National Level IT Fest ‘Epitome- 2011’ Inaugurated at AIMIT

News: Fr Denzil Lobo
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Mar 31: Epitome 2011, the national level IT Fest organized by ELIXIR, the IT students association of AIMIT, for the MCA and other IT programmes commenced with the inaugural function at the AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College on Thursday March 31. 

The programme began with the prayer song and lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries at the AIMIT auditorium. The dean of IT department professor Santhosh Rebello welcomed the dignitaries. He briefed the gathering about the changing global scenario in the IT field and the contribution of AIMIT towards higher education.

Fr Denzil Lobo, the director of Aloysius institute of Management and Information technology (AIMIT) quoted Thomas Friedman, author of the book ‘The World Is Flat’ saying that people from any part of the world can compete with anyone else. A good environment is required in order to become a successful leader. He also quoted Gunther Fleig, CEO of DaimlerChrysler who said that the most important factor to look for in a candidate is passion in anything they want to do. He emphasized the importance of PQ (Passion coefficient); in achieving greater heights which is the meaning of the Greek word ‘Epitome’-the theme of the fest.

The student convenor of Epitome, Arun Jose, introduced Fr Oswald Mascharenhas, the chief guest of the inaugural. Fr Oswald said that information technology is relatively recent and was born from the Cuban missile crisis (1962). This crisis showed the importance of sharing information among individuals. He questioned ‘What is next in the IT world?’ and how our five senses could be transmitted via computers.  He further suggested that corporate fraud and institutional bribery could be prevented before it occurs, with the help of IT.

The presidential address was delivered by Fr Joseph Rodrigues, rector, St Aloysius College. He talked about the growth of Aloysius in the past 131 years and its role in inculcating moral values in individuals. He urged the students to be better human beings with compassion, in addition to passion and added the importance of DQ (Divine Quotient). He emphasized this by taking the example of Brian Page, Google founders, who had ideas and big dreams and worked with compassion to achieve great heights.

Fr Denzil Lobo SJ gave a token of affection to the chief guest. Professor Rakesh Kumar proposed the Vote of Thanks. Altogether 25 teams from all over the country are participating in the fest which will be concluded on Friday April 1.