Media Release

Mangalore, Nov 16: In view of better understanding of the city and create awareness on the day-to-day
happenings in the City Corporation, the commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation Dr K N Vijayaprakash invited the school children for a tour around the city and come up with their own
model for growing city.

Interacting with high school students during Insignia Jr, a district level Student Leadership Development
Programme, organized by the Students Action Movement (SAM), the high school wing of Centre for
Integrated Learning (CIL) at the Canara High School in the city on Sunday November 14, the commissioner promised that he would facilitate a student delegation comprising of two kids from each school to take them around the city so as to appraise them of the various issues that are faced by the City.

The day-long event featured various sessions on leadership effectiveness along with interactive sessions
to sensitise the high school students on civic issues. Over 120 students drawn from about 20 institutions
in the city participated in the programme, co-hosted by the Interact Club of Canara High School (Main).

During the interaction, Vijayaprakash acknowledged the fact that there were problems galore in
the corporation and that students could play a major role in influencing the citizens to seek a better
tomorrow by raising their voice.

The students also had a unique opportunity to air their opinion and seek answers on the law and order
situation In the city during an exclusive interaction session with the commissioner of police, Seemanth
Kumar Singh. Singh, who is known to be a tough cop to handle any tense situation, exhibited all his
softness to walked around the student gathering to explain the various aspects of law and order, crimes,
traffic situations among other aspects under his control. He also exhorted the students to take up civil
services examinations so as to take up careers in public administration.

Insignia Jr was inaugurated by eminent orthodontist and former national president of Indian Dental
Association Dr U S Krishna Nayak who called on students, especially the younger ones to open
their eyes to the harsh realities of the world so that they can groom themselves to become responsible
citizens of the country when they grew.

The other sessions during the day was facilitated by experts including Human Resource Development
experts of the likes of Major Radhakrishna of MGM College, Udupi, Capt Gopinath from Canara Pre-
University College, Pushparaj K, a child psychologist from Kasargod and former journalist S Nandagopal.

The deliberations were conducted totally by high school students who are the members of SAM, which
added a special flavour to the programme.