Bihar: 517 participate in chess competition

PATNA: The two-day Bihar State Interschool Chess Championship organised by the All Bihar Chess Association at Dr D Y Patil Pushpalata Patil International School concluded on Saturday with a prize distribution ceremony.
Students like Dhaanvi Karmakar, Suronoy Das, Abhishree Deepu, Reyan MD, Vagisha Anand, Md Kaif Ullah, Abhilasha Deepu, Ved Veer, Jagriti Kumari, Ayush Kumar, Anjali Kumari and Piyush Kumar won prizes in different categories.
Altogether 517 students of 53 schools had participated in the championship.
IIT-P: A two-day technical fest, christened ‘Celesta’, began at the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) on Saturday.
Bloggers, Abhi and Niyu, shared their travel experiences with the students.
Business executive Ajit Balakrishnan highlighted some important entrepreneurial skills during an interactive session with the students.
Events like drone tussle, robo race and robo war were conducted on Day 1 of the fest.