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Oken Jeet Sandham, extreme left, along with winners of Don Bosco College’s Quiz Time winners in Kohima.[/caption]
Dimapur, June 30 (EMN): The Don Bosco College Kohima held its 3rd annual “Quiz Time” at the college premises with Oken Jeet Sandham, Editor NEPS as the special invitee.
Applauding the college for organizing such event for students, Sandham in his brief speech encouraged the students to keep a nose for news and underlined the importance of updating themselves with the current news around the world.
He further lamented that in this internet age, people only forward the message that they receive and have ceased to be thinkers.
In this regard, Sandham said that academicians were once called as walking encyclopedia, ‘but today hardly we gather knowledge’.
“Unless we think, we are not going to bring change. In this smart age, students are smart, but they find it difficult to adjust with the environment and family. We need well informed mind rather than educated mind. We need smart work than hard work.
He concluded by encouraging the students to believe that each one us superbly talented,” said the noted journalist.
In the competition, Ejonbeni 3rd semester from Department of Sociology was adjudged the first prize winner of this year’s “DBCK Quiz Time”, while Tiabenla, 5th semester, Department of Sociology and Visietuo, 1st semester from Department of Political Sciences secured the 2nd and 3rd position. The winners were awarded with cash prizes of INR 5000, INR 3000 and INR 2000 along with trophy, medals and certificates respectively.
“DBCK Quiz Time” is an annual event of the college held in three stages, where all the students of the college are compulsory to participate in the first two stages, and top 10 students are selected for partaking in the final round.
The final stage held today had five varieties of rounds. The competition had Dr. Aosunep, Jarani Mao, Pinky Sagolsem, and Vehutalu Vero as quiz masters; Kezienuo and Aveo as Judges; George for scoreboard and Victor for timekeeping and Dr Imtinaro Longkumer, “DBCK Quiz Time-2018” as the moderator.
Earlier, Dr. Fr. P. Suresh, Principal DBCK welcomed and felicitated the special invitee and Anuka L Chophy, BA 5th Semester performed a special number. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr Velhou Koza, Member “DBCK Quiz Time-2018”, this was informed in a press release issued by the college.