Mangaluru: Yuvalakshya 2016 – a UG Level Fest was organized by the Departments of Business Administration (MBA) and Computer Applications (MCA) of St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru. The fest was organized for the students of BCA, BSc, BCom and BBM students from in and around Karnataka.

The inaugural ceremony was held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 with the lighting the lamp by the dignitaries. Spearhead Media [P] Ltd Chief Officer-Operations Brian Fernandes was the Chief Guest of the Inaugural ceremony. The lighting of the lamp officially declared Yuvalakshya- 2016 open.

The other dignitaries present on the dais were Rev Fr Joseph Lobo, Director-SJEC who presided over the ceremony, Rev Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director-SJEC, Dr Joseph Gonsalves, Principal-SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Vice Principal/Dean-MCA-SJEC, Dr Prakash Pinto, Dean MBA/Convener Yuvalakshya and Ms Anushree Raj, HOD MCA/Co-Convener Yuvalakshya.

The programme began with the invocation of the blessings of the almighty. The gathering was welcomed by Varsha Baliga – I MBA, who extended warm wishes to all the people present during the Inaugural following which the dignitaries were then felicitated by the students.

The Chief Guest, Brian Fernandes addressed the gathering wherein he stressed the importance of excelling in the field by individual’s choice. He mentioned that every individual is unique and special in their own right. He also urged the participants to compete with themselves in order to get the best out of them.

He concluded by wishing Yuvalakshya a grand success and appreciated the organizers for organizing an event of this stature.

Following this, the Principal and Director motivated the participants with their words of wisdom.

The newsletters of MBA Department – Yuktha and MCA Department – Tantrakosha, were released by the dignitaries during the occasion.

The curtains were drawn on the inaugural ceremony with the Vote of Thanks delivered by Johnson Mascarenhas, I MBA, thereby declaring the fest open to all.

Diana Mathias from I year MBA hosted the ceremony. The inaugural programme was followed by a video presentation which introduced SJEC to the participants from various UG Colleges.

The events are being conducted by the students of MBA and MCA with the judges being invited from in and out of the college. All in all 25 teams have registered for Yuvalakshya 2016 under BCom and BBM category and 27 teams under the category of BCA and BSc. Around 500 participants are being a part of the fest.

The fest is comprised of 9 events namely – Ashwamedha (Business Quiz), Padmavyuha (Mad Ad), Akriti (Painting) and Koshadhyaksh (Treasure Hunt) which are being conducted by the department of MBA for the students of BCom and BBM along with IT Quiz, IT Collage, IT Product Launch, IT Dumb Charades and Gaming which are being conducted by the department of MCA for the students of BCA and BSc.

The events are designed to test the management and technical mettle of the participants.