Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 1: The department of Computer Applications of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), here, hosted the tenth edition of its mega event Joshiana, a two-day national level IT fest.
Joshiana 10.0 was inaugurated in the presence of dignitaries which included Shripada Hebbar, principal technical architect at Robosoft Technologies, Udupi, who was the chief guest at the inaugural. The other dignitaries present on the dais were Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, director of SJEC who presided over the programme, Fr Rohith D’Costa and Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, assistant directors of SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, principal of SJEC, Sumangala N, HOD of MCA at SJEC, Gururaja S, convener of Joshiana 10.0, Prajwal B, president of TechnoCrats and Aishwarya, secretary of TechnoCrats.
Prajwal briefed the gathering of the events that would be held over the two days. This was followed by the unveiling of the trophies for which the participants were competing against each other.
Dr Rio D’Souza spoke about the importance of the journey from being performers to reformers and to go on to become transformers. He mentioned the exemplary josh shown by the staff of the MCA department and asked the students to inculcate some of it.
The chief guest, Shripada Hebbar addressed the gathering wherein he said the youth of today should take care of their health, exercise regularly, get proper sleep and maintain a healthy lifestyle. He mentioned some of the key technologies that are evergreen in the industry and urged the students to master them.
Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza spoke about the importance of competitions and called upon the participants to compete well while playing fair. He congratulated the department of MCA for having hosted Joshiana for a decade and wished all the participants a fruitful time at SJEC.
The inaugural was compered by Diona D’Silva from third-year MCA.
All in all, 16 teams registered for Joshiana 10.0. The fest comprised of ten events namely: IT Quiz, IT Manager, Coding, Web Designing, Mega Event, Mad Ads, Photography & Cinematography, Gaming, Talk Tech and Treasure Hunt.
Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru were the runners-Up of Joshiana 10.0, while the overall championship was bagged by Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.