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Epitome-2K12 concludes at AIMIT

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March 31, 2012

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Mangalore, March 31: The valedictory of Epitome-2K12, the national level IT fest conducted by IT section of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, was held at Friday evening.

Dikshit Rai, CEO, CodeCraft, an alumnus of St Aloysius College was the chief guest. Speaking about his journey through life to achieve the distinction of being a very young entrepreneur and CEO, said that there is no mantra to achieve success. “If you are confused about what you need to do in life it is alright”.

“Don't let anyone say you are not good. There is nothing which cannot be done”, he said.

Mr Rai called upon the young audience to work hard and said that is the formula to achieve success. “Opportunities will know at your door, then be ready to grab them and that will make a lot of difference”, he said.

Presenting his own example, when he was offered a big job how he refused to take it up because he had a desire to start something on his own and how that has made a big difference.

Rev Dr Ozzie Mascarehas SJ, Chairman, MBA Dept , AIMIT who presided over the function spoke about Mr Vinod Kosla, after being in IT field for so many years had ventured to make this world a better place through IT. Fr Masacarenhas asked the students to think BIG. Taking one more example of Nathan Wolfe, virologist, he said IT professionals of future should work towards making digital data to solve the problems of the world.

Fr DEnzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT thanked Mr Dikshit for inspiring the gathering by his example and referring to Mr Rai, said , “we have a young Steve Jobs amongst us”.

He also said that anyone who has ideas could achieve anything . Only one needs to work hard. Quoting Tom Friedman, the author of the book 'The World is Flat', he said, “Anyone, anywhere can be a world player today. Opportunities are there…but one needs to grab them when they come. He once again reiterated his message saying, “Creative Thinking is very essential”.

Arun D'Silva, the faculty coordinator of 'Epitome' gave an account of the proceedings of both the days and Annapoorna proposed the vote of thanks.

The formal progrmame was followed by the distribution of certificates and awards to the winders. NMMIT MCA team, NITTE won the overall championship and St Jospeh's Engineering College MCA team was the runners up.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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