MCTE body building competition was held in Military College of Telecommunication Engineering for other ranks and civilian Defence Employees on Saturday.The event held on the occasion of 103rd anniversary of Corps of Signals is now an annual feature in the training calendar of the College.
The competition adjudicated over four rounds had five finalists selected through elimination in preliminary rounds. The exciting finale of the event was a tie breaker to decide the winner. lt Gen Rajesh Pant, AVSM, VSM, Commandant MCTE and Colonel Commandant of Corps of Signals awarded the ‘Mr MCTE’ 2014 sash was awarded to Signalman Abhijit, who won it for the second successive year. Havaldar Anil and Sigalman Ganesh were the first and second runners up of this competition. Two outstanding body builders of Corps of Signals Body Building Team also demonstrated various techniques of body building amidst thunderous applause during the event. Body Building has become a popular sport at the College. After last year’s contest, the footfall at the Gymnasium has increased.People have become extremely conscious about their diet and put in an extra effort to carve out their bodies. Body building requires dedication, concentration and commitment at high level where each muscle needs to be groomed and sculpted to perfection. While the focus of body building is generally muscularity, the competition lays stress on personality demonstration through the symmetry round, body shape, muscles and physical fitness. The event was choreographed specifically to make it appealing to the audience which had drawn a full house. Earlier in the morning, a cross-country run was also held in which Faculty of Communication Engineering were the Winners and Cipher Wing were the runners up. The 11.8 km cross country run saw about 250 participants competing for laurels.