Media Release
Udupi, Sep 25: Former students of St Mary’s College, Shirva will hold a 'Guruvandana' programme to pay honour all retired staff (teaching as well as administrative) on October 3 at 10 am in the college auditorium. The felicitation is intended not only to respect their role in the learning process but also for showing direction to the lives of students.
Fr Wilson V D’Souza, Fr John A Barboza
Prof Prakash Petankar, Prof Pascal Walter D'Sa
Prof Subrahmanya, Prof Bhavanishankar Rao, Prof Ronald J Moras
Gilbert Fernandes, Celine Tauro
The teachers to be honoured are Fr Wilson V D’Souza, Fr John A Barboza, Prof Prakash Petankar, Prof Pascal Walter D’Sa, Prof Subrahmanya, Prof Bhavanishankar Rao, Prof Ronald J Moras, and administrative staff Gilbert Fernandes and Celine Tauro. Teachers who served in the institution and got transferred to other colleges will also be recognized during the programme.
The programme will be presided over by Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, bishop of Udupi Diocese, while Dr H S Ballal, pro-chancellor, Manipal University will be the chief guest.
Fr Stany Tauro, correspondent, Fr Dr Anil Castelino, campus director, St Mary’s and Don Bosco Institutions, Shirva and Alban Rodrigues, retired principal, St Mary’s PU College, Shirva will be the guests of honour.
'Guruvandana' programme will provide a platform for students to honour their teachers for imparting knowledge and wisdom to them. Prof Rajan V N, principal of the College and Irene Mendonca, convenor, organising committee of the programme have requested all the old students of the college to participate in the event.