Professor Nicholas Dirks of university of California, Berkeley had talked about multidisciplinary education and research. He shared his experience and views as to the kind of miraculous wonders this kind of approach can lead to. The kind of wonders, which solve the world’s problems. Wonders which we should aspire to make. He interacted with students of SRM University, AP in this context and shared some of his thoughts.

VIJAYAWADA: The chancellor of the SRM University, TR Parivendhar, said that about 400 corporate companies are ready to hire students from the varsity’s Amaravati campus.

While interacting with the students here on Thursday, he suggested that they should prepare for campus placements right from the first year. He said that campus placements were opportunities to get into top corporate firms with high pay packs.

Date: 21, March 2018

Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks was named the 10^th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on November 8, 2012, and served in that role from June 1, 2013 to July 1, 2017. Currently serving as the Honorary Pro-Chancellor of SRM University, he is a leader in higher education and well-known for his commitment to and advocacy for accessible, high-quality undergraduate education, to the globalization of the university, and to innovation and collaboration across the disciplines and between universities and outside partners. While Chancellor, Dr. Dirks launched an undergraduate initiative, which occasioned unprecedented cooperation among the Deans of undergraduate colleges and the appointment of the first Vice-Chancellor of Undergraduate Education. Dr. Dirks convened a group of faculty who developed a new set of courses in data science across the curriculum (and led to the appointment of the first Dean of Data Science).

As a famous saying goes that “Women are the real architects of our society”, SRM amaravathi, AP takes this opportunity in the recognition, reverence and applause to all the women around us who make our lives easy, help and add meaning to our lives. Women’s Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and interest. There were performances by the students and competitions were organized by the staff members and students for all the ladies of the university. It was great pleasure for us to have Ms Sneha Krishna as our Guest of Honour-a designer of signature couture. The event started with lamp lightning and ended up with the prize distribution.