Shimla
Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh organized three grand sports events under the aegis of AIU (Association of Indian Universities) namely, North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Men & Women) and All India Inter University Table Tennis Championship (Women) 2019 under the mentorship of Lt. Anil Rana, Assistant Director, University Sports Board.
North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Mens) witnessed a participation of 58 teams. The nail-biting final match saw Chitkara University, Punjab lifting the winning trophy with Punjabi University as First Runner-up and Delhi University as the Second Runner-up.
In the North Zone TT Womens championship, 48 Women Team’s spun and twiddled with tactics & the team from Delhi University lifted the winning trophy while Panjab University standing out as the Runner-up followed by Punjabi University as the Second Runner-up.
The grand success of North Zone Inter University Table Tennis Tournament (M&W) was followed up with hosting of All India Table Tennis Championship (Women) at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh.
The three day fiesta saw a spectrum of strategy, anticipation and plenty of back and forth on the court where 16 teams from all the four zones of India competed & University of Mumbai bagged the winning position in All India Table Tennis Championship (Women) 2019, Delhi University came out as the First Runner-up and SRM University, Chennai holds the title of Second Runner-up.
Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor along with Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh awarded the athletic players and applauded the organizing team for the fantastic organization of three mega events.
All the teams on the campus enjoyed the unbeatable hospitality of Chitkara University. Ample number of activities were organized by the university in the evening, where participants made memories, they would cherish lifelong.
Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, Vice-Chancellor said that, “Chitkara University is delighted and honored to host an event of such grandeur and is grateful to AIU for trusting and giving us the National level opportunity”.
