Reports and Investigations Students IIT Kanpur Sports – A Waning Culture Disclaimer: The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative of the views of Vox Populi as a body or IIT Kanpur in general. IITK had to wait for 49 years to clinch it’s first Inter-IIT General Championship when history took a turn, and we claimed the trophy in […] Written by Vox Populi January 22, 2019May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations It’s raining gold for Kanpur on Day 6 ! Athletics Day 5 was the happy homecoming the Kanpur contingent was waiting for. Besides grabbing the top two positions in Pole Vault and the second spot in 1500m, we also won the 4X100m Men’s relay against all odds. In men’s 4x100m relay, we were up against Delhi who had in their ranks, Dileep Pudi, the […] Written by Vox Populi December 19, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Kanpur’s spectacular performance on Day 5 Athletics The Kanpur team gave the 400m Hurdles event a miss and fielded no athlete to compete. We had also failed to qualify for the women’s 100m finals. This left three events for Kanpur to participate in. In Hammer Throw, Kanpur’s Bala Murugan stood 3rd with a throw of 34.74m. Zunaid, the other Kanpur participant […] Written by Vox Populi December 18, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Kanpur’s wows the spectators with their performance on Day 5 Athletics The Kanpur team gave the 400m Hurdles event a miss and fielded no athlete to compete. We had also failed to qualify for the women’s 100m finals. This left three events for Kanpur to participate in. In Hammer Throw, Kanpur’s Bala Murugan stood 3rd with a throw of 34.74m. Zunaid, the other Kanpur participant […] Written by Vox Populi December 18, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations IIT Kanpur’s Performance on Day 4 Athletics The evening session had its share of excitements. In Men’s 110m Hurdles final, Kanpur was represented by M. Surya Prakash and Sagar Yadav who finished 4th and 6th respectively. The 3rd, 4th and 5th positions were narrowly decided, lying within a range of 0.5s. In women’s Discus Throw, the burden of expectations was on […] Written by Vox Populi December 17, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Day 3: How did Kanpur fare? Athletics In men’s 200m heats, Deepak Jorwal and Mohit Yadav, both qualified comfortably for the semifinals held later in the day. Deepak came second in his semi-final round clocking 23.1s and Mohit came first with a time of 23.5s. Both will run in the finals to be held tomorrow. In women’s 200m, Ruchika narrowly missed […] Written by Vox Populi December 16, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Day 2: Another Great Day for Kanpur! Athletics The second day brought more laurels for the Athletics team. In the 110m hurdles, both Sagar and Surya qualified, coming 2nd in their respective heats. In 400m women, Ruchita qualified by a whisker as she reached the next stage with a lead of just 0.1s. In men’s 400m heats held in the morning, Deepak Jorwal […] Written by Vox Populi December 15, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Inter IIT : How did Kanpur fare on Day 1? Volleyball The volleyball meet kick-started this morning with the Women’s teams competing with each other in four league matches. The event was witnessed by the DOAA, Prof. Neeraj Mishra, himself a former Inter-IIT volleyball player. Smashing Ropar, the Kanpur team displayed some crisp lifts, drops and services. Both the teams mainly lost points owing to […] Written by Vox Populi December 13, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Inter IIT Meet Opening Ceremony The 51st inter IIT Sports Meet was inaugurated today with the opening ceremony being held in the afternoon. The ceremony was graced by the presence of Mr. KK Sharma, Secretary Designate, MHRD, Mr. R Subramaniam, additional secretary, technical education, MHRD, Mr. Devendra Jhajharia and Mr. Varun Bhati, paralympians. The ceremony was held in the Main […] Written by Vox Populi December 12, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations The Inter IIT cricket action continues … The second day of cricket matches was as exciting, if not more with the same venues hosting seven matches today. Ropar beat Jodhpur by 28 runs. Sumit high scored for Ropar with a useful 39, helping them reach the total of 136/10. Jayant’s heroics for Jodhpur went in vain as they fell short at 108/6 […] Written by Vox Populi December 11, 2016May 15, 2021
