On the occasion of revolutionary day, St.Xavier's HSS Mapusa participated in 'Patriotic song singing competition ' at Institute of Menezes Braganza, Panjim on 18/06/2025. The program started at 3:00 pm. Various HSS participated. From our HSS .Total 14 students participated. Eleven student singers and three musicians.
The session began with a formal welcome address by Rev. Fr. Agnelo Fernandes, Vice- Principal of the General stream of St. Xavier’s H.S.S., Mapusa, followed by the introduction of the Project Director and the Resource persons by the Coordinator Mr. Gopal Prabhu. To begin with, the Project Director Dr. Mahadev Gawas enlightened the students on different choices of subjects in different streams and the need to make those choices responsibly. The first resource person Mr. Laxmikant Pai Augle, a Research Engineer in the Cyber Security and Trust Division at Siemens shared his expertise, a vibrant mixture of computers and creativity in areas of embedded systems, computer networks and application of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. The second speaker Ms. Yuga Venkatesh Ghotge, current pursuer of PhD at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla, Goa campus shared her scientific expertise in Bioprocess Technology and Microbiology techniques. The entire informative and interactive session concluded at 12:45 p.m. on a patriotic note with the singing of the National anthem. Ina gesture of gratitude, every higher secondary school was presented with two books on Career Compass. Finally, to add a sweet touch of the program, students and attendees were treated to a delightful box of snacks.
Following were the participants.
- Sanika Samant XII commerce C
- Kashish Dabholkar XII Arts A
- Princess Bagkar XII Science D
- Anushka Narulkar XII Science D
- Riya Shetgaonkar XII Science D.
- Dakshta Simepurushkar XII Arts A.
- Nidhipa Kerkar XII Arts C
- Bosco Carvalho XI Science D
- Jay Hivarkar XII Science D
- Om Bagkar XI Science C
- Pratik Kulkarni XI commerce B
- Samir Khan XI commerce B
- Arvind Mathkar XI commerce C
- Arya Divkar XI Arts
Goan freedom fighter Ms. Libiya Lobo Sardesai was the guest of honour. She was felicitated for her contribution in the movement of Goan freedom struggle. She is 101 years old and audience felt motivated by her speech. Participation certificate was awarded to the institution.Programme ended at 6:00 pm.
Teacher incharge was Ms Nidhi Falari