Mr Aren Joy Fernandes, a first-year student of Electronics and Communication Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, brought laurels to the college by winning Gold Medal in Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship held at Kazakhstan from 2nd to 8th December 2019. He secured First Place in Squat, Second Place in Deadlift and First Place in Overall below 66 kg Powerlifting Championship (Squat 180 kg, Bench Press 97.5 kg, Deadlift 215 kg, totaling up to a weight of 492.5 kg).
