Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 25: A one-day national-level IT fest ‘Dataytics 2019, was inaugurated at St Agnes Centre for Postgraduate Studies and Research, here, on Wednesday September 25. The fest is conducted for the various streams of degree students and hosted by ‘Neuron’ – students’ association of the department of MSc Big Data Analytics.
The dignitaries included Deekshith Rai, CEO Codecraft Technologies Mangaluru, who was the chief guest for Dataytics 2019. The other dignitaries present on the dais were Sr Dr M Jeswina AC, principal, St Agnes, Sr Dr Carmel Rita AC, administrator, St Agnes, Anushree Raj, HOD MSc, Big Data Analytics, Juwairiyah Mulla, president of Neuron, Joel Scaria, vice president of Neuron.
The fest began with an invocation of the divine by the college choir.
A short intro video was presented by Joel to portray the events for the day.
A welcome dance by the PG department of Chemistry was performed.
The gathering was welcomed by Shereen, who extended warm wishes to all who were present during the inauguration, post which the dignitaries were felicitated by the Neuron members.
Juwairiyah briefed the gathering about the events that would take place over the day. This was followed by the lighting of a lamp which officially declared ‘Dataytics′ open and the unveiling of the trophies for which the participants competed against each other.
Deekshith Rai, the chief guest, addressed the gathering wherein he spoke on his opinion of coping-up with growing technology. He also stressed on nothing can substitute hard work and one should always be updated in the IT industry.
Sr Dr Jeswina AC in her presidential address advised the students to participate and not to worry about winning since many failures always lead to success.
The inaugural ceremony culminated with a vote of thanks delivered by Ramona Muthu, thereby declaring the fest open to all. Akshitha Menon compered the programme.
Various events were conducted by the Big Data Analytics students for the day, with judges being invited from the college and outside the campus. Overall, 10 teams registered for Dataytics 2019 and around 60 participants are competing in the fest.
Fest comprises of 6 events, as follows –
1. Ice Breakers (team introduction)
2. Pro Advert (Ad Mad)
3. Tech Boss (best IT manager)
4. Wrangle (debate)
5. Extempore (tech talk)
6. Merge (collage)
To test the technical spirit of the participants, these events were designed.