Directorate of Transferable Skills and Leadership Development (DTSLD) facilitated and guided the RUAS Debate Club in successfully organizing the second edition of the British Parliamentary Debate - 2019 on the 21st and 22nd of November 2019.

The aim of this competition was to provide a platform to budding public speakers, and anyone willing to learn the art. 20 teams and 10 Adjudicators participated in this prestigious event. The results are as follows-

• 1st Prize - Meghana and Mayur of FPH (B.Pharm. 1st Year) – Rs. 3000/-
• 2nd Prize - Mohan Raj and Pranav Sree Ganesh of FET (B.Tech. 4th Year) – Rs. 2000/-
• Best Adjudicator - Nikhil C. Balfour of FET(B.Tech. 4th year) – Rs. 1000/-
• Best Speaker - Anand Derick of FAD (B.Des. 1st year) – Rs. 1000/-

RUAS Debate Club is proud to have secured the awards at The People's Conference 2019, held during 19th-21st October 2019 held at PES University, Bangaluru. The RUAS delegation has secured the following prizes

• Gaurav- Best delegate award in the Continuous Crisis Committee as the representative of Egypt. The Prize includes a certificate and cash award of Rs 10,000.
• Aravind Yatish Belur - served as the Vice-Chairperson of the Continuous Crisis Committee for the duration of the conference. The Prize includes a certificate and cash award of Rs 6,000.

The other members of the delegation were:

• Thejas Aradhya – 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
• Deeksha Rao – 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
• Jishnu H D – 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
• Shashank Vissom– 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
• Himanshu Jain 3rd Semester B.Tech CSE
• Ashle – 1st Semester, B.Pharm
• Jagat Joshi – 7th Semester, B. Tech, MME
• Rhitesh Balu – 3rd Semester, B.Tech, CSE
• Dhanwin Sunil, 1st Semester, B. Des
• Anwesha Sarkar-B Pharma 3rd sem
• Sanjeevini M 7th sem B. Tech ECE
• Sukanya Shet 3rd Semester B.Tech CSE
• Tejaswini P 3rd Semester B.TECH CSE
• Ahan A Swamy 3rd Semester BSc. FMPS
• Rama 3rd Semester B.Tech CSE

Debate Club of RUAS has secured the prizes at Vellore Institute of Technology Model United Nations (VITMUN) held on 6th, 7th and 8th September 2019 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. The RUAS delegation has secured the following prizes

1. Mr. Aravind Yatish Belur (5th Semester, B.Tech, ECE) secured the Best Delegate award (which includes a certificate and cash prize of Rs 15000/) in the Council to Halt the Annihilation of States (CHAOS) as the representative of The United States of America
2. Ms. Vaishnavi Deepak (5th Semester, B.Tech, CSE) secured the Best Delegate award (which includes a certificate and cash prize of Rs 15000/) in the UN Human Rights Council as the representative of The United States of America
3. Mr. Shaunak Kamtikar (1st Semester B. Pharm) secured the Verbal Mention award in the Lok Sabha as the Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

The other members of the delegation were:

4. Kishan Nayanam – 3rd Semester, B.Tech, ECE
5. Deeksha Rao – 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
6. Jishnu H D – 5th Semester, B.Tech, AAE
7. Ashle – 1st Semester, B.Pharm
8. Jagat Joshi – 7th Semester, B. Tech, MME
9. Rhitesh Balu – 3rd Semester, B.Tech, CSE
10. Anand Dereck, 1st Semester, B. Des

Students of Biotechnology and Food Technology of FLAHS won prizes in several events and bagged the Overall winners trophy in “JEEVOTSAV 2019”- an Intercollegiate Science fest organized by the Dept. of Life Science, CHRIST deemed to be University, Bangalore held on 19th August 2019.

• True Detective (1st place) - Shruthi (Biotechnology 1st Sem), Medha(Biotechnology 1st Sem), Dharmarajan (Biotechnology 1st Sem)
• True Detective (2nd place) - Sasmitha D Singh (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Svarnarupa Balajee (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Sanjana D A (Biotechnology 3rd Sem)
• Sketching (2nd place) - Abhirami Chandran (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Ayesha K(Biotechnology 3rd Sem)
• Marketing Genius (2nd place) - Misbah, Sanjana, Vineeth (Biotechnology)
• JAM (2nd place) - Nachiketh (Food Technology 3rd Sem)
• Best out of waste (1st place) - Ranjith Yadav (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Sushma Gowda (Biotechnology 1st Sem)
• Pot Pourri (3rd place) - Nithish (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Pratik (Biotechnology 3rd Sem), Shashank (Biotechnology 3rd Sem)

RUAS, FET, B.Tech. 6th Semester Students of ECE, Mr. Ramesh Kempasatti, Mr. Samarth S Kulkarni, Mr. Shubhang Johari and Mr. Tushar participated with their Project 1, of 6th semester, entitled “Smart Helmet System with Accidental Alert and Bike Tracking” has emerged as finalist of the Preliminary competition of IEEE YESIST12 age of innovation 2019, a Project innovation challenge competition.

The four member team is going to compete in the Grand Finale of the international project innovation challenge to be held in Stamford International University, Thailand, on 7th & 8th Sep. 2019. Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology is sponsoring the round trip flight tickets for all the four students.

RUAS FET B.Tech. student Mr Raghavendra P. H. Won the First Prize in the technological Debate “Industry 4.0 Boon or Bane” and also Won First Prize in the technological Debate “Current Education System Good or Bad” in the Design and Innovation Clinic Competition held at CMTI, Banglore, during March 16-18, 2019.

RUAS FET B.Tech. students Mr. Mohan Raj (Mechanical Dept.), Mr. Abdul Hadi (Mechanical Dept.), Mr. Anuraj S. Vasisht (Mechanical Dept.) and Mr. Raghavendra P. H., (ECE) Won the Second prize in the "Design and Innovation Clinic" Competition, held during March 16-18, 2019 at CMTI Bangalore. Theme of the competition was "Smart Manufacturing Systems in Industry 4.0"(Machine Tools, Sub Systems, IOT in Manufacturing, Software for Smart Manufacturing).

Team Antaheen of Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences participated in the district level prelims conducted by V-Jay School of Dance on the 08.07.18 which was held at East West Institute of Technology, Anjananagar, and got selected for the finale. The dance was based on the theme ‘Woman Empowerment’.

The finale was held on 09.02.19 at Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall in which the team secured first runner up position in the Senior Group Dance category. A cash prize of Rs. 25,000 was awarded. The dance was based on the theme ‘Child labour’ choreographed by Satvik Mahajan.

The members of the team are:Shivani R K, Monica D Priya, Reshma Srikanth, Priyanka Kabadi (All B.Tech. ECE 4th year), Vignesh Kumar, Tejas Chandrashekar (All B.Tech. Mech 4th year), Pooja Lakshman B.Tech.(CSE) 4th year, Suma Devang B.Tech.(Civil) 4th year, Niveditha J, Rohan Bharadwaj, Sanjeevini Mehendale, Kavya Venugopal (All B Tech ECE 3rd year),Vishwanath Bhave, Prapul (All B.Tech. Mech 2nd year), Thanushree B.Tech.(CSE) 2nd year and Jhanavi R T B.Tech.(Civil) 1st year.

Govt. of Karnataka’s “Karnataka Science and Technology Academy” conducted its 11th Annual Conference in Association with NMKRV College for Women with the theme “New Vistas in Science and Technology for Common Good”. Five post-graduate students from the Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, RUAS participated in this conference and presented their posters.

Ms. Kalashanti R Pyngrope, II M.Pharm secured the 2nd prize with a cash award of Rs.10,000/- and Ms. Radhika M.N, II M.Pharm won the consolation prize with a cash award of Rs.5,000/-. They also gave a oral presentation at the conference. Dr. G. Paramehswara, Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka was the Chief Guest for the event

RUAS Debate club team participated and secured 2nd place in the overall scoring in the 'Hindustan Young Leaders’ Conference held at KCG College of Technology, Chennai during 25th to 27th January 2019. The following Students won the awards.

1. Mr.Aravind Y. Belur, 2nd year B.Tech (E&C), won the “Best Delegate” award in the Disarmament and International Security Committee (UNGA-DISEC) as the representative of Ukraine
2. Ms. Vaishnavi Deepak, 2nd year B.Tech (CS), won the “Best Delegate” award in the UN Human Rights Council as the representative of The Human Rights Watch

Students of Biotechnology and Food Processing & Technology of FLAHS won prizes in several events and bagged the Overall best performance trophy in BIOGALA 2019- an intercollegiate fest organized by the Dept. of Life Science, CHRIST deemed to be University, Bangalore held on 22nd January 2019.

• True Detective (1st place) - Bhavya, Sasmitha , Swarnarupa (Biotechnology)
• Sketching (1st place) - Simran, Chandrika (Food Processing & Technology)
• Marketing Genius (2nd place) - Misbah, Sanjana, Vineeth (Biotechnology)
• JAM (2nd place) - Misbah (Biotechnology)
• Treasure Hunt (3rd place) - Dhruva, Dharvin, Pooja (Food Processing & Technology)

The RUAS Debate club team participated The People’s Conference at PES University, Bengaluru, conducted on 3rd, 4th and 5th November 2018 and have secured Four awards.

• Commendable Delegation Award (3rd place). 25 Colleges and Universities from different parts of the country participated in this prestigious event.
• Best Delegate Award – Mr. Aravind Y Belur (a Certificate and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-). Aravind secured the award in the Joint Crisis Committee (Central) as the representative of Paul Von Hindenburg (He was a General Field Marshall and Statesman who commanded the German military during the second half of World War I before later being elected President of the Weimar Republic in 1925). Aravind Belur is a 3rd semester student of B.Tech (ECE)
This is the first time any of our debate team member has secured the highest award available in a committee as a part of the delegation in a prestigious MUN (Model United Nations Conference)
• Honorable Delegate Award – Ms. Vaishnavi Deepak (a certificate). Vaishnavi secured the award in UN Human Rights Council as the representative of The Russian Federation. Vaishnavi is a 3rd semester student of B.Tech (CSE)
• Honorable Delegate Award – Mr. Gaurav (a certificate). Gaurav secured the award as the representative of the French Republic in the Joint Crisis Committee (Allied). Gaurav is a 3rd semester student of B.Tech (EEE)

The other members in RUAS delegation participated and awarded participation certificates were: Mr. Harshvardhan Rau – 5th semester, B.Tech (MME), Ms. Amulya N – 3d semester, B.Tech (CSE), Mr. Jagath Raj – 5th semester, B.Tech (MME), Ms. Aisha S – 3rd semester, B.Tech (CSE), Ms. Deeksha Rao – 3rd semester, B.Tech (ASE), Mr. Jishnu H D – 3rd semester, B.Tech (ASE), Mr. Raghavendra P H – 5th semester, B.Tech (ECE)

The Hospitality Club @ FHMCT conducted ADVIT- 2018 a National Level Inter-Collegiate Hospitality Fest on 26th and 27th March 2018. The 2-day fest saw a plethora of students from Hotel Management and other colleges across South India.The fest comprised of technical events such as culinary competition, bartending competition, best hotel manager challenge, technical quiz, terrarium making, and cultural events such as mime, fashion show, dance, battle of the bands. Student participants from other Faculties of RUAS were also present.The fest also featured food fair with students putting up food stalls as part of the entrepreneurial challenge.

Day 1 the fest started with a lamp lighting ceremony and soon after that the technical competitions started at various venues of FHMCT. Judges were invited from the industry. The Hotels also sponsored few prizes for the students. The students got exposure in various other aspects of Management like marketing, promotion, fetching sponsorship, coordinating events, administration etc. After the competitions were done with, a bartending event was put up by a bar school named Bar Square. Faculty and students from RUAS were also present to witness the show.

Day 2 was all about talent, fun, food and frolic! Events such as personality challenge, fashion show, battle of the bands, beat boxing, group and solo dance etc. brought in scores of students from across the University and other invited colleges. The common mood was merry, energetic and friendly. Of course, the food fair and music added to the electric ambience.

The prize distribution ceremony involved jury members from the Hospitality, Fashion and Entertainment Industries awarding winners with trophies, certificates and gift vouchers. IIHM, Hyderabad bagged the rolling trophy of ADVIT-2018. The fest ended on a euphoric note with the DJ playing upbeat dance numbers for all present there.

Ms. Afshaar, B.Des., Product Design - 2014 batch from Faculty of Art and Design has topped the National Level CEED exam conducted by IIT Bombay this year. CEED exam or the Common Entrance Exam for Design was conducted in 21 Cities across the country and our students’ achievement is the highlight of the national level event.

Students of FHMCT won may prizes at #ProMillets - the Millet Product Display Challenge for Young Chefs at the Organics and Millets 2018 - International Trade Fair held on 21st January 2018 in Palace Grounds, Bangalore. Jury members were experts from the renowned South India Culinary Association (SICA)

The prize winners are: Manaswi of Batch 2015 – Gold, Siddharth G and Santhosh Pof Batch 2015 – Silver, Suryah and Vinith of Batch 2015 – Bronze and Gowri of Batch 2017 – Bronze. Medal

FHMCT team was allotted a stall at the Karnataka Pavilion wherein they displayed delectable bakery products made with millets. They received tremendous response with many guests asking for recipes and wanting to purchase the products.

Students from FHMCT participated at Chandiwala Hospitality Ensemble 2017, hosted by the Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, New Delhi. This National inter-collegiate event has a history of 15 years and was held from the 11th to the 13th of October 2017. Eva Mariam, Hazel Carolyn, Kiran Kumar, Krishna K. Menon and Vinith Veerappa were the participants representing FHMCT at the competition. The students were tested on their technical skills through competitions on management skills, culinary aptitude, bartending and designing. It was a great learning curve for our students and a proud moment when they ended up overall 7th among the 42 colleges that came from across the nation.

RUAS team of M.Tech APD students won the First Prize in Best Design of PUMA Project within Team 5 for their urban vehicle concept and the same design will be developed as a product for next year global Competition.

Team Details:
1. Mr. Sachin V
2. Mr. Manoj R. Kulkarni
3. Mr. Prashant M.

FET students bagged THIRD place and awarded a cash prize of Rs. 3000/- in the competition ROBODIUM @ ASE- RASE'17 an Annual National Level Robotic Competition organized by Amrita Club for Robotics and Mechnatronics(ACROM) in association with IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Bangalore Chapter held at Amrita Vishwa Vidtapeetham University, Bangalore campus on 8th and 9th of April 2017. There were 50 teams took part in LIFO–The Line Follower Robot competition.

Team Details:
Students
1. Ravi Kanth Verma (4th sem ECE)
2. Varsha (4th sem EEE)
3. Chandrala (4th sem ECE)
4. Rahul Singh (6th sem EEE)

Mentors
1. Kiran Kumar B M. Asst. Professor (EEE)
2. Harsha A R. Asst. Professor (EEE)

Students of Faculty of Art and Design participated in 'Furore', an intercollege fest hosted by Dayanand Sagar University on Friday, 31 March 2017. Our students bagged 1st and 2nd prize in painting competition. The event was named “No Idea” and the theme was Fantasy or SciFi. There were two members in each team and the duration of the contest was 2 hours. In the first hour one member of the team had to paint on the theme and in the second hour the other member had to continue the painting work started by the first member. Team members were not allowed to discuss during the competition. The first prize was bagged by Abhinay and Tarun both from 2nd year B Des and the 2nd prize was bagged by Vibha (1st year B Des) and Ruthwik (2nd year B Des). A total of 9 students had taken part in various events from our University.  

B.Tech.-CSE students have won the second prize in IoT and Hacking Tricks Workshop conducted at Rajarajeshwari College of Engineering on 23rd and 24th March 2017. They have been selected to participate in the finals at IIT Delhi during the International Technical Championship, 2017.  The students' names are: Shubham, Venkat and Roy, 4th Semester Manoj and Srinivas, 2nd Semester.  

Mr. Sachin V and Mr. Manoj Kulkarni students of Faculty of Engineering and Technology(FET) M.Tech. Automotive Product Design(APD) won the first and second place in PACE PUMA Design Competition held on February 2017. Students were competing with various design Universities to meet the Personal Urban Mobility Access challenge (PUMA). Totally 8 designer submitted their design for this competition.

As a winning designers, winning students are invited to participate with Team5 and bring the concept to the next phase of the project which will be presented at the PACE Forum in Toluca, Mexico in July 2017.

Students of Hospitality Management & Catering Technology participated in various events in T John Hotel Management College on 16 and 17 March 2017 and won may prizes the details of which is given below:

• 1st place- Treasure Hunt- Kinjalk, Joyraj, Tilak
• 1st Place- Napkin folding- Samyukta
• 1st place- Mind bogglers- Dawood, Krishna, Vinuthna, Hazel
• 1st place- Entertainment quiz- Samyukta, Joyraj
• 2nd place-Entertainment quiz- Tilak, kinjalk
• 2nd place-Solo dance- Krishna Menon
• 2nd place-Pot painting- Eva
• 2nd place -Towel art- Anvitha



Postgraduates
1. Dr. Marin Abraham (2nd year) - Best Scientific Poster – ‘Glandular Odontogenic Cyst Diagnosed with CK 19’ National Triple O Symposium, KLE Institute Belgaum
2. Dr. Snehashish & Dr. Karuna Kumari (3rd year) 1st Prize in Oral Pathology Quiz – SCOPE held at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai 

Undergraduates Third Year BDS
1. Ms. Ritika Jenoor/Ms. Manal Iqbal – Best Scientific Paper –‘Malignant Transformation’ Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
2. Ms. Dyuti Reddy/Ms. Vaishali –Best Scientific Poster – ‘Evolutionary new analgesic molecule human saliva - Opiorphin’ –Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
3. Ms. Manisha Thomas/Ms. Manisha Rahman/Ms. Manasa Samuel –‘Digital Pathology – A foreseen revolution in histopathology’ - Best Scientific Poster – Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
4. Ms. Harishma – 2nd Prize -Best Scientific Poster– ‘A virtual tour in pathology’ – held at Davangere 

Prizes Won in Recent Events-2017-General

First Year BDS
1. Ms. Nidhi Santhosh/Ms. Nida Abid/Ms. Diya Jayanth/Ms. Arya Bhangui/Ms. Tenzin Nyiden – First Prize Collage – Million Dollar Smile – Coorg

Second Year BDS
2. Ms. Ashwini/Ms. Shravani – 3rd Prize in Quiz– Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
3. Ms. Tanisha/Ms. Ashwini/Ms. Meghana/Ms. Avanti – 1st Prize Treasure Hunt - Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
4. Ms. Samruddhi/Ms. Sakshi/Ms. Karen – 2rd Prize Treasure Hunt – 2nd Prize Treasure Hunt - Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
5. Ms. Ankita/Ms. Bharath/Ms. Manvita – 3rd Prize Treasure Hunt – 3rd Prize Treasure Hunt - Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg

Third Year BDS
6. Ms. Dyuthi – 2nd Prize Treasure Hunt –Treasure Hunt - Quest – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
7. Ms. Divyanshi - 3rdPrize Treasure Hunt – Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
8. Ms. Dyuthi/Ms. Nivas/ Ms. Saumya Mishra – 3rd Place Quiz - Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg
9. Ms. Sugandha/Ms. Rashmi Ashok/Ms. Vaishali/Mr. Aditya Jain – 2nd Prize Table Clinic - Graduate Dental Science Extravaganza, Coorg

Mr. Sri Harsha Chalasani, Asst. Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy has bagged the "BEST POSTER PRESENTATION" award at 7th Pharmaceutical Care Conference, Muscat held on 22 & 23 February 2017.

Ms. Vibha (1st Year) and Mr. Abhinav (2nd Year), B.Design students of Faculty of Art and Design bagged 1st and 2nd prize respectively in Monochrome Competition held at In-Bloom, a national-level cultural festival organised annually by Christ University, Bengaluru held on 4 Feb 2017. Approximately 25 colleges from different parts of India had participated in the event.

Faculty of Art & Design had 20 enthusiastic participants who had taken part in various events such as Pot Art, Caricature, Painting Relay, Photography, Monochrome, etc. Theme for Monochrome Competition was Human Expression.

Students of FT-15 M Tech Automotive Engineering, Vijay Dominic and Sooraj won the 2nd Prize in PACE Course Competition on Siemens UG-NX conducted at PES University on 25 January 2017 in association with PACE (Partners for Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education). Totally seven teams participated in the final round of UG-NX competition from various institutions.

The objective of this competition is to cultivate innovative part modeling ideas, and unleash the creative talents of students in product design and innovation. This platform provides an opportunity for students to get trained with the best professionals from the industry.

Final year students of Faculty of Management and Commerce, Mr.Rajeev Prasad, Mr.Syed Umraj Aqib, Ms.Shweta R Naik, Mr.Dananjay Guleria, Mr.Rajeev M and Ms.B Sahithi participated in an Intercollegiate Marketing theme exhibition organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's MP Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore on 13 January 2017. The team was placed fourth and awarded certificate of excellence.