Media Release

Mangaluru, Jan 26: St Aloysius ITI celebrated Republic Day on Friday, January 26 with enthusiasm and pride for the country.

The celebration began by singing national song ‘Vande Matharam’. The national flag was hoisted by the guest of honour former principal of St Aloysius College Fr Julian Fernandes.

Chief guest of the programme was Prakash Melwyn Sequeira, tourism consultant and general manager, Terminal Company. Addressing the gathering, he said, “We celebrate the union of different regions, religions and cultures today. Unity in diversity is our strength. We have grown and are growing at faster pace than ever. At the same time, there have been efforts to sow the seeds of hatred among different religions. We must never forget that, united we stand and divided we fall”.

Fr Julian Fernandes said, “The great leaders of India who drafted and implemented the Constitution of India had dreams of equality and prosperity of all. Those dreams are yet to be realised. Today, the wealth is concentrated only in the hands of very few people and people in the under developed areas lack even basic facilities like clean drinking water and decent food. Development of India is not the development of affluent or powerful people, but the development of every single citizen of
India”.

Vincent Mendonsa, principal of the institution welcomed the dignitaries and Roshan D’Souza, vice-principal rendered the vote of thanks. The students presented a colourful cultural show. Rayan D’Souza, compered the programme.