Beacons 2023, the intercollege media fest was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm on the 6th and 7th of January 2023 at the Institute premises. A total of 23 colleges from all over the district and outside participated in the fest.
Being celebrated after a gap of three years, owing to the pandemic, Beacons was inaugurated by Prithvi Konanur, award winning filmmaker and an alumnus of New York Film Academy. His movie Railway Children won the National Award for Best Child Artist (2017) and was selected for screening at the Panorama section of IFFI 2017. His films have been screened at popular international film festivals and have come in for a lot of appreciation.
Addressing the gathering he said “The kind of equipment that is available to students here is very impressive and you should make the most of it. Not many colleges offer the kind of variety NICO is offering both in terms of infrastructure, the resource persons that come here or the activities that the Institute conducts regularly”. He also spoke of the long association he has had with the Institute and reminisced over the times he has spent at NICO and also at the Nitte International Film Festival.
Presiding over the event, Prof (Dr) Fatima Dsilva, Principal, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences said she was happy to see the energy on campus and congratulated students on coming together and hosting the event.
The two days saw keen competition between the colleges. Judges included well known dancer Kaushik Suvarna & team, RJ Ajay & RJ Anushree from Radio Mirchi, Prof Nemiraj Shetty, Art Curator, Social Media Influencers Advika Shetty and Prerana Shetty among others.
Upon judging the event, Kaushik Suvarna & team took to the stage and performed to popular numbers keeping the crowd on their toes who kept asking for more. To say they set the stage on fire would be an understatement, such was the grace and brilliance of their performance.
The event ended on the evening of Day 2 with SDM College of Law securing the first place and bagging the Trophy. Vaikunta Baliga College of Law, Udupi came a close second. Manaswini Hosakere, Assistant Director, Knowledge Management & Client Communications, Ernst & Young Global gave away the prizes. Students of NICO put up a cultural evening for the guests, with the college band coming up with some popular numbers.
Food stalls selling biryani, kabab, brownies, milk shakes and fruit juices made brisk business.
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