Inauguration of Alumni Relations, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore

ARMCODS is ALUMNI RELATIONS, MCODS. With a tag line of …. Reaching out to our alumni……

The objective of ARMCODS is to

1.      Increase alumni registrations on alumni portal

2.      To increase alumni activity in the institutions by inviting alumni at regular intervals as speakers at any CPD programs.

3.      To Capture the placements or enrollment to PG studies, achievements by alumni etc

4.      The ARMCODS Team is headed by Dean, Dr. Dilip Naik as the chairperson, Dr. Arathi Rao, 1988 batch Alumni as the Alumni Coordinator, Dr. Nidhin Philip 2002 batch alumni as Joint Coordinator, Dr. Karen Boaz, 1989 batch alumni, Dr. Nandita KP, 1992 batch alumni and Dr Nanditha Sujir 2003 batch alumni as members. The other members of ARMCODS are the student representatives of each batch of undergraduate class, interns and Post graduates.

Dr Venkatraya Prabhu, Dean KMC Mangalore was the chief guest and Dr Santosh Rai, Associate Director Alumni Relations MU was the guest of honour. Other dignitaries who attended the program were Dr. Ramnarayan K, Vice President Alumni Relations, MU, Dr. Dilip Naik, Dean MCODS Mangalore, Dr. Mohan Baliga and Dr Ashita Uppoor, Associate Deans, heads of various departments and Alumni faculty. The program was also attended by interns, Post graduate students and alumni faculty.

Dr. Nanditha Sujir was the master of the ceremony. Invocation was rendered by Dr. Soumya Sridhar and Dr. Sneha KS. Dr. Arathi Rao, briefed the audience regarding the Alumni relations and welcomed the audience. The inauguration of ARMCODS was made by digitally unveiling the curtains and address by the chief guest. Dr. Prabhu could put his thoughts deeply into the audience and stressed on the importance of alumni for an institution. Dr. Ramnarayan was very brief and crisp in his talk which mesmerized the audience. Dr. Santosh Rai explained how effective an alumni relations can be and also gave his vision for functioning of the relations. Dr. Nidhin Philip Jose gave an elaborate rundown on the registration process and benefits of Alumni Portal of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Dr. Vinod Bhat, Vice chancellor of MU through his message had wished this event a grand success.