Manipal: “Whichever way you experience a new culture, whether you are quick to adapt or not, it is the differences between cultures that teach us so much about life as they give us a different perspective, a new way of looking at the world,” said Dr. Michelle Luxon, Head of Overseas Programmes, Lancaster University, UK during the Annual Day and Awards Ceremony of International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS), Manipal University, Manipal, held at Chaitya Hall, FIVV Hotel here.

Dr Michelle who was the Guest of Honor for the function said that four vital personal characteristics of successful entrepreuners are “positivity”, “courage to face challenges”, “determination” and “resourcefulness”.

Chief Guest, Anshul Mittal, Executive Director of Mittal Appliances Limited, Indore and a proud alumnus of ICAS of 1995-97 batch urged the students to embrace the great values like meritocracy, honesty, rule of law and fear of God in their career. Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, presided over the function and motivated the students towards global exposure in international education.

Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal, Director of ICAS read the annual report. Dr. B. Ramjee, Director of International Collaborations, Manipal University was present.