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PRERNA, an Inter Collegiate Literary and Cultural fest is an event which is being conducted and organized by St. Mary’s College annually for a decade now. This event aims at providing a platform to the students to showcase their talents and to ignite and sharpen their latent skills. It helps towards their holistic development and also gives the students a break from their busy schedule of studies, exams, projects, assignments etc.
PRERNA, is a much awaited and looked forward event by the students not only from St. Mary’s but also from other colleges equally. The response from different colleges in the twin cities, every year which grows every year proves this. This year PRERNA-08-09 repeated its success story once again with an overwhelming response from students and sponsors. Apart from over 500 participants from 26 different colleges there was a turn out of about 2500 students as audience and participants for various events held in the college campus.
For an event of such a magnitude, planning starts well in advance. This year as the event was scheduled for 26th and 27th of November, the planning for PRERNA-08 started in the month of October -08 with the Principal delegating the responsibility of conducting the event, to the Cultural Committee. Ms. Jaya Laxmi was made the Chief Coordinator. The other coordinators were Mrs. I.C. Madhavi (Cultural Coordinator), Mrs. Akshara Singh (Stall area Coordinator), Mr.Sandeep (Department events Coordinator), and to be supported by the other members of the cultural Committee - Mrs. Jai Mole Cross, Mr. Dayanand Babu, and Mrs. Deepthi Priya. It was also decided to conduct PRERNA in a never before manner. Instead of just a Literary and Cultural fest it was revamped into an Educational, Literary and Cultural Fest. The other events conducted by the college every year like CEM AND HOUR GLASS were merged with PRERNA and all the other departments also joined together to conduct competitions in their respective departments.
Sixteen different Committees were set up, assigning responsibilities to each one of the lecture. Students were called to be volunteers and assist in organizing the event. The students volunteered and participated enthusiastically. Four students were selected as Chief Organizers. Mr. Mohan Agarwal ,( B.Com final Year), Mr. Mahider, (B.Sc MsCs), Mr. Nitin (B.Sc B.T), Mr. Irshaan (B.A. Mass.Comm) and many others were selected as volunteers for different committees.
Thus with proper and effective planning, organizing and lots of efforts PRERNA- 08 was conducted on 28th and 29th of November. On the 28th i.e. on Day - 1, the scheduled programs were Inaugural Ceremony and Department Events. Staff, Student Volunteers and the Stall Owners started pouring in with lots of excitement very early that morning. The inauguration was arranged in the Theatrix which started at 10 A.M. Noted Film actor Mr. Tarun was the Chief Guest for the day. The other dignitaries present were Prof. Veera Reddy, Principal, O.U. College, Founder,Chairman of St. Mary’s Institutions Mr. B. A. Reddy, Secretary of St. Mary’s College Mrs. Mary Reddy, Director of the college Mr. Mahinder Reddy, and Principal Dr. Rabbi Puthiran.
The inaugural ceremony started with the college song followed by lighting of the Lamp by Secretary, Mrs. Mary Reddy accompanied by Ms. Jaya laxmi, and Mrs. I.C. Madhavi. All the dignitaries were given a floral welcome. This was then followed by welcome address by Chairman, Mr. B. A. Reddy who also declared PRERNA – 08 as open. Principal, Dr. Rabbi Puthiran also greeted everyone on the occasion. Then the Chief Guest was introduced to the gathering by Mrs. Olivia Lazarus, the host for the day, by reading his profile and he was then invited to address the gathering. Mr. Tarun congratulated the students for organizing such an event every year and wished them all the success for the event. His speech was nostalgic and he was reminded of his college days. A few cultural programs were performed and then Prof. Veera Reddy gave a short key note address. The inaugural ended with Vote of Thanks proposed by Mrs. I.C. Madhavi.
All the dignitaries were then escorted to the ground floor for the inauguration of the stalls. The Chief Guest, Mr. Tarun inaugurated the stalls and also encouraged the student by making the first sales in some of the stalls. Later, he was felicitated with a memento by Mr. B. A. Reddy. Inauguration of Science Exhibition was also on the agenda, organized by the Departments of Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. This marked the start of the events elsewhere in the campus.
The entire college was bustling with activity, with students everywhere, trying to catch up with various competitions of different departments. Every department had planned interesting and innovative competitions which were enjoyed by the students. Some of the events which saw huge participation were What’s the Good word (Dept. of English), Recitation of verses (Dept. of II language), Code Debugging and PC Assembling (Dept. of Comp.Sc.), Slogan Writing (Dept. of Social Sc.), Big Boss and Adventure (Dept. of Commerce) and Mathematics Quiz (Dept. of Mathematics).
After the lunch break a live Snake Show was organized on the main stage. All the students assembled in the ground area to catch a glimpse of the different species of snakes which were exhibited. However the show stealer for the day was the FASHION SHOW which started at 3.30 P.M. The fashion show was choreographed and the training for the same was given by Gavin and Sipika of B.Com final year. The models walked the ramp on three different themes – Purity vs Darkness, VIBGYOR and Elements of Earth. The show was well appreciated by everyone. Thus the day ended on a promising note and everybody was looking forward for Day – 2.
On the 29TH, i.e on Day – 2 the programs scheduled were the cultural competitions and the Valedictory. The day started at 8.30 where students and participants started coming to register themselves in various competitions to be started at 9.30 A.M sharp. At 9.30 A.M competitions like Painting, Pencil Sketching, Pot Painting, Tattoo Making, Greeting Card Making, Rangoli, Mehendi etc. started at different venues simultaneously. At 10.30 A.M Dance competition started under the solo category followed by the Group Dance on the given themes which went on up to 2 P.M. At the same time the Singing competition was also going on in the Theatrix. At 2 P.M the students of the college gave some live performances to entertain their guests from other colleges.
The Valedictory started at 3 P.M. at the main stage area. The Director of the college Mr. Mahinder Reddy spoke on the occasion and he congratulated everyone associated with PRERNA – 08 for its grand success. He thanked the students from other colleges who have contributed towards the success of PRERNA – 08 with their presence and also congratulated all the prize winners.
All the dignitaries present for the day, Mr. B. A. Reddy, Mrs. Mary Reddy, Mr. Mahinder Reddy, and Dr. Rabbi Puthiran were escorted to the stage turn wise, to give away the prizes to the winners of various competitions conducted during these two days.
Dr. Rabbi Puthiran in his speech appreciated the Organizing Committee for conducting PRERNA – 08 and congratulated them on its success. He then congratulated all the student volunteers who had worked very hard and efficiently executed the responsibilities vested on them. He specially congratulated the Discipline Committee members who had done an excellent job in maintaining the discipline, dignity and décor for both the days, avoiding the occurrence of any sort of untoward incidents. All the members of the Committee were asked to join him on stage where they very cheerfully went for a ramp walk.
Finally before the end of the program Ms. Jaya Laxmi, the Chief Coordinator for the event proposed the Vote of Thanks. The day, as well as the event came to an end with all the students merrily dancing to the tracks played by DJ Asif, who gave away special prizes to the Best Male Dancer, Best Female Dancer and the Best Couple who rocked the floor. |