Graduation day at P.A. College of Engineering held
Mangaluru: 16th Graduation Day program of P.A. College of Engineering, Mangalore, was held on 31st December 2019 at PACE Auditorium.
The program was witnessed by eminent dignitaries from various universities, P. A College of Engineering management members, teaching/non-teaching staff members, 2015-19 batch students, and their parents.
Dr. H Vinod Bhat, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education in his talk, highlighted skills, teamwork & commitment as the key elements of success.Lt. Gen. Zameeruddin Shah, Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army, in his address, motivated the students to develop unique characteristics with sincerity and perfection.
He also emphasized on the trending research areas like Nanotechnology & non-conventional energy resources and advised students to find solutions to food, water scarcity & environmental issues faced by the country.
He also urged the students to take up a career in armed forces. Mahbubul Haque, Chancellor, University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya, took the audience through his experience right from the instructor of a computer centre, to his present position as chancellor. PACE Group Chairman Dr. P A Ibrahim Haji, delivered the Presidential address.
The graduands (B.E, M.Tech & Ph.D.) across all streams of Engineering and Master of Business Administration were presented with the certificate of course completion during the ceremony. The Top Academic Performers of various engineering streams and management were also felicitated during the program.
Executive Director of P.A Educational Trust Mr. Abhulla Ibrahim welcomed the gathering, Dr. Abdul Sharif, Principal lead the graduates to take the pledge, and Dr. Ramis M.K; Vice Principal proposed the vote of thanks. Prof. Ajith Kumar Vasu and Prof. Fathimath Raihana compeered the program.
Sabir Gaffar and Noushad Siddique of Knowledge City, Furfura, West Bengal, Mr. Ahmed Kutty, Director (Finance), P A Educational Trust, Dr. Surfraz J Hasim, Director (Academics), P A Educational Trust, Dr. Zahid Ansari, Dean (Research), Dr Latha Krishnan, Director (MBA), Heads of various departments Dr. Krishna Prasad, Dr Sharmila Kumari, Dr. Palakshappa K, Dr S Abdul Rahiman, Prof John Valder, Prof. Ismail Shafi, Prof. Majeed, Prof. Zeashan Abdulla were present on the occasion.
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Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say
Melbourne (AP): A man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach conducted firearms training in an area of New South Wales state outside of Sydney with his father, Australian police documents released on Monday allege.
The men recorded a video about their justification for the meticulously planned attack, according to a police statement of facts that was made public following Naveed Akram's video court appearance Monday from a Sydney hospital where he has been treated for an abdominal injury.
Officers wounded Akram at the scene of the Dec. 14 shooting and killed his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram.
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The New South Wales state government confirmed Naveed Akram was transferred on Monday from a hospital to a prison. Neither facility was identified by authorities.
The statement alleges the 24-year-old and his father began their attack by throwing four improvised explosive devices toward a crowd celebrating an annual Jewish event at Bondi Beach, but the devices failed to explode.
Police described the devices as three aluminium pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb containing an explosive, black powder and steel ball bearings. None detonated, but police described them as “viable” IEDs.
Authorities have charged Akram with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing harm with intent to murder in relation to the wounded survivors and one count of committing a terrorist act.
The antisemitic attack at the start of the eight-day Hanukkah celebration was Australia's worst mass shooting since a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania state in 1996.
The New South Wales government introduced draft laws to Parliament on Monday that Premier Chris Minns said would become the toughest in Australia.
The new restrictions would include making Australian citizenship a condition of qualifying for a firearms license. That would have excluded Sajid Akram, who was an Indian citizen with a permanent resident visa.
Sajid Akram also legally owned six rifles and shotguns. A new legal limit for recreational shooters would be a maximum of four guns.
Police said a video found on Naveed Akram's phone shows him with his father "reciting their political and religious views and appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack.”
The men are seen in the video “condemning the acts of Zionists” while they also “adhere to a religiously motivated ideology linked to the Islamic State,” police said.
Video shot in October shows them “firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner” on grassland surrounded by trees, police said.
“There is evidence that the Accused and his father meticulously planned this terrorist attack for many months,” police allege.
