Majestic Masterpiece: The Konarak Temple in Orissa

This September the BBA second year and MBA students of the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Calcutta, went on a trip to Bhubaneswar for their industrial tour, accompanied by three faculty members.

On September 22, the day of our arrival, the MBA (second year) student committee members had organised an orientation programme at the hotel conference hall. Based on a question-answer session, prizes were given away to Mr and Ms BBA and MBA.

The next day, we visited the National Aluminium Company Ltd. Its executive head gave a presentation on the company’s turnover, achievements and aluminium ore processing plants.

September 24 was reserved for sightseeing (Udaygiri, Lingaraj Temple, etc) in the morning and cultural programmes in the evening. The BBA (second year) students performed a group fusion dance, a solo dance and Western music. A student of MBA (first year) brilliantly performed a classical dance item. This was coupled with Tagore songs and tunes played on the mouth organ. The winners of the cultural programme were presented with awards.

The next day we headed for a one-night stay in Puri via Konarak and Dhabalgiri. The beach party was an unforgettable event of the tour.

On September 26, the last day of our trip, we visited the Jagannath Temple in Puri.

Madhuparna Chaki, BBA (honours), second year, IEM, Calcutta

CALCUTTA
Touching hearts

Sparsh, the social service unit of M.P. Birla Foundation HS School, held a two-hour-long drawing competition at Salvation Army, an orphanage, on September 2, 2006. Two ex-teachers of the school, Prema Rajan and Alomelu Narayan, were the judges. Other teachers were also present.

A total of 120 girls in the age group of five to 18 years participated in the event and they were divided into two groups. Girls below 12 years were put in Group A and those above were put in Group B. Prizes were given for the five best drawings from both groups. All participants were given consolation prizes and refreshment packets. Sparsh also donated books to the orphanage.

Shreyas Grover, Class X, M.P. Birla Foundation HS School, Calcutta

Recently the football semi-finals of our school were held. The first match was between Taxila (Yellow) and Vikramshila (Blue) houses. After a rigorous fight, and a few penalties, Taxila emerged victorious with five goals against four from the opponent. The second match was between Ujjaini and Nalanda. Nalanda was unable to score a single goal and Ujjaini won the match with two goals. Now we are waiting eagerly for the final showdown.

Also, recently, an inter-school basketball match was held in our school. Various schools like Apeejay, Grace Ling Liang, St Thomas, etc, participated in it. After a tough competition, the winner was St Thomas Boys, M.P. Birla being the first runner-up. In the girls’ match, M.P. Birla came first. In the tug-of-war too we emerged victorious.

Debayan Roy, Class X, M.P. Birla F.H.S School

Asansol
Young parliamentarians

Asansol Girls’ College participated in the Youth Parliament Competition organised by the department of parliamentary affairs, West Bengal. From all the participating colleges of Burdwan, Hooghly and Purulia districts, Asansol Girls’ College topped and was chosen for the ninth State-Level Youth Parliament Competition held at Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Salt Lake, on September 15, 2006. We topped the state-level competition too. We were awarded five individual prizes, which included Best Prime Minister, won by Anushree Banerjee, Best Marshall, won by Jayashree Ray, Best Secretary General, won by Payel Ghosh, two Best Youth Parliamentians, won by Kiran Jha and Sreosi Ghoshal and Best Woman Parliamentarian, won by Rashi Rajwani.

Kasturi Mukherjee, Asansol Girls’ College

JHINGA
Greeting in style

Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering (ITME), Jhinga, organised Abhigra 2006 to welcome the freshers of the college on September 9. Many college dignitaries and parents of students attended it. The most awaited event of the night was Mr & Miss Fresher competition and the students gave the judges a tough time. The college band performed superbly as well. The show came to an end with the DJ Night where all the students danced their hearts out till 4 am.

Amrit Sinha, electronics and communication engineering, third year, ITME

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