Waves at NIST

The institute organized its Annual Cultural Fest, Waves 2015 during 15th and 16th April 2016. These two days of fun, excitement and entertainment replenished the entire ambience of NIST. Like every year, this year also both students and faculty challenged and stretched their extracurricular talents to the extreme. The celebrations started with a series of games and sports events like Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Swimming, Lawn Tennis, Throw Ball and many more. The evening was splashed with the spirit of enjoyment as students as well as faculty members took to the stage showcasing their singing, dancing and acting talents. The second day was dedicated to various stage events like Antakshari, Dumb Charades, Debate and Skits. The skits ranged from Modern Ramayana to Student's Life and several other interesting and nerve tickling experiences. During the fest the Gold and Silver medalists were also felicitated and the deserving students were offered scholarships by the respective sponsoring faculty and staff. The Fashion Show marked the end of the eventful evening.

Mr. Dipti Ranjan Lenka, Editor, NIST e_news, spoke about the contribution of e_news in highlighting all the events, publications, seminars, conferences, workshops (both those hosted at NIST and those attended by our various faculty members), and thanked all the writers and student volunteers for their constant support. Dr. E. Raja Rao, Prof., Dept. of English, proposed the Vote of Thanks.

15 Glorious Years Celebration

As a part of the celebration of the 15 Glorious Years of NIST (1996-2011), the Institute staged a play titled "RUDALI", performed by a famous Indian Theatre Group, Rangakarmee, led by Ms. Usha Ganguly. Many of the faculty, staff members and students enjoyed the Hindi play performed by a 32-person theatre group from Calcutta which was held in Town Hall Auditorium, Berhampur, on December 3, 2011.

Continuing the Celebration Spirit, A Cultural Nite was organized on December 23, 2011, in the campus with celebrities like Rex D'Souza a well-known singer from Mumbai, Amay Date, Bollywood playback singer, finally, the Prince Dance Group, winner of 'India's Got Talent' of Colors Channel. The evening witnessed some of the brilliant performances enjoyed by students, staff and faculty members along with their spouses.

Independence Day and Republic Day celebration at NIST

This time the Institute celebrated the 64th Independence Day in a noble way by organizing an awareness campaign on 'Child Labor' in the city of Berhampur. The students surveyed many of the child labor schools run in Berhampur by NCLP India. They raised a fund of around Rs. 13,000 from the staff, students and faculty members of NIST and donated two sets of uniform and study materials to all students of one of the child labor schools at Lochapada, Berhampur.

NIST commemorated the 62nd Republic Day at the Institute hostels by hoisting the Tricolor and observed the day by distributing food packets among hostelites. Hostel superintendents, Dean of the institute, faculty members, staff and students were all present to mark the celebration.

 

 

Blood Donation camp at NIST

The institution organized a Blood Donation Camp on December 24, 2013 in the college premises by NIST ISTE STUDENT CHAPTER. Students and faculty members of the institution donated blood in large numbers.Chairman, Mr. Surendra Mudali, inaugurated the event and it was carried on exhaustively from 10 am to 6 pm.

NISTians raft Mahanadi

Nine students and two faculty members of the National Institute of Science and Technology have gone on a river-rafting expedition from August 02, 2013, to August 04, 2013. They started the 165-km-long journey from Boudh and ended it at Banki.

After rafting about 90 kms on the first day, the team reached Sitamali. The journey was continued on the second day to cover a distance of 40 km to reach Bhatariak and on the third day the team sailed around 35 km to reach Banki. The program was organized by NIST in collaboration with the National Adventure Foundations, Odisha chapter.

"The objective of the program was to prepare the students to face any type of situations during any journey or expedition. Earlier we had conducted rafting in Manila. But this expedition was different than the previous ones as the river Mahanadi was flooded with the release of water from Hirakud reservoir," said Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, coordinator of the expedition.

Orientation day for 1^st year students

NIST welcomed the 1st year students of B.Tech., MCA, MBA, and M.Tech to its family on 5th August 2013. This batch is the largest batch of the institute with an intake of more than 1000 students in its Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs. Placement Director shared her experiences with industry and the changing trends and requirements of placement. The students were shown a power point presentation on the journey of the institution since 1996. NIST is known for its number of clubs where students hone their talent and showcase their creativity. The newbeis, on their very first day at the college, were introduced to the host of clubs and their activities.

Orientation Program on Basics for Freshers 2013

The Orientation Program on Basics for Freshers, 2013 was organized this year as usual with the high hope of widening the horizons of the new batch of B.Tech., MBA, and MCA students who chose the NIST to be their alma mater. As ever, NIST has been jostling with strategies of infusing its students with new innovative ideas in different spheres of life. It wants to maintain the tall order of the IITs and such foreign Universities like Stanford, UPENN, Houston and others in matters of reaching out to the students with fresh cognitive frontiers.

A Mini-Trekking Expedition

A mini-trekking expedition was organised on 10th March 2013 (Sunday) from Ramaihya Patnam to Markandi on Sea for the 1st year B. Tech., MCA, MBA, and PGDM students of the Institute. The trek was flagged off by Mr Bhawani Shankar Pattnaik, Faculty member, Dept. of CSE at 09:15 a.m. Around 135 students, staff, and faculty members participated in the trekking programme. All the trekkers were provided with T-shirt, cap, Refreshments and lunch by the institute. Among the faculty members and staff who actively participated in the trekking were, Mr R. K. Shial, Mr Anisur Rahman, Dr Mihir Hota, Mr Bishnukar Nayak, Mr Asish Dass, Mr Ashu A., Mr Mitu Baral, Mr Ashok Kumar Samantray, Dr Duryodhan Sahu and Mr Sourav Nayak. The programme was arranged and coordinated by Mr. Vinay Das, Coordinator, Students, Activity Centre.

Industrial Tour of Management Students

On 14th February 2013, fourteen PGDM 1st year students undertook an industrial visit to Indian Rare Earth Limited, OSCOM, Chhatrapur. Mr Ajit Kumar Tripathy, Sr. Manager, IRE, showed the students their various operational units like mining, supplementary mining, mineral separation, finished goods stockyard, logistics, central storage, auto repair, mechanical repair, railway siding apart from their administrative and safety sections. All the students were apprised about the mining, production operation, safety, HR, Marketing as well as other supportive processes. The trip highlighted various managerial functional areas. Dr Ratnakar Mishra and Ms Sanjukta Mahapatra, Faculty members, Dept. of Management Studies were with the students during the trip. Mr Shom P. Das, Course Coordinator, NIST B-School initiated and supported the entire trip.

National Himalayan Trekking Expedition - 2011

If one expects to find the rarest blend of raw 'Adventure' with exquisite 'Heavenly Beauty', it is this. 'The National Himalayan Trekking' takes one into the world of gentle walks along pine-shaded slopes over the city roads to hard, perspiring treks over rough and rocky terrains crossing high mountain passes, from challenging 'on-the-top-of-bus' rides on narrow paths (at a height of 7000-8000 ft) with no fencing to rappelling straight down from the mountains, gentle shuffling of skies on easy gradients of a snow covered meadow or a wind splitting rush of a heavy downpour or an even more exciting Ice-skiing experience, a soaring flight in a hang glider or the adventurous take on the white water Rafting.

You name it, Himachal has it. NIST organized the National Himalayan Trekking Expedition. In fact, every faculty members along with students take the opportunity to experience the chilly hills in the month of May. This expedition is coordinated by the Students Activity Centre, NIST, in association with Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI).

Parasailing

NIST, in association with National Adventure Foundation, Bhubaneswar, organized a Parasailing activity at New Cricket Ground, NIST, Palur Hills. The NIST members comprising faculty, staff and students experienced and enjoyed the Sky Ride, flying free at a height of 50ft to 300ft above the ground level. Around 218 students, besides quite a few staff and faculty members participated in the activity. It was all made possible under the able stewardship of Mr. Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, Student Activity Center, NIST.

 

 

Movie Making Competition

Club EUREKA organised a Movie Making Competition for the students of NIST few days back. The theme of the competition was 'NIST College Life.' Twenty two videos were uploaded in the YouTube. Based on the youtube hits: views, likes, and dislikes and the jury's marks, the winners were selected and were awarded with cash prizes (Rs. 10,000 for all winners)during Waves 2012.

People who are interested to watch the videos can do the same by following the link : https://www.youtube.com/user/ClubEureka

 

 

SUMMER ROBOTICS WORKSHOP 2013

NIST Robotics Club (NRC) organized the Summer Workshop on Robotics for school children from 1st to 14th June 2013. The club has been organising this workshop successfully for the past eight years, where top five students from all the schools in and around Berhampur are invited. The students learn the basics of Robotics and Its Application. JUNK Robotics, Manual Robotics. LEGO Robotics, Electronics and Automatic Robotics Concepts are made clear to the students in the workshop. This is free for all the participants and the institute bears all the expenses for the same. Around 50 students from various schools participated in the workshop this year. The program was organized and coordinated by Mr Swagat Kumar Samantaray along with the club members.

 

 

EyeBotics

Think Ware, a venture of KC Robotics & Embedded Pvt. Ltd., Noida in collaboration with NIST Robotics Club conducted a Workshop on 'Eye Botics' in the college campus on 13th and 14th April 2013. This workshop focused on Image processing in Matlab Image Acquisition, Image Manipulation in MATLAB, Integrating Image Processing Code in Real Time, Ball Following Robot, and Object Tracking Robot. A total of 181 Students from different semesters participated in the workshop. Mr. Swagat Kumar Samantaray, Faculty Advisor, NRC along with the members of the club and other faculty members coordinated the workshop.

 

 

ASTRONOMY WEEK

In yet another eventful week in NIST, the NIST Astronomy Club celebrated the Astronomy Week from 16th to 20th April 2013. Over a span of five days many exciting competitions: general quiz, paper presentation, poster presentation, Vega Bond were organized in the campus where a huge participation was witnessed. On the final day the event was concluded by a documentary show to increase the inquisitiveness and awareness of the students in the field of astronomy. Ms Jyoti Padhi and Ms G. Spandana, B. Tech 2nd year secured first position in general quiz, Ms Aparna Rani Behera, B. Tech 2nd year, first in poster presentation, Mr Kunal Gaurav, Mr Jitendra Kumar and Mr Deepak Kumar, B. Tech 2nd year, first in Vega Bond and Mr Soumya Ranjan Senapati, B. Tech 1st year was adjourned the best presenter in the paper presentation competition. The program was organized by the members of the club under the guidance of Dr Mihir Hota, Faculty Advisor, Astronomy Club.

 

 

SAND ART COMPETITION

Club Eureka and Club Innova successfully conducted the Sand Art Competition in the college campus. Around 50 students (eight groups) participated in the same. Through sand art, on the theme 'Moulding Change in Society', the students presented their ideas on End of Terrorism, United India, Gender Equality, Primacy of Lord of Knowledge over the universe, Respect Women, Women at par with men, Tobacco Kills, and Pac Man - a computer game where a man is ready to kill terrorism, corruption and poverty - the three demons of humankind.

 

 

Technical Clubs at NIST

• Bioinformatics Club
• Electronics Club
• Excel - the Programming Club
• Multimedia Club
• Entrepreneurship Club
• Robotics Club
• Linux Club
• Renewable Energy Club

 

 

Cultural Clubs at NIST

• NIST Musical Society
• Spic Macay
• Innova - innovative ideas

 

 

Health and Sports Clubs at NIST

• Yoga Club
• Fitness Club
• Swimming Club
• Sports (Cricket, Tennis, Baseball, TableTennis, Volleyball)

 

 

Language Clubs at NIST

• EUREKA Club - English Language Club
• Foreign Language Club - Japanese, German and French