Chandigarh,
The main objective of Sports day is to encourage students and make them understand teamwork, Discipline and sportsmanship.
Dr. Rakesh Malik (Directorate of Sports), Dr. Arun Singh Thakur (Director UIHTM), Dr. Prashant Gautam (Former director of sports/UIHTM) and Dr. Jaswinder Kumar (Coordinator of Sports Meet 2023) are the speakers of the Meet.
On the first day of the meet, Dr. Rakesh Malik talked about the Significance of Sports in our lives and talked about the achievements of Panjab University in sports. He further informed that Panjab University received the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy for the third consecutive year. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2021 on November 2. He further informed that sports tourism is an emerging concept and one of the fastest growing sectors in Tourism. He said that managing and organizing an Event is one of the most important learning for Tourism as well as hotel management students.
100m race was organized for both boys and girls. Other competitions were Shot put, Long jump, Relay Race, and basketball.
The winner of the sports in 100 m boys is Aryan Saggar, Bachelor’s Hotel Management Catering Technology (BHMCT), 200m girls –Khushi, BHMCT, 400 relay boys – Tourism team, Long jump – Dhruv BHMCT, Shot put – Obom Master’s Travel and Tourism and Basketball- Tourism team.