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| A band in a rock act at the youth fest of National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Hatia. Picture by Hardeep Singh |
The National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Hatia, is still hung over with all the masti they had 24x7 this week at its youth festival. The NIFFT festival is eight years old.
Quirky seemed to be the buzzword. Slogans like “Pop ko jala kar Rock kar do” became a rage.
There were some funny events too, like “the formals” for instance. One of the “formals” was ‘I am the best’. Participant had to prove they are the best through any kind of performance within three minutes. The winner for the event was Shayantani Moitra of Xavier’s Institute of Social Service.
In “best proposal”, participants had to come uo with new ways of proposing to members of the opposite sex and the most innovative proposal would be the winner.
The “Matka Phor” was also a great hit with the youngsters as was “Chips Khao” wherein the participants who would eat the maximum number of potato chips in 30 seconds would be was declared the winner.
The festival was not only fun but also therapeutic. Nifftians have always rued the fact that they have only five girl students in the college. The fest took care of this problem.
The glowing faces of Nifftians were proof to that.
Shining India has passed on the glow to students of Adityapur-based National Institute of Technology too.
The feel-good factor in the industrial economy seems to show at the ongoing placement drive at the institute.
The mood is upbeat as more than 50 per cent of the final-year students have so far been recruited by various companies visiting the campus.
The training and placement cell of the institute is expecting a another good number of companies to turn up for recruiting engineering graduates.
The placement scenario has improved over the last two years after the institute was elevated to the status of National Institute of Technology (NIT) from Regional Institute of Technology (RIT).
The placement season at the engineering college kicked off in May last year and will continue up to April this year.
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| Students are happy with the way campus interviews are going at Adityapur’s National Institute of Technology. Picture by Bhola Prasad |
The Jamshedpur Workers’ College has taken an initiative to make the faculty members computer-savvy.
The college is making a frantic effort to install four new computers to train the teaching staff about the basics of computer operation.
According to S.S. Razi, principal of the college, specific days would be allotted to each of the departments so that the teachers can make enough time to work on computers apart from giving classes. This would make the compilation of research work easy and presentable.
Earlier, the college had taken a similar step to propogate computer education among students.
A seminar on AIDS was organised by the Rotaract Club of Jamshedpur Women’s College on the college campus recently.
About 100 students, from various faculties, who attended the seminar were made aware of the various ways of transmission of HIV. Virendra Soni, a member of the Rotaract Club of Mumbai, who was present on the occasion spoke on the social stigma attached to the disease. Soni told participants that HIV is not transmitted through touching or sharing clothes but through unprotected sex and through the blood.
A workshop on sexual harassment against at at workplace was organised by the East Singhbhum Mahila Samanvay Samiti at Graduate School College for Women on February 21.
The workshop was inaugurated by East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Sunil Kumar Burnwal. Deputy superintendent of police M.P. Lakra and deputy superintendent of police (control room) Sangeeta Kumari were also present.
Burnwal said more such workshops should be organised that women are made aware of their rights granted to them by the Supreme Court. He appealed to students and guests to bring to light atrocities against women at workplace and assured them of every help from the district administration. The workshop ended with the screening of a documentary film on human rights.
