Comedian Sahil Shah closed IIT-Patna's annual cultural fest Anwesha at Bihta on Sunday after three days of performances, competitions and games. Road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav addressed the opening ceremony, motivating the students to participate in the various technical and cultural events in store for them.
Over the past three days, nearly 300 teams took part in events such as Syngphony, a music competition, a dance competition, rocket propulsion, aqua soccer, lock and load, a gaming event, rangoli, and Mr and Ms Anwesha.
Third-year civil engineering student Rahul said: "Several teams from outside Bihar participating this year. At Heel Turn, the dance competition, 30 teams took part, including 16 from outside Patna."
Nalanda visit
Central University of South Bihar students and faculty members visited the ruins of the ancient Nalanda University on Friday as part of an academic leadership-training programme.
On the way to Nalanda the participants got a chance to visit the site where "Mountain Man" Dasrath Manjhi hammered through a mountain to make a road and interacted with Bhagirath Manjhi, his son.
In Nalanda the participants got a glimpse of how the ancient university was established and managed at a time when the world was unaware about the concept of an university.
Pro-vice-chancellor O.P. Rai spoke on the "High impact practices on students behaviour management" at the conference hall of Dhammasoka Administrative Building of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara in the town. He emphasised on problems related to discipline among students and effective solutions.
Athletic bunch
Birla Institute of Technology-Patna's three-day annual athletic meet concluded on Monday, with the CAMP team (comprising civil, architecture, mechanical and production engineering teams) named the overall champion at the event with 253 medals to their name. The electrical & electronics engineering team won 194 medals. The computer science and engineering team won 148 medals and the electronics & communication engineering 84 medals.
MLC Ranvir Nandan graced the valedictory session and shared with the students his experience in sports.
Different pitch
Patna Science College Teachers' XI defeated Patna University Research Scholars (science faculty) XI by six runs on Monday in a cricket match at Patna Science College.
The Teachers' XI, led by principal B.K. Mishra, won the toss and elected to bat first. In 10 overs, the team scored 93/6 but the opponents, led by Kumar Pranay, were bowled out for 87 runs. Prominent members on the teams were Patna University registrar Rabindra Kumar, mathematics department head Bal Gangadhar Prasad and English teacher Sovan Chakravorty on the teachers' team, and Vyomesh Vibhaw, Abhay Kumar, Bipin Bihari Mishra and Aniket Kumar among others on the research scholars team. Geology head of department Kriteshwar Prasad and senior teacher Ramesh Shukla officiated as umpires.
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