Journalism conclave at St Agnes motivates women to explore career options in media industry

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August 20, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 20: The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of St Agnes College (Autonomous) organised ‘Journalism Conclave’ on August 20, Tuesday.

The conclave aimed to impart awareness on the various career options available in the media industry as well as motivate women students to become journalists who uphold quality and ethics.

“Even though women enrolling in journalism or mass communication courses are higher than their male counterparts, their representation in newsrooms is still less,” said St Agnes College principal Sr Dr Jeswina A.C presiding over the programme.

“At St Agnes, we felt media should have an equal representation of men and women and is one of the main reasons we added Journalism and Mass Communication as a core subject in our Arts Stream in the year 2017. St Agnes is a college for women and has a history of empowering women for nearly 100 years. Many of our alumnae hold respectable posts in the media industry. However, in the wake of the changing media scenarios and constant complaints regarding deteriorating ethics in Journalism, we aim not just to produce journalism graduates but ethical young professionals, who can intelligently navigate their way, standing up for truth and not compromising in quality journalism,” she said.

The conclave had two sessions, ‘Women in Journalism’ and ‘Importance of digital marketing’. The first session was a discussion with prominent women in media industry.

Alter Marketing founders Disha Prabhu and Arjun D’Souza took up the second session highlighting the importance of digital marketing in the current era.

"It is more than just a communication option. In the next two years, digital marketing will constitute a major part of any company's strategy. Every company will be looking for a digital marketing specialist to perform the most important and highest paying tasks in the company and thus you can be the one who everyone is looking for,” Arjun said.

Disha Gloria Prabhu who is a senior copy writer working in an advertisement field took the session on writing as profession and writing for social media and advertising. She also discussed about traditional advertising. She shared her own experiences and inspired the young students.

Mrs. Deekshitha Prashanth, Assistant Professor of Department of Journalism convened and compered the programme. The conclave was open to all. Students from different colleges in Mangaluru participated in the conclave.

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Mangaluru: Star Education Institute celebrates Talents Day

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January 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 14: The Star Education Institute organized Talents day celebration on 14th January 2020.

This program was presided by Janab Muhammed Saleem Malar, the Director of Star Education Institute, who gave the message about the encouragement of students talent.

The Chief guest of today’s program was Sunil Kumar Bajal , Ex- President old students union Mangaluru, who gave a message about Young generation and their role in the development of the nation.

Mrs. Prabha Naveen, Principal of Star Education Institute who gave the report of the activities of the Institute.

Mohammed Fatheen SPL and Zohara Farahath Secretary were also present on the dias.

Miss. Raksha P. J Science faculty welcomed the gathering. Miss Dipthi D’silva, Commerce faculty and Miss. Thanushree Computer faculty call out the prize list. Mrs. Deepa Lokanath, Commerce faculty proposed a vote of thanks. This programme was anchored by Mrs. Mohini. S. Thereafter the cultural programme was presented by the students.

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St Agnes College takes classroom learning to adopted villages

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June 12,2020

Mangaluru: Agnes Towards Community (ATC) is a five-year old project of social responsibility undertaken by St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru to give their students a taste for community service before they leave the portals of the College. For this purpose the College has adopted five villages in the vicinity of Mangaluru, namely Harekala, Amblamogaru, Munnuru, Kotekar and Hosabettu. The ATC programmes are undertaken on saturdays wherein all the final year students as guided by their staff members are given hands on experience of community interaction and service. The four saturdays in a month are divided to plan, prepare, execute and evaluate the whole service exercise.

The year 2019-20 saw a major change in the format of the project. The Science and Arts faculty came together with projects based on the syllabus of study and apply it for their service learning activity. This was done with the dual purpose of helping students to learn the topic practically in a real social set up and to identify and render useful scientific based practical solutions to the problems faced by the villagers.

One such problem is water purity. Since water plays an important role in maintaining the human health and welfare, water quality testing is important because it identifies contaminants and prevents water borne diseases. In this regard, Departments of Chemistry and Microbiology took up a project on water analysis. The major objectives of the project were: 1. To provide hands on experience on water analysis, a topic learnt by the students in their course of study. 2. To test the potability of water sources of the villages, so that the scientific and practical solutions can be provided, wherever needed.

The first village chosen for the study was Amblamogaru. The two batches of students (20 students in each batch) were led by Mrs.Prajwal Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Ms.Smitha, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry. They were assisted by Ms.Hezil Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry in carrying out the project.

The water samples from different sources were collected in sterilised glass bottles. The students were enthusiastic in collecting water samples and also interacted with the village folk regarding the availability of drinking water supplies. The students under the guidance of faculty carried out the experiments in water analysis in Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratories at St Agnes College. This included testing for parameters such as pH, conductivity, total hardness and turbidity, presumptive, confirmed and completed Coliform test. From chemical analysis, it is found that all parameters satisfy the standards of potable water. Microbiological analysis showed that the water samples were potable for human consumption (No faecal contamination observed).

The project has been envisaged to help the villagers to have recourse to the information on the results of the tests conducted. The water samples collected for the analysis were found to be potable for human consumption. If the water samples not been found to be potable, the departments had strategized to guide the villagers on useful scientific and practical solutions wherever needed.

This project of Agnes Towards Community (ATC) helped students to go beyond classroom learning, develop practical skills, disseminate knowledge and render service to the community. This activity also provided direct and relevant experiences to the students that deepened and enriched their learning abilities.

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