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The Newsmakers presents an exhilarating session with Harsha and Mahesh, our winners at iHack Alpha Hackathon. iHack Alpha is an AI-Hackathon, where developers from all backgrounds were invited to solve real-world problems with innovative AI solutions, powered by sentient.io AI and Data platform. It was conducted over three weeks starting from December 2, 2020, and finished on December 27, 2020. The whole Hackathon was broadcasted online. Harsha and Mahesh, B.Tech students at Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, won the grand cash prize of $2300 after defeating 1083 teams worldwide. Join the ceremonious occasion on January 9, 2021, at 5 pm to listen to the Winners’ experience. Know your peers better. Join them at 5 pm today.

Post-teenage life is very crucial for one’s future. Whereas you enjoy living amidst the fun and laughter of college life, on the other hand, some significant decisions are also to be made at this time. These decisions will shape your life, so you have to think sensibly. A person is full of limitless possibilities, and this is the proper time to judge yourself, know your strength and weave your future accordingly.

The Department of Student Affairs brings you this opportunity to know yourself better. “Choosing my career Path” is not only an event but a road map for the students to decide upon their career. During graduation, a student has a choice of applying for a job or opt for higher studies or take up entrepreneurship as one’s career. To understand the path best suited, that will bring satisfaction to the student, this program is designed to provide the students with the necessary food for thought. This is the guidance that every student needs before deciding upon the future. Therefore the first session of “Choosing my career Path” will be presented by Dr Sunil Chinnadurai, who will give insight on Higher Studies, the examinations involved and how to prepare for that. This session will help you in the process of creating the best-suited road map for you. Looking forward to seeing you today, December 16, 2020, at 5.30 pm.

The Newsmaker is back with another exciting chapter. This time on The Newsmaker, Dr Imran Pancha will be joining the students to share his perspective on research and academia. Dr Imran Pancha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Recently, he has been recognised among the top 2% scientists across the world in the field of Biotechnology by the Stanford University Researchers. His research interest is primarily based on Microalgal and renewable energy. Join the enlightening session on November 28, 2020 at 5 pm to know more about the domain of Biotechnology and its future prospects.

Department of Student Affairs, SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh organizes yet another chapter of Newsmakers. On November 21, 2020, at 5 PM, Sourav Sanyal, Miran Junaidi, and Saurabh Ghanekar, 4th year, Department of Computer Science and Engineering will be narrating their tale of forming a start-up named oureye.ai. The young entrepreneurs developed an automated, end-to-end video intelligence solution for enterprises to monitor surveillance camera recordings, leveraging pre-existing CCTV-IP infrastructure.

The three brilliant students grabbed the opportunities provided by SRM AP and became an active member of the student-run technological club of SRM AP, Next Tech Lab. Further, they spent a semester at the University of California, Berkeley as part of the Semester Abroad Programme to broaden their horizon of knowledge. Encouraged by the mentors and faculty, the students participated in several international conferences and hackathons which kindled their interest in developing a platform that would provide practical solutions to real-life problems.

During the session, the students will share insights regarding their start-up. Also, they will narrate the inspiring journey that commenced with their erudite experience at SRM AP, which eventually enabled them to become young entrepreneurs. Their company generated a revenue of Rs. 1.7 million in the recent financial year.

Department of Student Affairs brings another exciting yet thought-provoking Car Designing Contest-2020 for the tech-savvy Generation-Z. An open challenge is given to the students to visualise their dream car and share it with the judges and the spectators. The competition is divided into three categories:
1. Sketch of your dream car.
2. Write up on your dream car.
3. Model of your dream car.

All the students from the first year to the fourth year can participate in the contest. They can project their dream car using a designing software or simple on paper. Moreover, if someone has a flair for writing, they are most welcome to express it through the medium of 100-150 finely crafted words.

As William Blake said,” What is now proved was only imagined”. Being a movie buff or literature enthusiast, you must have come across many high-tech, beautifully designed cars. BATMOBILE, Bond cars, The car in Kingsman movie, Hotwheels cars are some meagre examples of that. Even in Bollywood movies like “Dhoom 3”, we have seen BMW bikes which can change to a speedboat when required. It is now your time to show us how vividly and tactfully you can imagine a car like that. Let your imagination run wild and come up with something extraordinary. Add wings to your dreams and bring out the technical side of you into the open and charge your brains.

So grab the opportunity and get noticed. Fill the google form and submit your files. For any further information or query, you can mail to venkata_sesha@srmap.edu.in.

To apply and submit: Click Here to fill out the google form

Last Date for submission: November 13, 2020

Announcement of the Winners: November 15, 2020