Media Release
Mangalore, Oct 7: Rendition 13, A National Level Paper Presentation Contest and Productive Dialogue was organized by the Department of Business Administration, St Joseph Engineering College on October 1 on the theme ‘Technology Driven Management’.
The programme was inaugurated by the chief guest Rajiv Banga, managing director and CEO, Mangalore SEZ Limited; the president Fr Joseph Lobo, director, SJEC; the guest of honour–Dr Joseph Gonsalves, principal, SJEC, Dr Prakash Pinto, dean - MBA, Babitha Rohith, Rendition 13 Faculty co-ordinator, Vaishak T P, the student co-ordinator at 9.30 am in the Seminar Hall, Blessed John Paul II Block, Academic Block III, SJEC.
Far Ajith Menezes, Fr Rohit D’Costa, assistant directors – SJEC and Sanjeev Karkera, general manager, Mangalore SEZ Ltd were also present.
Babitha Rohith, Rendition 13, Faculty co-ordinator welcomed the august gathering. Rajiv Banga, managing director and CEO, Mangalore SEZ Limited, an eminent personality, with 33 years of work experience in the corporate field, serving 27 yrs in Hindustan Unilever Limited, stressed on the importance of operational excellence and management by strategy that helps in redefining business and urged the participants of Rendition 13 to utilise the aids of technology while presenting the papers.
Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, principal, SJEC in his guest of honour address, cited that the younger generation has been blessed with innovative technological tools and mentioned that Management Information System provides an avid business technology at making management an easy task.
Fr Joseph Lobo, director, SJEC in his presidential address, stated that from dawn to dusk all are dependent on technology and it enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of management. He added that a good manager is the one with best ideas, who helps in the contribution of innovative ideas. Vaishak T P, student co-ordinator, Rendition 13 proposed the vote of thanks for the Inaugural Function. Flavia Lobo, student III Semester MBA was the compere for the inaugural iunction.
There were 20 paper presentations from the MCom and MBA students of colleges from Mangalore, Udupi, Puttur, Ujjre and Moodabidri, in the specialization areas of Finance, Marketing and Human Resource. Around 27 students participated in the productive dialogue and deliberated on the theme, ‘Technology Driven Management’.
The certificates of excellence for the paper presentation at Rendition 13 were awarded to –
Finance Specialization:
I Place: Prajna Bharadwaj- PoornaPrajna Institute of Management
II Place:Vinod Leo D’souza- AIMIT , St.Aloysius College
II Place:Sajan Chowta, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management
Human Resource Specialization:
I Place: Sagarika K Sudhir –PoornaPrajna Institute of Management
II Place: Jaya shetty – Mangalore Institute of Technology And Engineering
Marketing Specialisation:
I Place:Swapna Shetty-A.J Institute of Management
II Place:Manjunath Harikant, A.J Institute of Management
The certificates of excellence for the productive dialogue at Rendition 13 were awarded to –
Winner –Merline – Poornaprajna Institute of Management
Runners up –Kripa, Sahyadri college Of Engineering and Management
Runners up- Jeslyn D’souza, Mangalore University
The programme ended with the valedictory function. Dr Rio Dsouza, vice-principal, SJEC was the chief guest for the valedictory session.
In his address he remarked that rendition has rendered and moved on. He encouraged students to follow their pursuits, understand their goals and make corrections in the present. Fr Rohith D’Costa, in his guest of honour address, motivated the students and stated that through technology we should try to know about others and build better relationships.
Fr Ajith Menezes, assistant director,SJEC in his presidential remarks addressed the students on the fear of the unknown which prevents them to innovate in their personal lives. Keshav Naresh Shenoy , Rendition 13 student co-ordinator proposed the vote of thanks. Divya Dagma Rego, student III semester MBA was the MC for the valedictory function.