St. Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Vamanjoor, Mangaluru, will hold its 21st graduation ceremony on August 29 (Saturday) for the graduating batch of 2026.The first session, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., will witness the graduation of students from mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics, and electronics and communication engineering courses.Francis D’Souza, managing director, F4 Holdings India Pvt. Ltd., and Richard Nazareth, engineering leader, VMware Broadcom R&D Division, will be the guests.The second session, scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., will be dedicated to graduates from computer science and engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer science and business systems and computer science and data science.Archana Mantri, Vice-Chancellor, Anurag University, Hyderabad, and Ancy Jovita Crasta, senior product development manager, Siemens, will be the guests.Mangaluru Bishop and SJEC president Peter Paul Saldanha will preside over the graduation programmes to be attended by Rio D’Souza, principal; Kenneth R. Crasta, assistant director and Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, director, among others. Published - August 27, 2026 07:03 pm IST