Media Release

Mangalore, Mar 16: The inauguration ceremony of Insignia-2012, 'The Blue Oceanic Quest', organized by the MBA faculty, took place on Thursday March 15 at 9 am at the Beeri campus of St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT).

Vishal Hegde, executive chairman, NITTE group of institutions and trustee, NITTE Educational trust was the chief guest. The ceremony was also graced by Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, director-AIMIT, Fr Oswald Mascarenhas SJ, chairman MBA-AIMIT, Dr Rowena Wright, dean academics, Shawn Periera, faculty coordinator, Alston Dsouza, student coordinator and Baijnath Pandey, management club secretary.

In his inaugural speech, Hegde stressed on three key qualities that any manager needs to possess to be successful: The ability to get along with people, ability to work hard and the ability to think like an entrepreneur. He was very nostalgic about his studies at St Aloysius College and mentioned that three generations of his family were educated at St Aloysius College. He said,”I am proud of St Aloysius College and of the values engraved in me. I got excellent education there”. He also said that only after moving out of the college one realizes and appreciates the foundation one got while studying in college.

Briefing the participants, Fr Mascarenhas SJ strongly recommended them to come up with something completely new and to think out of the box. Speaking further about the theme: 'The Blue Oceanic Quest, A Journey Beyond Imagination', he described the seven different management games of this fest as seven different problems that need the attention of the management experts. He also highlighted how the concept of integrating the various disciplines of management will help one break the highly compartmentalized and jaded approach towards management. The seven different games of the fest will be industry specific rather than the traditional departmentalized approach.

Later, Fr Denzil Lobo SJ echoed his opinion to support Fr Mascarenhas's word of integrating business management. Quoting many examples from the industry, he reiterated on the need of revamping the whole education system in order to make youth 'think' and become creative.

Later, the MBA division's annual magazine CREO was released by the chief guest. Rajani Suresh is the coordinator of the magazine. Dr Rowena Wright, dean (academics) proposed the vote of thanks.