Department of Economics inaugurated its new association ‘Amartha’ (Aloysian Mangalore Arthashastra Association) by Dr. Navin Chandra Thilangana on 28th of August at 3:15 p.m at the college teletorium. He delivered a special lecture on ”Changing contours in banking sector”. Dr. Navin is a professor at the Justice K.S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte.
Amartha joins Al Associations
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Fighting Swine Flu
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Academy Award nominated Canadian Film by Deepa Mehta “Water” was screened on 28th August by the humanities association in the Xavier auditorium at 3:15 pm. The film starred Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala Kariyawasam and Manorama.
Movie Time
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Together let's sing.....
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Flower arrangement competition was conducted by the AICUF association on 27th August, 4:15 pm at the college auditorium. There were 12 groups of two participants each. The first place was won by Azlina and Sherlin while the second and third place were won by Noella, Nuha and Sherol, Shilpa respectively. The judges were Dr. Harsha Paul, Dept. of Microbiology, Ms.Krishna Prabha, Dept. of Electronics and Ms. Premalatha, Dept. of Computer Science.
A pleasure for the eyes
MCMS Students at Wiki Seminar
This event which was sponsored by Deccan Herald began in the IT Auditorium at 9:30 a.m.
All Set up for a melodious prayer
Rev Fr Dr Richard Rego SJ introduced Wikipedians from Bangalore, Dr Prashant and Mr Hariprasad who were the honoured guests and resource persons for the Academy.
Dignitaries on the Dais
After a warm welcome ceremony the Wiki Academy was inaugurated with the opening of a box which enclosed the Wikipedia Symbol.
The Globe of Knowledge
Dr Prasahant spoke on the use of Indian languages in Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that has revolutionized the access of information to people across the world.
Wikipedian, Dr. Prashnat
Principal of St. Aloysius College, Rev Fr Swebert D’Silva SJ addressed the gathering and spoke about the importance of Information in this era.
Rev Fr Swebert D'Silva SJ
Speaking about the workshop, HOD Journalism and Communication, Rev Fr Dr Richard Rego SJ said, “This is the first time that such an event is being held in India”.
Iron Man of the Department
Tvesha the monthly Newsletter done by I MCMS was released on this occasion.
Sweet fruit of hard work - Tvesha
After the inaugural ceremony, the academy began with talks and presentations about the concept, history and evolution of Wikipedia which started with a humble few hundred articles and has grown in size over the years since 2001.
Wikipedians seasoning up the session
The resource persons demonstrated how to edit articles, add photos and the use of Wikipedia academics. They also introduced people to the various policies that help improve not just the Wikipedia, but more importantly, the standards in education.
Wikipedian, Mr Hariprasad
Knowing more on Wikipedia, It is a free web-based and collaborative multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau (mixture) of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning ‘quick’) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia has today over 13 million articles in over a 100 languages including several Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. Wikipedia’s volunteers are also trying to begin an encyclopedia in Konkani and Tulu.
The Globe that know's all - Wiki Symbol
All of Wikipedia’s 13 million articles (3 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. College students, teachers, doctors and various other professionals (and even high school students!) take time away to learn about a topic from various sources and add to the encyclopedia. Access is completely free and almost all articles can be edited by anyone with an Internet connection. Editors of Wikipedia on the one hand improve access to information to anybody seeking it, and on the other, improve their abilities to write and research.
Team MCMS with the Wikipedians
Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events, usually lasting one or two days. They are designed to coach academics and other experts in how to contribute to Wikipedia, and to foster a positive impression of Wikipedia. Their main purpose is to increase the quality and – to a lesser extent – the quantity of articles in Wikipedia. Such Academies are normally staged as conferences for roughly 80–200 people. They often focus on encouraging contributions from a particular language, or to a specific field.
Team MCMS
Report By:- Sofiya D’Souza, Amritha Rao, Sandhya D’Souza (II MCMS) and Harsha Raj Gatty (Ist MCMS)
A talk was held in the St. Aloysius IT auditorium on Friday regarding the precautions needed to be taken to avoid Swine Flu.
Prevention is Better than Cure
Stay Healthy, Be Happy
“Genotech” The Biotechnology Association conducted Collage competition today in the St. Aloysius College Xavier Block.
Busy as a Bee
The theme for the collage was ‘Swine Flu’. Many students participated tearing and sticking papers and making interesting informative charts.
Tearing for a noble cause
The Collage is one of the competitions from the string of activities ‘Genotech’ is conducting from August 17 to August 22. In the past 3 days the association has conducted Quiz, Rangoli made from pulses and Debate competitions. Tomorrow wealth out of waste competition will be conducted and on August 22 a documentary will be screened.
Rangoli can be done from anything
Shri Vidhya, Joint Secretary of the Association feels such activities keep a balance in the hectic study schedule and also gives students an opportunity to interact with each other.
Shri Vidhya displaying beautiful charts done by Genotech participants
HOD Biotechnology, Dr. K V Nagalakshamma, Ms. Renita D’Souza and Ms. Serena D’Souza are the lecturer’s incharge of the competitions conducted by ‘Gentotech’.
Dr K V Nagalakshamma looking at the creative chart done by the students
Dr. K. V Nagalakshamma is very pleased with the interest shown by students and says that the work done by them is a “Treasure for the Department”.
Report By: – Sofia D’Souza, Amritha Rao and Sandhya D’Souza (II MCMS)
