BIT's Mechanical engineering department hosts Project Expo 2025
Mangaluru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT), Mangaluru, successfully organised Project Expo 2025.
The event showcased innovative student projects, encouraging young engineers to transform their ideas into impactful, patentable solutions.
Dr. Vasanth Kumar, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, delivered the welcome address.
Speaking at the event, Dr. S. I. Manjur Basha, Principal of BIT, emphasized the importance of practical learning, innovation, and the role of engineering in solving real-world challenges.
Dr. Sreeharsha Hegde, Associate Professor, Department of Automobile and Aeronautical Engineering, MIT Manipal, presided as the Chief Guest of the event.
Addressing the students, Dr. Hegde highlighted the need for students to remain relevant in the evolving engineering landscape by continuously upgrading their knowledge and skills.
Furthermore, he stressed the importance of the “publish or perish” principle and encouraged students to refine their academic work into patentable and commercially viable innovations.
Expressing gratitude to the dignitaries, faculty members, and students, Dr. Imran Mokashi delivered the vote of thanks.
Following the ceremony, the Project Expo was inaugurated, featuring major projects by 7th semester students and minor project exhibits by 5th semester students.
The chief guest interacted with the participants, appreciating their creativity, innovation, and practical applicability.
He also encouraged them to develop their ideas into market-ready products and pursue patents to enhance the societal and commercial impact of their work.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
