Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 7: Students of the Department of Journalism, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), organized a PR event, a theme based photography exhibition; ‘MASKS – the hidden face of society’ Friday, September 6 at the main entrance of Mangaluru City Corporation, Lalbagh.
The exhibition focused on the 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 were human figures with masks in setting signifying that the aforementioned issues are hidden behind the positive face of the society and though one know these, they choose to turn a blind eye. The objective of the exhibition and the photographs was to tap at 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 was provided to the audience as an attempt to collect their opinions on these issues. The students believed that visual aids (photographs) are powerful and convincing and that the audience will go home with questions in their mind and then take the initiative of doing their share.
St Aloysius is a religious minority institution managed by the Jesuit fathers, 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, and ranked 3 in Swachh Campus 2018 by MHRD, government of India. In NIRF ranking, they are within the top 150 institutions in the country and one among the only 3 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 6,500 students studying in various UG, PG and Doctoral programmes with faculty strength of 286 and ministerial staffs 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 4 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.