Media Release
Mangaluru, Mar 20: PERSONA 2025, an intercollegiate workshop on personality development was organised at St Agnes College (Autonomous) on March 18. The dignitaries, including the chief guest CS Apeksha Prabhu, principal Sr Dr M Venissa A C, head of the department of commerce Vineetha N T, dean – commerce and management Nimitha K, staff co-ordinator of PERSONA Pooja Shetty, and student co-ordinator Sheryl Sequeira, participated in the lighting of the lamp ceremony.
The first session titled ‘Sharpen your Social Savvy’ was conducted by Soujanya Hegde. Derisha from III BCom ACCA welcomed the gathering where Nimitha.K presented a sapling to Soujanya. This session emphasised on the tips to improvise skills that were required to be present in any social gathering, she gave an insight to students on how they were expected to behave and dress in the corporate. Sheryl from III BCom ACCA had delivered the vote of thanks where Pooja Shetty had presented a token of gratitude to Soujanya Hegde.
The second session titled “Unlocking Leadership Potential” was conducted by Dr Malini Hebbar. Malavika from III BCom ACCA welcomed the gathering where Vineetha N T presented a sapling to Dr Malini. This session underscored the importance of volunteering as a leader, being inquisitive, observant and unique. She also conducted various activities that helped students understand these qualities practically. Slavia from III BCom CMA had delivered the vote of thanks where Nimitha K had presented a token of gratitude to Dr Malini Hebbar.
The third session titled ‘Public Speaking’ was conducted by Raveena Mascarenhas. Krupa from III BCom ACCA welcomed the gathering where Sr Christina presented a sapling to Raveena Mascarenhas. This session highlighted how one can speak confidently in the public, she underscored the importance of the vocal and verbal needs in presenting a speech and also suggested how preparation, practice and performance can improvise our speech. Archana from III BCom CMA had delivered the vote of thanks where Mokshitha had presented a token of gratitude to Raveena.
The fourth session titled ‘Building bridges through communication.’ was conducted by Samarth Shenoy B, Fencita from III BCom CMA welcomed the gathering where Pooja presented a sapling to Samarth. This session highlighted the tips for communication especially when it came to talking in a formal gathering and also emphasised on how individuals can misunderstand others through the modes of communication. Sanika from III BCom CMA had delivered the vote of thanks where Anusha had presented a token of gratitude to Samarth Shenoy B.
The workshop commenced with an inauguration ceremony. Alice and her group led the prayer, followed by a welcome address from Deepti, the emcee for the day. Nimitha.K staff co-ordinator of PERSONA welcomed the gathering, and Sheryl introduced the sessions. CS Apeksha Prabhu was florally welcomed by Vineetha N T and felicitated by Sr Dr M Venissa A C. The vote of thanks was delivered by Pooja Shetty.
The valedictory programme commenced with Sheryl Sequeira from III BCom ACCA as the emcee. The dignitaries were Vineetha N T; head of the department of commerce, along with Nimitha K and Pooja, Sheryl welcomed everyone and invited representatives from each college to share their feedback on the sessions.
The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive from all the students which had 108 students from Maps College, Srinivas College, Canara College, University College and Sri Devi College. Subsequently, Vineetha N T distributed certificates to all the participants. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Preemal from III BCom ACCA.