Indian Institute of Expertise Madras (IIT Madras) inaugurated the ‘Sitara Indoor Sports Complex’ on November 4, 2024.
Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Sportspersons Ms. Manisha Ramadoss, Mr. Somdev Devvarman & Mr. Sharath Kamal at Sitara Sports activities Advanced.jpg
The brand new indoor sports activities complicated homes 4 state-of-the-art badminton courts, a gallery on the mezzanine ground, and a number of desk tennis courts in addition to an open tennis court docket on the terrace.
The contribution of an nameless donor who’s an alumnus of IIT Madras resulted within the inauguration of the sports activities facility, knowledgeable the institute.
The ability dietary supplements the present sports activities amenities, which embrace basketball, volleyball, soccer and cricket grounds in addition to the Gymkhana Sports activities Advanced and the Swimming Pool, amongst different sports activities amenities.
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The sports activities facility was inaugurated within the presence of Desk Tennis Champion Mr. Sharath Kamal, Somdev Devvarman, Davis Cup Participant (Tennis), Manisha Ramadoss, Bronze medallist on the Paralympic Badminton Championship, Paris 2024, Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, and Shankar V, Chairperson, IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Belief.
“The day will not be far off when IIT Madras could have an Olympian as an alumnus. 5 Nationwide Champions have been admitted underneath the ‘Sports Excellence Admission’ of IIT Madras, and certain we can be admitting many extra sportspersons on this class. I want to see this facility utterly full all evenings. We’ll carry nationwide champions and others with distinctive abilities in order that IIT Madras college students get the chance to play with the very best and enhance their requirements,” said Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras.
IIT Madras is the first IIT in the country to introduce admissions for sportspersons in its undergraduate programmes. The Institute introduced the ‘Sports Excellence Admission’ (SEA) from the current academic year of 2024-25.
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“IIT Madras has always recognized the importance of physical exercise and sports in achieving academic excellence. The Institute has been in constant pursuit to provide all-round sports facilities for our students. We are truly grateful to the alumni community that stepped forward to support us in this venture. This generous gesture will take the sporting achievements of the institute to a whole new level, and through the sports-related research that we do we also hope to influence the sporting fortunes of the country,” mentioned Prof Ashwin Mahalingam, Dean (Alumni and Company Relations), thanking the nameless alumnus donor for the contribution.
“We’re immensely grateful for the beneficiant contribution from our esteemed alumnus, which has enabled us to create this state-of-the-art sports activities complicated for our college students. At IIT Madras, we consider in nurturing not solely tutorial excellence but additionally the bodily and psychological well-being of our college students. This sports activities facility is a testomony to the unwavering assist of our alumni, who proceed to play a pivotal position in shaping the institute’s holistic growth,” mentioned Kaviraj Nair, CEO, Workplace of Institutional Development, IIT Madras.
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