IIT BBSR celebrates Alma Fiesta
Bhubaneswar: The IIT Bhubaneswar celebrated its eighth edition of Alma Fiesta, a three-day annual socio-cultural fest on Friday. IIT BBSR Director Professor RV Raja Kumar inaugurated the event. A series of programmes were performed by Debanjan Bhattacharjee and Kumkum Mohanty’s dance groups. A children fest ‘Bachpan-ka-Rangmanch’ was also held with participation of children from Argul village high school and Swabhiman (State Disability Information and Resource Centre) with its chief executive Sruti Mohapatra as chief guest. Other events like Model United Nations, parliamentary debate and Euphony-Battle of Bands were also held and concluded with a performance of rock band The local Train”.
IIIT BBSR holds literature fest (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: A three-day-long literature festival was celebrated at the IIIT Bhubaneswar campus for the first time on Friday. The festival aimed to promote activities like debate, games and ssay writing among students. Prof Sailendra Narayan Tripathy was chief guest. Students presented a play followed by an inspirational talk. Popular author Sudeep Nagarkar gave a motivational speech on January 8 at a pre-lit fest event.