A team of BIT Sindri B Tech Students titled Ursa Major comprising three B Tech Students, including Sakshi Srivastava (Production Engineering), Subhada Mandavi (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and Ayushi Priya (Electrical Engineering) bagged the first runners up position in Innovation Cafe Hackathon organized by Hindustan Unilever the results of which were announced this evening.

The team which offered a solution to a problem statement, Alternate Feedstock Choices for FMCG products got a cash prize of Rs 50 thousand besides a certificate for their achievement in competition during which the IIT Madras team got the first prize.

Talking to The Telegraph Online, Sakshi Srivastava said, “Altogether 3,560 students from across the country participated in prelims round held in September after which only 70 students qualified for the 2nd round and after the 2nd round 12 qualified for the final round which was held on October 22 the results of which were announced today.

Expressing satisfaction at the achievement of students, Ghanshyam Rai, Head of Department of Physics of BIT Sindri who is also the Training and Placement Officer (TPO) of the institute, said, “the institute is very happy with the achievement of our students as it will inspire more students to participate in such competition."

Meanwhile, Kumar Bharat, a 3rd year B Tech student of BIT Sindri also excelled in regional level event of India Skill Competition held in Patna during which students of eight different states including, Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar took part earlier this week.

Bharat’s work on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Turning helped him to get certificate of merit from Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar during the event held from October 23 to 28 organized by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

Rai while Talking to The Telegraph Online, said, Bharat a student of B Tech Mechanical Engineering earlier secured 1st rank in state level event of India Skill Competition held during August 24 and 25 at Ranchi and received certificate of merit from state skill development minister Sayanand Bhokta and also got prize from Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS).

Rai, while elaborating about the work of Bharat, said, “Bharat’s intervention was in the field of CNC Turning which is a subtractive machining process where a cutting tool is placed against a spinning piece to take material off.”