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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Sep 26: The Department of Computer Applications of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru is hosting Joshiana 10.0, a two-day national-level IT Fest for the students of MCA, MS, MSc, MTech and BE (CS & IS).
Joshiana 10.0 was inaugurated on Thursday, September 26 with the lighting the lamp by the dignitaries, which included Shripada Hebbar, Principal Technical Architect at Robosoft Technologies, Udupi, who was the Chief Guest at the inaugural Programme. The other dignitaries present on the dais were Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, who presided over the programme, Fr Rohith D’Costa and Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza Assistant Directors of SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Sumangala N, HOD of MCA at SJEC, Gururaja S, Convener of Joshiana 10.0, Prajwal B, President of TechnoCrats and Aishwarya, Secretary of TechnoCrats.
The programme began with the invocation of the Divine by MCA students. The gathering was welcomed by Sumangala N, who extended warm wishes to all the people present during the inaugural. Prajwal B, President of the TechnoCrats, briefed the gathering of the events that would be held over the two days. This was followed by the unveiling of the trophies for which the participants will be competing against each other.
Dr Rio D’Souza spoke about the importance of the journey from being performers to reformers and to go on to become transformers. He called upon the students to work beyond the regular routine and achieve greater things at their workplace. He mentioned the exemplary Josh shown the staff of the MCA department and asked the students to inculcate some of it.
Chief Guest, Shripada Hebbar addressed the gathering wherein he voiced his opinion on coping up with the growth in technology. He said the youth of today should take care of their health, exercise regularly, get proper sleep and maintain a healthy lifestyle. He mentioned some of the key technologies that are evergreen in the industry and urged the students to master them.
Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza spoke about the importance of competitions and called upon the participants to compete well while playing fair. While reiterating the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, he congratulated the department of MCA for having hosted Joshiana for a decade and wished all the participants fruitful time at SJEC.
The curtains were drawn on the Inaugural function with the vote of thanks delivered by Gururaja S, thereby declaring the fest open to all. The MC’s role for the inaugural was donned by Diona D’Silva from third year MCA.
The events are being conducted by the MCA students over two days and the judges are invited from in and out of the college. All in all, 14 teams are registered for Joshiana 10.0 and around 140 participants are taking part in the fest.
The fest comprises of 10 events namely: IT Quiz, IT Manager, Coding, Web Designing, Mega Event, Mad Ads, Photography & Cinematography, Gaming, Talk Tech and Treasure Hunt. The events are designed to test the technical mettle of the participants.