HIGHLIGHTS
FACULTY CENTRIC
- Dr. Deepa H A, Assistant Professor delivered a Guest Lecture on “ An Overview of Chemical Engineering to Aspiring Engineers” at Karnataka Polytechnic Mangalore on 30th August 2023 through Google Meet.
- Dr. Roopa Farshi, Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering visited Oxford School as a part of Atal Mentoring session on 7th September 2023.
- Dr. Deepa H A was awarded for reviewing Journal in recognition of an Outstanding contribution to the Quality of the Journal on 8th November 2023.
- Dr Deepa H A was invited as a guest speaker at PESIT, Bengaluru and delivered a talk as a subject expert on the course Fluid mechanics and mechanical operations on 16th November 2023.
- Dr. Roopa Farshi, gave an orientation session on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” to 1st Year Chemical Engineering Students on 20th November 2023.
- Prof. Roopa Farshi, Innovation Ambassador, IIC-MIC, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, invited as speaker for “Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR’s) and IP Management for Start Up” organized by Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, DSCE on 27th July 2022 at 2.00 Pm in EEE Seminar Hall.
- Faculty Invited as Guest Speaker: Dr .Deepa H A, Assistant Professor, department of chemical engineering was invited as a guest speaker to deliver a technical talk at Biotechnology department, PES university on 11th November, 2022.
- National Webinar Talk: Dr. Roopa Farshi, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, DSCE delivered National Webinar Talk on “ Process of Innovation Development, Technology & Readiness level (TRL) & Commercialization of lab technologies & Tech-Transfer” on 2nd February 2023 through online mode, organized by IIC Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Narsapur in association with IPA Narsapur Branch.
- Dr. Ravishankar R, Prof & Head, Dept of Chemical Engineering, DSCE delivered a lecture on “ Sustainable Recycling and Recovery of MSW” on 3rd February 2023 in the 5 Day Faculty development program on “ Renewable, green and sustainable energy from biomass/waste: An approach towards sustainable development” organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, RIT, Bengaluru.
- Guest Lecture delivered by Faculty: Dr. Roopa Farshi, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, DSCE delivered an Online Guest Lecture on “ Waste Plastic Pyrolysis and Polymers for Biomedical Applications” Organized by School of Bio, Chemical and Processing Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education on 18th February 2023.
- Article Published by Faculty: An article on "Career options in Chemical Engineering", written by Prof.Mahesh Kumar Shetty, from the department of Chemical Engineering was published in Deccan Herald on 21st February 2023.
- Journal Publication: Deepa, H.A., Madhu, G.M., Ravishankar, R., Somharsh Patel and Eldho Manoj., 2023 published paper titled “ Synthesis of Titania-ZnO Nanocomposites of diverse morphology for DSSC Applications” in European Chemical Bulletin, ISSN 2063-5346, 12 (Special Issue 4), p.16705-16713 on 26th June 2023.
Deepa, H.A., Madhu, G.M., Ravishankar, R., Nidhi Pal., Somharsh Patel and Vijetha Patker., 2023 published paper titled “Performance Evaluation of Organic dyes utilized for 3-G DSSC Applications: A Review” in European Chemical Bulletin, ISSN 2063-5346, 12 (Special Issue 4), p.16685-16704 on 26th June 2023 - Guest Lecture Delivered by Faculty: Dr. Ravishankar R, Professor & Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, was invited to deliver a Guest Lecture on “Opportunities in Chemical Engineering” at Sri Jayachamarajendra Govt Polytechnic, Bengaluru on 18th July 2023.
- Dr. B R Veena had got recognition for her outstanding contribution in the field of Women Empowerment in the presence of honourable chief guest Dr. Sikha Darbari, Joint Secretary , Rajya Sabah Secretariat issued by Shikshak Kalyan Foundation.
- Prof. Deepa H A, Assistant Professor bagged “Best Paper Presentation Award” for the paper titled “Synthesis of Nanocomposite flowers of Titania-Zno and Nanoparticles of Titania for DSSC application” in the International Conference ACMS-2022 organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers on 14th April 2022.
- Faculty invited as Chair Person: Dr. Ravishankar R was invited to chair a session during World Water Day celebration organized by Department of Civil Engineering, DSCE along with Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department Govt of Karnataka, Water Resource Department Govt of Karnataka, SERB and KSTA Govt of Karnataka on 13th April 2022.
- Faculty Invited for Staff Selection Committee: Dr. Ravishankar R, Prof & Head Department of Chemical Engineering was invited as a member and Subject Expert for Selection Committee for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor in the Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Nawabganj, Kanpur, on 7th May 2022.
- Webinar Talk by Faculty: Prof. Roopa Farshi Innovation Ambassador, Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, invited for a webinar talk on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR’s) and IP Management for Start-up” which is jointly organized by Departments of Electronics & Communication Engineering & Mathematics, DSCE on 27th March 2021 through Google Meet.
- Prof. Karthik K V awarded a certificate from Elsevier Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering for reviewing of Journal paper in June 2021
STUDENT CENTRIC
- Mr Vinay Kumar M of 6th Semester has participated in the “Pitch for the Planet” contest conducted during the Grand Expo of the ‘Carbon Zero Challenge’ during 26th to 28th July 2023 at IIT Madras. The research work carried out by Vinay and his team was selected in the top 25 out of 400 teams.
- Mr. Vinay Kumar M of 6th Semester has participated and secured 3rd Place in IoT Hackathon conducted on 11th and 12th of August 2023 organized by GINSERV at JSSATE, Bengaluru & won cash Prize of Rs 10000/-.
- Mr. Keshav H of 3rd Semester Chemical Engineering has secured First place in Kannada debate competition “eesa beku iddhu jayesabeku” Centre for Performing Arts, Dayananda Sagar Institutions in association with Kannada Sahithya parishath on 20th November 2023.
- Mr. Vinay Kumar M and team of 7th Semester Chemical Engineering participated in Sustainathon 2023 conducted by Deshpande Start-ups on 25th November 2023. Among 250 team applications, 25 teams were selected and called for the event and 2 teams were declared as finalists after 24 hour event .They are declared as winners. (Team Aural) were one among them and the other team was from IIT Dharwad.
- Ms. Shakainah, Ms. Sumaiya Tahsina and Mr. Vinay Kumar M of 4th Semester Chemical Engineering has secured Second Place in “CHEMGEARS” event at “REACT 2022 Technical Fest” held on 8th July 2022, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, RVCE.
- Ms. Spoorthy of 8th semester has secured 2nd place in the 100mts & 200mts event held during Annual Sports Meet 2022 of the Institution, DSCE on 10.08.2022.
- Mr. Athmananda of 8th Semester has secured 3rd place in the Shot Put event held during Annual Sports Meet 2022 of the Institution, DSCE on 10.08.2022.
- BEST PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD –KSCST: Mr. Mayurakrishna R, Mr. Vineet Jha, Mr. Sithanshu M and Mr. Sujan Bharani students of 8th semester participated in the 45th Series of (2021-22) Student Project Programme (SPP) and completed the project titled “Adsorption studies on Immobilized chitosan and polyamine coated as Biosorbent material for removal of chromium from effluents” under the guidance of Mr. Mahesh Kumar Shetty. This project was adjudged as “Best Project of the Year” during the Seminar and Exhibition held at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi on 12th & 13th August 2022.
- Mr. Somarsh Patel of 7th Semester has presented (Oral) a paper titled “ Synthesis of Titania-ZnO Nanocomposites of diverse morphology for DSSC applications” in the Indo South Korea – Thailand 2nd International e-conference on “ Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment and Biomedical Applications” (iNEEBA2022), organized by Vinayaka Missions KirupanandaVariyar Arts and Science College, India in association with GyeongsangNational University , Republic of Korea and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand during 24-25 November 2022.
- Mr. Eldho Manoj of 7th Semester Chemical Engineering was recognized as NPTEL Discipline Star from July –Dec 2022. Certificate Issued on 08.12.2022.
- Mr. Somharsh Patel of 8th Semester has scored 3,222 rank in All India Gate Exam & qualified in Gate Exams on 16th March 2023.
- Ms. Sana Ahmed, Ms.Sarika Anand, Ms. Shriya Tiwari, Ms. Shweta Garg of final year Chemical Engineering department, under the guidance of Prof. Rajani M R published a paper titled “An Experimental Study on Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from synthesized Metal Salt Solution by Adsorption using Magnesium Ferrite Nanoparticles” in International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Vol 4, no 4, pp 1631-1644, 12th April 2023. ISSN 2582-7421. https://ijrpr.com/uploads/V4ISSUE4/IJRPR11555.pdf
- Mr. Eldho Manoj, Mr. Karthikeyan T & Ms. Lakshmi Jayanth of 8th Semester has secured 3rd Place in Paper presentation Event of Insignia 23 held at SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad on 26th & 27th May 2023.