GMU students celebrate cultural diversity on Global Day 2018

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March 24, 2018

Gulf Medical University (GMU), the leading medical university in the region owned and operated by Thumbay Group celebrated its annual ‘Global Day 2018’ on 16th March 2018. More than 3000 attendees including the students and staff of the University as well as their families and friends gathered at the University grounds to join the celebrations. Celebrated every year, the GMU Global Day seeks to admire the unity in cultural diversity of GMU’s student community hailing from over 80 nationalities. The event gives the students an opportunity to display the essence of their ethnicities and cultures.

Prof. Hossam Hamdy, the Chancellor of GMU was the chief guest of GMU Global Day 2018. The celebrations were inaugurated by Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Vice Provost - Academics, in the presence of the Deans of GMU’s colleges. Accompanied by the Vice Provost and Deans, the Chancellor toured the country pavilions where students had exhibited the food and costumes, as well as other exhibits relevant to their culture and history. Admiring the students’ efforts, he said that the annual Global Day was an occasion to celebrate the togetherness of GMU’s students and staff, emphasizing the University’s ‘Unity in Diversity’.

The GMU campus gleamed with colors and adornments as individual countries set up their pavilions to display their ethnic costumes and cuisines. Students were dressed in their respective traditional attires, and performed their traditional music and dance forms on stage, entertaining the audience with some great displays of talent. Various competitions were held, such as selection of the best pavilion, food, hospitality, teamwork, country performances, as well as talent and fashion shows.

Individual pavilions were set up for the following countries: Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, India, Egypt and Yemen. Prizes were awarded to the winners of competitions in various categories.

Prizes in various categories:

Best Food: Bahrain & Yemen

Best Entrance Gate: UAE

Best Hospitality: Saudi Arabia

Best Teamwork: Egypt

Best Stall: UAE & Bahrain (1st Prize), Yemen & Saudi Arabia (2nd Prize), Jordan/Palestine & Syria/Lebanon (3rd Prize)

Cultural Performance: India (1st Prize), Nigeria (2nd Prize), Iraq & Palestine (3rd Prize)

Fashion Show – Male: Syria (1st Prize), India (2nd Prize), Egypt (3rd Prize)

Fashion Show – Female: Syria (1st Prize), India (2nd Prize), Egypt (3rd Prize)

Talent Show: Rhythm Risers (1st Prize), Mr. Shariq Khan & Mr. Shone Joe Ukken (2nd Prize), Ms. Aishwarya Nair (3rd Prize)

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St Agnes College celebrates centenary with the community of Mangaluru

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The centenary year of St. Agnes College got off to a grand start on January 3, 2020 with a day of commemoration that involved staff, students, alumni and benefactors. The college is all set to celebrate its centenary with the community of Mangaluru on January 10, 2020 from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m with a daylong festival – Knowledge Factory. It will be held at the newly inaugurated air-conditioned auditorium with over 1000 attendees expected to be present.

KNOWLEDGE FACTORY is the first of the five mega centenary programmes that St. Agnes College has envisaged. The Promise Foundation and niiti Consulting – two organisations headquartered in the national capital under the mentorship of veteran journalist Madhavan Narayan are collaborating with the college to bring this event to Mangaluru for the first time. A dozen icons will share the stage throughout the day and bring forth their thoughts and ideas enabling a culture of learning through fire-side chats and keynotes.

The speakers include Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian Actor and Author; Sunil Buch, Director, Live Nation; Dipannita Sharma, Actor and Supermodel; Kriti Tula, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Doodlage; Nandini Srikar, Singer and Composer; Prakash Belawadi, Movie and Theatre Actor, Manasi Paresh Kumar, Senior Journalist; Swati Pande, Co-Founder and CEO, Arboreal; Anuradha Kedia Parekh, Co-Founder, The Better India; Arokiaswamy Velumani, Founder and Chairman, Thyrocare Technologies; Heena Sidhu, the former world number 1 pistol shooter. The event anchor will be the celebrity news reader Rini Simon Khanna who has been anchoring the event since its first edition in 2017.

Gaurava Yadav, a well-known quiz master will conduct a quiz focussed on History. Based on a written prelims that will take place at 8.15 am in the designated room, four teams of two members each will compete in the finals at 4.45 pm. The winning team will receive a prize of INR 30,000 and the runner up team will receive INR.20,000/-

The event is put together by social entrepreneurs - Meena Vadiyanathan and Amith Prabhu (who is of Mangalorean origin). All who desire to attend the event and participate in the quiz may buy donor passes costing Rs 500/- per head which includes lunch. Sale of donor passes will close on the 8th. The college cordially invites the community of Mangaluru to join hands with it in making this programme a great success.

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Shakthi PU College bags 100% results

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July 21,2020

Mangaluru: As many as 22 students of Shakti PU College wrote second PUC exams and from that 8 students passed
with distinction, 14 students passed with first class, and achieved 100% results in
science and commerce streams.

Students from science & commerce dept. PRIYA VIONA DSILVA, SANKALPA
GIRISH, SHARATH KUMAR, KATHIJA RAHIFA, K.T. THARUN AYYAPPA,
RAHIL UMAR FARUK, TUSHAR S, KDEEJA SHAHAMA, passed with distinction.

Akshaya Acharya, B Anil Kumar, S Writhwik K.T., K.S. Varun, Madhuraj PC, Nazila
Fathima, Pratheek S, Rajath R Gujaran, Uruthik, Riza Basheer, Saania Eraam, Shreya
Somanna, P.B. Sayyed Mohammed Moosa, Viba S, passed with first class,

College Director Dr. K.C. Naik, Secretary Sanjith Naik, Advisory chairman Ramesh K,
College development Officer Prakiyath Rai, College Principal Prabhakar J.S. and
Shakthi Residential College principal Vidya G Kamath, praised all the students for their
performance and also to their teaching staff, who put their efforts and hard works to
bring their students to this level.

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