Poly Fest-2019 kick starts in Bhubaneswar

(Surjit Dhal Bhubaneswar, Feb 24) : A two-day state level sports and cultural meet “Poly Fest-2019” kick started at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday to foster a healthy spirit of competition and improving the aspiration level of the Diploma Students of all Government and Private Polytechnics.

The event organized by Directorate of Technical Education and Training under the SD&TE Department was inaugurated by Secretary, Sports & Youth Services  Vishal Kumar Dev.

The objective behind Poly Fest is to expose trainer and trainees to competitive spirit and team work, said officials.

It aims to attract attention of society and intelligentsia toward skills.

Dev highlighted the Governments’ effort to provide opportunity and platform to the youth of Odisha to showcase their talent apart from competency building.

The meet will host 862 participants including 274 female participants from all 33 Government and 56 Private Diploma Institutes participating in different categories of sports and cultural events.

The students of 89 institutes from across the state from six zones–Cuttack, Balasore, Berhampur, Rourkela, Khurda & Puri – are participating in the Fest.

Meanwhile, an ITI Fest will be inaugurated on February 26 at the same venue.