Mangalore : The Dept of Mass Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) of St. Aloysius College organised the first annual Total Mobile Golden Insignia Awards 2011 on August 11, Thursday.

Tharanath Shetty of Janashri Channel participated as the Chief Guest atf the event, and wished for the budding journalists who were honoured during the ceremony.

The winners of the awards are as follows:

Best Anchor – Male won by Abhishek J Shetty. Presented by Fr Walter Andrade and Mr Mukesh from Total Mobiles.
Best Anchor – Female won by Sushmitha Kirodian. Presented by Raghu from V4 Media and HOD of Dept of Biotechnology Dr Smitha Hegde.
Best Innovation won by Namratha Sharma for the name Campus Eye. Presented by Ms Bhavya from the Dept of Journalism and Mr Kiran from E TV.
Best Feature Story won by Abhishek and Yathin for Dumping Yard. Presented by Ravi Posavanike from Times of India and Rev.Dr.Richard Rego, HOD, Dept of Mass Communication and Media Studies
Best Episode won by Patterson Fernandes. Presented by Prof N D Shetty, Dept of Kannada and Mrs Violet Pereira from Manglorean.com.
Best Cameraperson won by Dinesh Nirawdekar. Presented by Ronald Pinto, Vice Principal Xavier Block and Mr Kiran from E TV.
Best Video Editor won by Yathin Moolya. Presented by Ms Loveena Lobo, HOD of MSW and Nanda Gopal Director of CIL.
Best Scriptwriter won by Almas Nazeer. Presented by Fr Francis Almeida, Campus Minister and Ronald Fernandes, Editor Deccan Herald.
Best Assignment Editor won by Petula Dias. Presented by Advocate Anita Shenoy and Sr Avia D’souza.

The awards have been instituted to celebrate the 50th weekly episode of Campus Eye, the indigenously produced student news bulletin of the Dept of MCMS.