Sporty Affair

Updated on: Monday, August 22, 2011

From fighting it out in the tense board rooms to sweating it out under the sun, the future managers of our country were high on enthusiasm and the thrill to win.

XLRI Jamshedpur hosted the first-ever national sports meet among three top B-schools – XLRI, XIMB, and IIM-Lucknow. The mega event held recently received participation from hundreds of students from these B-schools. Tata Steel was the title sponsor for this event with PepsiCo, the co-sponsor.

There were a plethora of events like football, cricket, volleyball, basketball, swimming, lawn tennis, field and track events along with an entire gamut of indoor sports like table tennis, chess, carom and badminton. There were other events like a sports quiz, cultural events etc which kept the audience engrossed.

 

After two days of intense competition, XLRI Jamshedpur emerged winners with a tally of 40 points, while IIM Lucknow was runners-up with a tally of 24 points and XIM Bhubaneswar was at 10 points. Participants from all three colleges took part in every sport, with scores of students cheering their respective teams.

 

The closing ceremony was presided over by Sanjeev Paul, vice president – corporate affairs at Tata Steel and Charles Borromere, winner of the prestigious Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri Award. Medals and certificates were awarded to winners of each event.

 

Medals were also presented and special recognition given to excellent players from each college. They were Nimish Singh and Sneha Pandit from IIM Lucknow, Suchir Agarwal and Bhavna from XLRI Jamshedpur and Daron Ross and Ruchita from XIM Bhubaneswar.

 

Inderjit Singh, secretary of the sports committee of XLRI said, “When we approached the other B-schools with the idea of a collaborative sports meet, all of them readily agreed citing that something of this nature was long overdue.”

 

“An initiative like this will go a long way in strengthening the bonds of friendship and build relationships among the managers of tomorrow,” he added.

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