Shri Isaac Vas, President of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Rev Fr. Dr. Praveen Martis, Principal of St. Aloysius College, signed the MoU on 9th December 2019 at St. Aloysius College. CA Salome Deepa Lobo – Chairperson Industry Academia Partnership, Shri Aditya Pai, Director of KCCI, CA Lionel Aranha, Chairperson of the Native Start Up Committee and Smt Rahasya Pai Maroor, Member of the Industry Academia Partnership were present.

A fruitful discussion on addressing various issues and bridging the Industry and Academia was held.

An MoU was signed between MSNM Besant Institute of PG Studies, Mangalore and Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 5 December 2019. Dr. Molly S Chaudhuri — Director, MSNM Besant Institute of PG Studies and Mr. Isaac Vas President KCCI signed the MoU as part of Industry-Academia Partnership. The Governing Council members of the institute including Sri Kudpi Jagadish Shenoy President, Sri M. Annappa Nayak Vice President, Sri K. Devanand Pai Secretary, Sri Nagar Narayana Shenoy Member among others were present. From KCCI, CA Salome Deepa Lobo Chairperson Industry-Academia Partnership Sub Committee and Smt. Rahasya Pai Maroor Member were present. 

With the prime objective of having industry-institute interface, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 2 December 2019 at the college. This MoU was signed by Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal and Mr. Isaac Vas, President of KCCI. Ms. Athmika Amin, Director of KCCI and Chairperson of Women Entrepreneurship Committee, Mr. P.B. Ahmed Mudassar, Director of KCCI and Ms. Salome Deepa Lobo, Chairperson Industry Academia Partnership Sub-committee (KCCI), graced the occasion by their presence.

An Interactive session and Talk on Nurturing Native Startups and Startup Financing with Sri Nagaraja Prakasam, Angel Investor, Mentor & Fund Advisor and Sri CA Naveen N. Chartered Accountant & Visiting Faculty XLRI as speakers was conducted at the Meeting Hall, KCCI. President Sri Isaac Vas welcomed the gathering. Sri CA Lionel Aranha, Chairman of Native Startup Sub committee, KCCI proposed the vote of thanks.