“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun

The Sports Club of BIT Sindri organized 63rd edition of its annual sports fest during 24-26 Jan 2019 in the College Ground. The three-day Annual Sports extravaganza, Spardha 2K19 started on 24th of January with the inauguration by our honourable Director sir, followed by the flag march and torch relay and the oath-taking ceremony to instil the spirit of sportsmanship. The first two days were devoted to the heats for the track events, viz 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 4*100m relay; for both boys as well as girls. The finals for the field events; namely shot put, long jump, high jump, discus throw, javelin throw were held simultaneously.

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One’s house or branch is benefited from individual performance in the Sports but ultimately all the cheers must be reserved for the participant. Tug of war was one team event where all the branches participated in the knockout round held on the second day of Spardha. Five branches qualified for the final rounds in the men section. The last day, also being the Republic Day when the entire nation was united in celebrating its 70th anniversary of being a Republic, students of BIT Sindri were united by sports. In a thrilling final day full of surprises and upsets, it was ultimately the Mighty Mechanical showing that it’s might isn’t just limited to studies and brawls, but sports too. They won the “Branch of the Year” award after bagging 12 medals including 7 golds, the Crowning Glory being the tug of war finale where they left electrical branch biting the dust within a couple of minutes. Chemical engineering was quite close with a medal tally of 15, out of which the gold medal count was 6. Mohsin Ansari of mechanical engineering bagged the “Athlete of the Year(Male)” award with three golds and one bronze to his name. Ankita Ekka of Chemical Engineering was declared “Athlete of the Year (female)” with three golds and a silver medal against her name in the tally. Rangeeta Kumari of Information Technology was declared the “Overall Champion of Spardha 2019” with six medals that included astounding 3 golds, 2 silvers and a bronze.

While the outdoor events proved to be Achilles heels for the ECE branch, where it bagged just a bronze, the indoor sports came to their rescue, allowing them to bag a few cups. Sudesh Oraon of Civil engineering won the cup for Carrom along with his partner Rohit Kudada of Electrical Engineering. The duo of Sandhya Kumari(ECE) and Khushboo Kumari(CSE) prevailed in the Carrom competition for girls. Ashutosh Kumar of Civil Engineering bagged the first position in table tennis for boys, while Shimlee Gosh of CSE won the award for the females. In the game of chess, it was the Electrical engineering branch that grabbed both the Male as well as Female titles with Rajnish Singh and Shivani Verma being crowned the champions respectively.

With the students performing so well in the fields, how could our mentors remain behind? Proving the adage “Age is just a number”, the faculty members took part in the races for the faculty, their performance putting students to shame repeatedly. While Prof S C Rai prevailed in the 50-60 years category, Prof T P Singh reclaimed his numero uno position in the 60+ age-group. With both the students as well as faculty members putting on their sports shoes, the ward servants, responsible for taking care of the day-to-day needs of students, were not the ones to be left behind. In the 200m race held for Ward servants, Mintu Saw of Hostel No 22 was the first to hit the finish line.

The second half of the final day was devoted to the race between the faculty members and the Prize Distribution Ceremony to appreciate the efforts of every participant. Mr S K Singh, retired scientist, DRDO of ’79 batch and Mr Mukesh Chandra, GM, HURL of ’84 batch graced the occasion with their presence. They reminisced their college days and encouraged everyone to take greater interests in sports.

The complete list of winners is mentioned below:

SPARDHA

Events

Gold

Silver

Bronze

100 m (Boys)

Manjeet Kr. Das

Chemical

Pankaj Kumar

Mining

Krishna Tirkey

E.C.E

100 m (Girls)

Nilonfar Parvin

CSE

Preeti Kumari

Electrical

Komolika

Civil

200 m (Boys)

Alister Bahadur

Chemical

Sagar Rajan

Metal

Mayank Raj Gupta

Electrical

200 m (Girls)

Mahima Singh

Electrical

Mausami Sindhu

CSE

Ekta Kumari

Electrical

400 m (Boys)

Dinesh Kr Manjhi

Mechanical

Sahil Raj

Mechanical

Ranjan Kumar

Civil

400 m (Girls)

Rangeeta Kumari

I.T

Preeti Kumari

Electrical

Mausami Sindhu

CSE

800 m (Boys)

Priyesh

Electrical

Arjun Tirkey

Civil

Sahil Raj

Mechanical

800 m (Girls)

Rangeeta Kumari

I.T

Mausami Sindhu

CSE

Preeti Kumari

Electrical

Discuss Throw (Boys)

Anubhav Singh

Mechanical

Santosh

Chemical

Mohsin Akhtar

Mechanical

Discuss Throw (Girls)

Ankita Ekka

Chemical

Kajal Kacchap

Civil

Kavita Kumari

Chemical

Shotput (Boys)

Mohsin Akhtar

Mechanical

Anubhav Singh

Mechanical

Sumit

Chemical

Shotput (Girls)

Rangeeta Kumari

I.T

Ankita Ekka

Chemical

Kajal Kacchap

Civil

Long Jump (Boys)

Mohsin Akhtar

Mechanical

Pankaj

(Mining)

Abhist

(Civil)

Long Jump (Girls)

Neha Kumari

Chemical

Priyanka Kumari

Metal

Rangeeta Kumari

I.T.

Javelin (Boys)

Samir Kr Soren

Mechanical

Aman

Chemical

Sagar Kumar

Chemical

Javelin (Girls)

Ankita Ekka

Chemical

Rangeeta Kumari

Kavita Kumari

Chemical

High Jump (Boys)

Yadunath Baski

Mechanical

Pradeep Mahel

Metal

Ravi Kr Mandal

Electrical

High Jump (Girls)

Ankita Ekka

Chemical

Ekta Kumari

Electrical

Kavita Kumari

Chemical

Relay (Boys)

Production

Civil

Chemical

Relay (Girls)

Electrical

Civil

I.T

Tug of War

Segments	Winner	Runner Up
Boys	Mechanical	Electrical
Girls	IT+Production	Electrical

Professor’s Race

Age Group	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Female (100m)	Rupali Kumari Ma’am	Devina Ratnam Ma’am	Dr. Suneeta Kumari Ma’am
35-40 years	Jai Ram Bhagat Sir	Anish Sir	Kapil Kumar Sir
Below 40 years	Suman Sir	Ajay Oraon Sir	Ajit Sir
40-50 years	J N Mahto Sir	Ajay Oraon Sir	Mahendra Kumar
Above 50 years	Prof. S.C Rai Sir	Prof D.K Singh Sir	Prof Rajiv Verma Sir
Above 60 years	Prof T.P Singh Sir	Prof Upendra Kumar Sir	Prof. Shyam Kishore Singh
Ward Boy (200m)	Mintu Saw	Pramod Kr. Singh	Rabindra Jha