Media Manthan 2012 concludes

January 22, 2012

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Mangalore, January 22: The two-day national level seminar 'Media Manthan 2012' organized at St, Aloysius College Mangalore, with the theme 'Media and Environment- Leveraging Media Power to protect our Environment' was concluded on Saturday.

The valedictory function started with the invocation song followed by the welcome address by Rev. Dr. Richard Rego, Head of the Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies.

Dr. Eshwar Anand of Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, Pune, the chief guest of the function, lauded the Department of Mass Communication for this initiative.

He said that such intellectual exercise was necessary to contribute to society. He appreciated that many scholars and students from various parts of the country presented papers on the “Media and Environment” theme. Rev. Fr. Francis Almeida, Vice Principal, delivered the presidential address.

Besides paper presentations, these two days of seminar various media included media and environment related competitions like ice breaker, RJ Hunt, photography, mobile move making and story board. Students were handed over prizes by Rev. Fr. Almeida, Prof. Eshwar Anand and Rev. Fr. Richard Rego.

Winners of the various competitions: St. Aloysius College (Journalism, UG ) for story board and RJ Hunt, St. Agnes for Photography and Fr. Muller for Ice Breaker. Fr. Muller College of Homeopathy bagged the overall championship.

Inauguration

The seminar was inaugurated on Friday symbolically by planting saplings. Speaking on the occasion Rev Fr Swebert D'Silva, Principal of St Aloysius College, laid emphasis on the responsibility of the media towards the world.

“As media you need to seek for the truth and ensure that this truth is not altered in any way to suit your convenience,” he stressed.

The inaugural function was followed by Paper Presentation on topics related to Media and Environment. Rev Dr Richard Rego, HOD of the Dept of Mass Communication chaired paper presentation session of the expert category. Professors and experts from various colleges and universities from Karnataka, Kerala, Goa and Pune presented papers.

Intercollegiate level competitive events such as Ice-breakers, In-Grid (Story Board), Shutter Bug (Photography), and On Air (Live Reporting) were conducted during the first day of the event.

Delegates from around ten colleges participated in Media Manthan 2012.

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