Media Release
Mangaluru, Mar 3: A three-day cultural fest 'ARCHIHOLICS' was conducted by the Department of Architecture, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil, Mangaluru from February 27-29, 2020. The chief guests of this function were internationally acclaimed architect Christopher Charles Benninger and Ramprasad Akkiseti, managing director of CCBA Designs. The Fest was inaugurated by Benninger.
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After being welcomed, Benninger had a talk with the faculty members and students of architecture. Later he visited the department and saw the models done by the students and appreciated their work. On this occasion, a talk on 'Timeless Architecture' by the Benninger was organized at Bharath Cinemas, Mangaluru. The program was presided over by the chancellor of Srinivas University, Mangaluru, CA A Raghavendra Rao, Christopher Benninger and Ramprasad Akkiseti, were the chief guests for the program. Dr A Srinivas Rao, pro-chancellor of Srinivas University, Vijayalakshmi R Rao director, Srinivas Group of Colleges, Mangaluru and Mitra S Rao secretary, Mangaluru were the guests of honour for the day.
More than 300 students, architects and faculties from Srininivas School of Architecture participated in the talk. Dr Shrinivasa Mayya D principal of Srinivas Institute of Technology, Architect Kumarchandra dean School of Architecture, Srinivas Institute of Technology organized the talk along with faculty and students coordinators from the Department of Architecture.