Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 13: Srinivas University Institute of Engineering & Technology is organizing a state level techno cultural & sports fest 'INSPIRE 2026' for the PU (science, commerce & arts) and diploma students on Saturday, November 14 at Mukka campus, with the objective of providing a platform for Pre-University (PU) and Diploma students to showcase their talents.
Dr A Srinivas Rao, honorable chancellor of Srinivas University, will preside over the programme.
Satish B Naik, deputy director, department of school education (Pre University), Udupi district, will be the chief guest and will inaugurate the INSPIRE 2026 event.
Dr Dayananda Pai (principal, SVS PU College Katapadi and president of Udupi District Aided & Un-Aided PU College Principals Association (R)), A Vijayalakshmi R Rao (member, board of governors, Srinivas University), Prof Er A Mithra S Rao (member, board of governors, Srinivas University), and Dr K Satyanarayana Reddy (vice-chancellor, Srinivas University) will be the guest of honors.
Dr Anil Kumar (registrar), Dr Srinivasa Maiya D (registrar - Evaluation), Dr Ajay K G (registrar - Development), Dr Aditya Kumar Maiya (registrar – Academic & development), Dr Ramakrishna N Hegde (dean, SUIET Mukka), Prof Vishwas C Shetty (coordinator, INSPIRE-26), and Dr Naveen Kumar J R (co-coordinator, INSPIRE-26) will also be present.
In the previous year, around 1,100 students from various PU and Diploma colleges participated in Inspire 2025. This year, we are expecting around 1,500 plus participants.
Under the technical category, events such as Idea pitching, science model exhibition, and science quiz have been organized. The sports category includes cricket, volleyball, kabaddi, table tennis, badminton and chess. The cultural category includes Reels Making (Theme: Karnataka Vaibhava), treasure hunt, solo singing, and collage making (Theme: Climate Change / Save Earth) competitions. Attractive cash prizes, certificates and trophies will be awarded to the winners. For more information and Online Registration, kindly visit the website https://suietinspire.com/.
With the aspiration of making this State Level Technical, Cultural and Sports Fest successful and memorable, we kindly request your support in providing wide media coverage for the INSPIRE-26 event. We hereby cordially invite all of you to the inaugural ceremony of INSPIRE-26, which will be held on Saturday, November 14 at 10 am in the open-air auditorium of the Engineering College at Srinivas University, Mukka Campus.
Dr Ramakrishna N Hegde (dean, SUIET Mukka), Prof Vishwas C Shetty (coordinator, INSPIRE-26), Dr Naveen Kumar J R (co-coordinator, INSPIRE-26), Prajwal S Poojary (student coordinator) and Swathi (student coordinator) were present at the press meet.