Mangalore : Zeal and Zest in life helps an individual to boost his self-confidence levels and face any challenge that come his way, said S Ganesh Rao, Founder President of GR Education Trust and Karavali Group of Colleges.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Mangalore University inter-collegiate IT and Management Fest Pixel-2013 and Nakshatra 2013  held at Karavali College.

Continuing, he said it is not enough if students are merely inspired by Gandhian ideologies, they should try to incorporate those ideals in life. It is only hard work that would reap success and help a student scale the ladder of success, he added.

Latha G Rao, Director of Karavali Group, Mohan Naik, Principal, Raghunandan, Head of the Department of BCA  and others were present.

Lecturer Samzeena compered the programme.