Inter IIT Sports Meet

Inter IIT Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is organised in December, with the Aquatics events held separately in October. It is the longest running Inter-collegiate meet where all IITs participate having been held since 1961.

Inter IIT Sports Meet
Tournament information
Sport13 different Inter collegiate sports
LocationIndia
Established1961
Administrator(s)Indian Institutes of Technology
Participants3500 athletes
Websiteinteriit.com
Current champion
IIT Kharagpur (2019)

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
YearEditionHeld atChampionsYearEditionHeld atChampionsYearEditionHeld atChampions
19611BombayKharagpur198926KanpurKharagpur201551MadrasCancelled due to flooding in Chennai
19632KharagpurKharagpur199027DelhiDelhi201651KanpurKanpur
19643MadrasKharagpur199128KharagpurKharagpur201752MadrasBombay
19664BombayBombay199329BombayBombay201853GuwahatiDelhi
19675DelhiKharagpur199430Washed out201954Kharagpur and BhubaneswarKharagpur
19686KanpurKharagpur199531KanpurBombay202055Delhi and Roorkee
19697KharagpurKharagpur199632DelhiMadras
19708MadrasKharagpur199733KharagpurKharagpur
19729KharagpurMadras199834BombayBombay
197310BombayMadras199935MadrasMadras
197411DelhiMadras200036KanpurMadras
197512KharagpurMadras200137KharagpurMadras
197613KanpurMadras200238DelhiMadras
197714MadrasMadras200339BombayMadras
197815BombayMadras200440MadrasMadras
197916DelhiMadras200541RoorkeeKharagpur
198017KanpurMadras200642GuwahatiMadras
198118KharagpurBombay200743BombayBombay
198219BombayMadras200844MadrasBombay
198320Was not held200945KanpurMadras
198421KanpurBombay201046DelhiMadras
198522DelhiBombay201147KharagpurMadras
198623KharagpurKharagpur201248RoorkeeBombay
198724BombayBombay201349GuwahatiKanpur
198825MadrasMadras201450BombayKanpur

IITs with most overall wins
IITFirst WinLast WinWins in last 10 editionsTotal Wins
IIT Madras19722011322
IIT Kharagpur19612019113
IIT Bombay19662017212
IIT Kanpur2013201633
IIT Delhi1990201812

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.

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

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.[4] The institute has undertaken massive renovations of the play fields in anticipation of the meet.[5] 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.[6] 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. [7]

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 [8] 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 was hosted by IIT Guwahati. The 34th Aquatics Meet took place during 3-7 October, while the Main Meet was being hosted in December. This edition held a special significance for IIT Guwahati as it is being conducted to celebrate the silver jubilee of the institute. It was also be the first time when Para-powerlifting event has been introduced.

The Aquatics Meet Opening Ceremony 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's opening ceremony 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.

53rd Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Delhi with 106 points, 26 points clear of the runner up.

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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Inter IIT sports meet at IIT Guwahati | Sikkim First". sikkimfirst.in. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  3. "InterIIT Mascot". iitg.ernet.in. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  4. "The God of cricket' Sachin Tendulkar to call on IIT Bombay this December- Sportskeeda". thesportskeeda.com.com. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  5. "IIT-B to get indoor and outdoor sports complexes | The Asian Age". asianage.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  6. "IIT-B introduces new courses - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  7. "IIT-K wins consecutive inter IIT championships" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  8. "Inter IIT Swimming Meet at IIT Kanpur". IITM. 10 January 2018.

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  1. Inter IIT Sports Meet - Official Manual/
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