Digital Farewell Celebration honouring ETC Batch 2020

In the five months since lockdown, restrictions may have eased, but there’s no word on the reopening of colleges and schools. For the batch of 2020, wearing the graduation gown seemed a dream. However, to mark the end to a four year long splendid journey of engineering, the Electronics and Telecommunication (ETC) Engineering department at Don Bosco College of Engineering tried their best to bid the students of the 2020 batch an online farewell, giving them a chance at offering their crucial years of life, a heartfelt goodbye.

The online farewell ceremony began at 3:00PM.The Director, Rev. Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, the Principal Dr.Neena Panandekar, the Registrar, Dr. Kala Nayak, the Head of the ETC Dept., Dr.Varsha Turkar and faculty members of ETC and Science and Humanities department, assembled in the auditorium, whereas the students joined via digital  video conferencing software Google meet.

The ceremony started off with a warm welcome by Prof. Mathilda Colaco, followed by a short prayer song, “Itni Shakti Hamein dena Daata”. Thereafter, the Director, Rev. Fr. Kinley D’cruz addressed the students, guiding them to face the challenges awaiting them. This was followed by words of wisdom by the Principal, Dr. Neena Panandikar. Head of the Department, Dr. Varsha Turkar then gave her message to the final years which was full of love and enlightenment.

Subsequently, the first issue of ANKUR 2K20, a project idea book launched by the ETC Department along with the final year students was then released at the hands of the Director, the Principal and the Head of ETC Department. ANKUR 2K20 is a collection of the seeds sown by the final year students in terms of their final year projects, providing a platform to the students to exhibit their novel ideas and serve as a benchmark for aspiring engineers to gain an insight into the latest developments in engineering and technology.

It was an occasion for the outgoing students to look back at the time that they spent in the Campus and the education that they acquired during the period. To refresh some old memories from the first year, a video comprising of the events the students participated in, like the mannequin challenge, dance competition etc., was played.

The class teacher of BE ETC Prof. Deron Rodrigues shared his experience of teaching BE ETC and appreciated their behaviour, responsibility, diligence and unity. Dr. Shreyas Simu, Prof. Mohini Naik, Prof. Natasha Jaques and Prof. Mathilda Colaco also delivered their appreciative messages to the class of ETC 2020 and wished them luck.

Thereafter some students of BE ETC were awarded with certain tags such as hard worker, class clown, best leader, fashionista etc. As a token of love and appreciation the juniors put up a small performance in the form of songs and testimonials. This was followed by the singing performances by Prof. Yeshudas Muttu, Prof. Mohini Naik and Prof. Mathilda Colaco, which were thoroughly enjoyed by the audience!

A few students of BE ETC, Ms. Shriya Nayak, Ms. Neha Shanbhag and Ms. Sampada Nagvenkar put up some performances in the form of dance videos. Mr. Raviraj Bhagat, mesmerized the audience with his melodious singing. A few students, Ms. Prajacta Naik, Mr. Kowshik Kolvenkar, Ms. Siddhi Dessai, Mr. Raviraj Bhagat and others also spoke their hearts out to express love and gratitude towards their classmates, the management and faculty with whom they’d spent four long years of their lives.

As a goodbye gift to BE ETC, the juniors had made a video to go down the memory lane. The faculty members expressed their love towards the students by singing some lovely songs in chorus and what a lovely moment that was. Prof. Mathilda Colaco was the compere for the event. The ceremony was concluded with a vote of thanks by Prof. Deron Rodrigues, the event coordinator.