Mysuru  :

Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts (MICA), managed by Mysore Educational Trust (MET), hosted its two-day annual academic and cultural fest, MICAnvas’15 on Oct. 8 and 9 at its campus on KRS Road in Metagalli here.

Praful Thachery, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Delyver Retail Network, a venture which is with BigBasket now, was the chief guest. Sharing his experience with the students, he said that hard work and passion in what one does would invariably lead to success.

Ashraf Peeran, Chairman, MET, who is also the strategic Director of Xerox, California, called upon the students to make best use of the technology as it has improved the connectivity and increased opportunity for the youth.

Syed Ishaq, Director, MET, in his address, pointed out that the primary objective of participation should be learning and success comes to those who make their passion their profession and vice-versa.

Amir Sadan, Secretary, Fouzen Raheel, Director – Operations and MICA Principal M.N. Ponnamma were present on the dais. The annual report on progress, activities and achievements were presented by the Principal. Siddhart Sethi from KPMG was the special guest.

Various academic activities were organised for both high school and UG students. The academic activities were followed by the cultural show which included ramp walk, solo and group dances, singing etc.

In the school category contests, JSS School won 3 prizes while Manasarovar Pushkani was the overall champion.

In the UG category, MISTocrat event was won by Devika of St. Joseph’s College, Marketing by Vidhyaashram, Finance by Vidhyaashram and HR by St. Joseph’s.

The team activities were won by Mahajana FGC.

In the cultural category, ramp walk was won by Vidhyaashram, group dance by UK crew of Mahajana and solo dance by Pooja Chengappa of Vidhyaashram.

Prizes were distributed to the winners of MI7s, MI volleyball and MI…Quiz.

source:  http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – October 11th, 2015