23 Mar 2018  |   06:08am IST

AN EXHIBITION ON INSECTS AT DBCA SULCORNA

 

The Department of Entomology, Don

Bosco College of Agriculture, Sulcorna, presented an exhibition on insects titled ‘Insect Investigator’ recently. The Chief Guest of this event, Satyavan Desai, the Zonal Agricultural Officer, Quepem inaugurated the event by cutting the ribbon. Fr. Bernardino de Almeida, the Rector of Don Bosco, Sulcorna; Fr. Allwyn D’ Souza, the Director of Don Bosco College of Agriculture; Fr. Manuel Vaz, the Principal of Don Bosco Farm School; Fr. Chrys D’Cunha the Farm Manager, Mr. Miguel Braganza were the guests of Honour of this event. The event was enriched more by the visit from the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Goa, Nevil Alphonso. He also released an issue of Chimera, the college wall magazine.

The event was witnessed by many colleges including Government College, Quepem; Rosary H.S.S, Navelim; CTN, Curchorem and College of Horticulture, Mulde. Many schools like Immaculate High School, Paroda; Government High School Valkini, Sanguem; Government High School, Balli and Government High School, Vaddem also beautified this event by their presence. Apart from schools and colleges, many individual insect lovers too benefitted from this exhibition.

“The exhibition showcased various types of insects along with the appropriated explanation by the students. It also mesmerized the visitors by various types of glass paintings and insect models prepared by the students. A short audio visual presentation on insects imparted more knowledge about the lives of insect. The visitors also enjoyed clicking photos with different types of antenna and photo frames at the photo booth. Thus along with lot of fun, the event was a grand success by imparting knowledge to the visitors thus achieving the main aim of the exhibition,” said Joswin D’souza , SY. B.Sc (Agri).