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Wednesday, 13 March 2019

ICT Academy Youth Talk Regional (Mangalore) Round at NMAMIT

NMAMIT, the regional (Mangalore) partner of ICT Academy conducted the Youth Talk pre-finale on 8th & 9th March 2019. Around 100 students from various colleges of South and North Karnataka participated in this competition. Dr. Balasubramani R, SPoC-ICT Academy welcomed the gathering and briefed about various events conducted at NMAMIT with the support from ICT Academy. He also informed that NMAM Institute of Technology was the first Institute to sign a MoU with ICT Academy for the Institutional Membership in Karnataka.

Mr. Vishnu Prasad, State Head, ICT Academy-Karnataka gave an overview of Youth Talk and explained the importance of communication skills among youth. Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Principal, NMAMIT, in his presidential address gave tips and techniques to the participants to become an effective speaker. Mr. Devidas, ISE Staff Coordinator-ICT Academy proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. BHV Pai, Joint Director, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal; Dr. Alwyn Pais, Head, CSE, NITK Surathkal; Dr. Veena Kumari, Principal, Dr. NSAM First Grade College, Nitte; Dr. Shiv Kumar, Head, CSE, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangalore and Ms. Sangeetha Ferrao, Head, Placements, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore were the academic Jury Members on the first day. Out of 100 participants, 15 students were shortlisted for the second day i.e. 9th March 2019. Mr. Harish Neermarga, CEO, Accolade Tech Solutions Mangalore; Ms. Vidya Shenoy, Head-Recruitment, The Manipal Group, Manipal; Mr. Orwin Noronha, Serial Innovator cum Manager, Leowin Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mangalore; Mr. Praveen Udupa, Founder and Technical Director, A1 Logics Mangalore; Mr. Ronald Mascarenhas, Senior General Manager, Syngene, Mangalore; Ms. Saumya, Group Project Manager, Infosys DC Mangalore and Mr. Prabhodha KS, Secretary, NIPM Mangalore Chapter were the Industry Jury Members on the second day .

Out of 15 participants shortlisted, Mr. Pawan Bhandarkar, VI Sem CSE, NMAMIT won the first place. Mr. Aditya Shetty Jnana, Psychology student of SDM PG College, Ujjre bagged the second place and Mr. Trilok Chandra Kumar, VIII Sem ECE bagged the third place. Certificates and trophies were distributed to the winners. The three winners will be participating in the State Level Finals on 16th March 2019 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Bangalore. The winner of the State Final will be declared as the Youth Icon of Karnataka by ICT Academy and will get a free educational trip to Singapore.







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