HELINET Training for the Librarians & Faculty of Health Sciences Institutions in the Mangalore region
Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore in collaboration
with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore organized HELINET
training for the Librarians and Faculty of Health Science Institutions in the
Mangalore region on 3rd July 2024 in the Decennial Memorial Hall, 2nd floor
Knowledge Centre.
More than 200 delegates from the Mangalore region
attended this training session. The session began with prayer song
followed by the dignitaries being escorted on to the dais by Dr. John J.S.
Martis, Professor of General Surgery, Chairperson of the Central Library
Committee. The dignitaries present included Sri Amarnath B.R., Assistant
Registrar RGUHS and Sri Keshava Reddy H., Section Officer, RGUHS. In
addition the dignitaries included Rev. Father Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director
of Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Rev. Father Ajith B. Menezes,
Administrator, Father Muller Medical College, Dr. Antony Sylvan Dsouza,
Dean, Father Muller Medical College, Dr. John J.S. Martis, Chairperson
of the Central Library Committee and Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, the Chief Librarian
and Secretary of the Central Library Committee.
Dr. Janet provided a brief introduction of HELINET
consortium and welcomed the gathering.
The lamp lighting was followed by Sri Amarnath
addressing the gathering and the Director giving the Presidential
address. The vote of thanks was provided by Dr. John J.S. Martis. Dr. Manjeshwar
Sahana Kamath, Associate Professor, Father Muller College of Physiotherapy was
the MC of the program. The formal program came to an end with the
National anthem. The dignitaries and delegates gathered for a photo
session followed by tea break.
The presentations started at 11am with a presenter
from Informatics starting off the session followed by Mc Graw Hill, Pro-Quest, Up To Date,
Elsevier, EBSCO and Jaypee publishers. The training came to an end at 5pm. The delegates
attending the training were actively involved and made the most out of this intensive one day
HELINET training session.