Kochi: Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education (SMU-DE), ranked N0.1 in India through the student perception survey conducted by CAREERS360, a magazine for young professionals in collaboration with Yahoo. The rank is on the basis of Reach & Resource, Learning & Experience and Results & efficiency.

Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education (SMU-DE) , a unique public-private initiative between the Government of Sikkim and Manipal Education with over 710+ SMU-DE Learning Centers covering 310 cities across India. Don Bosco IMAGE, Kochi is an authorized learning center in Kerala.

Sikkim Manipal University -Distance Education emerged at the top across parameters ranging from quality of study material, library support, quality of faculty, access to study centers, conduct of exams and publishing of results among others. SMU-DE was also found to have one of the largest presences on the web with over 500+ unique IP addresses, showing the substantial reach technology could achieve.

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By: Jithin Tom Mathew

Kochi: The new wing of Don Bosco Media Institute comprising of Principal’s office, Library, Staff workstation, Internet lab and 2D drawing station was blessed by Fr. Joyson Mulavarickal sdb the Principal in the presence of the staff and students of Don Bosco IGACT and Don Bosco IMAGE. The official inauguration of the Library will take place in the coming academic year.
Fr. Joyson thanked all those instrumental in the shaping of this added facility in the institute; Fr. Jiji Kalavanal, Director of Don Bosco IMAGE, for the design and planning, Fr. K T Varghese, the administrator, and Br. Shaji Nedumpuram, the Press Manager for financial and administrational assistance.
“The staff workstation, internet lab and 2D drawing station are surely going to help for the perfect functioning of our departments. For students it will be the best space to improve their knowledge in graphical and web designing. For us staff it’s is a professional arena of work”, says Divya Mathew, Faculty at Don Bosco IGACT.
“The new library will surely help us to make use of our maximum time to acquire more reference for our studies. This is an unmatched facility we can receive from any institution” says Antony VT, MAJM student of Animation and Graphic Efx at Don Bosco IMAGE.

Dhoore the debut movie of Rohan Krshna produced by John Joseph was premiered at Don Bosco IMAGE HD Film Theatre on 10th March 2012. The theatre was packed with people finding a place on the floor to watch the film. There were many dignitaries present for the movie like John Paul (script writer) and directors like Major Ravi, Sibi Malayil, Mamas, Sidharth etc…The female lead of the film is Ananya and the male role is played by a Tamil Actor Bala. All the technicians were also present for the function. Speaking of the making of the movie Mamas said that he was shocked to know that the movie took only 16 days to complete. The locations included Calcutta, Pondicherry and several parts of Kerala. Most of the technical crew in the film is new comers.

Dhoore is the story of a young expectant mother who after the death of her husband reads from his diary that she has a twin sister. She herself dying of cancer takes a journey from Calcutta to a remote village in Kerala in search of her sister. It is a story of love, and resilience.The film is beautifully shot on DSLR Camera, thanks to the aesthetic sense of camera man Neil and seamlessly cut by Rahman Dialz. The script is by RD Raja and the dialogues are by John Paul. The music score of the film is beautifully composed by Prakash Alex and the title song is by Rajeev Nair (lyrics) and Manjujayavijayan (music).
Dhoore stands out among the many films that are produced in Malayalam as a movie for its theme, crafting and characterization. Rohan Krshna who won several awards for his earlier projects can be proud of his debut full length feature film. The movie is now heading for all the major national and international festivals.