All Management Events

September 22, 2017

Mr. Sanjay Renewade and Mr. Santosh Srinivas, representatives of Titan Company Ltd., Hosur engaged the students of SRM Amravati in a productive conversation regarding technological advancements in manufacturing. They spoke to students about the use of emerging technologies such as HCI (human machine interactions), IoT and Artificial Intelligence in businesses these days.

Aloha – 2017 ( a Hawaiian word used when greeting or parting from someone. ), Freshers Party of SRM AP’s Historic First Batch was held on 8-Sep’17, Whole event was completely driven by students which included Song, Dance and Skit performances by students, International Immersion of the campus was evident by the performances of students from Nepal and Afghanistan which was one of the highlights of the evening.

September 20, 2017

Mr. K. I. Varaprasada Reddy, Non-Executive Chairman of Shanta Biotechnics Pvt. Ltd. enlightened the students of SRM University, Andhra Pradesh with the exciting journey of a start-up, the fruits of the sacrifices and the power of a true entrepreneur in changing lives.

The students got a deep-dive into the vision and mission of Shanta Biotech to produce cost-effective drugs for the common man, the importance as well possibilities of maintaining international quality standards when developing such a powerful product

September 21, 2017

The talk gave a deep dive into everything from the origins of AI to the cutting edge research being performed today, covering Deep Neural networks, Biases present in training data, Ethics of self-driving cars, Music generation and the future possibilities & bottlenecks in the field. There was an interactive Q&A session at the end with a lot of discussion on the common misconceptions of artificial intelligence.

October 7, 2017

Students created their own Augmented reality powered apps in the span of 2 hours using the Unity game engine with Vuforia SDK. Attendees learnt the basics of Unity, the functioning of Vuforia’s Computer Vision technology and building/compiling Android/iOS apps.

October 21, 2017

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences organized a guest lecture at the university atrium. The students had the privilege of having an interactive session with Mr. S. Ravishankar, Head Factories, Lotte India Ltd. on the topic “Expectations of the Industry from Fresh Graduates”.

Mr.Ravishankar shared insights on most sought-after traits by industry, their expectations from fresh graduates and key inputs on preparing themselves to be job-ready. He further stressed upon the importance of inculcating lateral thinking, decision making, team-work and leadership qualities.

September 11-13 2017

Venue: Class Room No: 4, Academic Block, SRM AP, Amaravati
By: Dr. Peter Looker, Head – Teaching, Learning and Pedagogy Division, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

A workshop was conducted for faculty of SRM Andhra Pradesh, by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore in order to help them develop practical skills and to increase student learning, teaching skills, assessment, course and curriculum design as well as communication. The lectures were delivered by Dr. Peter Looker from 11-13th September 2017 at SRM-Andhra Pradesh. The current pedagogical thinking based on student learning in higher education was presented to the faculty in six three hour modules. The participating faculty were trained in collaborative learning, technology-enabled learning and the flipped classroom.

Also discussed were wide variety of teaching approaches based on reflective and analytical methods. Various contemporary theories of learning and teaching strategies appropriate to a blended and student-centred orientation were debated and discussed. The faculty were encouraged to design courses with explicit outcomes aligned to assess learning activities. Effective student communication skills (both face to face and online) were studied. Further, assessment strategies based on student learning were presented to the faculty and outlined in detail. Last but not least, the prevailing strategies to increase student’s progress and performance were examined.

Dr. Nicholas Dirks, Emeritus Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley has been appointed as the Honorary Pro Chancellor of SRM University, Andhra Pradesh.

He was earlier named the 10th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley in 2012, and served in that role between June 1, 2013 and July 1, 2017. An internationally renowned historian and anthropologist, he is a leader in higher education and well-known for his commitment to, and advocacy for accessible, high-quality undergraduate education, to the globalization of the university, and to innovation and collaboration across the disciplines and between universities and outside partners.

July 15, 2017, Andhra Pradesh

In pursuit of developing the culture of excellence, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh has forged collaborations with the world’s best universities, MIT and UC Berkeley College of Engineering, U.S., launching new program with design, innovation, and entrepreneurship focus for the first time in India.

SRM is working with MIT, U.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for the design and development of their curriculum through the use of MITx courses. These courses will incorporate the concepts of hybrid learning by utilizing both traditional and technologically enabled teaching methods.

“SRM is embracing a contemporary method of learning for the digital world, not before seen in India. We are working with international universities to develop a progressive curriculum. We will emphasize application oriented learning via projects and lab courses rather than monologues that are the typical feature of our classrooms”, says Dr. P Sathyanarayanan, President of SRM University, Andhra Pradesh. The faculty recruitment has followed a similar strategy with over 90% of the faculty having international academic exposure and all faculty members having PhDs from foreign universities, IITs or IISc. Around 30 faculty members have been appointed across different disciplines and over 20% of the faculty recruited are foreign nationals.

SRM has also partnered with UC Berkley College of Engineering, California, U.S., to enable bi-directional information exchange in the areas of engineering education. SRM will also be a global partner of the Jacob’s Institute for Design engineering and the Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET). This partnership would establish centers of design, innovation and entrepreneurship at SRM, which would embrace the study and practice of “technology-centric” innovation bringing together technical depth, design methodology, and a focus on societal impact. SRM students and faculty will be provided the opportunity to travel to UC Berkeley to imbibe these ideas. Every year, 20 undergraduate students will be given the opportunity to go to UC Berkeley for a semester to study engineering at Berkeley with a defined set of concurrent enrollment and bootcamp courses.

“We aim to bring a confluence of international ideas, technological innovation, and social impact, creating an ecosystem of meaningful creation originating at Amaravati and impacting the entire state, nation, and the world.”, says Dr. Sandip Tiwari, Cornell University, U.S., and newly appointed Vice Chancellor of SRM University, Andhra Pradesh.

The university will also establish centres of Excellence in Renewable energy, Satellite technology, Internet of Things (IoTs), Blue Economy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning, Rolls Royce – SRM Corporate laboratory, Jal – Janak Rail energy, and CRISPR for pushing the frontiers of modern technology. “Semester abroad programs and company internships across the world would also be present to create innovators and global leaders.” says Dr. Narayan Rao, Pro – Vice Chancellor of SRM AP.