Anveeksha' paper presentation programme held at AIMIT

Mangalore, October 16: The IT section of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Beeri organised Anveeksha, the national level paper presentation programme at the Institute auditorium recently.

Mr Neil Rodrigues, Project Manager , Infosys Technologies was the Chief Guest and Rev. Dr. Melwin D'Cunha Sj, head, Science Research section of St Aloysius College presided over the function.

Mr Neil Rodrigues highlighted the changes that have been taking place in the IT sector and how even “click the button' has become obsolete in the minds of the present generation of students, who are exposed to iPhone, iTablet and all the gizmos of the day. He said it is not enough to search the web for information, but one needs to cultivate the ability to go beyond the information that is available and become creative and innovative.

Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT, spoke of the advances in technology that are taking place. Mentioning especially the developments in the communication technology, from Bell telephone to the present Blackberry, he said all these innovative devices have been possible due to the creativity of the inventors. Just knowledge is not enough, he said, but insight and seeing beyond what the eyes perceive is the step one needs to take to be creative. He congratulated the students for organizing the paper presentation programme and said that events like this will give them opportunities to think and come out with innovative ideas. He wished the participants the very best.

Fr Melwin D'Cunha, in his presidential address spoke of the Jesuit education which stresses the use of imagination and thinking and reasoning in imparting education. He also spoke about the work culture and told the students gathered not to over work and become dull, instead to concentrate on one task at a time and finish it well.

There were a total of 11 colleges which participated in the four tracks, namely Networking, Database and Web Technologies, Advance computing and Life science.

A total of 39 papers were presented during the day .

Prof.Praveen Desai from Manipal University gave the keynote address for the Web Technologies and Database stream. Mr. Demian Antony D'Mello from St. Josephs Engineering College Mangalore gave the keynote address for the Networking stream; Dr. Manjaiah D.H. From Mangalore University was the keynote speaker for the Advanced Computing stream and Mrs. Reena B spoke for the Life Sciences stream. Competitions were held simultaneously at four locations.

Fr Francis Almedia SJ, Vice Principal, St Aloysius College was the chief guest for the valedictory function and shared his insights with the students gathered. Mrs Lavina D'Costa, Faculty coordinator welcomed the gathering and Prof. Santhosh Rebello proposed the vote of thanks.

The following won the prizes:

1.) Networks:

1st place: Sudeep Manohar and Sadanand MP

Jawaharlal Nehru National college of Engineering Shimoga

2nd place : Chaitra Rao and Ganesh Prasad of Srinivas Institute Of Technology Mangalore

2.) Advanced Computing:

1st place: Sumathi Kini ofAIMIT , St Aloysisu College

2nd Place: Aishwarya and Pooja of Channabasaveshwara Institute Of Technology, Tumkur.

3.) Life Science:

1st Place: Jitendra Kumar Gupta of AIMIT

2nd Place: Priya and Lobsang of St. Aloysius College Mangalore.

4.) Web Technologies and Database:

1st Place: P. Bavithra Matharaii of MCC

2nd Place: Chrysil Nonis and Ashwini Bhat of AIMIT

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