Mangalore: Great Demand for Public Speakers Soon - Max Rasquinha  

by Fr Denzil Lobo
 
 
Mangalore, Mar 5: Communication is an important tool to convey your thought to external world, said Max Rasquinha the mentor and promoter of  Toastmasters International Gavel Clubs. Speaking to the delegates from different colleges, contestants and students he said “there will be a great demand for public speakers in the coming years”.
 
He was addressing the students and delegates on the occasion of “Pratheeksha Hebbar Speech Contest” organized by International Orientation Centre, Mangalore on 2nd March, 2008 at Eric Mathais Hall, Aloysius Institute Of Business Administration, Mangalore. Contestants from 6 Gavel Clubs in and around Mangalore including st. Aloysius College, Srinivas College, St. Agnes, ICFAI College & Roshni Nilaya actively participated in the contest. The contest was organized for Prepared Speeches, Table Topic Speeches & Humorous Speeches.

 
During the occasion Max Rasquinha honoured Pratheeksha Hebbar, Manjushree Hebbar and Malini Hebbar for their contribution made to the society through the Toastmasters International. At the end the prizes were awarded to the winners in the respective speech contests.  Lavanya Rao, ICFAI National College, Mangalore won the first prize and Aijin Vergaese of AIBA, St Aloysius  College was the runners up in PREPARED SPEECH CONTEST. Roshan Menezes of AIBA won the first palce in IMPROMPTU SPEECH contest and Aditya, Mangalore Amateur Speakers Club was the runners up . Sommanna of  Mangalore Amateur Speakers Club won the first prize in Humourous Speech contest and Deepika Nayak, ICFAI National College, Mangalore came second.

Director, Aloysius Institute Of Business Administration, Fr. Denzil Lobo’s presence blessed the occasion. The programme was conducted by Matilda Pinto and co coordinated by Niveditha.