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Inter IIT Sports Meet
File:Inter IIT 2016 Logo.jpg
Tournament information
Sport13 different Inter collegiate sports
LocationIndia
Established1961
AdministratorIndian Institutes of Technology
Participants3500 athletes
Websiteinteriit.com
Current champion
IIT Bombay (2017)

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. It is the longest running Inter-collegiate meet where all IITs participate having been held since 1961.

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 23 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 Palakkad
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
  9. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  10. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  11. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  12. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  13. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  14. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  15. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
  16. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  17. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  18. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  19. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
  20. Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
  21. Indian Institute of Technology Goa
  22. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
  23. Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad

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.

History and winners

Year Edition Held at Champions Year Edition Held at Champions Year Edition Held at Champions
1961 1 Bombay Kharagpur 1989 26 Kanpur Kharagpur 2015 51 Madras Cancelled due to flooding in Chennai
1963 2 Kharagpur Kharagpur 1990 27 Delhi Delhi 2016 51 Kanpur Kanpur
1964 3 Madras Kharagpur 1991 28 Kharagpur Kharagpur 2017 52 Madras Bombay
1966 4 Bombay Bombay 1993 29 Bombay Bombay 2018 53 Guwahati To Be Held
1967 5 Delhi Kharagpur 1994 30 Washed out
1968 6 Kanpur Kharagpur 1995 31 Kanpur Bombay
1969 7 Kharagpur Kharagpur 1996 32 Delhi Madras
1970 8 Madras Kharagpur 1997 33 Kharagpur Kharagpur
1972 9 Kharagpur Madras 1998 34 Bombay Bombay
1973 10 Bombay Madras 1999 35 Madras Madras
1974 11 Delhi Madras 2000 36 Kanpur Madras
1975 12 Kharagpur Madras 2001 37 Kharagpur Madras
1976 13 Kanpur Madras 2002 38 Delhi Madras
1977 14 Madras Madras 2003 39 Bombay Madras
1978 15 Bombay Madras 2004 40 Madras Madras
1979 16 Delhi Madras 2005 41 Roorkee Kharagpur
1980 17 Kanpur Madras 2006 42 Guwahati Madras
1981 18 Kharagpur Bombay 2007 43 Bombay Bombay
1982 19 Bombay Madras 2008 44 Madras Bombay
1983 20 Was not held 2009 45 Kanpur Madras
1984 21 Kanpur Bombay 2010 46 Delhi Madras
1985 22 Delhi Bombay 2011 47 Kharagpur Madras
1986 23 Kharagpur Kharagpur 2012 48 Roorkee Bombay
1987 24 Bombay Bombay 2013 49 Guwahati Kanpur
1988 25 Madras Madras 2014 50 Bombay Kanpur

IITs with most overall wins

IIT First Win Last Win Wins in last 10 editions Total Wins
IIT Madras 1972 2011 3 22
IIT Bombay 1966 2017 4 12
IIT Kharagpur 1961 2005 0 12
IIT Kanpur 2013 2016 3 3
IIT Delhi 1990 1990 0 1

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.

Recent championships

49th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2013 [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.[citation needed]

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.

50th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2014 [4]

File:50th Inter IIT Logo.jpg
The official logo of the 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2014, IIT Bombay

The Golden Jubilee edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was 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 took place during December 12–19, 2014 at the IIT Bombay campus. The Opening Ceremony of that was 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]

51st Inter IIT Sports Meet 2016

The 51st edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Kanpur in October and December 2016. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Paralympic Javelin Thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won Gold at 2016 Rio Paralympics and is also the current World Paralympic Record Holder in Javelin Throw under F46 events. IIT Madras Aquatic Team has won the Overall Championship in the Inter-IIT Aquatic Meet held at IIT Kanpur during October 2 to 5, 2016 [9] IIT Kanpur continued their winning spirit and emerged as overall champions for third consecutive time.

52nd Inter IIT Sports Meet 2017

The 52nd edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Madras in October and December 2017. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during October. The 52nd Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during December 15–23, 2017 at IIT Madras' lush green campus. The Opening Ceremony was graced by the presence of renowned Indian Field Hockey Team's former Captain Viren Rasquinha, who also is the CEO of Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ). IIT Bombay were declared the Overall Champions.

53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet 2018

The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet is being hosted by IIT Guwahati. The Aquatics meet was conducted in October, from 3rd to 7th while the Main meet is being hosted from 13th to 21st December. This edition holds a special significance for IIT Guwahati as it is being conducted to celebrate the silver jubilee of the institute. This will also be the first time when Para-powerlifting event has been introduced.

The Aquatics Meet was graced by the presence of Sajan Prakash, the man with the highest number of National Records in short course and long course swimming events. The Chief Guest for the Main Meet was Shiny Abraham, she has represented India in more than eighty international meets and was the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. The ceremony also had Rio Paralympics gold medalist, Mariyappan Thangavelu as its guest of honor.

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.
  9. ^ "Inter IIT Swimming Meet at IIT Kanpur". IITM. 10 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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