Mangaluru: BIT and BEADS, Engineering and Architecture College has  organized a Quiz contest named ‘BEARYS QUENCH GRAND FINALE -2019’ to emphasize on the improvement of the intellectual and General Knowledge skills of the students.

It was an inter college competition held exclusively for PUC-II students. Fifty two teams participated in it, comprising three students each. The topics for the quiz were from the history and Audio, visual, sports and current affairs. Every round was a mixed bag with questions from different fields.

The quiz competitions were commenced from the month of August the grand finale was on 14th December 2019. For the concluding session, the president of the function was Chairman, Bearys Group, Mr. Syed Mohamed Beary, The chief guest was Rtd. Director of education Govt. of Karnataka, Mrs. Philomena Lobo and the Guest of honor, Secretary PUC Association of Principals Dakshina Kannada and Principal Rotary PU College Moodbidri, Rtn. Vincent D’Costa. The event began with invocation of Almighty at 2:00PM.  

Mr. Syed Mohamed Beary delivered the keynote address in his speech he said “Winning is not merely an attitude, winning should be the way of life” and he told, for learning we need to have “Truth”, “Trust” and “Happiness”. Mrs. Philomena Lobo, spoke on this occasion and she told in kannada “Yelliyu Nilladiru, Maneyanendu Kattadiru, Koneyanendu Muttadiru, O anantavagiru, O nanna chetana, Aagu ni aniketana,” which is part of poem by Sri. Kuvempu. That is translated as “Never stop, never build be a stagnant, never touch the end, be infinite, oh my spirit”. 

The guest of honor, Rtn. Vincent D’Costa, addressed the gathering, in which he told to contribute for the society, “living for long is not important, how you lived is important” Mrs. Mamtha  Bhandary spoke on this occasion and congratulated each and every team for active participation.  

The first prize of Rs. 15,000 cash and trophy was won by Chaithanya PU College, Mangalore, The second prize of cash Rs. 12,000 and trophy was won by R.N Shetty PU College, Kundapur and third prize of cash Rs. 9,000 and trophy was won by Government PU College, Byndoor.

Quiz Master Mr. Clinton Baptist, Co-founder, Mt. Kinetics conducted the quiz in a very interactive way and the teams participated with great enthusiasm. They skillfully answered the questions asked. Though some of the questions were very tricky, the teams tried to answer them with confidence. The questions put forth to the teams were intriguing and exciting. Quiz was very informative and knowledge enriching for the participants as well as for the audience. The students displayed ecstatic spirit and enjoyed the quiz to the fullest.

The event was coordinated by Mrs. Mamtha Bhandary, Student welfare officer and Mrs. Prafulla, Student affairs. The welcome address was by, Principal, BIT- Mangalore, Dr. S.I. Manjur Basha. The master of ceremony was faculty of CSE department, Mrs. Ankitha Bekal. The event was witnessed by Principal of BEADS, Ar. Ashok Mendonca, Director of BIT-Polytechnic College, Dr. Aziz Mustafa,  faculties and students.

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Bengaluru (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bengaluru and neighbouring Chikkaballapura district for the Lok Sabha poll campaign on Saturday.

He will address mega rallies both in Bengaluru and Chikkaballapura.

Modi held mega rallies in Kalaburagi and Shivamogga last month. On April 14, he addressed a rally in Mysuru, during which he shared the dais with JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, and later held a roadshow in Mangaluru.

According to the state BJP, the Prime Minister is scheduled to address a mega public meeting at Chokkahalli village in Chikkaballapura district at 2 PM, covering Chikkballapur and Kolar Lok Sabha constituencies, and later at 4 PM he will participate in a massive rally in Bengaluru's palace ground, covering Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore Central and Bangalore Rural segments.

Bangalore -North, South and Central have been BJP's bastions, while Rural is represented by Congress' D K Suresh, brother of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Former Minister K Sudhakar is the BJP candidate from Chikkballapur, its alliance partner JD(S) has fielded M Mallesh Babu from Kolar Lok Sabha segment.

BJP's sitting MPs Tejasvi Surya and P C Mohan are candidates from Bangalore South and Central respectively. Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje is in the fray from Bangalore North. In Bangalore Rural Deve Gowda's son-in-law and eminent cardiologist Dr C N Manjunath is contesting on a BJP ticket as per the arrangement with alliance partner JD(S).

Karnataka is going for polls in two phases. While14 Lok Sabha segments in the southern part of the state are going for election on April 26, in the second phase voting for the northern districts will be held on May 7.