FIITJEE rewards successful IIT-JEE students
Bhubaneswar: The FIITJEE Bhubaneswar Centre has given financial rewards to successful students in the IIT-JEE (Advance) 2015. At a reward ceremony held here on Saturday, the centre distributed reward cheques to the parents of the students, who had undergone classroom coaching in the centre. Rohit Kumar Jena (AIR-57) received cash reward of `20 lakh while Abhisek Panda (AIR-154) got Rs 8 lakh. Besides, Asitava Sarkar (AIR-355), Manish Bera (AIR-416) and Spandan Sahu (AIR-421) received Rs 4 lakh, each. The total reward amount would be paid in equal installments, every year, over four years of graduate or integrated studies, said FIITJEE Centre Head Ranajoy Bardhan.
Song, tabla training camp for prisoners’ kids
Bhubaneswar: A song and tabla training programme ‘Murchhana’ for children of prisoners undergoing life imprisonment at 21 jails in the State was inaugurated at the premises of the Madhurmayee Adarsh Sikhyashram here on Monday. The programme, held with the support of the New Delhi-based Association for Social Service and Rehabilitation of the Aged, aimed at honing the hidden skills of students. Singer Subhhankari Das and Tabla player Rajendra Kumar Das are imparting training to the children. Among others, social activist Sushant Sahoo and Madhurmayee superintendent Nirojalaxmi Mohapatra were present during the inauguration.