Media Release

Mangaluru, Aug 18: Alumni/alumnae of 1989 BCom batch came back to St Aloysius College in city after a gap of 27 years making it a nostalgic and historic event. As many as 54 out of the 78 former students attended the unique event with their spouses and parents.

It was indeed a grand reunion because they took meticulous care in ensuring the presence of their parents, spouse and children as also all their teachers and the non-teaching staff of the past years. Over 35 students flew from Middle East and other parts of the world which included many company executives and professionals, just to attend this unique programme. Even some former teachers from other parts of the world and the country attended the ceremony making it really grand.

The programme began with a thanksgiving Mass at St Aloysius Chapel, concelebrated by Fr Leo D’Souza, principal of the college in 1989. The main celebrant was Fr. Dionysius Vaz the rector of St Aloysius College and attended by other priests of the College.

The former students then sat in their class room –Room No.308 - for nearly half an hour bringing back the nostalgic moments.

Fr Dionysius Vaz, Fr Swibert D’Silva the principal, Fr Leo D’Souza, and Dr A M Narahari the registrar were the guests of honour in the formal programme. The guests, while appreciating the fine gesture of the former students coming back to their alma mater, expressed happiness that the former students are upholding the ideals of St Aloysius College as Aloysians and are well settled in life.

A presentation was made about the progress of St Aloysius College in recent years. An appeal was made to help St Aloysius College which is on the verge of becoming a University. Sudheendra Kumar, presently assistant commissioner of income tax at Mysuru welcomed the gathering. Chandra Mohan KY, chartered accountant at Mangaluru compered the programme. Vijaya Kumar Shetty, Chartered Accountant at Mangaluru proposed the vote of thanks. Leslie Noronha, presently in Dubai was instrumental in leading a very big team from the Middle East. Norbert Sequeira also in Dubai took the lead in organizing the thanksgiving Mass. SACAA president Dr Richard Gonsalves gave a brief account of the activities of SACAA and requested all students to attend the Founder’s Day programme on January 12 each year.

The uniqueness of the programme was that more than 25 former teachers including Dr A M Narahari and also the non-teaching staff along with the spouses of the staff who have since deceased were felicitated with grateful memories. All 54 former students took part in the felicitation. Three girls out of four from the first batch after Aloysius College became co-educational in 1986 shared their happiness.

Later, the former student and renowned DJ in Dubai Anil Mascarenhas, popularly called DJ MAS mesmerized the audience with a stunning musical programme running late into the night.

The effort of the organizing committee in organizing the event has been highly appreciated.