27th Convocation 2019 MAHE 27th Convocation 2019 | Page 51

We acknowledge the graceful presence of Mrs Vasanthi R Pai – Trustee, MAHE Trust, the first lady of Manipal, who has always been a true inspiration and caring support in our activities. Thank you, Ma’am for being with us this evening. their job well and we thank you all for your contributions in hosting this event. I would like to take this opportunity to place on record our hearty thanks to all the technical teams and coordinators, Director - General Services, security and Chef on Wheels for perfect logistic support. We express our sincere thanks to Dr Ranjan R Pai, Chairman, MEMG, for his valued presence amidst us this evening. We remain Many thanks to the representatives of print grateful to the Manipal group for guiding and electronic media for generously covering our events. MAHE to greater heights. Dr H Vinod Bhat, our beloved vice chancellor, has been our role model for commitment and belief. He leads MAHE very intelligently and meticulously. He also shoulders many of the organizing responsibilities for all the MAHE events, and we appreciate your planning that makes every event a success. We appreciate and sincerely acknowledge the presence of our pro vice chancellors - Dr Poornima Baliga B, pro vice chancellor - Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr V Surendra Shetty, pro vice chancellor - Mangalore Campus, Dr PLNG Rao, pro vice chancellor - Quality Assurance, Dr Thammaiah C S, pro vice chancellor - Corporate Academia Engagement. We must acknowledge the tremendous support the university receives from all our parents. We appreciate your understanding and great contribution in allowing your wards to spend few of their golden years of learning here in this great university and encouraging them to participate in all the activities here. We also thank you for your valuable time and presence in this convocation. Finally, as gratitude glitters like gold when times make memories everlasting, you, our dear students are our ambassadors of MAHE, and we thank you wholeheartedly for having lived up to our expectations. As you graduate here on this auspicious occasion of your life, we thank you for studying here in this campus. Our heartiest congratulations again for your We thank Dr Narayana Sabhahit, Registrar, MAHE, Dr Vinod V Thomas, Registrar - successful completion of the course of study. Evaluation for efficiently coordinating this We thank the donors of MAHE and our guests event. for their kind presence in this function. We thank Dr Geetha Maiya, Director, Student Affairs, for her support in the planning, practice and effective coordination of the event. I would like to conclude with the words of Albert Einstein. “Try not to become only a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value too.” An event like this cannot happen overnight. The wheels start rolling weeks ago. We have been fortunate enough to be backed by a team of very motivated and dedicated colleagues in MAHE as heads of institutions, HODs, faculty members and staff who know I once again thank each and every one for their co-operation in making today’s show a memorable one. Thank you all. Have a pleasant evening. Jai Hind. 51