SATHYABAMA IS THE PLACE TO STUDY AI, ROBOTICS, BLOCKCHAIN, IOT & MORE

CHENNAI BASED DEEMED UNIVERSITY SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IS FAST EMERGING AS ONE OF THE LEADING DESTINATIONS TO STUDY FUTURISTIC DOMAINS INCLUDING AI, ROBOTICS, BLOCKCHAIN, INTERNET OF THINGS ETC, AS WELL AS CURRENTLY BUZZING DOMAINS LIKE CLOUD COMPUTING AND SAAS VIA A TIE-UP WITH INDUSTRY LEADER SERVICENOW OF THE USA. SATHYABAMA HAS ALSO EMERGED AS A LEADER IN ACADEMICS WITH ITS BREADTH OF DOMAINS AND INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY, AND AS A LEADER IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND STARTUP INCUBATION. FOUNDED BY THE MULTIFACETED LEADER AND ENTREPRENEUR HON.COL.DR. JEPPIAAR, AS ITS FOUNDER CHANCELLOR, THE INSTITUTION HAS SCALED GREATER HEIGHTS AS A HIGHEST GRADE INSTITUTION WITH NAAC A++ ACCREDITATION, UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF DR.MARIAZEENA JOHNSON AS CHANCELLOR AND DR.MARIE JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT.

ver since ChatGPT burst into the scene last November, this giant initiative in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been transforming sectors including education. While there are great concerns about ChatGPT’s potential to corrupt students by way of delivering complete answers for challenges in essay writing, maths problem solving and software coding, it also holds great opportunities in creating a new breed of jobs.

For instance, prompt engineering is fast emerging as a domain that can employ thousands of skilled engineers, and it involves training the Generative AI or Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT with systematic sets of questions, data and follow up questions. And with Generative AI moving past text-based solutions like ChatGPT into image generators like DALL-E and video generators, prompt engineering is going to be a hot field to be in, in the years to come.

But for students considering such futuristic domains, it is always a question as to which university to go for while pursuing such subjects. Chennai based deemed university Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology is fast emerging as one of the leading destinations to study all such tech-related domains including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Blockchain / Crypto, Internet of Things (IoT), Data Science, Cyber Security and more. And future watchers are predicting that there will be several new opportunities to emerge in these domains as their adoption becomes fast paced. For example, prompt injection is a malicious strategy to manipulate LLMs like ChatGPT to produce realistic fake news and fake profiles and hence cyber security experts are also expected to be in high demand, provided they upgrade their skills to combat these new challenges. While Sathyabama has heavily invested in these futuristic domains, it has also set its eyes firmly on the current trends in IT and IT enabled services, which is mainly revolving around cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) domains. The majority of jobs in the technology sector are expected to be in these sectors in the immediate future, and to tap this effectively for their students, Sathyabama, under the visionary leadership of its Chancellor Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, has tied up with a world leader in this segment, the USA based and NYSE listed tech major ServiceNow.

ServiceNow has developed an innovative cloud computing platform to help companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. Ranked number one by Forbes in its list of the world’s most innovative companies, the Santa Clara, California based ServiceNow is witnessing rapid adoption by large corporations across the world and is today seen as a top competitor for Microsoft, SAP, SalesForce and other leaders in this space.

Under its recent tie-up with ServiceNow’s RiseUp program, Sathyabama has integrated their modules like ServiceNow Advanced Fundamentals, IT Service Management, Scripting and Application Development etc into the curriculum so that text-book knowledge is merged with practical applications right while the students are in the university, making them uniquely industry ready to take up high paying jobs in the digital enterprise workplace as soon as they pass out.

With such initiatives, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University) has emerged as one of India's premier Academic and Research universities that offers multi-disciplinary academic programmes in various fields of Engineering, Science, Technology, Architecture, Law, Pharmacy, Dental, Nursing, Management, Arts, Science , Physiotherapy, Allied health sciences and Hotel Management.

The institution was established in 1987 by multifaceted leader and entrepreneur Hon.Col.Dr. Jeppiaar, as its Founder Chancellor. It was established under Sec.3 of UGC Act, 1956 and is accredited with “A++” the Highest Grade by National

Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and is also recognized by AICTE.

Sathyabama reached greater heights under the dynamic leadership of Dr.Mariazeena Johnson as Chancellor and Dr.Marie Johnson as President. They are assisted in the daunting task of administration by Vice Presidents ArulSelvan, Maria Bernadette Tamilarasi, Maria Catherine Jayapriya, and a team of outstanding faculty, who follows innovative pedagogical practices backed by state-of-the-art academic and research facilities.

Sathyabama’s stands tall in ratings and rankings at both the national and international level. The Institution has been ranked one among the top 50 Universities for the last seven consecutive years in NIRF ranking by India’s Ministry of Education, which is an impressive feat achieved only by the most excellent higher education institutions in the country. This deemed university today offers 49 Undergraduate Programmes, 25 Postgraduate programmes and Ph.D programmes in all major disciplines.

Sathyabama is also a leading hub for Research, Technology Incubation and Product innovation in Science and Technology. There are 40+ technical and non-technical clubs contributing to students’ overall and co-curricular development under Student

Development Cell of the institution.

The Sathyabama Centre for Advanced Studies is one of its kind among peers and delivers the unique synergy between the academic and research fields. This state-of-the-art establishment is in an impressive area of 60,000 sq.ft within a total built up space of 2,40,000 sq.ft, having 360 feet facade with two courtyards, with one representing the academic block and the other the advanced research facility.

Over the years, Sathyabama has become a high ranking destination by offering world class academic and research ambience, and has succeeded in attracting students from different parts of the globe.The International Research Centre and Col.Dr.Jeppiaar Research Park housing the advanced research facilities, have globally recognized research and scientific talent. There are 15 centres of excellence in research, which are working in close coordination with these impressive research facilities.

Reflecting the quality and quantity of the research in the campus are 10+ Technology Transfers, 100+ patents and 19000+ reputed publications. The institute also has 228 funded projects, 50 + startups and 11 NBA accredited programmes. Sathyabama also has QS World University Ranking between

1001 – 1200 and Times Impact Ranking between 601 – 800.

Sathyabama has signed more than 250 MoUs for research collaborations, faculty and student exchange, and internship programs, with international universities and industries. This includes collaborations with 51 international and 25 national institutions. The institution distinguished itself in receiving grants from the major research funding initiatives by MHRD including SPARC, SPARSH & IMPRESS programs, NPDF, RTF, DST-OVDF, ICMR-RA and CSIRSRF, besides Korean research fellowship, for various projects.

Also to its credit is the first successful Student Satellite ‘SATHYABAMASAT’ which was designed and developed by the staff & students of Sathyabama, and launched in 2016 by ISRO. The team behind this had an interaction with the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was highly appreciative of this achievement.

Sathyabama’s placement record has been consistent with around 93% of placements every year, with 300+ companies involved in the recruitment process that includes dream companies and super dream companies’ providing lucrative offers to the students. In the current year the placements have crossed 2900 offers and are still going on.