Mangaluru: “The Techno Crats”, the students’ association of the Department of Computer Applications, St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC) hosted ‘Joshiana 9.O’, a two-day national level IT fest for the students of MCA, MS, MSc, MTech and BE (CS and IS) courses. The fest was inaugurated on September 27, under the aegis of the Department of Computer Applications and the concluding ceremony was held on September 28.

The events were conducted by the MCA students over the two days. All in all, 18 teams registered for ‘Joshiana 9.0’ and 170 participants were a part of the fest.

The fest comprised of 11 events namely: WEBPHENOM (Web Designing), CODE-A-THON (Coding), IMAGINO (Video Editing), NEXPLORA (Mega Event), HYPER MAZE (Treasure Hunt), THE BRAIN GAME (IT Quiz), THE HEADHONCHO (IT Manager), THE STRIKE OF WAR (IT Parliament), TECHNO BUZZ (Product Launch), DRAMEBAZZ (Mad Ads) and BATTLEGOUND (Gaming).

The events were designed to test the technical mettle of the participants. There were eminent personalities judging the events from in and out of the college. Some of the judges called in for the event included RJ Anurag from 93.5 Red FM, who judged the final round of the Best Manager event. The judges for all the events were felicitated by the respective Event Managers by handing them a memento as a token of appreciation.

‘Joshiana 9.O’ came to a close with the valedictory programme held on September 28. The Runners-Up of ‘Joshiana 9.0’ was awarded to Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil and the Overall Championship was bagged by Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru.