Media Release
Mangalore, Oct 18: The inaugural ceremony of ‘Anveeksha’, a national level paper presentation programme organized by the IT section of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Beeri was held at 9.30 am in the Institute auditorium recently.
Neil Rodrigues, project manager of Infosys Technologies was the chief guest and Dr Melwin D’Cunha SJ, head of science research section of St Aloysius College presided over the function.
Neil Rodrigues highlighted the changes that have been taking place in the IT sector and how even ‘click the button’ has become obsolete in the minds of the present generation of students, who are exposed to iPhone, iTablet and all the gizmos of the day. He said it is not enough to search the web for information, but one needs to cultivate the ability to go beyond the information that is available and become creative and innovative.
Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, director of AIMIT, spoke of the advances in technology that are taking place. Mentioning especially the developments in the communication technology, from Bell telephone to the present Blackberry, he said all these innovative devices have been possible due to the creativity of the inventors. Just knowledge is not enough, he said, but insight and seeing beyond what the eyes perceive is the step one needs to take to be creative. He congratulated the students for organizing the paper presentation programme and said that events like this will give them opportunities to think and come out with innovative ideas. He wished the participants the very best.
Fr Melwin D’Cunha, in his presidential address spoke of the Jesuit education which stresses on the use of imagination and thinking and reasoning in imparting education. He also spoke about the work culture and told the students gathered not to over work and become dull, instead to concentrate on one task at a time and finish it well.
As many as 11 colleges participated in the four tracks, namely networking, database and web technologies, advance computing and life science.
A total of 39 papers were presented during the day.
Prof.Praveen Desai from Manipal University gave the keynote address for the web technologies and database stream. Demian Antony D’Mello from St Joseph’s Engineering College, Mangalore gave the keynote address for the networking stream. Dr Manjaiah DH from Mangalore University was the keynote speaker for the advanced computing stream and Reena B spoke for the life sciences stream. Competitions were held simultaneously at four locations.
Fr Francis Almedia SJ, vice principal of St Aloysius College was the chief guest for the valedictory function and shared his insights with the students gathered. Lavina D’Costa, faculty coordinator welcomed the gathering and Prof Santhosh Rebello proposed the vote of thanks.
Under networks, Sudeep Manohar and Sadanand MP from Jawaharlal Nehru National college of Engineering, Shimoga, won the first place and Chaitra Rao and Ganesh Prasad of Srinivas Institute Of Technology, Mangalore won the second place. In advanced computing, Sumathi Kini of AIMIT, St Aloysisu College came first and Aishwarya and Pooja of Channabasaveshwara Institute Of Technology, Tumkur came second. In life sciences, Jitendra Kumar Gupta of AIMIT came first and Priya and Lobsang of St Aloysius College Mangalore came second. Under web technologies and database, P Bavithra Matharaii of MCC won the first place and Chrysil Nonis and Ashwini Bhat of AIMIT won the second place.