Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Feb 22: 8th Athletic Meet was held today at Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh.
Over 2500 Students of various courses like MBA, B.Tech, BBA, BCA, B.Ed, BA, GNM and Polytechnic participated in this Athletic Meet. Jim Whiteway, Dean, Loyalist College, Ontario, Canada was the chief guest and J K Jain, SDM, Rajpura was the guest of honour on the occasion. The Meet was inaugurated by Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group.
The whole event was divided into three parts- Indoor Games, Outdoor Games and Fun Games. The Outdoor Games included 100m and 200m Races, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Long Jump, Javelin Throw, Relay Race, Discuss Throw, Shot put etc. The Indoor Games included Table Tennis, Chess, Carom Board and Badminton. The Fun Games included 3 Legged Race, Tug of War, Sack Race, Eating Noodles, Finding Balls in Mud, Dog and the Bone, Balloon Stomp and Catch the Tail of the Dragon.
Dr Praveen Kataria, Director General, Aryans Group gave away the prizes to the winners and congratulated them. Speaking on this occasion, she said that sports contribute an important role in development of overall personality of a student. Citing the example of various eminent sports personalities, she encouraged the students to adopt sports as profession too.
Prof B S Sidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group; Prof A P Jain, Director, Aryans Group; Tejinder Kaur, Deputy Director, Aryans Group; Kusum Sood, Coordinator, Aryans Group and Punika Mahajan, Coordinator, Aryans Group were also present on the occasion.
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