NE SPORTS BUREAU
HYDERABAD, JAN 11
Tamil Nadu-based Anna University and IIIT-Nuzvid in Andhra Pradesh emerged champions in the men’s and women’s categories respectively at the Inter-University Yoga Championship here on Friday.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (IIIT-Nuzvid) conducted the event in which nearly 1,500 students from various universities across the country took part.
In the women’s team category, Dev Sanskrithi Viswavidhyalaya (Uttarakhand) and Guru Jambeswar University of Science and Technology (Haryana) bagged the second and third places respectively.
In the men’s team category, IIIT-Nuzvid and Maharshi Dayanand University (Haryana) bagged the second and third places respectively.
- Santosh Kumar of Anna University, Chennai, emerged the winner in the individual category (men) while G. Babu Rao (IIIT-Nuzvid) was the runner-up.
Yamini (IIIT-Nuzvid) emerged the winner in the individual (women) while Jyothi Kumari (DSV-Uttarakhand) was adjudged runner-up.
Education Minister A. Suresh and A.P. State Council of Higher Education Chairman and RJUKT Vice-Chancellor K. Hemachandra Reddy presented the awards to the winners here.
