Education minister PK Shahi inaugurates Technika, the annual techno-management fest of Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, on the campus on Friday. The first day of Technika saw various events, including Debug the C-bug, a computer science event, Autocad, a civil/architecture competition, B-Quiz and Sonnenova, a competition for students to come up with models related to solar energy. Ligne Suiveur, a robotics competition, saw the participants fighting it out. SL Gupta, director, BIT, Patna, spoke on the achievements of the students in the past year. “I admire the efforts of the Technika team and wish them grand success for the programme,” he said. Among the other dignitaries present on Friday were Manoj K Mishra, vice-chancellor, BIT Mesra, RBP Singh, vice-chancellor, Nalanda Open University and AP Krishna, registrar, BIT Mesra. Text by Shuchismita Chakraborty, picture by The Telegraph