Closing Ceremony of East-Zone Inter-University Kabaddi Competition

 

The closing ceremony of the East Zone Inter-University Men's Kabaddi Tournament was held at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University on 27 November, 2022. Padmashri Dr. Damayanti Beshra attended the ceremony as the Chief Guest and in her address, highlighted the role of sports for physical and mental well-being. Secretary of University Sports Council Dr. Pravanjan Mallik read out the event report. Registrar Mr. Sahadev Samadhia expressed his opinion that such a competition would be helpful for the future of the students and expressed his gratitude to all the staff and students of the University for successfully organizing this competition. Trophies were awarded to the 4 winning teams followed by flag-off and extinguishing of torch. Dr. Kabita Kumari Sahu, Asst. Professor of Economics delivered the welcome address. Secretary of Sports Council Dr. Pravanjan Mallik expressed expressed his gratitude to the former Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Kishor Kumar Basa for his visionary thinking and for creating the infrastructure for all its planning and organization and to the current Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pramoda Kumar Satapathy for his support in all aspects in conducting the competition.

For first, second and third places in the competition, competition was held among four universities who have advanced for East-zone  viz., VBS Purvanchal, Adamas University, C. V. Raman University, and JNC Balia. VBS Purvanchal defeated Adamas University 34-6 to win the Champions Trophy. Adamas University received the runners-up trophy. Similarly, C. V. Raman University defeated JNC Balia by 56-43 to secure third place.

In this four-day long competition, University P.E.T. Mr. Pradipta Ranjan Das, Mr. Satyanarayan Barik of MPC Autonomous College, Mr. Shraddhananda Sahu of Seemanta College, Mr. Dhananjay Tripathy of Sriramchandrabhanj College Raghadh, Mr. Tapas Kumar Samal of Baripada College contributed to the management of the major games. Mr. Ajay Kumar Behera, Khurda District Sports Officer, assisted the members of the protest committee in providing responsibilities and providing referees to conduct the games. Dr. Nilakantha Mishra of Balanga College and Mr. Asit Kumar Pal of Manithira Higher Secondary School helped in organizing all the games as members of the protest committee.