St Joseph Engineering college Office of Collaborations in association with Department of CIVIL Services St Aloysius Institute of College, Mangalore organized a half day awareness program CIVIL SERVICES – Plan Prepare Perform on 15th February 2020 at Fr Fred Memorial Hall between 9:30AM to 12:30 PM. Nearly 100 students attended the program.
The awareness program was inaugurated by the invocation and lighting the lamp. Prof Sureshnath M.L welcomed the dignitaries and the participants. Rev. Fr Dr Praveen Martis in his speech encourages and motivates the students to take up competitive exams and consider CIVIL Services as a career. On par with Engineering, Medicine and teaching. He also expressed the role of SAC in helping, coaching and guiding the students in this regard.
Dr Donald Lobo, who is the co-organizer at the CIVIL Services SAC introduces the guest speaker Mr Shreyas K.M IRS
Principal St Aloysius College as well the Resource Person Mr Shreyas IRS were given the mementos in appreciation.
Address to the audience, Rev Fr Wilfred P. D'Souza stressed on the value of hard work, commitment and a sense of belonging involved in making CIVIL Service a career. He motivated students with alternative learning – Connect, Collaborate and Contribute.
Formal function concluded with the vote of thanks by Ms Diana Monteiro, Collaborations Officer.
Soon after the formal function the Resource Person conducted the awareness program. It included tips for clearing the papers in preliminary exams, strategies to clear the main exam with high marks, the method to select the optional papers, to be effective and successful in the Personality Test (Interview), to inculcate the habit of reading the newspapers, the technique to cover the NCERT syllabus and to write good essays in simple English etc.
