Puttur: St Philomena College holds Philo Ninaada 2017, Intercollegiate Music Competitions

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Puttur, 23 Aug 2017: St Philomena College organized Mangalore University level intercollegiate Music Competitions, Philo Ninaada 2017, here, on Tuesday, August 22.

 

The Registrar of Mangalore University Professor K M Lokesh inaugurated ‘Philo Ninaada 2017’ and said, ‘India has a great tradition of music. Music is a supreme art. Every competitor has to treat this competition as a celebration of our ancient cultural tradition.’

 

 

The Chartered Accountant M Jagannath Kamath Mangalore participated as the chief guest. ‘A’ Top Graded Ghatam Artist, AIR Mangaluru Vidwan Trichy K R Kumar was the guest of honor.

 

The campus director and the chairman of Centre for PG Studies and Research Fr Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro was present.

 

The principal Professor Leo Noronha presided the programme.

 

‘Philo Ninaada 2017’ consists of 8 events: classical vocal solo, classical instrument solo-percussion, classical instrument solo-non-percussion, light vocal-Indian, western vocal, group song-Indian, group song-western and folk orchestra. The students from 17 colleges of Mangalore University have participated in various events held in the first day.

 

The members of Performing Arts Association presented the prayer. The convener Prashanth Rai welcomed the gathering. The Assistant Professor in Computer Science Rajeshwari M proposed the vote of thanks. The head of department of English Bharathi S Rai compered the programme.