DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
JAMMU, Dec 20
The Sports wing of Government Polytechnic Jammu conducted a “Road Race” for boys and girls of various engineering and non-engineering branches of the institute at MA StadiumJammu, in which 40 students participated exhibiting their strength and endurance in 5Km run for Boys and 2 km run for girls. In the first phase of the event,all the Departments conducted trials to select the athletes 3 Boys, 2 Girls from each branch. Principal Er.ArunBangotra applauded all the participants during the Prize distribution function for taking part in the competition..He said that Sports and games is a medium to channelize the energy of the youth and transform it to play a positive role to develop India into a Vibrant and energetic nation. He congratulated the students who made it to podium and also encouraged others to work hard next time to win the event. He also apprised the students, faculty and staff about the Viksit Bharat @2047, which is the vision of Government of India to make India a developed nation by 2047,the 100thyears of its Independence
In the Boys 5km run, Mr. JapneetPal Singh of 5thSemester of Information Technology Department stood First place, Second position won by Mr. Rakesh Kumar of 1stSemester of Travel and Tourism Department and third position won by Akashdeepof 5thsemester of Civil engineering department.
In the Girls 2km category the race was won by PreetyKumariof 5th semester of Civil engineering department, Second place won by Nancy of3rd semester of Architecture department and third place won by KomalBharti of 1st Semester of Travel and Tourism Department. The Sports Secretary, ShAmit Sharma thanked the chief guest Er ArunBangotra and guest of honour Sh Inderjeet Singh for sparing their valuable time to encourage the students. Others present on the occasion were Sh Sukhdeep Singh HoD Civil Engineering ShManjeet Singh HoD Electrical Engineering, ShDheeraj Kumar Lecturer Travel and Tourism, Sh. Mohd Arshad Ranjha Lecturer, Smt Manu Rajput Demonstator, Sajjad Hussain demonstrator, ShRakesh Kumar, ShChamel Singh, SmtToshi Devi and TalibHussain Pharmacist.
