Fun day… and for stock taking
College Day is full of fun and yet an appropriate time for stock taking. For the students of Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College, the celebrations held recently were a mix of these. Departing from the usual sombre start, a variety entertainment programme minutes before the College Day meeting set the tempo for an eventful evening. The annual report did the stocktaking - achievements by the college and prizes won by the staff and students.
The chief guest of the day, R. Manikavasagam, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, said students should bring out their talents that were vital for personality development.
Though students could go abroad to keep abreast of the technological advancement, they should return to use what they learnt for the development of their country.
The chairman of the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH) and the Kovai Medical Centre Educational Trust (KMCET), who presided over the celebrations, urged the students to have the right aptitude and commitment to become nation builders. The branch manager of the Housing Development Finance Corporation, S. Ramesh Kumar, stressed commitment, ethics and development of entrepreneurial skills in students.
Students who won prizes in academics and extra-curricular activities took home some memorable moments to cherish for the rest of their life. When the mother lamp lit each of the other lamps, it symbolised 1,719 outgoing students on the threshold of spreading the light of knowledge in society.
The annual lighting ceremony at Avinashilingam University is not seen just a ritual but as an effort at removing darkness.