Fresher’s Day parties are organised across the globe in colleges and universities, mainly to break the ice between the senior and the junior students. And the students of St. Joseph’s College for Women lived up to occasion. They let their hair down and sang and danced in gay abandon at the Fresher’s Day event, which coincided with the college’s 57th Inaugural Day celebration on Tuesday.
Waiting eagerly for the formal inaugural ceremony to conclude, and once Prof. D.A. Ramani proposed a vote of thanks, the Josephines unleashed their creative juices, both on and off the stage.
What followed the formal inaugural session was two hours of non-stop song and dance, and almost all the latest hits from Bollywood and Tollywood was scratched by the DJ on his console.
The transformation of the students was worth seeing. Dressed in their best, they maintained pin-drop silence till the formal inaugural session concluded, and thereafter it was a high-decibel affair.
Earlier, delivering the inaugural address, HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said that with the advent of liberalisation–privatisation and globalisation (LPG) model of economic policy, the education system has undergone a change.
“Innovative practices have become the order of the day,” he said. He pointed out that apart from implementing innovative courses suiting the industry requirement, colleges have to focus on moral and ethical education.
College Principal Sr. Shyji in her report said that the college was the oldest women’s college and the only un-aided college in the city to be given the ‘A’ grade by NAAC.
The new student council was also instituted and given the colours on the occasion.
College president Sr. Vianney and correspondent Alice Mary spoke. Earlier, the Minister was treated to a smart march-past by the NCC contingent of the college.
