Geographize an intercollegiate event was organised by the Department of Geography at Chowgule College recently. The event was started last year on the occasion of Golden Jubilee year of the College with the purpose of enhancing the geographical knowledge among the students of various colleges across the state. This year, nearly 250 participants from ten colleges namely, Government College, Quepem; GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda; St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa; Carmel College, Nuvem; Government College, Pernem; Government College, Khandola; Damodar College, Margao; Mallikarjun College, Canacona, Gogate-Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra and Chowgule College Margao were a part of this event.
GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda emerged as Winners of Geographize 2013 and Government College, Pernem were the runner’s up. The various competitions organised were treasure hunt, quiz, poster making, newsletter making, presentation competition, model-making, geography reporter and skit competition.
“Geographize is the only one of its kind – a State Competition in the fraternity of Geography, that enables the students to showcase their geographical skills through various events”, stated Dr. Nandkumar Sawant, Vice-Principal & Head, Department of Geography.
EVENT-WISE WINNERS
1) TERRA QUIZ
1st Place: Miss Mona Peixoto and Miss Cely Gonsalves (Government College, Quepem, Goa)
2nd Place: Ms. Priti Gosavi and Miss Suchita Raut Dessai (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
2) VIBGYOR (POSTER COMPETITON)
1st place: Miss Niveda Malgaonkar, Miss Mayuri Sadekar, Miss Pritha Mahale and Miss Siddhi Malgaonkar (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
2nd Place: Mr. Vishal Dhokale, Mr. Rameshwar Bhusnar, Miss Sweety Deolekar and Miss Himani Kotre (Gogate-Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra)
3) METAMORPHOSIS (MODEL-MAKING COMPETITION)
1st place: Miss Teja Kudnekar, Miss M. G. Ashodi and Miss Shweta Naik (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
2nd Place: Mr. Rajesh Gaonkar, Miss Yashoda Bhandari and Miss Nikita U. Naik (Parvatibai Chowgule College, Margao, Goa)
4) PANACHE (PRESENTATION COMPETITION)
1st Place: Miss Shraddha Divkar and Miss Vishaya Raut (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
2nd Place: Miss Venita Gomes and Miss Alisha Fernandes (St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Goa)
5) DELTA (NEWSLETTER MAKING COMPETITION)
1st Place: Miss Andrea Torcato and Miss Ajitha Panicker (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
2nd Place: Miss Joann Fernandes and Miss Shraddha Kelkar (St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Goa)
6) AURORA (SKIT COMPETITON)
1st place: Miss Utkarsha Kelkar, Miss poonam Raut, Miss Siddhi Vaze and Mr. Khrishna Kavthankar (Government College, Pernem, Goa)
2nd Place: Mr. Vallabh Barve, Mr. Shubham Shenvi Gude, Mr. Sharat Raikar and Miss Nikita Naik (Parvatibai Chowgule College, Margao, Goa)
7) GEOGRAPHY REPORTER
1st Place: Miss Rinet Fernandes and Miss Clavinda Fernandes (Carmel College, Nuvem, Goa)
2nd Place: Miss Farheen Khan and Mr. Joel Fernandes (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
8) EXPLORE AND INVADE (TREASURE HUNT)
1st Place: Mr. Manjeet Gawas and Mr. Sagar Ukshekar (Government College, Pernem, Goa)
2nd Place: Miss Nivedita Patil and Miss Vijaya Badiger (GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa)
OVERALL WINNER OF GEOGRAPHIZE 2013: GVM’s Dada Vaidya College of Education, Ponda, Goa
RUNNERS-UP: Government College, Pernem, Goa