarena Technologies, Hyderabad on 10th & 11th
April 2010. On 4th & 5th August 2009, Mr. Ajit Kaikini of Buoyancy, Bangalore,
also imparted training programme for a batch of 45 faculty members.
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9. The institution has a separate T&P cell headed by Training & placement officer.
The cell conducts regularly training programs to the students. The institution has
signed an MOU with Globerena Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad to train our
students in softskills aptitude like Body language, communication skills,
interview facing techniques and so on to enhance their employability. The
students are trained regularly right from first year to final year every month &
every semester. To augment this, a separate language lab & career lab having
interactive software is established for further practicing. The lab is kept open
from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm.
Especially, the newly inducted First year students are given more attention.
Apart from regular training, Mr. Arjun Devaiah a well known personality
conducted the 2 days workshop focusing on confidence through physical fitness
& Goal setting and Dr. Chaitanya Vardhan, a known Hypnotherapist has trained
students in the areas of stress management, negative self talk, Memory
improvement, etc. in order to infuse more confidence, and to cope up with
Engineering standards. Also sessions were conducted on social and ethical
values by Sri Veereshananda Swamiji & Mr. Santosh G.M., Globarena
Technologies, etc.
Under Placement activity 68 students are placed in this semester so far in reputed
companies like: Dazco India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Merchant Navy – Pheonix
Maritime Servo Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur, True Vission Info System Pvt. Ltd., Sartorious
Stadium India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Biotech Labs Pvt. Ltd., T.D. Power Systems
Pvt. Ltd., Keane Software, Tayana Software Solutions, Comsom Biotechnology
Ltd., Bangalore.
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10. Not only employability but also to employ people is important, keeping this in
view, an Entrepreneurship development programme was conducted from 27th to
29th March 2010 with the help of VTU. About 70 students from Mech, E&C &
BT, ISE, CSE, E&E, MBA departments were trained. Ajax & ASP.NET training
programme was arranged for 3 days by Indian Institute of Bright Careers, 18
students of CS & IS got benefited. The students are encouraged to undergo
inplant training & visited reputed Industries, R&D establishments etc.
In this year, for industrial exposures students visited industries like Parle
International Ltd., Asma India Pvt. Ltd., Triveni Aeronautics, Tumkur, Wipro
Ltd., Tumkur, CM Environ Systems, Dobaspet, 220 KV Receiving station at
Nelamangala, Fitwell & Forging Pvt. Ltd., Mysore Paper Mill, Bhadravathi,
Infosys under spark programme, Tayana Software and many more by the various
departments.
Under T&P cell a Passport Mela was organized for the benefit of the students in
association with department of postal services on 14th October 2009. About 200
students utilized the services.
A separate NRI Hostel is made available for about 300 students in addition to the
existing hostel facility.
The Institution is promoting the talent in sports by providing good infrastructure
and facilities with qualified Physical Education Directors and supporting staff for
both men and women section. Regularly students are participating in the
tournaments conducted by the VTU & performed effectively to reach different
stages in each discipline.
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11. This year, Men and Women section won Yoga Championship on 2nd October 2009
held at SIET, Tumkur. Women section won Runner up in Ball Badminton
tournament held at Nitte Engineering College, Sulya. The institute also hosted
VTU Hockey Tournament and University coaching camp. Kumari Chaitra, E&E
Dept. represented VTU team in intervarsity Hockey tournament held at Gwaliar,
Kumari Priyashri, IV Sem. IS Dept. represented VTU team in intervarsity Volley
Ball tournament held at Salem, Tamilnadu. Kumari Namratha, IV Sem. E&C
Dept., Kumari Kavya S. II Sem. IS Dept. were selected for VTU Ball Badminton
team, Kumari Shruthi, IV Sem. BT Dept. was awarded VTU Best Player for 2009-
10. She has represented the VTU team continuously for 3 years, 3 cheers to her.
Kumari Manjula, IS Dept., Kumari Banumathi, VI Sem. Mech. Dept., Kumari
Shilpa N.B., VI Sem. E&C Dept. were selected for VTU Khokho team. The
institute stands at 25th position at VTU with 156 points among 170 colleges.
The SIET has started Adventure Club which was inaugurated on 16th Feb. 08.
The institute is also registered as a member to General Thimmaiah Academy of
Adventure Club, Bangalore. Under this club, the students went for Trekking &
Rappling at Chitradurga, Artificial Wall Climbing, trekking to Savanadurga and
Shivaganga Hills. Water rafting was conducted at Burpule & Dumbar inn,
Madikeri for staff & students.
To enhance flexibility, concentration & fitness of students, Yoga club was formed.
For management students yoga classes are included as a part of the curriculum.
“SINCHANA”, the cultural forum has provided a platform for the students to
exhibit their talents, where the students put up articles, paintings, poetry,
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12. photo’s, etc., on the SINCHANA board regularly. A trophy is instituted for the
best display of the department.
The students participated in VTU fests and intercollegiate fests conducted by
various college & won prizes. The cultural mela is organized by the forum in
every month to identify the talent on various art forms like singing, dancing,
dramatics, etc,. The 4th series Sangeethosava Conducted on 3rd October and the
play back singer Badri Prasad, Smt. Anuradha Bhat inaugurated the function, 87
students participated in the programme. The Kalautsava was conducted on 9th
September. Mr. Kishor Kumar, Vice Principal, Sri Ravindra Kalaniketan & Mr.
Basavaraj Prabhu, Artist from Srusti Art Gallery were the guests – 145 students
had participated. Hasyothsava was conducted on 31st October, Smt. Sudha
Baragur, a noted Hasya Sahithi & Mr. Pattabhirama, Mimicry and Shadow play
artist from Sulya were the guests.
As a community service two days internet awareness programme “Student
Internet World-2009” was organised for rural High schools students during third
week of November 2009. About 1200 students were benefited.
The overall performance of the students are conveyed through progress card for
every month to the parents. The students interact through teacher-student
counselling for their overall development. The institute has issued smart card for
all the students with E-campus concepts for hassle free administration. The
process will be completed in phases. The students & parents ID is provided to
access the information online through internet for the student progress.
The institution is eligible for the next academic year 2010-11 for the Accreditation
process & the institution is already in the process of applying for the programme.
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13. The institution strives hard to achieve academic excellence & overall
development of the students. Further the students are encouraged & motivated
by rewarding cash prize for talented students in sports & cultural activities.
In order to bring a sort of belongingness and get togetherness among the
Teaching and Non Teaching staff members, a programme called “HAPPY DAY –
Get Together” was organized on 1st August 2009 for our teachers and staff.
We are happy to say that all our faculty members, non teaching staff, supporting
staff, administrative staff are actively involved in the activities and are committed
to achieve the common goal, and each one of them is appreciated sincerely for
their whole hearted support & efforts.
In all the endeavors we are moulding the students under the able guidance of our
Managing Trustee Dr. M R Hulinaykar Sir and with the support of Governing
Council Members to make this institution to achieve the academic excellence in
its own style and fashion.
“Our Goal is to make Engineers with Human face”
Thank you one & all
(Dr. M. A. Venkatesh)
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