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PNB ED visits Ranchi

The executive director of Punjab National Bank, Agyey Kumar Azad visited Ranchi on Friday. He visited the various branch offices. The tour started at the PNB Dhurwa branch, after which he chaired the debt relief camp organized by the Ranchi circle office where a lump sum amount of approximately Rs. 23 Cr was settled. He also attended a conference at Hotel Maplewood where he addressed the customers assuring them a solution and also honoured the staff members for their excellent performance. Also present were RS Rathore General Manager, Head Office, Dinesh Kumar Paliwal, Zonal Manager- Bihar and Jharkhand, Praveen Kumar Jain division head, Ranchi Division and SK Kukreja sub- division head were also present.

Art and Craft Exhibition at SBPS

The annual art and craft exhibition- 'Kaleidoscope' was organised on the premises of SBPS on March 15 and 16, wherein the students put up a grand display of their creativity. Their creations contained bright and colourful Sohrai and other paintings, beautiful landscapes, masks made out of waste materials. The response of the exhibition was overwhelming. School Head Personnel & Admin. Mr. Pradip Varma appreciated the efforts of the students who have put an amazing array of handiworks. Principal Paramjit Kaur said that the purpose of such exhibition is to promote creativity.

Industry-academia conference

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of BIT, Mesra organised an Industry-Academia interaction on the theme of Coal Mining and Sustainable Environment on March 16. This event focused on bringing stalwart personalities in the area of coal mining from industries and academicians, who have been working on related fields. Director of Mines, Zeeshan Qamer, was the chief guest on the occasion, while eminent personalities including Abhijit Sinha, General manager, Environment, CMPD, VK Pandey, Senior Manager, Environment, CMPDI, Rakesh Dwivedi, Chief Manager, Environment, CCL, Dr. Biswajit Paul, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT-ISM, Dhanbad and Dr. Indrajit Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, BIT, Mesra were also invited for the session.

Gossner students visit FM studio

The Mass Communication and Video Production undergraduate second year students of Gossner College visited Radio Dhoom on Saturday in order to understand the functioning of a local FM of state capital. RJ Faizan explained them the role of FM in entertaining and educating the mass while Programme Head Anshu Priya highlighted the benefits of career in the field of radio.

 BIT Mesra’s Rostra’ 19

The ongoing annual fest of Literary Society, BIT Mesra, Rostra’ 19, on the second day on Saturday, saw a plethora of flagship, formal and informal events. The day commenced at 8:30 am with Youth Parliament, the flagship affair of Rostra’19. The event witnessed students standing for and against the positions of Prime Minister and defending the agendas of the ministries. Sharanya Jha and Priyanshu Pandey were selected for the positions whereas Bhavesh Chaturvedi and Atulya Arya were their counterparts. This was followed by a quizzing session.

Jivi Mobiles launches 3 new phones

Jivi Mobiles has launched three new smartphones Xtreme3, Xtreme3x and Xtreme 7 under its most successful Xtreme Series. These three new smartphones have full view (18:9) display, Fingerprint sensor and Face Unlock among the key features. It is unprecedented that a smartphones in this range will have such high-end features. Xtreme series comes with the tagline “Get more than you Xpect” which Jivi mobiles has judiciously justified and have loaded all those features such as Face unlock and Finger Print sensor etc. into their phones that have not been introduced by any brand at this range.