St. Agnes College Celebrates Sports Day 2024
Mangaluru, Jan 30, 2024: The Annual Sports Day of St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru was held on Jan 29 29 at the NRSC grounds of the college.
Shreema Priyadarshini, international athlete, and Mangalore’s “golden girl,” was the chief guest.
Sr Dr Venissa AC welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest, who she called a luminary in the field of sports. Shreema Priyadarshini is a recipient of several awards for her national and international achievements in the field of sports including the Kannada Rajyotsava award, the Independence day award and the Abbakka Award 2019.
In her address to the college students, she urged them to keep the fire alive, and not to lose heart even if they failed multiple times, giving her own example of competing at the national level only after failing several times before.
Nimitha, Dean of Commerce delivered the vote of thanks. Sr Maria Roopa AC, Joint Secretary of the Agnes institutions, PTA president Ravi Bhat, Sr Carmel Rita AC, Administrator, Sr Dr Vinora AC PG Coordinator and Sr Clara AC, Vice Principal were present on the dais.
The March Past was judged by Sushma, Narayan and Babitha, Physical instructors at different educational institutions. The programme was compered by Pratheeksha Prabhu, IIMA English and Derisha of IIBCom. Vijay Oliver led the college band.
The Chief Guest of the valedictory programme was Dr Vishala BK, Selection Grade Librarian at St Agnes College. Dr Vishala is the recipient of several awards including Best Librarian Award’ by the Karnataka State Mahavidhyalaya Shikshaka Sangha, Bangalore in 2023, KALA National Award, and State Level Best Librarian Award. She has rich professional experience of more than three decades. She has to her credit many national and international publications and presentations.
In her address, Dr Vishala recalled her entry into the portals of St Agnes college and her participation in sports as a student when she won several laurels for the same. Sports had helped her in many ways and paved the way for her becoming the chief librarian at St Agnes College.
The individual championship for UG boys was won by Suraj of I BA, and of UG Girls was won by Trisha Shetty, IIBA. Among the PG students, Prajwal of II MBA won the individual championship for boys and Rithika of II MCom won among the girls.
The coveted March Past prize was won by the MCom and MA English team among the PG students and I BBA, II BCom A and III BSc won it at the UG level. The overall championship was won by I BBA at UG level and II MCA at the PG level. Physical director of the college, Vasudha proposed the vote of thanks.
