Jamshedpur: VB Chinmaya Vidyalaya wins SN Sinha Memorial Materials and Metallurgy Quiz, Loyola School bags second spot

Jamshedpur, Aug 24: The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Jamshedpur Chapter, organized the 10^th Professor SN Sinha Memorial Materials and Metallurgy Quiz 2022 (SNSM3E-2022) for standard XI and XII students of Jamshedpur at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.

In addition to 16 participating schools with 31 team comprising of 62 students, 20 teachers, dignitaries from Tata Steel and CSIR- NML attended the function.

After a series of exciting rounds, Vidya Bharati Chinmaya comprising Om Bhardwaj and A Ananthakrishnan were declared champions of the quiz. Sarothak Ghosh and Madhan Varshney from Loyola School bagged the second prize while Amisha Sinha and Ishani Dasgupta also from Loyola School were adjudged third.

The two winning team will get opportunities to participate in Professor Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz 2022 to be held at Kalpakkam on September 9-10, 2022.

Earlier, Chief Guest, Prof Ashok Kumar, Head, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur formally inaugurated the programme.

The event is dedicated to late Prof SN Sinha, an eminent educationist and past president of the IIM Jamshedpur Chapter.

On the occasion floral tributes were paid to Prof. Sinha by Prof. Ashok Kumar, Head, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML, Prof. Gayatri Sinha, wife of late Prof SN Sinha,

Dr AN Bhagat, Chairman, IIM Jamshedpur and Dr. Chiradeep Ghosh, Secretary, IIM, Jamshedpur Chapter. Dr AN Bhagat, Chairman, IIM Jamshedpur chapter was also present.

Guest of Honour, Gayatri Sinha motivated the students and thanked the organizers for conducting the programme for last 10 years.

On the occasion, Prof. Ashok Kumar delivered lecture on “Introduction to Materials for Students” which was well appreciated by the audience.

Prof. Kumar also talked about the present and advanced materials for use and how the advance materials can be selected. Finally how the interest in new materials can be developed in school students.

Participating Schools

JH Tarapore School, Dhatkidih; Atomic Energy Central School, Jadugoda; DBMS English School; Baldwin Farm Area High School; Narbheram Hansraj English School; NML Kerala Public School; Mount Litera Zee School Jamshedpur; Little Flower School; Loyola School; Kerala Public School Kadma; Vig English School; Rajendra Vidyalaya; SDSM School for Excellence; Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Telco.