The students of the city participated in a marathon – run for a cause. The marathon was held here on Friday in Bhopal and students and faculty members from various institutes run for a cause to propel the sense of social responsibility into the hearts of the people.
The Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) in association with Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore organised a marathon that was for a cause- ‘Run against the Rape and Discrimination’.
Notably, the marathon began from the MANIT porch on Friday, at 4:30 pm. The participants covered the complete MANIT Campus. The boys’ participants covered total six kilometers and the girls participants covered four kilometers during the marathon.
Various National and premier institutions of Bhopal like National law Institute University (NlIU), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Indian Imstitute of Forest Management (IIFM), School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Gandhi Medical College (GMC) and Institute of Hotel Management were invited for this marathon to run for the cause. As many as 700 students including the faculty members from the various institutes participated eagerly in the marathon.
Director of MANIT Appu Kuttan K.K. was present as the chief guest and flagged the marathon. Sapna kadam grabbed the first position in the girl’s category with a smooth run while Monu Meena extended his hold in the boy’s category. The top 10 male and female finishers were awarded with trophies and memento was given to those under 50 in each category. Participants were given certificate so as to appreciate their presence.
“We with this marathon want to send out a message via media that the youth and people of the state along with other institutions and organizations are indeed important stakeholders and play a significant role against such issues” says Rajesh Mishra, Sports Instructor at MANIT.
Notably, this marathon is conducted by the sports department of MANIT, with Chandresh Rathore, the Sports Secretary of MANIT Students' Council, as the coordinator; under the guidance of P. K. Bhatt and Dr. Rajesh Mishra, the assistant director of Department of Physical education and Sports, MANIT.
As the run was for a cause the young students and the faculty members participated in it with a lot of enthusiasm.