Its been over 5 months and 1 semester but finally the Manipal Institute of Communication is getting busy in anticipation of a BIG couple of months. 2 national level events in the span of just about 2 weeks is, i guess, enough to make every one a bit edgy with hope, work and through it all – FUN!… Be it running around for sponsorships, drawing up a program plan, going around sticking posters or even making popcorn for a pre-event…. there is in every sense of the phrase – ‘Something for everyone’, especially as ‘everyone’ is just about 270 people!!!…
Article 19 (the national level communication fest of MIC) and the Manipal Media Students’ Convention (a first time venture without any parallel in any other college in the country) are going to take place within two weeks of each other during late March and mid April. Article 19 is a communication fest that recognizes and appreciates talent among students in the core communication fields such as radio, documentaries, ad’s, photography and so on. The center-piece event of Article 19 is the Express awards which has awards in 7 different categories. On the other hand the Manipal Media Students’ Convention is an event that draws inspiration from the vision of Dr. M. V. Kamath, (Chairman of Prasar Bharti and Hon. Dir. MIC) to setup a Media Council with Manipal as its apex. MMSC looks to focus upon one specific area in media every year and this being the first, the topic chosen in deliberate referral to the times is ‘New Media‘ or specifically the Communication through the World Wide Web. Both these national level events are quite reasonably expected to draw huge interest among media as well as non-media students from around the country and this is keeping all MICians on tiptoes in the days leading up to the events. Whether you are a media student or not, there is no doubting that come March – April, Manipal is ‘the’ place to be to have some big time fun tempered with some very serious discussions and debates. Cya all there 
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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
- BiBinhio
April 8, 2008 at 10:57 am
Hi Vineeth,
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Great post. Brought back many memories of Loyola. I just brushed through this post. Did you mention the Loyola canteen where around 10 of us used to wait each time to get a share of that ice-cream brought by one unfortunate guy
Your brother had written an rticle about you when he was in the 3rd or 4th standard. I am trying to collect the old editions of the Loyolite magazine. I think you may have that edition at your home. If not , I can scan that and send it you after that.