Media Release

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Father Muller Medical College, Mangaluru in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru organized HELINET training for the librarians and faculty of health science institutions in the Mangaluru region on Wednesday, July 3 in the Decennial Memorial Hall, second floor Knowledge Centre.

More than 200 delegates from the Mangaluru region attended this training session. The session began with a prayer song followed by the dignitaries being escorted on to the dais by Dr John J S Martis, professor of general surgery, chairperson of the central library committee. The dignitaries present included Amarnath B R, assistant registrar, RGUHS and Keshava Reddy H, section officer, RGUHS.

In addition the dignitaries included Father Richard Aloysius Coelho, director of Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Father Ajith B Menezes, administrator, Father Muller Medical College, Dr Antony Sylvan D’Souza, dean, Father Muller Medical College, Dr John J S Martis, chairperson of the central library committee and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, the chief librarian and secretary of the Central Library Committee.

Dr Janet provided a brief introduction of HELINET consortium and welcomed the gathering. The lamp lighting was followed by Amarnath addressing the gathering and the director giving the presidential address. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr John J S Martis. Dr Manjeshwar Sahana Kamath, associate professor, Father Muller College of physiotherapy was the MC of the programme. The formal programme came to an end with the National Anthem. The dignitaries and delegates gathered for a photo session followed by tea break.

The presentations started at 11 am with a presenter from informatics starting off the session followed by Mc Graw Hill, Pro-Quest, Up to Date, Elsevier, EBSCO and Jaypee publishers. The training came to an end at 5 pm. The delegates attending the training were actively involved and made the most out of this intensive one-day HELINET training session.