DAV Bistupur aces 7th Prof SN Sinha Materials and Metallurgy Quiz

Jamshedpur, Aug 29: The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Jamshedpur Chapter, organised the 7th Professor S. N. Sinha Memorial Materials and Metallurgy Quiz 2019 (SNSM3Q-2019)  for standard XI and XII students of Jharkhand State in CSIR-NML�s Auditorium, Burmamines.

In addition to 18 participating schools comprising of 72 students, 17 Teachers, many dignitaries from Tata Steel and CSIR- NML attended the function. The Chief Guest,
Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur formally inaugurated the programme.

The event is dedicated to the memory of Late Prof. S N Sinha, an eminent educationist and past president of the IIM Jamshedpur Chapter. The programme started with floral tribute to Late Prof. Sinha by Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML, Prof. (Mrs). Gayatri Sinha, wife of late Prof. S N Sinha, Dr. Mita Tarafder, Chairperson, IIM Jamshedpur and Dr. Chiradeep Ghosh, Secretary, IIM, Jamshedpur Chapter.

Six teams qualified in the screening round out of 36 teams, representing from five schools, namely � Beldih Church School, Loyola School (2 teams), Sacred Heart Convent, Rajendra Vidyalaya, DAV Public School, Bistupur.

After series of interesting rounds, Ahsen Kamal and Yash Raj of DAV Public School, Bistupur, Jamshedpur were declared champions.

Neelmani and Agnidh Ghosh of Loyola School got Second prize while Anushka Bhardwaj and Pracheta Agarwal of Sacred Heart Convent School stood third.

The two winning team will get opportunities to participate in Professor Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz � 2019 to be held at Kalpakkam in third week of September.

Over the years, this Quiz Competition has attracted appreciation from educationalist, researchers & industrialists and is considered a prestigious annual event of the Kalpakkam Chapter and the IIM. The National Level �Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz� has gained wide popularity within student community.

This programme was initiated as an effort to create awareness among the students about the role of materials science and metallurgy in industrial and technological developments. In the year 1993, this event was named after Prof. Brahm Prakash, an eminent metallurgist of India.

Earlier, Dr. Mita Tarafder, Chairperson, IIM Jamshedpur chapter welcomed the gathering.

Guest of Honour Gayatri Sinha motivated the students and thanked the organizers for conducting successfully this programme for last 7 years. Chief Guest Dr. I. Chattoraj, Director, CSIR- NML said, Prof. Sinha had a great role in building the student fraternity in metallurgy as Head of Metallurgy department of NIT Jamshedpur, and Dean/ Principal, NIT as well as Director, NIFFT Ranchi.

Dr. Chattoraj delivered a lecture on “Future Shocks” regarding the disruptive technology of future in the area of mobility, biology, physics, etc.

Dr. Chiradeep Ghosh, Secretary, IIM, Jamshedpur Chapter proposed the vote of thanks. He also thanked Director, NML and all the organising committee members for their hard work.