Gate Qualified StudentsThe following students cleared the GATE-<strong>2009</strong>:Name of the Student Roll No Branch PercentileNavnidhi Kumar Upadhyay 200<strong>62</strong>0344 ECE 91.97Suruchi Kumari 200670013 ECE 96Niladri Bihari Nayak 200<strong>62</strong>6388 ECE 86Debashish Sahu 200610065 ELE 96Rana Ashraful Abrar 200510390 ECE 95.6Congratulations! <strong>NIST</strong> wishes all of you a great future ahead!‘JIGYASA, Season – II’The 2 nd season of the Bi-Annual General Quiz Contest, ‘JIGYASA’, an initiation by QUIZZARDS, the quizcommunity of ISTE Students’ Chapter, <strong>NIST</strong>, was organized on 13 th March <strong>2009</strong> which registered a recordparticipation of 340 contestants from all batches and courses of the college. Last edition winner, the team of Mr.Subhrajeet Chand & Mr. Sanjeet Dash (B. Tech, final yr) continued their good show this time also winning the 1 stprize. The 1 st runner-up team was of Mr. Bipada B. Behera & Mr. Prasant B. (B. Tech, 1 st yr) and the 2 ndrunner-ups were Ms. Stuti Pandey (B. Tech, 2 nd yr) & Mr. Naquib Akhtar (B. Tech, 1 st yr). The total prizemoney was Rs 2500. The event, with Mr. Jagannath Mohanty as the quiz master, had the esteemed presence ofDean, Dr. A. K. Panda, B. Tech., Course Coordinator Dr. A. K. Padhy and many quiz enthusiast faculty members.‘Quizzards’ at Tata Crucible Business Quiz ContestMr. Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt and Mr. Rohit Mohanty, B. Tech., 6 th Semester students participated in the TataCrucible Business Quiz Contest held at Crown Plaza, Bhubaneswar on 3 rd March <strong>2009</strong>. About 125 teamsfrom all across the state of Orissa and West Bengal participated in the event. <strong>NIST</strong>, Berhampur along with IIT-KGP, KIIT-BBSR, and XIMB-BBSR emerged as the final six teams on stage. The students won prizes worthRs.11000/- which includes DVD players, pen drives and sun glasses. The two students are core members of‘<strong>NIST</strong> Quizzards’ working under the banner of ISTE Students’ Chapter.2nd Prize in on-line Technical QuizMr. Ashish Kumar Ram, B. Tech., 2 nd year student participated in the On-line Technical Quiz Competitionconducted by IIT-Roorkee and won the 2 nd Prize, a Certificate of Merit along with a Cash Award of Rs. 3000/- (Rupees three thousand). The quiz had four rounds with questions from different technical fields like, computerand web security, programming in C++, mathematics and physics.Linux WorkshopThe students of <strong>NIST</strong> organized a one day Linux Workshop on 28 th March <strong>2009</strong>. Around 60 students from allthe semesters and branches participated in the workshop. It was an introduction to Linux installation and its usermanagement.National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 2 of 18