Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Oct 20: Fresher’s day was celebrated at Father Mullers on October 18th. It heralds the arrival of the new MBBS batch of 2008 into the Mullerian family. The theme for the day was ‘Canvas-unleash your imagination’, which signifies the platform provided by the college to the new batch to express their creativity, talents and imagination in various fields.
The programme was convened at the Academy Hall, where it began with a prayer song. The welcome note was delivered by Stan Abraham Mani, class representative of batch 2007. The cultural events were preceded by a powerpoint presentation showcasing the transition of ‘SYMPHONY’, the previous fresher’s day to ‘CANVAS’. The programme was then taken over by batch 2008.
The entertainment started off with a classical dance, Bharatnatyam, portraying the culture of south India. It was followed by a few words of advice to the freshers by Dr. Sanjeev Rai, Dean, FMMC. He congratulated the students of batch 2007 for successfully organizing the programme and spoke about the diversity of the fresher batch. He motivated them to leave their footprints on the canvas of the institution.
The show continued with a melodious group song followed by the Punjabi ‘Bhangra’, an entertaining ‘foot puppet show’ and a poetry recital.
Father Patrick Rodriguez, directorof FMCI then addressed the gathering and encouraged the students to imbibe the culture and discipline of the institution. Narrating the story of a past American president, he inspired the students to work hard and achieve their goals.
The winners of the poster competition that was organized on the occasion of blood donation day, were announced. The first place was bagged by Leah (intern) and Soumy (3rd year).
A Bollywood dance, skit, Arabic dance, mime and karate were some of the other show stoppers. Father Denis D’sa laid emphasis on the fact that art is above religion, caste and creed and it unites us together as one family. He also used the occasion to release a painting done by one of our own students Jasmi from batch 2006.
The programme ended with a Hindi group song. Vote of thanks was proposed by Ananth, class representative of batch 2008.