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The 58th Inter-IIT Sports Meet 2025 got disconnected to a expansive commencement astatine the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT-T) field astatine Yerpedu, present connected Sunday. The lawsuit is hosted by IIT Tirupati, with enactment from IIT Madras and IIT Hyderabad units.
IIT-T Director K.N. Satyanarayana joined Olympian and Arjuna award-winning weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam, and handed implicit the torch to a player, who lit the flame. Sports contingents from each the 23 IITs crossed the state took portion successful the march past. The set from Veritas Sainik School played patriotic songs that added excitement to the event.
Recalling his days astatine the IIT-Madras field arsenic a student, Mr. Satyanarayana explained that specified gatherings would not lone assistance the students excel successful sports, but besides supply a consciousness of participation, squad spirit, tolerance and enactment skills.
Mr. Sivalingam hailed India’s increasing footprint connected planetary sports and called ‘Khelo India’ and the emerging sports policies arsenic having the imaginable to place and beforehand endowment from the countryside. “The awesome sports infrastructure volition assistance successful creating a caller breed of aboriginal sports champions,” helium said, adding that specified events would assistance laic absorption connected emerging areas similar sports management, high-performance sports and allied areas.
Chess, tennis and weightlifting events unfolded connected the archetypal day. Dean (Student Affairs) N.N. Murthy, Sports Officer Iyyappan and students participated.
