fear that goan culture and tradition is taking a backseat and said it is the responsibility of the youth to ensure it is retained for posterity the day witnessed a range of folk dance such as talgadi tonya mel mando kunbi dance fugdii kallshi fugdi ghode modni divlli dance dhangar dance katti fugdi dindi dekhnni ghodemoddni and kharvi dance the event was anchored by professors aditi barve and shashikant morajkar carl dsouza kick it dempo college organized an interclass football tournament on february 6 at the taligao ground which saw the partivcipation of the bcom mcom and bba students a nailbiting finish saw the t y bcom and f y bcom students battle it out only to end the match in a draw the tie breaker proved lucky for the t y bcom students who won the tournament 2 points above their opponents the proud winners were lourencio miranda gautam kankonkar arun malvankar amar shetty carl dsouza saeesh narvekar vivek mesta jousha dsouza klain simoes damodar halankar pratamesh haldankar jayesh shirodkar pralay lotloikar and bubender singh damodar college of commerce and economics margao kaushal phadte heart of the matter damodar college of commerce and economics in association with professor suhas mulay smruti pratisthan organized its annual oneday statelevel students seminar on healthcare services in goa on february 7 the seminar began with the lighting of the traditional lamp by viceprincipal prita mallya seminar coordinator shilpa prabhudesai and the students the seminar had four technical sessions in the forenoon session one on the health status in the state with students presenting papers highlighting the general health status in india and goa covering various reports including the nhfs report various goa specific health concerns and problems were also covered in the presentation the papers were guided by b p sarath chandran c a s bhat and sanjay dessai the second session on healthcare service providers in goa involved students presenting papers covering the threetier system of the government some well known private clinics and hospitals and the corporate hospitals in goa the student papers were guided by lydia menon lira gama and brenda coutinho the third session on alternative medicine saw students presenting papers on homeopathy ayurveda yoga and acupuncture as a form of alternative medicine citing some successful cases the teachers in charge for the session were shami pai sharmila kunde and resha nadkarni the fourth session on social security measures saw students covering various schemes such as the esi scheme and mediclaim facility and they were guided by manoj kamat manasvi kamat and kissan dessai in the postlunch session there was a discussion on lifestyle health with panel members were jagdish kakodkar medha bakhle and francisco colaco the discussion focused on important issues concerning the impact of todays lifestyle on health particularly amongst the youth colaco was the chief guest of the valedictory function and gave away certificates to students and other participants rosary college of commerce and arts navelim mastering commerce kaushal phadte to test the basic commercial