Mangalore: Five distinguished personalities conferred Aloysian Alumni Award

Mangalore: Five distinguished personalities conferred Aloysian Alumni Award

Mangalore Today News Network

 Mangalore, Mar 23, 2014 :  Five outstanding Aloysian alumni were  conferred the Eminent Aloysian Alumni/ae Awards during the glittering Aloysian Conclave held at the St Aloysius College campus in the city on March 22, Saturday.

 

The recipients of the Award are KV Kamath, ICICI Bank Chairman, Y Sudhir Kumar Shetty, Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations, UAE Exchange. Leena Fernandes, former principal of St. Aloysius Evening College,  Allen  CA Pereira,  former general manager of Syndicate bank and NG Mohan, Managing Director of beta Agencies and Projects Pvt. Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

N G Mohan,  Managing Director, Beta Agencies and Projects Pvt. Ltd., District Commissioner, Bharat Scouts & Guides, General Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, DK Branch and philanthropist expressed his feelings and said, "This is the most precious award I have ever received.

 

Y Sudhir Kumar Shetty , COO, Global Operations, UAE Exchange, President, India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi, Member of National Anti-Money Laundering Committee, Central Bank, UAE. said “I am humbled by this recognition and I am grateful to my Alma-mater. It is a great Honour and privilege for me”. I receive this award with humility and I promise that I will uphold the dignity of this institution".

He added that this is the most precious of all the awards I have received so far.  Where ever we live, whatever we do, we represent our country. When we are away from our country, the institution which has given our education set us apart. It is those years of molding that make us stand tall among others.

 

 

 

"I came from a remote village called Perla in Kasargod district. I had applied for a seat in St Aloysius College and my first preference was commerce and second one was PCMB. But Fr Rasquinha said that he will not be able to accommodate me in the commerce stream. I agreed to take the second option PCMB. After three weeks of my college, Fr Rasquinha called me and said there is a seat in commerce and if you are willing to join, you can do it, and accordingly I got what I wanted". He further said that the institution has taught us discipline and simplicity together.

He also said, "It is a great honour to be recognized by the Alma mater. On the education front, education for all with improvements in quality of education and education-to-job linkages will be critical. Manpower for skill and occupational needs in the next twenty years will be high as the economy urbanizes, modernizes, and becomes more service-sector oriented.

 

 

 

 

 

In his address, KV Kamath  said he could achieve his aspirations in life  owing to the strong foundation in  education which he received at St Aloysius College. Referring to the Indian economy, he said the nation has witnessed a revolution in consumerism with a significant change in the buying pattern of the people.

Other recipients of the Award also spoke on the occasion and recollected with nostalgia their association with Aloysius College.

Fr Denzil Lobo presided over the function and said the College would soon be upgraded into a university and added it was one among the top 50 autonomous colleges in the nation.

Fr Swebert D’Silva, Principal and Director of St. Aloysius College, Michael D’Souza, President of St Aloysius College Alumni Association,  Prof. Edmund Frank, Chairman of Organising Committee and others were present.