Inter IIT Sports Meet

Inter IIT Sports Meet
Type Inter collegiate sports tournament
Genre Sports Tournament
Founded 1961
Place India
Institute Indian Institutes of Technology
Website interiitsports.org

Inter IIT Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is organized in December every year, with the Aquatics events held separately in October. The seven old IITs take turns hosting the event. Inter IIT Sports Meet (or just Inter IIT, as students of the IITs call it) is the only event wherein all the IITs participate.

Sports and Participating Institutes

Tournaments are held in 13 different sports, namely:

  1. Athletics
  2. Badminton
  3. Basketball
  4. Cricket
  5. Football
  6. Hockey
  7. Lawn Tennis
  8. Squash
  9. Swimming
  10. Table Tennis
  11. Volleyball
  12. Water Polo
  13. Weightlifting

All the 16 IITs participate in the Inter IIT Sports Meet:

  1. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
  2. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  6. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  7. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  9. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  10. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  11. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  12. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  13. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  14. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
  15. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  16. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

History

The proposition for an Inter IIT Sports Meet was brought up in 1961, and IIT Bombay hosted the first ever Inter IIT Sports Meet. Only five IITs were in existence then, namely IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi; who competed in five sports only.

The hosts and winners of Inter IIT Sports Meets over the years

Year Edition Held at Champions Year Edition Held at Champions Year Edition Held at Champions
19611BombayKharagpur198926KanpurKharagpur201551Madras Cancelled due to flooding in Chennai
19632KharagpurKharagpur199027DelhiDelhi
19643MadrasKharagpur199128KharagpurKharagpur
19664BombayBombay199329BombayBombay
19675DelhiKharagpur199430Washed out
19686KanpurKharagpur199531KanpurBombay
19697KharagpurKharagpur199632DelhiMadras
19708MadrasKharagpur199733KharagpurKharagpur
19729KharagpurMadras199834BombayBombay
197310BombayMadras199935MadrasMadras
197411DelhiMadras200036KanpurBombay
197512KharagpurMadras200137KharagpurKharagpur
197613KanpurMadras200238DelhiDelhi
197714MadrasMadras200339BombayMadras
197815BombayMadras200440MadrasMadras
197916DelhiMadras200541RoorkeeKharagpur
198017KanpurMadras200642GuwahatiMadras
198118KharagpurBombay200743BombayBombay
198219BombayMadras200844MadrasBombay
198320Was not held200945KanpurBombay
198421KanpurBombay201046DelhiMadras
198522DelhiBombay201147KharagpurMadras
198623KharagpurKharagpur201248RoorkeeBombay
198724BombayBombay201349GuwahatiKanpur
198825MadrasMadras201450BombayKanpur

The Meet in 1971 was cancelled due to the India-Pakistan war, while the one in 1992 was to be held at IIT Bombay but was cancelled owing to the communal riots in Mumbai. The 2015 meet that was supposed to be held at IIT Madras was washed out due to unpredictable rains.

The 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2013, IIT Guwahati [1]

The 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Guwahati from December 16 to 23, 2013.[2] MC Mary Kom launched her autobiography Unbreakable during the ceremony; along with former Miss Universe and Hindi film actress Sushmita Sen.

The mascot for the 49th Inter IIT was Bhaiti,[3] a bamboo. Inspired by the slenderness and strength of its namesake plant, Bhaiti was designed by Thomas G. Manih, a student of IIT Guwahati, under the guidance of Dr. D. Udaya Kumar, who is credited with designing the Indian Rupee sign.

IIT Kanpur emerged as the winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament, while IIT Roorkee won the Women's General Championship.

The 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2014, IIT Bombay [4]

The official logo of the 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2014, IIT Bombay

The Golden Jubilee edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet is to be hosted by IIT Bombay in October and December 2014. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during October 1–4, 2014.The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Virdhawal Khade. The 50th Inter IIT Sports Main Meet will take place during December 12–19, 2014 at the IIT Bombay campus. The Opening Ceremony of that will be graced by the presence of Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.[5] The institute has undertaken massive renovations of the play fields in anticipation of the meet.[6] Sachin gave the most anticipated address of that day. The last time IIT Bombay hosted an Inter IIT Sports Meet was in 2007, as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the institute.[7] IIT Kanpur declared as the overall champions, winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament and second in the Women's Championship, while IIT Bombay won the Women's General Championship. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Coders : Abhishek Sarkar, Ajay Kumar Kilaka, Revanth Gopi, Kishore Tupili, Sai Sushant; Design: Dr. Udaya Kumar. "49th Inter IIT Sports Meet - 2013 - IIT Guwahati". iitg.ernet.in. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Inter IIT sports meet at IIT Guwahati | Sikkim First". sikkimfirst.in. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  3. ↑ "InterIIT Mascot". iitg.ernet.in. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  4. ↑ Coder :Hetal Rathod; Design: Vaibhav Bhalekar. "50th Inter IIT Sports Meet - 2014 - IIT Bombay". www.interiit.org. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  5. ↑ "The God of cricket' Sachin Tendulkar to call on IIT Bombay this December- Sportskeeda". thesportskeeda.com.com. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  6. ↑ "IIT-B to get indoor and outdoor sports complexes | The Asian Age". asianage.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  7. ↑ "IIT-B introduces new courses - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  8. ↑ "IIT-K wins consecutive inter IIT championships" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-12-19.
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