Mangaluru: St. Joseph Engineering College hosts first edition of TEDxSJEC
Mangaluru: The students of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, hosted TEDxSJEC for the very first time at the college campus on Sunday, 16 February 2020.
The event was inaugurated at the college quadrangle by all dignitaries. The speakers and the performers joined hands with Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa and Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Directors, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal, Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager of the college in the lighting of the lamp. Dr Binu KG, Faculty Coordinator of TEDxSJEC, Crystal D’Souza, Licensee & Lead Organizer of TEDxSJEC, Vernon Serrao, Co-Organizer of TEDxSJEC were also present.
Post the inaugural, all speakers and performers planted saplings on the campus as a part of the Go Green Initiative of SJEC. A walk through the “Corridors of Love”, a unique attempt by the students displaying creative installations of exhibits symbolizing the theme of the event “Love Conquers All” was the main attraction of TEDxSJEC. The “Corridors of Love” lead everyone to the venue where a series of talks and performances mesmerized the participants.
During the event, the following speakers addressed the gathering with their life experiences and intellectual insights:
Corrine Antoinette Rasquinha, Social Worker and Founder of White Doves NGO
Girish Bharadwaj, Padma Shri Awardee, Engineer & Social Innovator
Ria Sharma, Model, Speaker, Storyteller and an LGBTQAI + Youth Activist
Omkar Pai, Engineer and Nature Enthusiast
Aarohi Pandit, World Record Holding Indian Pilot
Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha & Ms Niyati Mavinkurve, Chief Storytellers at Following Love/Travel Writer and Author
Vaishak JP, Mountaineer
Smitha Hedge, Teacher & Scientist
Apart from the speakers, the following performances won the hearts of all participants:
Yakshagaana by Vidushi Mahima S Rao & Team, Yakshagana Artistes
Performance by Gladson Peter, One Man Band
Play by Prithesh Bhandari & Team, Theatre Artist & Film Maker
Bharatanatyam by Vidwan Deepak Kumar & Vidushi Preethikala, Bharathanatyam Artistes
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
