<p>Yenepoya Foundation and Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University presented Academic Excellence Awards to 374 meritorious students on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the occasion, City Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil urged the students to be passionate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Institutions are giving a push to higher education and this is the right time to start thinking about what you want to do and how you to do it,” he stressed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaining knowledge is the biggest asset in life. The knowledge will help to excel in all walks of life, he remarked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patil said people should change their mindset about police and said that the Police Department has chalked out programmes focusing on people-friendly policing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University Vice-Chancellor Dr M Vijaya Kumar said students from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts were presented Academic Excellence Awards on the basis of merit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two institutions also received Academic Excellence Awards on the occasion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We received 1,043 applications (for the awards). The Award Selection Committee comprising the foundation members selected students based on their merit,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After receiving the Academi Excellence Award, Fiona Princy Cutinha, a student of St Aloysius College, said such scholarship is a motivation for students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“My father is a government employee and thus, I am not eligible for any government scholarships. With such scholarships, I am motivated to maintain a good academic record. And such events make my parents proud which in turn inspires me,” she stressed.</p>
<p>Yenepoya Foundation and Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University presented Academic Excellence Awards to 374 meritorious students on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the occasion, City Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil urged the students to be passionate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Institutions are giving a push to higher education and this is the right time to start thinking about what you want to do and how you to do it,” he stressed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaining knowledge is the biggest asset in life. The knowledge will help to excel in all walks of life, he remarked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patil said people should change their mindset about police and said that the Police Department has chalked out programmes focusing on people-friendly policing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University Vice-Chancellor Dr M Vijaya Kumar said students from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts were presented Academic Excellence Awards on the basis of merit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two institutions also received Academic Excellence Awards on the occasion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We received 1,043 applications (for the awards). The Award Selection Committee comprising the foundation members selected students based on their merit,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After receiving the Academi Excellence Award, Fiona Princy Cutinha, a student of St Aloysius College, said such scholarship is a motivation for students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“My father is a government employee and thus, I am not eligible for any government scholarships. With such scholarships, I am motivated to maintain a good academic record. And such events make my parents proud which in turn inspires me,” she stressed.</p>
