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Chikkamagaluru, Oct 1: SRH University Heidelberg, Germany awarded Manoj Samuel Baptist, son of Michael S Baptist, co-founder of Waterjet Engineers and Rainy Research & Mfg, Chikkamagaluru, with the Faculty Award 2021 for his extensive work in master thesis called Analysis of Water Footprint in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and Evaluation of its Socio-Economic Impact”. ‘
The award recognizes the holistic outstanding academic performance as well as the quality of the master’s thesis. This award was presented to Manoj by Prof Dr Ozdemir, study programme director International Business & Engineering (MEng) during the formal graduation ceremony held at Heidelberg, Germany on September 28.
SRH University Heidelberg is one of the oldest and largest private universities in Germany and is part of a strong network of eight German universities in all. Today, there are over 3,400 students from 65 countries who are preparing for their careers at SRH University. Their innovative study model has received the Genius Loci Award for Excellence in Teaching from Stifterverband in 2018.
Manoj is a graduate of International Business and Engineering (MEng), SRH Heidelberg.
He wrote his Master thesis under the guidance of Prof Dr Ulrike Gayh, study programme director Water Technology (MEng) and Dr Torsten Seidel, research coordinator SOEA/country ambassador Finland. The thesis was directed towards water sustainability in SMEs, it analyzed the real-time water footprint of three German SMEs and highlighted how water sustainability could bring a competitive edge in today’s water-scarce world. Motivated by Dr Gayh, during the tenure of his master thesis, Manoj took part in various international water programmes including – IWA – World Water Congress 2021 and Democratia-Aqua-Technica.
Furthermore, previously as a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Manoj and his team was awarded the best engineering project in Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru for the development and implementation of a novel water vortex turbine, a turbine devised to generate green energy.