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NIST organized the National Himalayan Trekking Expedition to Sarpass, a Himalayan range at the height of 13, 800ft above sea level. Every year Faculty members along with students take the chance of experiencing the chilly hills in the month of May being a part of this expedition which is coordinated by the Students Activity Centre, NIST in association with Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI). A Mini-Trekking Expedition NISTians enjoying Rafting NIST organized a mini-trekking expedition for all first year students of the institute including Staff & Faculty members from RAMAIHA PATNAM to GOPALPUR SEA BEACH. Around 175 students, staff and faculty participated in the 18 kms long trek. NIST Students – Badminton Champions NIST students participated in the ‘Inter College Sports Meet (ICSM) - 09’, held at University College of Engineering (UCE), Burla. The NIST Girls’ Badminton Team, Ms. Aarati Maharana, Ms. Priyanka, B. Tech., 6th Sem., and Ms. G. Divya, B. Tech., 2nd Sem., won the Badminton Champion’s Trophy (Girls). Asim Memorial Engineers’ Cup – 09 NIST Students’ Activities Center (SAC), as a part of NIST Cricket Team with the trophy the Institute’s Annual Cultural & Sports Meet, organized a Cricket Tournament named as ‘Asim Memorial Engineers Cup’ at Berhampur Stadium in the memory of our beloved student, Late Asim Abhinash Panda (2001 Batch). Eight different engineering colleges of Orissa, CV Raman College of Engineering, BBSR; IACR, Raygada; College of Engineering, BBSR; Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur; Silicon Institute of Technology, BBSR; APEX Institute of Technology & Management, BBSR; GIET, Gunpur, along with the host college participated in the tournament. In the grand finale NIST team won the match against IACR, Raygada, by twenty runs. Congratulations to NIST cricket team! Inauguration of NIST Business School National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur added another feather into its existing disciplines by starting the NIST Business School (NBS). The institute runs the 2 Years Full Time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with 60 seats of intake. Approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi & Govt. of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development), the program’s courses National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 11 of 18
structure is designed based on the Industry & Business requirement. The NBS will focus on the ever changing paradigms in the Industry context and will teach students in the growing segments of the industry. The intake of the NBS is through CAT/MAT/XAT/JEE scores and performance in GD/ Interview. The NBS is housed in a separate building with 15000 sq. ft of space. It is well equipped with an exclusive computer laboratory, English Language Laboratory and Digital Library with access to latest case tools and management journals. The NBS was formally inaugurated with the first batch joining the PGDM program on its orientation day on 6 th September, 2008. Mr. Shom P. Das is the Course Coordinator of the PGDM program. We wish him all the best in the efforts to make the PGDM program the most sought after in the state of Orissa. NIST Robotics Club’s Achievements The NIST Robotics Club (NRC) members participated in various competitions held at different places and won the following prizes: Event Venue Prize Won by NIST 12 Doors Down- IIT Kharagpur, 2nd (Rs11000/-) Mountain Terrain Bot KIIT University 1st (Rs10000/-) Koutuk (Open Hardware) KIIT University 1st (Rs7000/-) SAMAVESH-09 UCE, BURLA 1st (Rs5000/-) CONFLUENCE-2K9 NIT, RRKL Rs. 20,000/- Automatic Event GITAM University, Vizag 1st Prize Automatic Event OEC, Bhubaneswar 1st Prize Summer Workshop organised by Team NRC NIST Robotics Club at ROBOCON-09 NIST Robotics Club (NRC) participated in ROBOCON-2009 held at Pune. ROBOCON is a national level competition conducted by MIT, Pune in collaboration with DOORDARSHAN-INDIA. The winner of this competition has the honor of representing India in the international contest. NRC has been participating in this competition for the last 5 years. This year total 52 colleges from all over the country participated in the contest. NRC went up to quarterfinals performing brilliantly this time. To reach to this level the team had to cross two league matches and a super league round. This time NRC was considered as one of the strong contenders for the title. Only team NRC along with IIT Kanpur, IIT Chennai, NIRMA University and MIT Pune out of the total 52 Team NRC at ROBOCON - 09 teams was able to complete the target this time. NRC played against MIT Pune (the host team) in the quarterfinals. The commentators of DD had been describing team NRC as the dark horses of the game. The referees and organizers of the event appreciated the performance by telling that they wanted to see the team in the finals. One of the automobile majors Mahindra & Mahindra visited the team pit area to meet our students and asked for their resumes for future reference. They were very happy to see the kind of technology that had been implemented in the machines. The winners, IIT, Chennai will be going to Tokyo, Japan to play the international contest. National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 12 of 18
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