Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 8: Rendition-15, a national level paper presentation contest and productive dialogue was organised by the department of business administration at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on October 7, on the theme 'Make in India'.
The inaugural ceremony of the event was held at 9.30 am at Spoorthi Conference Hall, 7th Floor, Academic Block III.
The ceremony commenced with an invocation by the college choir, followed by a video presentation highlighting the various activities undertaken by the Department of Business Administration at SJEC. The event was inaugurated by the chief guest for the function, Dr P G Aquinas, associate professor & Coordinator- MSW at Mangalore University by lighting the lamp. Fr Joseph Lobo, director- SJEC presided over the ceremony. Guests of honour, Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, principal- SJEC, Fr Rohith D‘Costa, assistant director- SJEC and Dr Rio D’Souza, vice principal- SJEC along with Dr Prakash Pinto, dean- MBA, Babitha Rohith faculty coordinator Rendition 15, and student coordinator Lisa D’Souza were present on the dais. Allen Pereira, member of governing council - SJEC was also present for the inaugural ceremony.
Babitha Rohith, faculty coordinator Rendition-15 welcomed the gathering. Dr P G Aquinas is a well sought after consultant and trainer. A prolific writer, he has published over 12 books on management and economics. His material is used by over 21 universities in India. He has researched and published several articles in the areas of organisation behaviour and management of human resources. He has served several universities and autonomous institutes as member of Board of Studies (BOS) and Examiners (BOE) for MBA and MCom courses.
Addressing the gathering, Dr P G Aquinas congratulated the faculty and the students for conducting the programme. He remarked that activities are important for students, because today’s economy is knowledge economy and information is available at a click of a mouse anywhere and everywhere. He enticed the students to be sincere in their work. He also said that knowledge comes to us freely and we need to give it freely. He further added that sincerity, zeal for learning, understanding and enthusiasm will help to create the best entrepreneurs.
Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, principal- SJEC, in his address, persuaded the students to be hard working, by illustrating the model of China. He advised the students to focus on manpower, as awareness and additional knowledge is required to build a good number of people to manage business.
Fr Joseph Lobo motivated the students to be enthusiastic and encouraged them to practice ethical principles in business and also welcomed all the participants to Rendition-15.
Lisa D’Souza, student coordinator of Rendition-15 proposed the vote of thanks.
Prathiksha Shetty of 2nd MBA compered the inaugural ceremony.
Rendition-15 concluded with a valedictory ceremony at 3.30 pm. Dr Rio D’Souza, vice principal - SJEC was the chief guest and Fr Joseph Lobo, director – SJEC, was the guest of honour for the programme. Renita Menezes, student II - MBA welcomed the guests and audience. The chief guest, Dr Rio D’Souza spoke on the various perspectives of Rendition. He stated that it is important to have disruptive innovation for revolutionary changes. Fr Joseph Lobo through his humorous anecdotes emphasised to the students that life is in their hands and they have to make the best use of it.
The winners of Rendition-15 were announced by Crystal Mathias, student of II MBA. The chief guest distributed the prizes to the winners.
Finance Specialisation
I Place – Apoorva - Srinivas School of Management, Mukka, Mangaluru
II Place – Beena T E - Cauvery College Centre for P G Studies, Gonikoppal
Human Resource Specialisation
I Place – Mural Henrita Cutinha - University College, Mangaluru
II Place – Baretto Royce Winfred - AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru
Marketing Specialisation
I Place – P Nehila Farveen - department of P G studies in commerce, Sacred Heart College - Madanthyar
I Place – Pallavi - Christ University Institute of Management, Bengaluru
II Place – Emma Pia Khonglah, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru
Productive Dialogue
I Place – Saurav Mijar and Abhishek Bendigere, Christ University Institute of Management, Bengaluru
II Place – Nolan Lewis and Rohit Suvarna, Poorna Prajna Institute of Management, Udupi
The vote of thanks was proposed by Gowtham M, student coordinator, Rendiiton-15, Mr Damodar Baliga compered the valedictory programme.
During the day over 40 papers were presented and seven teams participated in the productive dialogue. The movie Peepli Live was screened for the final round of assessment in productive dialogue.