Volume: 15 Issue: 8 November 2019

A Monthly Newsletter of SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Cochin, India.

Now was archery; the second knew he was We’re all winners! good at this skill, the third did well, but not as well, and the first did horribly. A contest was held in a small town for festivities and sport. There was a series “I won this one!” The second bounced and of different games to participate in which jumped. included a horse race, archery, and jousting. The third feeling low for he has not won first There were many kinds of awards that would yet, looked at the last game in the contest. be given to those who win. Three boys, all of “Yes, but there is another jousting!” He them friends, wanted to enter the games. smiled. The first boy, excited, told his companions, They jousted all three, and sure enough the “Let’s join the contests and see if we’ll win!” third won the game effortlessly. However, The second chimed in also in excitement, as they ended they all realised they all won “Let us see who is best of us three!” differently. Dr. G.P.C.Nayar “Who is the winner?” The first cried. With that, the third also agreed, competitive Founder & Chairman was he. SCMS Group of Educational Institutions The second replied, “I don’t know.” All three did the horse race; the first was The third seeing a lesson he spoke and skilled in this place. He earned first place, the second got sec- smiled. “Our strengths and weaknesses help each other. We ond, and the third got the third of the boys. need each other. We’re all winners!” “I won! I won!” the first proclaimed gleefully. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins champi- The second and the third sulked, but then the second said, “We onships.” will see.” “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean,” “Yes!” the third said, “There are other things to be won!” So with that they agreed enjoying the rest of the festivities. So with that they went again competitively. Dr. G.P.C.Nayar

Our priority should be to grow at 10 percent per year for 10 years --- Dr.Subramanian Swamy Dr. Subramanian Swamy MP and Chairman, Board of Governors, SCMS COCHIN School of Business addressed the PGDM students on the topic, ‘Regaining India’s Economic Legacy,’ on October 5. The talk was based on Dr.Swamy’s latest book – RESET: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy. India was the most developed country economically right for thou- sands of years, for at least 10,000 years, he said. Up to 1750, India was considered as the most developed country of the world. We were ahead of anybody by leaps and bounds until about 1200 AD. After that, Islamic invasion took place which was followed by the British colonisation. As a result, India started going down. During the British rule the resources of the country were taken out of the country. It was so substantial. My calculation shows it was to the tune of $ 71 trillion. The industrial revolution that took place in the western world was not allowed to come to India by the Britishers. The important periods that contributed to the formation of what we are today were: (1) the period from 1870 to 1947, (2) from 1950 to Dr.Subramanian Swamy MP and Chairman, Board of Governors, SCMS CO- 1990 when the planning method from the Soviet Union was utilised CHIN School of Business addressing the PGDM students. by Jawaharlal Nehru, (3) during early 1990s the two Prime Minis- ters, Chandrasekhar and Narasimha Rao, transformed our growth percent by growing at 8 percent per year, and (4) then again when rate and put us on a wholly new path from a growth rate of 3 these two PMs went economy was again on a stagnant path. Contd. on page 2 GPC Nayar has devoted his entire life GPC Nayar is a person ised by three institutions, namely, SCMS, Harvard Uni- who has devoted his en- versity and China’s Tsinghua University. (Tsinghua is tire life to build this great considered as the Harvard of China.) All those invitees institution from scratches who came here were surprised to see this building, without any government the infrastructure, and the conference setup. All the support. Today, I feel arrangements were done by GPC and his family. The extremely proud of him for entire team worked so hard to make that conference his never-give-up attitude the most successful one I had ever been to. and hard work in building Some ten days ago, I had been to China to give a talk up this institution which in an important global symposium. I was surprised to has established the na- note that they all still remembered the success of the tional ranking. conference held in SCMS. Some ten years ago, we had an international seminar --- Dr.Subramanian Swamy – India-China- US conference - here which was organ-

Contd. from page 1 Nehru’s choice of the Soviet model extracting resources from agri- has come down. culture for financing industrial development was a mistake, said Dr. Now what we should do to regain our legacy? When we talk about Swamy. As a result agriculture of India suffered as also the industry. our policy we should talk about our objective, our priority, our strat- Finally, we had a major food problem in 1955. It required to work on egy and the method of resource mobilisation. According to me our a green revolution to transform India from a food deficient country first priority should be to grow at 10 percent per year for 10 years. to a food sufficient country. India showed its capacity to overcome Can we achieve it? In my opinion our first preference to achieve it the difficult period. Even now India has the power to recapture its should be to focus on agricultural development. The second pref- legacy. erence should be industrial development based on new technology Growth rate in India till 1947 was only 0.5 percent per year. From and new innovation. The third priority should be to develop the 1950 to 1990 during the Soviet model it was 3.5 percent. After service sector to modern communication facilities. liberalisation was brought in by Narasimha Rao for five years it rose Dr.Radha P.Thevannoor, Group Director welcomed Dr.Subramanian from 3.5 to 8 percent. During the last three years the growth rate Swamy and the gathering.

Special workshop by Mr.Praveen Kamath for employees and gave the students some hands-on experience of constructing the compensation components. The session was Mr. Praveen Kamath, attended by all the HR students of the PGDM Batch 27 and the General Manager & faculty members. It was a fruitful session and was well appreciated Global Delivery Head by the participants as it was so beneficial to them from the practical - HR, WIPRO Tech- standpoint. nologies, Bengaluru conducted a special workshop on ‘Com- SatChat series of lectures pensation Structuring Another session of SatChat lecture series was held on July 27. in Organisations’ The first presentation was by Dr.Deepa Pillai on the topic ‘Lively for the PGDM HR Classrooms.’ The second presentation was by Dr.Bijith George on students of the the topic ‘Dreaming Better Life – Why do people move?’ The third SCMS Cochin School of Business on October19. He elaborated on talk was by Ms.Aiswarya Murali and the topic was ‘A walk through the practical issues of designing and structuring salary packages the handloom villages of .’ Student achievements SSTM News Students of SSTM bag ranks in MG University exams SCMS School of Technology and Management Aparna Ashok, student of SSTM has bagged Second rank in the DDMCA programme conducted by M.G. University. Aishwarya The MBA programme receives accreditation Vijayan and C.Durga, students of BA Economics (Foreign Trade) from NBA have secured First and Second ranks. The SCMS School of Technology and Management has received Accreditation from NBA ( National Board of Accreditation) for its MBA programme. NBA is one of the two major bodies responsi- ble for accreditation of higher education institutions in India. The programme is affiliated to M.G. University. SCMS is one of the few institutions having MBA programme accredited by NBA and NAAC in the state. Aparna Ashok Aishwarya Vijayan C.Durga SCMS News - Cochin Volume 15 Issue 8 November 2019 Batch 16 MBA students won second prize in Janpada - The Mar- As a part of the study by SCMS Centre of Research, Consultancy & keting Game at ‘Case De Gestao 2019’ a National Level Manage- Training (SCRCT) for Petronet LNG Foundation, batch 17 students ment Fest conducted by Bhavan’s Royal Institute of Management, conducted a survey to understand the impact of ‘Numma Oonu’- , on September 3. The winners were Shabeer, Anjali B., a hunger eradication project in district. The students Amal Thomas, Abhirami and Alfiya. collected the data from the beneficiaries and other stakeholders of the project from various places in the district.

Second prize in Marketing Game Gopika Srikumar and Sandhya of MBA batch16 along with three students from IMCA participated in ‘Lavanyam 2019’ a week-long celebration, organised jointly by Adminis- tration and District Tourism Promotional Council held on September 8 at Durbar Hall Grounds. A group of 30 students of MBA batch 16 participated in the public awareness road show ‘Memory Walk,’ a programme organised Data collection by Prajna Udbodh of Cochin University at Durbar Hall Ground on September 21, as a step towards Dementia - friendly Cochin. A group of 10 students of MBA batch 17 participated in the Man- agement Fest ‘Magonn 2K19’ conducted by MES-Advanced Insti- tute of Management & Technology, Marampally, Aluva on Septem- ber 25 and 26 . The Best Manager event was won by Ajmal Karim.

The Marketing Forum named ‘The Hawk’ was inaugurated on Sep- tember 25. Mr. Rajesh Vijayan, Head of Digital Marketing, Popular Vehicles, Kochi was the chief guest. Faculty achievements The Best Manager Award Mr. Dibin K., Ms. Devi S. Nair and Ms. Rinu Jayaprakash, Assistant A group of 20 students of MBA batch 17 participated in the Nation- Professors completed a Faculty Development Programme on Fi- al Level Management Fest 2K19 ‘Caligo’ hosted by Marian Interna- nancial Modelling and Valuation, a two-day intensive workshop held tional Institute of Management, Kuttikkanam, on September26 and at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery on October 15 27. The finance team represented by Ishwarya, Rahila, Bincy and and 16. Sharanya won second prize. Dr. Shobha Menon, Associate Professor, attended a MDP on ‘Digi- tal Marketing’ at XIME, Kochi on September 24 and 25. Mr.Vignesh Karthik, Assistant Professor, MBA, was invited as resource person for one-day national level conference on ‘Step ahead in research methodology with software applications,’ organised by the Department of Business Administration at Wavoo Wajeeha Womens College of Arts & Science, Kayalpatnam, Toothu- kudi District, Tamilnadu on September 20. Second Prize in Finance Game A group of three students ( batch 16) represented by Rijo George Thomas, Tiglin George and Antony Thomas participated in the Na- tional Level Competition - V Guard Big Idea Business Plan Contest 2019, held at Radisson Blu, Kochi, on September 27 and 28. A group of three students ( batch 17) represented by Dona C. Joju, Remya and Deepthi participated in a poster competition ‘Together against Corruption’ promoted by the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office on September 30. SCMS News - Cochin Volume 15 Issue 8 November 2019 shared by Nihal K. T. of S7 AU and Mohammed Jasime P. of S5 AU. The Makeathon Competition was conducted on day two. The SSET Digest students were asked to build a walking mechanism using the mate- SCMS School of Engineeering and Technology rials given within limited time schedule.

IEDC activities The Department of Civil Engineering in association with Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre – IEDC - (Supported by Kerala Startup Mission) conducted a two-day QGIS Workshop for Civil Engineering students on September 26 and 27. 40 students from SSET and 50 students from various engineering colleges across Kerala attended the workshop. Dr. Ratish Menon, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering led the workshop and was assisted by M Tech Environmental Engineering students who took on the role of student mentors. Department of Automobile Engineering in association with SAE IN- DIA Collegiate Club of SCMS and IEDC organised a two-day Auto Workshop exclusively for Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Engineering students on September 26 and 27. The programme had an overwhelming response with 45 registrations. Students of technical institutions from all over Kerala, Chennai and Coimbatore attended the event.

Glimpses of the workshop on Future Technologies organised by Dept. of ME.

A poster making competition was held on October 6 by the litera- Participants involved in hands-on session during the auto workshop conduct- ture club of Mechanical Engineering department to commemorate ed by the Department of Automobile Engineering. the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. The theme for the competition was ‘Shades of Freedom’ and the first place was secured by Department activities Sanjay T.J. of S1 ME, second position was awarded to Goutham The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Manohar of S7 ME, and the third place to Jeomon Jose of S3 ME. organised a talk on the theme ‘An insight into the systems of Kochi The programme was organised by Mr. K. K. Gopalakrishnan, Staff Metro’ by Mr. Jayananda Somasundara, Deputy General Manager, in charge of the literature club and by student coordinator Allen M. Signaling and Telecommunication, Rail Limited on Chandi. October 11. Department of Computer Science & Engineering conducted a full day hands-on workshop on Blockchain on October 19. The event was conducted by eminent speakers from TCS, Kochi Office. The workshop was attended by faculty members and students of final/ pre-final year. Sports achievements The KTU D-zone Kabaddi championship was held at SSET campus on September 30. This was the first time SSET hosted a university level sports championship and SSET bagged the first place in both Men’s and Women’s category. SNGIST bagged the runner up position in both categories.

Dr. M. Nandakumar, HoD, Dept. of EEE handing over the memento to Mr. Jayananda Somasundara, DGM, S&T, KMRL. Dr. Saira Joseph, HoD, Dept. of ECE is also seen in the picture.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, in association with BMW EVM Autokraft and Ducati EVM organised two-day workshop on Future Technologies for students on October 15 and 16. The programme had an overwhelming response with 246 registrations. Students of technical institutions from all over Kerala attended the event. An Auto Tech Quiz was conducted on day one and the 1st Dr. Praveensal C. J., Principal addressing the gathering during the inaugura- prize winner was John K. Loyson of S5 ME 2. The 2nd prize was tion of the KTU D-zone Kabaddi championship.

SCMS News - Cochin Volume 15 Issue 8 November 2019 NSS activities Student achievements On September 24, the NSS unit of SSET celebrated its golden A three-member team from S7 Civil Engineering, consisting Nan- jubilee. The programme began with a flag hosting ceremony by dana S., Vani Vijayakumar and Teena Mariya Jose were adjudged Dr. Praveensal C. J. and volunteers who had assembled at the 2nd from among twelve teams (eleven teams from India and one campus were given hand-made badges. Senior Programme team from Indonesia) in the 5th University Challenge India held at Officer Mr. K. K. Gopalakrishnan addressed the gathering on how Mumbai in association with German Academic Exchange Service the national service scheme emerged over the past 50 years and (DAAD) & Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT – India) on became one of the largest organisations in the world. A blood October 17 and 18. donation camp was also conducted. About 90 volunteers attended the programme. The NSS unit, in association with the forest department of Athirapil- ly gave a helping hand to the hillock behind the cattle breeding farm, Thumburmuzhi, which had about 14 debris flows in the past two years during the devastating flood that happened in Kerala. In the first phase of the project ‘Thaiveru,’ more than 50 bamboo sap- lings were planted at Konnakuzhy in Pariyaram gramapanchayat near Athirapilly on September 15. The inauguration of the project was done by Mr. N. Satheeshan (Forester, SFO) by planting a bamboo sapling. Mr. N. Satheeshan and Mr. Rakesh A. (SSET Pro- gramme Officer) addressed the gathering on the positive effects of using bamboo plants to control landslides. The project was carried out by 35 NSS volunteers of SSET and the residents of Konnakuzhy who dug the pits and planted bamboo saplings under the supervi- sion and advice of officers of forest department. Staff achievements A book titled ‘Advances in Visualization and Optimization Tech- Students of S7 Civil Engineering along with delegates of German Academic niques for multidisciplinary Research’ that was edited by Dr. Sheeja Exchange Service (DAAD) and Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT – Janardhanan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering India) at University Challenge India, Mumbai. has been published by Springer and is now available online at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-9806-3. Dr. Sheeja has also authored the fourth chapter in the book. Alumni meet Dr. Mahesa Rengaraj R., Professor, Department of Mechanical The annual SSET alumni meet of the UAE chapter was held at Engineering and Dr. Saira Joseph, Associate Professor and HoD, Ajman Beach Resort on October 5. Dr. Praveenasal C. J., Principal, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering have Dr. Anitha G. Pillai, Dean- Academic Affairs and HoD, Department been approved as PhD guides affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Tech- of Civil Engineering, Ms. Sonal Ayyappan, Associate Professor, nological University. Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Mr. Anil G., Deputy Librarian attended the event. Dr. Vinod P., Dean- Research and Publication, Professor and HoD of Department of Computer Science and Engineering was invited for a keynote speech as part of the Annual Security Conference SecCon APJ 2019 at CISCO, Bengaluru on October 16. Dr. Vinod gave a talk on the topic ‘Is Machine Learning Secure?’

SSET alumni at Ajman Beach Resort during the annual meet of the UAE chap- ter. Placement news The following numbers of offers were given to our 2020 batch stu- dents by various companies: Infosys Limited – 103, Quest Global – 10, TCS – 36 and SOTI – 3. The final results of IBS, CTS, Speridan, Mitsogo and Novelworx are awaited. Ninth and tenth day of aptitude training by Konfidence were con- ducted for final year B.Tech and M.Tech students on September 25 and 30 and mock interview sessions were conducted during Dr. Vinod P. speaking during SecCon APJ 2019 at CISCO, Bengaluru. September 23 to 27. SCMS News - Cochin Volume 15 Issue 8 November 2019 German Academic Exchange Alumni Workshop successfully conducted at SCMS the water resources.’ Ur- ban water security is be- coming a serious prob- lem all over in India. But urban-rural divide is be- coming narrow now and how long rural areas can provide water for the for- mer is uncertain. There- fore proper policy and technology level changes are needed for achieving water security for urban areas, he argued.

Prof.Pramod P.Thevannoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group in conversation with Mr.Karl Philipp Ehlerding, Honorable Innovation potential Deputy Consulate General of the German Consulate at Bengaluru, Prof. (Dr.) Johannes Fritsch, Ravensburg – We- at SCMS Water Institute ingarten University, Germany and Prof.Ruger Winnegge, Programme Manager, University of Siegen, Centre for Inter- was the topic for the pre- national Capacity Development, Siegen, Germany. sentation by Dr.Ratish Menon, Associate Profes- s announced in our previous edition, the German Academic sor, SSET. SCMS Water Institute has come up with innovative AExchange Workshop (DAAD) for which SCMS Water insti- projects and ideas such as better storm water management tute was the Indian partner was conducted at SCMS Prathap projects for Thrissur, sanitation safety planning, Kochi Metro Nagar Campus from October 9 to 15. The six-day workshop information systems and the like. All these would happen with was on ‘Efficient Water Use – Waste and Waste Water Man- better collaborations, he clarified. agement.’ 20 selected alumni from various countries in Asia Dr.Nisha Lukins, Associate Professor, SSET spoke on Micro- who availed German Academic Exchange Fellowship to do re- plastics in aquatic ecosystems in Kerala. The regulatory bodies search in Germany, along with six renowned senior professors and local self-governments are in a position to make use of the from various German universities participated in this workshop. results of the research to reassess plastic waste management Selected leading Indian experts in the water sector also gave strategies and to ensure that micoplastics do not enter the food presentations about the state of the art developments of this chain, she suggested. field in India. Ms.Ratchada Arpornsilp, Research Associate / PhD Candi- Mr.Karl Philipp Ehlerding, Honorable Deputy Consulate date, The Centre for People and Forests, Kasetsart University / General of the German Consulate at Bengaluru inaugurated the Australian National University, Bangkok, Ms. Ha Thuy Nguyen, programme. Prof.Pramod P.Thevannoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Water and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank. Hanoi, Vietnam, Group, Prof. Ruger Winnegge of University of Saigen and Coor- Dr. Ova Candra Dewi, Lecturer Department of Architecture, Fac- dinator of the programme and Prof.Johannes Fritsch, University ulty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Prof. Dr. Hu- of Applied Sciences Ravensberg – Weingarten spoke on the mayun Kabir, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, occasion. Dr. Shyamal Karmakar, Associate Professor of Environmental Prof.Ruger Winnegge, Programme Manager, University of Science, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Uni- Siegen, Centre for International Capacity Development, Siegen, versity of Chittagong, Ms.Sabina Khatri, Technical Officer and Germany presented two topics in the workshop: (1) ) Interna- Hydrogeologist, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, tional Activities at the Centre for International Capacity Devel- Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Kath- opment, University of Siegen and (2) Impact of water-related mandu, Nepal, Dr. Yosef Manik, Dean of the Faculty of Industrial networks for international collaboration and capacity building. Technology, Institut Teknologi Del, Indonesia, Ms.Erna Megawati The main motive of DAAD alumni was to create a cultural and Manna, Head of Joint Secretariat and International Development scientific exchange programme, he said. Collaboration, Regional Planning, Research and Development, Prof. (Dr.) Johannes Fritsch, Professor (retired), Ravensburg Board of Sumba Barat Daya, Indonesia, Dr.Trung Dung Nguy- – Weingarten University, Germany presented the topic, ‘From en, Lecturer/ Consultant, Thuyloi University, Vietnam, Ms.Ocasa desalination to micro pollutants: The usage of membranes in Preditha Prayitno, Intern, Akvota Technologies GmbH, Indone- water treatment.’ Micropollutants which are organic compounds sia, Ms.Sarita Shreotha, Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene found in very low concentrations along with trace organic com- Engineer, Nepal, Mr.Cornelius Swiyanto, Consultant and Con- pounds are more or less persistent in the environment and are tractor, CSP Consult Service, Indonesia, Ms. Nori Andriany considered to be a new challenge in public waste water treat- Teguh, Lecturer, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, ment, he explained. MBR is one of the best technologies to be Indonesia, Ms.Thanh Huyen Tran, Scientific Researcher, Centre used for removing micropollutants. for Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Prof.Anupam Kumar Singh, Professor and Director In- Dr.Sunny George, Director, SCMS Water Institute, Kochi dus Institute of Technology and Engineering, Indus University, spoke on ‘Regional Strategies in Kerala to protect and conserve

SCMS News - Cochin Volume 15 Issue 8 November 2019 Ahmedabad, Prof. Bhag- wan Sing Choudhury, Professor and Chairman, Kurukshetra University, Dr.Sundhrajan Bankaru Swamy, Assistant Profes- sor, Amrita Viswa Vidy- apeetham, Coimbatore and Mr.Vinay Varma, As- sistant Technical Manag- er, GKW Consult GmbH, Mumbai Were the other Prof.Pramod P.Thevannoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group speaking at the inaugural session. Others in the pic- participants who present- ture are: Prof.Ruger Winnegge, Programme Manager, University of Siegen, Germany Mr.Karl Philipp Ehlerding, ed papers. Honorable Deputy Consulate General of the German Consulate at Bengaluru and Prof. (Dr.) Johannes Fritsch, Ravensburg – Weingarten University, Germany.

The delegates who attended the workshop are seen with Prof.Pramod P.Thevannoor, Vice Chairman, SCMS Group, Mr.Karl Philipp Ehlerding, Honor- able Deputy Consulate General of the German Consulate at Bengaluru, Prof.Ruger Winnegge, Programme Manager, University of Siegen, Germany and Prof. (Dr.) Johannes Fritsch, Ravensburg – Weingarten University, Germany.

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Out of 20 students who were shortlisted for the final jury, the News SCMS School of Architecture following students’ entries from SCMS School of Architecture were SSA included. Dilshana Siyad, Kailasnath K.L. and Sreehari R. Prof.Kerstin Frick at TU Berlin campus in The final presentation will be on October27 and 28 at Vanitha Vee- du Pavilion, JLN Stadium and the award ceremony will be held at El Gouna, Egypt Holiday Inn on October 29.

Technische Universitaet Berlin, Alumni Seminar on ‘Innovations for New Town Development in the MENA Region’ conducted at the TU SSA faculty members win IIA Award Berlin Campus El Gouna in Egypt from October 10 to 16. Two faculty members of SCMS School of Architecture won the title under ‘Unbuilt Category’ for their work – 1868 House – at Indian Prof. Kerstin Frick, Principal, SCMS School of Architecture, was one Institute of Architects (IIA) Awards 2018 held at Kovalam, Thiru- of 34 selected participants, representing 12 countries, to attend vananthapuram. Assistant Professors Madhushitha C.A. and Lijo the seminar at the TU Campus in El Gouna in Egypt, the only TU John Mathew won the title. Alankar Residence, Changanassery, the Campus outside of Berlin, offering Master Programmes in Water work by Professor Design Chair Roy Antony was short-listed under Engineering, Energy Engineering and Urban Development. the category ‘Residence: Type A.’ IIA awards are the highest recog- On October 15, Prof. Kerstin Frick gave a presentation titled: Chal- nition that can be achieved by an architect in the country, which is lenges in the Urban Development of Kochi, Kerala. judged by a panel of architects. During the seminar participants reported about and discussed challenges faced in their respective countries and analysed the development of New Towns in Egypt, comparing the situations of old and new towns.

Mr.Madhushitha C.A. (left) and Mr.Lijo John Mathew, Assistant Professors who won the IIA Award.

Prof.Kerstin Frick, Principal, SSA is standing in the middle.

SCMS students participate in Kerala Awards for Thesis in Architecture Four students from SCMS School of Architecture, Karukutty --- Dilshana Siyad, Kailasnath K.L., Sanju M. Sudakaran and Sreehari R. --- submitted their entries for the Kerala Awards for Thesis in Architecture (KATHA), conducted by IIA. The competition serves as a platform to create a collective community of architects, designers and students, broadening the horizons of architecture discipline. The aim is to promote, reward and give visibility to young gradu- ates of architecture who are capable of bringing forward exception- al works, ideas and experimentations, to take architecture to the next level and change the built environment for the better. The competition was open to all recent graduates, from across the state and to those who have completed their thesis project in the field of architecture. Their winning entry.

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