The four-day ‘Virudhaka 2014’, the sixth edition of the sports festival of the National law Institute University, Bhopal commenced here on Thursday.
The events ranged from chess, carom, snooker, pool, tennis, volleyball to badminton, tennis, table tennis, throw all, basketball, athletics, swimming, cricket, football and 5-A-side football.
The participants included universities from across the country namely Chanakya National law University, Patna, Campus law Centre, Delhi, USllS, Delhi Government law College, Mumbai, Hidayatullah National law Institute, Raipur, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, National law Institute University, Jodhpur, KIIT law School, Orissa, ITM, Gurgaon, New law College, Pune, National law University, Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi National University of law, Patiala, Ram Manohar lohia National law University, lucknow, Vaishnav Institute of law, Indore, Jindal Global law School, Sonepat, Kerala law Academy, Barkatullah University, Bhopal and Indian Institute of Forest Management.
The organising process of the fest, though tedious and painstaking, evokes a sense of duty, responsibility and team work among the students of the host university. This team is headed by Sushrut Meena, the convener of the sports committee of the college.
The sports fest officially commenced with the lighting of the lamp by the director of NlIU, Prof SS Singh, the chief guest Naresh Kumar, Sushrut Meena, convener of the Sports Committee, Prof DK Singh, faculty advisor of the sports committee and Prof SS Prakash, faculty member of NlIU. The lighting of the lamp was met by the applause and brimming enthusiasm of the participants.
Over the years, the popularity of the fest has increased so much so that we are proud to host more than 500 participants from 20 different law universities this year, making Virudhaka one of the most prominent sports festivals of the country.