Udupi: Cultural & Tech Fests inaugurated at Bantakal Eng College
Udupi, 04 March 2014: A two-day inter-collegiate cultural and technical fests titled Varnothsava and Tantrikothsava organized by Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, Udupi was inaugurated at the college premises on 3 March 2014.
The Chief Guest at the inaugural, Mr. K.T. Rai, General Manager, Syndicate Bank, Manipal, in his inaugural speech, congratulated the college management for organizing such a mega event, which involved participants from almost all colleges in the region at the very fourth year since the college came into existence. He also highlighted the fact that there are not many takers for banking jobs from the Coastal Karnataka region in spite of the enviable achievements the region has made in terms of education and entrepreneurship and encouraged more engineering graduates to join the banking sector.
H.H. Shri Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sri Sode Vadiraja Mutt, Udupi, the President of Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt Education Trust who presided over the function, expressed his happiness over the fact that the college had been able to host such an event where students of various institutes can give expressions to their talents and skill in a meaningful way.
Principal of the institute, Prof. Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal welcomed the gathering. Dr. Lolita Priya Castelino, Head of the Department of Mathematics introduced the chief guest. Mr. Ratnakumar, Secretary of Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt Education Trust delivered the message. Prof. Harish B, advisor to SMVITM and Mr. Rajeshwar Singh, GC member were present on the occasion. Prof. Subbulakshmi Karanth proposed vote of thanks. Ms. Aditi Baglodi and Mr. Nihal Shetty, students of SMVITM, compeered the program.
While Varnothsava will have competitive events like dance, mime shows, singing, rangoli, face painting etc. Tanthrikothsava will have various technical competitions like Roborace, gaming, branch specific paper presentations etc. The media partner and the radio partner for the event are udupitoday.com and 92.7 BIG FM respectively.
