Dignitaries to attend BCE-NITP alumni meet

PATNA: Top politicians, bureaucrats and engineers of the state will attend the annual meeting of the Bihar College of Engineering-National Institute of Technology Patna (BCE-NITP) Alumni Association scheduled for February 5.
NITP electrical engineering head and alumni association secretary Girish Kumar Chaudhary said that dignitaries like CM Nitish Kumar, rural works minister Bhim Singh, Bihar State Electricity Board chairman Prabhat Kumar Rai, Uttar Pradesh government principal secretary Arun Kumar, public works department director general Chandra Shekhar, Railway Board member A P Mishra, and former vice-chancellors S N Sinha and R K Mahto and former pro-VC S I Ahson will grace the occasion.
The annual meeting would include a cruise on the Ganga, a cricket match between engineers and professors, musical chair, housie and various other cultural programmes. Besides, alumni who have completed 50 years and 25 years of association with the engineering profession would be honoured on the occasion, according to spokesperson Prof Santosh Kumar and Chaudhary. Toppers of last year will be awarded gold medals. An attractive souvenir containing technical and popular articles would also be released, said Santosh.
Science Day celebrations: The Bihar Council on Science and Technology (BCST) will celebrate the National Science Day on February 28 on a grand scale. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the organizing committee held here on Monday under the chairmanship of BCST project director Upendra Narain Singh.
Two eminent scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre have been invited to deliver the keynote address on the focal theme, 'Clean Energy, Options and Nuclear Safety'. A booklet based on this theme would also be released on the occasion. The winners of the National Children Science Congress would also be honoured. Those who attended the meeting included Magadh University chemistry teacher R K Verma, A N College teacher Krishna Kumar Singh and officials of the state science and technology department.