Mangalore: Max Rasquinha Inaugurates 'Infovision 2011' at AIMIT
Media Release
Mangalore, Sep 15: The inaugural of 'Infovision 2011', an IT and bioinformatics exhibition organized by the IT and Bioinfo faculty of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri was held at 9.30 am on Thursday September 15.
Max Rasquinha, founder, IIPP and Internal Orientation Centre, Mangalore, from Houston, Texas, was the chief guest and Fr Joseph Rodrigues, rector, Aloysian Institutions presided over the function.
Max Rasquinha honoured Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, director, AIMIT with a citation and gifts for the meritorious work he has been doing to set up a world class management and IT School in Mangalore. He lauded the efforts of Jesuit fathers in the field of education. He reminisced his own school days at St Aloysius, and how he, at a very young age left Mangalore seeking employment in the Middle Eastern countries. Sheer hard work and perseverance has helped him to achieve all that he has in his life.
"Be highly motivated and be a lifelong learner," he told the august gathering of students and participants. "India has very good human resource and we would be supplying leaders to the whole world in the next twenty years," he said indicating the presence of highly talented young people in our country. He also said that some years back it was the opinion that our highly trained young people left the country. It is not so. They are interested in the growth of India and their presence abroad is bringing a large amount of foreign exchange to the country. He encouraged the students gathered to work hard and involve themselves in creative activities.
Fr Denzil Lobo in his introductory speech welcomed the chief guest and the dignitaries. He said, "If the AIMIT campus looks beautiful, it is due to the contribution by Max Rasquinha of priceless paintings and artifacts which adorn the walls of the building." He thanked Max Rasquinha for taking a lot of interest in the growth of AIMIT campus and for his generosity.
Quoting how a University like Ransslaer in New York could produce so many distinguished engineers, scientists, executives and so on, he asked why institutions in India which churn out so many graduates every year could not produce world class innovators. Fr Lobo remarked that though we have excellent and bright young people in our country, our educational system really needs a thorough overhaul. Our system puts more stress on memorizing rather than creativity and innovation. He opined that we should establish world class institutions in India which are on par with some of the universities in the US and Europe. It is possible provided there is more freedom given by the government and universities. He said participating in an event like 'Infovision' helps students to do some original work and come out with bright ideas, and implement those ideas for the benefit of mankind. He thanked the AIMIT team headed by Prof Santhosh Rebello and the faculty members and students for organizing this event.
Fr Joseph Rodrigues spoke on the advances made in biotech field and said that the next generation of students will have all the opportunities in life. He said, though there has been a little slump due to recession, there will always be a bright future to our talented young people. He congratulated the students and wished success to Infovision.
Max Rasquniha was felicitated by Fr Rodrigues with a shawl and Mysore peta. Deborah Vijay, faculty coordinator of Infovision welcomed the gathering and Ruban proposed the vote of thanks.
The formal function was followed by the inaugural of the exhibition and a large gathering of students from around have been visiting the exhibition. It will be open till Friday September 16 evening.