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Inter IIT Sports Meet

Inter IIT Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is organized 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. This year (2023), the event was held at IIT Bombay and IIT Gandhinagar jointly.

Inter IIT Sports Meet 2023
Tournament information
Sport13 different Inter collegiate sports
LocationIndia
Established1961
AdministratorIndian Institutes of Technology
Participants3500 athletes
Current champion
IIT Madras (2023)

Sports and participating institutes

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Tournaments are held in 14 different sports, namely:

  1. Athletics
  2. Badminton
  3. Basketball
  4. Cricket
  5. Kho kho
  6. Football
  7. Hockey
  8. Lawn tennis
  9. Squash
  10. Swimming
  11. Table tennis
  12. Volleyball
  13. Water polo
  14. Weightlifting

All the 23 IITs participating in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet:

  1. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  2. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar
  3. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
  4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  6. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
  7. Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  9. Indian Institute of Technology Goa
  10. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  11. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
  12. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  13. Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
  14. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  15. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  16. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  17. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  18. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  19. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
  20. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
  21. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  22. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  23. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

History

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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.[citation needed]

History and winners

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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 Delhi
1967 5 Delhi Kharagpur 1994 30 Washed out 2019 54 Kharagpur and Bhubaneswar Kharagpur
1968 6 Kanpur Kharagpur 1995 31 Kanpur Bombay 2020 55 Delhi and Roorkee Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
1969 7 Kharagpur Kharagpur 1996 32 Delhi Madras 2021 55 Delhi and Roorkee Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
1970 8 Madras Madras 1997 33 Kharagpur Kharagpur 2022 55 Delhi and Roorkee Roorkee
1972 9 Kharagpur Madras 1998 34 Bombay Bombay 2023 56 Bombay and Gandhinagar Madras
1973 10 Bombay Madras 1999 35 Madras Madras 2024 57 TBD
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 Madras None - last 2 days rained out (Bombay was ahead) 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

Note: Before 1978, the meet numbering was not consistent. For example, IIT Madras annual reports record the 1977 meet as the 13th and the 1975 meet as the 11th [1]

IITs with most overall wins

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IIT First Win Last Win Wins in last 10 editions Total Wins
IIT Madras 1970 2023 2 24
IIT Kharagpur 1961 2019 1 12
IIT Bombay 1966 2017 2 12
IIT Kanpur 2013 2016 3 3
IIT Delhi 1990 2018 1 2
IIT Roorkee 2022 2022 1 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

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49th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2013

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The 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Guwahati from 16 to 23 December 2013.[3] 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,[4] 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

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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 1–4 October 2014. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Virdhawal Khade. The 50th Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during 12–19 December 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

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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 2 to 5 October 2016 [9] IIT Kanpur continued their winning spirit and emerged as overall champions for third consecutive time.

52nd Inter IIT Sports Meet 2017

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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 15–23 December 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

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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 the first time that Para-powerlifting event had 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.

54th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2019

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The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bhubaneswar. The 35th Aquatics Meet took place during 29th September to 4 October, while the Main Meet was held from 14th December to 22nd December.

54th Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Kharagpur with 123.6 points, 28.4 points clear of the runner up.

55th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2022

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The 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi. This event was held between 14-22 December 2022.

IIT Position
Roorkee 1st
Kharagpur 2nd
Delhi 3rd

56th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2023

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IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Bombay jointly hosted the 56th Inter IIT Sports Meet. This event was held between 10 -15 December 2023 at IIT Bombay and 15-22 December at IIT Gandhinagar. IIT Madras clinched the general championship in 2023.

References

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  1. ^ IIT Madras Annual Reports https://www.iitm.ac.in/annual-reports
  2. ^ "49th Inter IIT Sports Meet - 2013 - IIT Guwahati". iitg.ernet.in. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Inter IIT sports meet at IIT Guwahati | Sikkim First". sikkimfirst.in. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ^ "InterIIT Mascot". iitg.ernet.in. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ^ "The God of cricket' Sachin Tendulkar to call on IIT Bombay this December- Sportskeeda". thesportskeeda.com.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ "IIT-B to get indoor and outdoor sports complexes | The Asian Age". asianage.com. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. ^ "IIT-B introduces new courses - The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  8. ^ "IIT-K wins consecutive inter IIT championships" (PDF). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  9. ^ "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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