Puttur: Consumer is king in new era - Professor Leo Noronha at Facula - 2014

Bellevision Media Network

Puttur, 03 Sep 2014: The department of commerce and management of St Philomena College, here organised Facula – 2014, a commerce and management Fest at silver jubilee memorial hall, here on Tuesday September 2.

 

The mega event aims at discovering the hidden talents of the commerce and the management students. This is a nurturing ground for talents and ideas where a blend of academics and cultural event will promote the holistic growth.

 

The fest started with the inaugural function by C A Jagannath Kamath, former president of ICAL, Mangalore Branch.

 

The College correspondent Fr Alfred J Pinto presided the programme.

 

 

Speaking on the occasion, Jaganath Kamath said, ‘Academics along with personality development programmes will make students excel in their life. The way to success is the 5 D’s- desire, dream, discipline, determination and divine intervention. He concluded by saying ‘Success lies in effort not in defeat’.

 

Fr Alfred J Pinto in his presidential, questioned the students whether they are accountable in their life. He advised the students to have a budget and also advised their family to follow the same.

 

Professor Leo Noronha said, ’Gone are those days where you can offer whatever you have but today you have to offer whatever the consumer wants. This is the challenge for the management and the commerce students.’

 

The College dean and head of department of commerce and management Professor Maxim Karl welcomed the gathering. III BBM student Srinidi proposed the vote of thanks.  II BBM student Billal Ibrahim compered the programme.

 

The student co-ordinators of the Fest, III B Com student Pavan John Mascarenhas and III BBM student Raj Gopal were also present.

 

The competitions were Minerva - Who am I? an ice- breaking activity where the students introduced themselves. Pegasus – the Best CEO, it immersed the students in three rounds of competition to test their intellectual skills and stress management to discover the best CEO. Fabrizio – Product Launch, provided a platform to experiment and find innovative ways to launch a product. Thesaurus - Treasure Hunt, participants found the way forward with their vision and clues to locate the hidden treasure with the spirit of team work.  Zeus- the Corporate Quiz, it was a mindboggling questions and answer round which made the participants rack their brains.

 

Facula 2014 has been successful in leading to encourage the students from 12 colleges affiliated to Mangalore University to participate in this programme. All the participants participated to the best of their ability and the best ones were awarded with a trophy and attractive cash prizes.

 

St Philomena College alumnus Sindhu Rashmi was the chief guest of valedictory function held on Saturday evening.

 

Fr Leo Noronha presided the programme.

 

Sindhu in her valedictory address said, ‘Winning and losing is a part of the competition, both should be taken in a sports man spirit.’

 

The winner of Minerva - Who am I? was FMC, Madikeri.  The winner of Pegasus – The Best CEO was from SDM College, Ujire.  The winner of Fabrizio – Product Launch was St Agnes College, Mangalore. The winner of Thesaurus - Treasure Hunt is Canara College Mangalore.  The winner of Zeus - the Corporate Quiz was SDM College, Mangalore. The runners up trophy were bagged by St Agnes College Mangalore. The star of the evening was SDM College, Mangalore who won the overall trophy.

 

The aim of exploring the hidden potentials of the students was successfully achieved through Facula - 2014.