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10th SPORTS AND COLLEGE DAY CELEBRATIONS
10th Sports and Annual Day function was held on 4th March, 2011 at the college premises. The Sports Day events were held in the morning and the Annual Day function was held in the evening. The sports day started with the conventional flag hoisting, which was done by the Chairman of Vickram Schools and Colleges- Mr. M.K.S Sreenivasan. The athletes did the March Past Parade honoring the flag which was followed by the drills. Then the Chairman lit the Vickram College Olympic Torch and handed over to the champion of the college.The champions took the Olympic Oath.Then the Chairman declared the Sports Meet open, which was followed by the track and field events. After that, the prize distribution ceremony was held and the students were awarded with trophies, medals and merit certificates for their achievements in the field of sports and games held in the academic year 2010-2011. The function was graced by the Director- Mr. SR. Vijay Shrenivas, Secretary Mr. M.SR.Rajsanthosh, Joint-Secretary - Mr. M.S Vikram, Principal and Faculty.
The Annual Day celebrations started in the evening with the welcome address delivered by the Administrative Officer- Prof. S.Nagarajan. The Chief-Guest for the function was Solvendar Thiru. Suki Sivam and the function was graced by Thiru. L. Balaji, Charted Engineer and Valuer, Madurai. The Principal- Dr. S. Kathirrvelu read the Annual Report for the academic year 2010-2011. The placements of the students in this academic year was the highlight of the report. The Inplant Training and the Industrial Visits organised by various departments were praiseworthy. He also read out the research studies taken up by the faculty of the college. In his address, the Chairman stressed upon the importance of education and said that 'One must always aim for higher studies and have perseverance and patience for the attainment of the goal'. He further mentioned about the free education given to the financially backward students at Vickram College of Engineering. After that Mr. L. Balaji addressed the gathering and said 'All round development of the students, especially in the field of Sports, Art and Culture is must and Vickram College of Engineering is the forerunner in offering this to the students'.
“Solvendar” Thiru. Suki Sivam gave a motivtional talk to the students with the flurry of real life illustrations and the anecdotes of the freedom fighters. He advised the students to never give up and always have high self-esteem.He further said,"Inner beauty of the heart is reflected in the outward appearances". He quoted incidents that took place in the life of Mr. Thomas Alwa Edison, Mr. Lal Bahadur Sastri, Dr. Abdul Kalam and Dr. Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan and conveyed the message of "Simple living, high thinking". He concluded his speech with the saying "Winner never quits, quitter never wins".
His speech was followed by the prizes given to the students for their academic excellence. The Secretary of the college Mr. M.SR. Rajsanthosh along with the other dignitaries awarded the prize winners. It was followed by the cultural programmes.The students exhibited their talents through skit, mimicry and dance. The programme came to the end with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. V. Jeyapaul Sathisaran-Head of the Department of Training and Placement.