Mangaluru: Tech-Vision-2016; an intra-college exhibition-cum-competition of student projects under the Student Project Support Scheme (SPSS) of the college was inaugurated by Dr. Shashi Kiran Shetty, Chairman & Managing Director, Allcargo Logistics Ltd. by switching on a PCB Milling Machine designed by students where the drill bit was swapped by a marker to write the word `Thanks’ on a sheet of paper just like a drill bit would cut a profile on wood or a piece of metal.

Addressing the gathering, Shetty said that students must think differently and dare to do what they believe in.

“Success does not come easily but it is only with perseverance, hard work and ongoing effort that you can make success last,” he said quoting a Harvard study shows that only 3% of organizations survive beyond the third generation.

“Every organization aims at profit, but with more businesses, more employment opportunities can be created,” he said promising to involve Sahyadri students in research and ideas that he will be coming across during his news startup venture in the United States.

He asked students to have an alumni setup where they can give back to their alma mater and he wished each and everyone all success in the future and also opined that all the ideas of the students need to be captured, preserved and marketed.

Among many awards and citations that Dr. Shashi Kiran Shetty has received, in 2015 the Mangalore University conferred Honoris Causa (honorary doctorate) on him and he has been honoured with the Rotary Annual ‘Vandana Award’ for the year 2016.

Earlier, Shetty had a look at the various projects exhibited by the students. Over 200 projects of the students pursuing various streams of engineering in the college were out on display. He had interactions with the students about various projects, which caught his attention.

The eight student startup ventures were honoured by Shetty.

Former Mayor Mahabala Marla, Chairman of the institution Manjunath Bhandary and others were present.