NTPC, Kanhia bags Nalco trophy, gold plaque
Bhubaneswar: A two-day 20th all Odisha quality circle convention organised by Nalco ended on Friday. On the concluding day, Nalco CMD Ansuman Das handed over prizes to the winning teams and advised participants to create a knowledge bank of all improvement projects, for dissemination of knowledge. Prof Sadananda Sahu of IIT Bhubaneswar also attended the event. Chemspirit’ of NTPC, Kanhia bagged the Nalco trophy and gold plaque while quality circle ‘Sankalp’ of OCl India emerged as the runners-up. Amongst TPM circles, ‘Em-Unbrako’ of Tata Steel, Joda won the gold plaque, while ‘Eureka’ of Baleswar Alloys was runners-up. TPM circle ‘Sambhav’ of Tata sponge iron, quality circles ‘Synergy’ of Nalco, ‘Sanjeevani’ of RSP and ‘QC-01’ of HAl were awarded with prizes for meritorious performance. Special prizes for best analysis, best process focus, best effectiveness and result, best learning experience and best team presentation were won respectively by quality circles ‘Prayas’ of NTPC-TTPS, Talcher, ‘Saarthi’ of Nalco, ‘Avengers’ of Sesa Sterlite, ‘Florence nightingale’ of Trl Krosaki Refractories and ‘laxmi’ of NTPC-TSTPS, Kaniha. Altogether, 16 organisations participated in the convention through 26 quality circles and five TPMs.
Summer Kabaddi Camp from May 5
Bhubaneswar: To promote and papularise Kabaddi among the new generation, Sports and Youth Services Department’s senior coach Sanhita Dash would organise a month long summer Kabaddi coaching camp at Kalinga Stadium here. The boys and girls among the age group of 14 to 18 can join the camp which would begin from May 5 and to be concluded on June 4. Every day the camp timing would be 7 am to 8.30 am and 4.30 pm to 6 pm. Sanhita would accompany by senior players of the State to guide the campers. Further details players can contact Sanhita Dash (9438254666).
Hockey Gangpur barge into semis
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha finished top in the pool- B group by the end of league rounds and entered into the semi finals of 5th Hockey India Senior National Championship (A Division) 2015 at Pune, Maharashtra on Friday. The match will be played against Hockey Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The league match between Hockey Gangpur Odisha and Comptroller and Auditor General proved a nail-biting match as the teams finished the match at 3-3 draw on Friday. The match was initially dominated by Odisha but in the final minute AG leveled the score. Ganpur scored their first goal in 12th minute as Roshan Minz did no mistake in cashing on a clean pass in the D. Comptroller & Auditor General of India came back into the match with their equaliser goal in the 21st minute when Deepanshu Bhargav scored through a field effort, the half time score tied at 1-1. Second half and Hockey Gangpur-Odisha not wasting time took the lead again in the 34th minute when Roshan Minz again did it for his team through a brilliant field goal. The next minute it was pay-back time by Comptroller & Auditor General of India as they equalized yet again through a penalty corner and which was slapped hard by D S Darshan. Hockey Gangpur - Odisha having lost the lead went on to score the lead goal again in the 53rd minute and this time it was Sanjay Xalxo who did the job for his team. When it looked like that Hockey Gangpur - Odisha had the game in their kitty, Comptroller & Auditor General of India struck back in the 58th minute to yet again equalize the game leaving the opponents stunned and drawing the match 3-3.In the league round matches, Hockey Gangpur Odisha defeated Association of India Universities by 3-2 goals, Hockey Jharkhand by 4-2 goals, Hockey Bhopal by 5-2 goals and Comptroller and Auditor General of India by 3-3 goals draw. We congratulate the players, coach lazrus Barla and manager Surendra Barla for their success and wish them best of luck for the semi final match to be played with Hockey Uttar Pradesh, said Hockey Gangpur secretary Debasis Gouda.
XIMB alumni meet Sanidhya from tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: Sanidhya, the annual alumni meet of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) will begin in Hyderabad and Chennai on April 25. Notably, the XIMB community congregates in major cities across the country at Sanidhya, conducted by the alumni committees of the XIMB to celebrate its legacy. The Bhubaneswar Chapter of Sanidhya will be organised later in August. The faculty members and current students of XIMB attend the event, which provides a platform for the XIMB alumni to reinforce the bond with their alma mater, network with their colleagues and share their experiences with the current batch students who are undergoing their summer internship in these cities.
Sayeed Seminary win in Inter School Football
Bhubaneswar: Sayeed Seminary School defeated Ravenshaw Collegiate School in the Debabarta Kar Memorial Inter School Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on Friday. Sayeed Seminary School won the match by 4-0 goals. Sk.Farid of the winning team was declared as the man of the match. Samir Dey (Ex Minister Government of Odisha) and Aga Zaheer (veteran footballer) were present as the guests in the match.