Dear Sir,
I will be grateful if you please publish the
enclosed in your issue and oblige.
With many thanks and kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sá
PRINCIPAL
ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE
MAPUSA - GOA.
St. Xaviers College wins first place in
Students Parliamentary Competition 2014
St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, emerged winners in
the inter-collegiate Students Parliamentary
Competition 2014. At the awards ceremony held at
the Conference Hall of Goa Legislature
Secretariat, Porvorim. A total of 24
undergraduate degree and professional colleges
from Goa competed for the honours which began in
the first week of December. The Deputy Speaker
of the Goa Legislative Assembly Mr. Anant Shet inaugurated the competition.
St. Xaviers College was awarded a Rolling Trophy
and a Takeaway Trophy for winning the first place.
Miss Shivani Bhogate was awarded with the Best
Chief Ministers Prize. The Best Parliamentarian
also went to St. Xaviers with Mr. Gulam Ansari winning the award.
The aim of the competition is to strengthen the
roots of Democracy, inculcate healthy habits of
legislative procedures, moulding the students to
become model future legislators.
The awards ceremony Chief Guest was Speaker Mr.
Rajendra Arlekar, where as guest of honour was
Deputy Speaker Mr. Anant Shet who gave away the trophies.
The jury members of the competition consisting of
Ex-MLAs and Ministers were present along with
legislature Secretary Mr. N.B. Subedhar.
St. Xaviers College students were trained by Dr.
Cajetan Raposo, Head of Department of Political
Science of St. Xaviers College and assisted by
Mr. Anthony Lobo, the faculty of Political Science Department.
Dr. Cajetan Raposo, the Chief Co-ordinator
dedicated the award to the students who were
outstanding in their performance and perseverance
and hard work of 13 days practices. He also
credited the Principal, Rev. Dr. (Fr.) Walter de
Sa for all the logistical support and encouragement.
For St. Xaviers this is a double achievement as
it was also the winner of All Goa
Inter-Collegiate Quiz Competition held in
November, 2013, commemorating the 50 years of the Vidhan Sabha.
