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SCMS School o f Archi tecture
Dr.G.P.C.NayarFounder & Chairman
SCMS Group of Educational Institutions
In ancient China there was a farmer with a neighbour who was a
hunter. The neighbour had a pair of ruthless and poorly trained
hunting dogs. The dogs used to jump over the fence frequently and
chase the farmer's lambs.The farmer had complained to the neighbour
time and again with a plea to keep the dogs chained; but, failed to
get any positive response. It made the farmer's life miserable. One
day when the dogs again crossed the fence and attacked the lambs
severely injuring a good number of them, he got fed up.He went to
town and consulted a judge. The judge after listening carefully to
his story replied: If you want I can now punish the hunter and
instruct him to keep his dogs locked up. But, in the process you
will lose a friend and gain an enemy. Which one will you rather
prefer, a friend or a foe as your neighbour?The farmer was under
confusion. He thought for a moment. His wisdom prevailed and he
sagaciously answered, I shall prefer a friend as my neighbour.Okay,
then I shall tell you a solution that will help to keep your lambs
safe, and at the same time retain your neighbour a friend. Having
heard the judge's solution, the farmer agreed.After returning home,
the farmer put the judge's suggestions into action without any
delay. He took two of his best lambs and presented them to his
neighbour's two small sons. The children were immensely happy and
began to enjoy playing with the lambs. Seeing his sons' delight,
the hunter had the need to safeguard their newly earned playmates.
So he built a new doghouse for his dogs. Since then, the dogs never
had the opportunity to jump over the fence and attack the farmer's
lambs.In response to the farmer's generosity toward his sons, the
hunter began sharing his game meat with the farmer. The farmer
reciprocated by sending the hunter lamb meat and cheese he
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had made. Within a short time the neighbours became good friends
leading a peaceful and happy life.The ultimate purpose of all our
endeavours should definitely be to improve the quality of our life.
Then, what precisely can be the crucial engine that ensures quality
of our life? Money? Power? Fame? With all the enormous money, power
and fame enjoyed by Saddam Hussain, his life ended up in utter
disaster. What was it that led to his tragedy? His inept
relationships.
Even after more than six decades of our independence why our
country has not been able
to achieve the progress we should have made to ensure better
quality of life to our people? One critical impediment to our peace
and progress is our poor neighbourly relations.
Dhirubhai Ambani was once asked by a journalist to spell out the
secret of his monumental success in transforming his company from a
small unit to a Fortune 500 company. He was categorical in his
response that it was so simple; the success and growth could be
attributed to the trust and good relations the company enjoyed with
its stakeholders.
The whole concept of progress and quality of life boils down to
one integral constituent, that is, good relations based on trust.
In business, we understand the need for giving emphasis to customer
relations, employee relations, investor relations, supplier
relations, community relations, government relations, and so on. If
our relationships are good everything else, money, power, peace,
progress and all, will fall in line. But, albeit all our hard work,
we are bound to fail, if our relationships are awful.
Whether it is in our personal life, family, business or social
life the absolute quality depends on one thing - the harmony in our
relationships.
The highest form of education is not that is confined to
imparting knowledge, but that brings life in harmony with all that
exist in the world -- Rabindranath Tagore
Dr.G.P.C.Nayar
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NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATER MANAGEMENT & AUDITEnabling
efficient use of water, a great social service Mayor Tony
Chammany
Kochi Mayor Tony Chammany inaugurating the valedictory session
of the Workshop on Water Management and Audit. Sitting beside: L-R:
Dr.Rathish Menon, SCMS Water Institute, Prof.M.Madhavan, Director,
SSET, and Dr.C.Sengottuvelu, Professor & Head-Consultancy.
Fresh water is the life blood of the planet. No one can survive
without it. Water is a great medicine. It does away with the
diseases and is the giver of health, strength, long-life, wealth
and immortality. In the contemporary world, clean and safe drinking
water is scarce. Nearly one billion people in the developing world
don't have access to it. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste
it.Today, water crisis is a matter of serious discussion and
concern
Prof.K.J.Paulose panelist at CIIProf.K.J.Paulose,
Dean-Management Studies was a panelist at the Kerala State Level
Quality Circle Competition organised by Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) Kerala on February 25 at Ernakulam.
Prof.K.J.Paulose speaking at the Quality Circle competition
conducted by CII. Others in the panel are Dr.M.Bhasi, Director,
School of Management Studies, CUSAT and Mr.Joseph M. Cherukara,
Former Resident Officer for Kerala Integrated Quality
Certification.
Chaired a sessionDr.Jayasri I., Associate Professor-HR, chaired
a session at the NAAC-sponsored National Conference at Sree
Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore on February 10. She also made a
presentation on 'Strategies in people management.'
A team of 30 students of MBA batch 12 led by Prof. Santhosh S.
were involved in the conduct of Kerala B to B Meet 2015 organised
by the Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion held at Le Meridian,
Kochi from February 26 to 28.Ms.Megha Mary Michael, Ms.Sree Lakshmi
K. R., Mr.Ajith Sundaram, Mr.Balakrishnan Unni Raghavan and
Mr.Anand Sasikumar, Assistant Professors participated in a Workshop
on Data Analysis using Statistical Tools organised by Amritha
School of Business Kochi on ----Mr.A.V.Jose, Associate Professor,
SSTM has published a paper on " Causes for rise in NPAs in the
Indian Banking sector - a different perspective" in the Asia
Pacific Journal of Marketing and Management Review Vol4 (2) of
February 2015.He was in the panel of Asianet News channel for
Union
Photo: Mr.K.L.Mohana Varma, inaugurating the Commerce Fest.
Dr.Radha P.Thevannoor, Group
Book publication
Dr. Sunil Jacob, Associate Professor-ECE, published a book
titled 'Wireless Technology First Edition,' brought out by Lambert
Academic Publishing (German
Publisher) during March 2015.
Staff achievements
Ms. Anitha G. Pillai, Associate Professor-CE, has been awarded
PhD in Civil Engineering by CUSAT.
Mr. Sunil Jacob, Associate Professor-ECE, has been awarded PhD
in Electronics Engineering by Bharatiar University, Coimbatore.
Paper publications
Dr. Sheeja Janardhanan, Associate Professor-ME, published a
paper titled 'Environmental Effects on the Maneuverability of a
Tanker' in the International Conference on Numerical and
Experimental Marine Hydrodynamics 2014 at IIT Madras during
December 10 and 11.
Dr. Sheeja along with Praphul T., presented another paper titled
'Numerical Investigations on Aerodynamic Stall' in the
International Conference on Emerging Research in Engineering and
Technology 2015 at Kalavani Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
during March 12 and 13 and the paper has been
upgraded for publication in International Journal on Emerging
Research in Engineering and Technology.
Ms. Saira Joseph, Assistant Professor-ECE, published a paper
titled 'CPW-fed UWB compact antenna for multiband applications' in
the SCI-indexed international journal, Progress in Electromagnetic
Research C.
Paper presentations
Dr. Vinod P., Associate Professor-CSE, presented a paper titled
'Opcode Position Aware Metamorphic Malware Detection:
thSignature vs Histogram Approach,' in the 9 IEEE India Com held
at Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Delhi from March 11 to 13.
Ms. Divya Nath K., Assistant Professor-EE, presented a paper
on'A Review on Non-destructive Methods for the Measurement of
Moisture Contents in Food Items' in the IEEE International
Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies-2015'
organised by the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering
of Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari during March 19 and 20.
Seminars and workshops
Mr. Niju P. Joseph, Assistant Professor-MCA and Mr. Varun G.
Menon, Assistant Professor-CSE, participated in Faculty Enablement
Programme on Foundation Programme 4.0 conducted by Infosys at Nehru
College of Engineering and Research Centre from March 16 to 18 and
both were awarded with A Grade.
Dr. Vinod P., Associate Professor-CSE, delivered a talk on
'Crypto Watermarking and Image Security' during the Workshop on
'Image Sensing, Medical Imaging and Satellite Image Processing,'
sponsored by ACM as part of Faculty Development Programme at
IIITM-K, Technopark, Trivandrum during March 20 and 21.
Mahindra AQ workshop
In association with Mahindra & Mahindra, SSET conducted a
five-day workshop on 'Sustainability with automobile' during the
period February 12 to 17. 'One tree-one vehicle', social network
campaign, 'me and my vehicle', vehicles and ladies, driving habits
on road, technology and vehicles and eco-friendly vehicles were
some of the themes discussed in various sessions. Prof. P.C.
Pillai, Senior Group Director, SCMS Group, inaugurated the
awareness programme. Prof. M. Madhavan, Director-SSET, presided
over the function. Prof. E.D. Mukundan, HoD-AE presented the theme
address. Mr. Manoj Kumar B., and Mr. Sujay K., Assistant Professors
also spoke.
Commerce fest
On March 2, the BCom students organised their Commerce Fest
which was inaugurated by Mr.K.L. Mohana Varma, popular novelist and
short story writer. Dr.Radha P. Thevannoor, Group Director and
Prof. N.Narayanan, HoD-Commerce also addressed the students. The
students held cultural and literary competitions as part of the
celebrations.
Best paper award
Ms.Sree Lakshmi K.R., Asst. Professor participated in the
International Conference on 'Human Computer Interaction --
Redefining Corporate Paradigms' organised by Women's Christian
College, Chennai as part of its centenary celebrations on February
16 and 17. She presented a paper 'From Malls to Mobiles - Human
Computer Interaction and the Transition from Market Places to
Market Spaces' and won the Best Paper Award for the same.
SSTM awarded the highest rating of 'A' Grade
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an
autonomous body under UGC for the purpose of upholding the quality
of higher education in India, has accredited SSTM awarding the
highest rating of 'A' Grade with 3.19 points overall. The NAAC
accreditation with 'A' Grade reaffirms the quality of teaching and
learning in our School and provides reassurance to all stakeholders
on our emphasis and relentless pursuit of excellence.
From L-R: Mr.B. Manojkumar, Prof. P. C. Pillai, Prof. M.
Madhavan, and Prof. E.D. Mukundan
Anitha G. Pillai Sunil Jacob
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amongst all sections of the society. How judiciously we can
utilise the water available without depletion is a major
concern.Alarming situation for IndiaIndia has 18 percent of the
world's population, but has only 4 percent of total usable water
resources. Half of India's water supply in rural areas, where 70
percent of the country's population lives, is routinely
contaminated with toxic bacteria. As per a UN report, India will
face the consequences if it will not plan for water conservation.
The report had predicted that the situation would become grim in
the next 25 years. SCMS Group's social commitmentSocial
responsibility is one of the mainstays that support the academic
and research work undertaken in SCMS Group, and it is also one of
our strategic priorities, because we believe that our role in the
field of education involves something more than simply imparting of
knowledge and skills to our students. As active agents of social
change, we aim to address and find solutions to social problems.
While water crisis is looming large as the most important resource
limitation of the century, the Consultancy Development Unit of SCMS
and SCMS Water Institute jointly organised a two-day national
workshop on Water Management and Audit on February 25 and 26.
Experts from diverse sectors discussed on topics like research on
water purification, availability of water, consumption pattern,
innovative techniques for water conservation, green audit and water
atlas. No substitute for waterInaugurating the workshop,
Mr.T.P.Srinivasan, Vice Chairman and Executive Head of Kerala State
Higher Education Council said that in future the threat to
international peace and security is not going to be land, but
water. We always think of oil as the most important resource
constraint, but it is not so, he affirmed. The big difference is
that oil can be substituted by other means, he argued, whereas
there is no substitute for water. When per capita income rises, he
revealed, you need more water. Whatever development that takes
place in the society it speaks of the need for more water, he
informed. In this context, all that we can do is to conserve
whatever is available. Our efforts to manage with what we have
should start with the water audit. We cannot do without it, he
concluded. Prof.P.C.Pillai, Senior Group Director presided over the
inaugural session. Dr.V.Raman Nair, Group Director and Dr.Sunny
George, Director-SCMS Water Institute also spoke.No fragmented
approachIn his keynote address, Dr.E.J.James, former Executive
Director, Centre for Water Resource Development and Management,
Government of Kerala, described the eventuality and emphasised that
his major concern was on the existing fragmented approach without
proper integration or coordination between the various departments.
He clarified that all the three securities like energy security;
food security and health security are directly depended on water
security and that is why water security has to be tackled with top
priority. The afternoon was earmarked for group exercise on water
audit which was led by Dr.Sunny George and Dr. Rathish Menon of
SCMS Water Institute. The presentations by the various teams were
made on the second day.
Advanced technologiesDr.Kurian Baby, Country Director, IRC
presented the topic, Water Security and Sanitation Nexus.
Prof.(Dr.) Johannes Fritsch, University of Ravensburg-Weingarten,
Germany and Scientific Advisor to SCMS Water Institute, shared his
experiences in water management. He explained the need for
regulating and controlling ground water. They had lot of problems
in Germany during the last four decades, he informed, in usage of
river and lake water. But they were able to sort it out by
treatment of water employing advanced technologies.
Role model for IndiaWhile inaugurating the valedictory session,
Mr.Tony Chammany, Kochi Mayor announced that the water policy of
Kochi Corporation will be officially declared in May next and it is
going to be the first water policy of a local body in India. SCMS
Water Institute is actively involved in developing the policy, he
revealed. Kerala should become a role model for India in water
conservation and in the journey towards achieving that objective,
he urged, let us march together. It would be the greatest service
we could do for the society, the Mayor concluded.
Prof.M.Madhavan, Director, SSET presided. Dr.Rathish Menon, SCMS
Water Institute and Dr.C.Sengottuvelu, Professor & Head-
Consultancy, SCMS COCHIN School of Business, also spoke at the
valedictory session.
Mr.T.P.Srinivasan, Vice Chairman and Executive Head of Kerala
State Higher Education Council inaugurating the workshop. Others on
the dais L-R: Dr.Sunny George, Director, SCMS Water Institute,
Prof.P.C.Pillai, Senior Group Director, and Dr.V.Raman Nair, Group
Director.
As a part of world water day on March 22, SCMS Water Institute
and Lulu Mall jointly organised a water awareness road show at
Edappally to promote awareness on major threats like high
bacterial-infected drinking water. Mr. Sajan Koikkal, Assistant
Commissioner of Police (Traffic) inaugurated the road show.
Dr.v.Raman Nair, Group Director, Prof.Sreekumar B.Pillai, Mr.Sanal
Potty, Manager Public Relations, Mr. Abdul Latheef, Liaison
Officer, and Mr.Vishnu R.Nath, Manager, Lulu Mall also participated
in the campaign.
Water awareness campaign held
Mr.Sajan Koikkal, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic)
inaugurating the road show organised by SCMS Water Institute and
Lulu Mall jointly at Edappally. Mr.Sanal Potty, Manager-Public
Relations and Mr. Abdul Latheef, Liaison Officer are also in the
front row. Young people should learn to take risks, seek
opportunities
for progress and be prepared to become entrepreneurs, said
Dr.Subramanian Swamy, former Union Minister and Professor of
Economics, while lecturing on the Union Budget 2015-16 at SCMS
COCHIN School of Business on March 3. The prevailing typical
mentality to seek a job is disastrous, he cautioned. Describing the
budget as an extremely important document, to lay the vision of the
government for generating economic growth of the country, Dr.Swamy
said that the present budget is a serious attempt to usher in a new
policy framework incorporating the objectives, priorities,
strategies and resource mobilisation measures for the projects. In
my opinion India's main objective should be to achieve a growth
rate of 10-12 percent, he explained, because a 12 percent growth
rate means doubling the GDP in every six years. Dr.Swamy emphasised
that the most important growth factor is not capital or FDI, but
the main thing the budget should focus is on directing the policy
to generate innovation. You will get a huge benefit by way of
technological progress, he added. For example, going for cars with
hydrogen fuel cells will create a bulky benefit, he stated.
Likewise, generating electricity with thorium will be a much more
efficient choice. The real focus of the budget should be on
employment promotion to youngsters, Dr.Swamy
suggested.Prof.P.C.Pillai, Senior Group Director and Dr.Filomina
P.George. Director, SCMS COCHIN School of Business also spoke.
Prepare yourselves to take risk Dr.Subramanian Swamy
Dr.Subramanian Swamy speaking on the Union Budget 2015-16 at
SCMS COCHIN School of Business.
Infrastructure Financing: The Key to Sustainable Growth
Finesse, the Finance Forum at SCMS COCHIN School of Business
organised a national conference on 'Infrastructure Financing: The
Key to Sustainable Growth,' on March 13.Inaugurating the conference
Mr. Elias George IAS, MD, KMRL, elaborated on the Kochi Metro Rail
project, one of the largest social infrastructure initiatives
launched in the State in recent times, indicating how the project
on completion would transform the city greener and pollution-free.
While explaining the difficulties faced in financing the project,
he remarked that the eco-friendly nature was the major attraction
for the European funding agencies to come forward to support. He
also highlighted the women-friendly character of the project
reserving 50 percent of the jobs to women. Mr.V.G.Mathew, MD and
CEO, South Indian Bank, in his keynote address, went into the main
reasons for the failure of infrastructure projects in India. He
concluded with a positive note that the recent measures taken by
RBI would help to ease
Mr. Elias George IAS, MD, KMRL inaugurating the national
conference on Infrastructure Financing: The Key to Sustainable
Growth. Others in the picture L-R: Mr.Venugopal C. Govind, Managing
Partner, Varma & Varma, Mr.V.G.Mathew, MD & CEO, SIB and
Dr.Filomina P. George, Director, SCMS COCHIN School of
Business.
Talk
Ms.Cuckoo Joy, Manager, Center of Excellence (Risks and
Contracts) of General Electrics, Texas, the USA, gave a
motivational talk and interacted with the students on March 12.
SSTMNews from Boost your self-confidence to
achieve goalsLack of self-confidence is keeping Indian women
away from achieving goals, said
Ernakulam Assistant Collector Mrunmayi Joshy IAS. She was
delivering the keynote address at the workshop on Women
Prof.(Dr.) Johannes Fritsch
the flow of funds to infrastructure projects leading to lesser
delay in completion. Outstanding modelsMr.Venugopal C. Govind,
Managing Partner, Varma & Varma, in his presidential address
emphasised that 50 percent of the funding would have to come from
private sector. He commented that the RBI might not be the
appropriate regulatory body to oversee infrastructure funding and
suggested that a new regulator would be required.Dr.Filomina P.
George, Director, SCMS COCHIN School of Business, welcomed the
gathering. In the panel discussion that followed Mr.Abraham
Thariyan, former Executive Director, SIB and Mr. Giby Mathew, MD,
Celebrus Capital discussed on the Role of Banks and Financial
Institutions in Infrastructure Funding. Mr Santhosh S., Associate
Professor, chaired the session. In the post-lunch session Mr.
Jyothi Kumar, Executive Director, KSIDC and Mr. Jaikrishnan G.,
Director-Management Consultancy, KPMG, discussed the Role of
Institutional Facilitators in Infrastructure Funding. The session
was chaired by Mr. A.V.Jose, Associate Professor.In the valedictory
session, Dr.V.Raman Nair, Group Director, presided and Ms.C.A.Dipti
Lunawat, Assistant Professor proposed the vote of thanks.
Caricaturist Ibrahim Badusha inaugurating the workshop on women
empowerment and self-defence by sketching the caricature of
Dr.Radha P. Thevannoor.
Empowerment and Self-defence, organised by the NSS Unit at SSTM
in association with SCMS COCHIN School of Business and Centre for
Empowerment and Enrichment, on March 10. Caricaturist Ibrahim
Badusha inaugurated the workshop by sketching the caricature of
Dr.Radha P. Thevannoor, Group Director. Dr. Filomina P. George,
Director, SCMS COCHIN School of Business, Ms. Jyoti Aswani,
Managing Partner, Aswani Lachmandas Group, and Dr. Mary Anitha
P.A., Chairperson, CFEE also spoke.
Ms.Anjana S. Chandran, Assistant Professor-MCA, has been awarded
PhD in Computer Science by MG University, Kottayam.
Mr. A. V. Jose, Associate Professor and Mr. James Dominic,
Assistant Professor have been certified as Accredited Management
Teachers in Finance by the All India Management Association.
Faculty achievements
Anjana S. Chandran
A.V. Jose James Dominic
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