Mangalore: Plethora of talents converge for 'Olympus' cultural fest at FMMC
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SS)
Mangalore, Oct 22: 'Olympus 2013’, an inter-batch cultural fest organized by Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) was inaugurated at Academy Hall in the college campus here on Monday October 21.
Dr Tessa N Kaneri, staff advisor of the committee, gave an introduction of the fest.
“This year’s cultural fest is as per the Greek mythology. It is called 'Olympus 2013’, under which eight groups have been formed; they are Poseidon – batch 2009, Ares – batch 2010, Athena – batch 2011, Hephaestus - batch 2012, Artemis – batch 2013, Apollo – AHS, Hades – Interns, Zeus – staff and PG,” she said.
Inaugurating the fest, chief guest Matharani Mathias, principal of Sarosh Institute of Hotel Administration said, “Cultural fests symbolize youth life, college life and life in common. Talent is cheaper than table salt, what separates a successful person from others is the amount of hard work that is put in.”
In his presidential address, Fr Patrick Rodrigues director of FMMC motivated the students and said, “The tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside us as we live; thus everyone must participate and showcase their talent.”
'Olympus 2013’ consists of 27 literary as well as non-literary competitions. Nirthya Natika, dance competition was judged by Shruti Gururaj, Najraj and Shubha. This was followed by face painting competition, shutter – photography competition, clay modeling, movie making, cooking without fire etc.
The welcome speech was delivered by J P Alva, dean of FMMC while Vaishaka Shetty, the cultural secretary proposed the vote of thanks.
Fr Rudolph Ravi D'Sa, administrator; Fr Richard Coelho, administrator of FMMCH; Dr B Sanjeev Rai, chief of medical services, FMMCH, managing committee, administrative committee, staff and students were present on the occasion.