The Cultural Council of the College organized the 9th edition of ‘Gandhiji – The Mahatma’ an Inter-Collegiate Essay-cum-Presentation Competition on 28th February 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am in the Smart Classroom. The competition is organized every year since 2015, as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation. The theme of the competition is always a quote by Mahatma Gandhi and this year, the quote selected is “Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.” The main objective of the competition is to encourage the students to express their thoughts and ideas on the principles of Mahatma Gandhi.
Participants were required to upload the hand-written essay on the given theme via a Google form on or before 23rd February 2023. The participants were required to present their essays on the day of the event. A total of 6 teams (2 students in each team) participated in the event viz. Government College, Quepem; Government College, Borda; Government College, Sanquelim; Rosary College, Navelim, Vidya Prabhodhini College, Porvorim and Cuncolim Educational Society’s College, Cuncolim.
Ms. Abigayle Rodrigues, the compere for the competition welcomed the audience. Thereafter, Principal, Dr. Prita D. Mallya addressed the gathering. The Teacher Incharge Ms. Valencia Baptista gave a quick overview about the competition. Ms. Shreya Rajeev from FYB.Com introduced the judges: Dr. Lira Menezes Gama, Associate Professor in Economics, Department of Economics & Banking and Ms. Snehal Alve, Assistant Professor in Financial Services, Department of Management. The essays submitted by the teams were judged on the basis of structure, adherence to the theme, language, originality and overall impact; while the judging criteria for presentations were: structure of PPT, Visual impact, communication skills, significance & clarity of presentation and confidence & body language. Thereafter, the participants expressed their views on the theme via PowerPoint presentation. Each team was allotted 8 minutes to present.
The first place was secured by Ms. Gayatri Kadam and Ms. Preksha Joshi from Vidya Prabhodhini College of Commerce, Education, Computer and Management, Porvorim, while Ms. Safiya Shaikh and Ms. Mufarriha Parveen from Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim emerged as Runners-up of the competition. The competition concluded with Vote of Thanks proposed by Ms. Samiksha Vengurlekar, Convenor of Cultural Council.
