Media Release

Mangaluru, Sep 5: Students of the department of Journalism, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), here on September 6 will organise a PR event, a theme based photography exhibition; 'MASKS – the hidden face of society' at the main entrance of Mangaluru City Corporation, Lalbagh from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.

The exhibition will focus on display of photographs based on 20 issues namely – poverty, illiteracy, terrorism, untouchability, corruption, overpopulation, child marriage, starvation, child labour, gender inequality, dowry, domestic violence, sexual harassment of women at workplace, child sex abuse, marital rape, child trafficking, bonded labour, lack of sanitation and superstition.

The main focus of the photographs will be human figures with masks in setting signifying that the aforementioned issues are hidden behind the positive face of society and though we know of these, we choose to turn a blind eye. The objective of the exhibition and the photographs is to tap into the conscience of the general public and evoke a sense of responsibility to take a stand about these issues; in ways that they can.

A questionnaire will be provided to the audience as an attempt to collect their opinions on these issues along with a sheet containing latest data and statistics on the following issues as well as measures that individuals can adopt. We believe that visual aids (photographs) are powerful and convincing and that the audience will go home with questions in their minds and then take the initiative of doing their share.

St Aloysius is a religious minority institution managed by the Jesuit priests, who are pioneers in the field of education throughout the world. The college is accredited by NAAC with A grade having CGPA of 3.62, College with a potential for excellence by UGC, College with Star Status – awarded by DBT, ranked 3 in Swachh Campus 2018 by MHRD, Govt of India. In NIRF ranking they are within the top 150 institutions in the country and one among the only three institutes from the state of Karnataka. UGC team has inspected the college for the deemed –to- be university status and the process is on the move.

The college is blessed to have 6500 students studying in various UG, PG and Doctoral programmes with faculty strength of 286 and ministerial staff of 154. They offer six programmes for the undergraduates and 21 programmes for post graduates in two sprawling centers. They have seven departments offering PhD programmes. Skill enhancement Courses are offered in four different trades, under DDU Kaushal Kendra for undergraduates and BiSEP is offered to the post graduates. The world-renowned paintings in the college chapel attract thousands of foreign and domestic tourists. The college museum with rare collections is an added attraction.

For further details please contact:

- Nicole Elena Serrao - 9110872658
- Anushree Bhat M - 6360146826