Foreign Delegation of Technical Experts Visit

A delegation of distinguished researchers and eminent professors from the USA visited Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, Udupi on 15 June 2015 and held detailed discussions with the college management on creating two interdisciplinary Centres of Excellence: Centre for the Preservation of Ancient Manuscripts (CPAM) and Centre for Sensor Development and Integration (CSDI).

The team, led by Prof. Dr. P. R. Mukund from the renowned Rochester Institute of Technology, New York (NY) USA, comprised Prof. Dr. Roger Easton, Centre for Imaging Science, RIT, NY; Dr. Keith Knox, Technical Fellow (Retd.), The Boeing Company, Hawaii; Dr. Vanditha Mukund, Sr. Vice President, NanoArk Corporation, NY and Sri S. Satish, Advisor, Karnataka Science & Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS), Bengaluru. The main objective of the meeting was preparations for developing SMVITM into a unique engineering institution that blends the knowledge of current science and technology with the wisdom of India’s past heritage and to come up with a strategic action plan for materialising these objectives. H.H. Shri Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt, Udupi; Sri P Srinivasa Tantry and Sri Ratnakumar, members of Shri SodeVadiraja Mutt Education Trust and Governing Council of SMVITM were present on the occasion. The Director of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal thanked the delegation for showing their interest in the budding Institution and also for joining hands for the noble cause.