The first Odisha DAV National Cluster Meet-2014 kick-started in the premises of the Institute of Business and Computer Studies (IBCS) here on Saturday. As many as 800 sporting talents belonging to 26 DAV schools of the State are participating in the three-day event.
Inaugurating the meet as chief guest, Nalco CMD Anshuman Das hailed the efforts of the DAV team, Bhubaneswar for organising the meet. He opined that games and sports are the essential parts of nation building.
Roads and Projects Chief Engineer Bharat Chandra Pradhan, who graced the occasion as guest of the day, hoped that the event would give impetus to the latent talents of the youngsters.
A total of 32 events will be organised during the three-day meet. Regional Director of DAV Institutions, Odisha Zone-1, KC Satapathy presided over the function.
Cluster in-charge Madam Sujata delivered welcome address. She tanked Unit-8 DAV Public School Principal Dr Bhagyabati Nayakand the host school Principal Bipin Kumar Sahoo for their support.
Among others, Chairmen of DAV schools Madan Mohan Panda and Sarat Chandra Mishra shared the dais as guests.
lipsa Das of DAV, Chandrasekharpur won gold medal, Pallavi Mahapatra of DAV, Brahmapur bagged silver medal and Shruti Mohanty pocketed the Bronze medal in 800-metre race organised on Saturday.
Similarly, in 1500-metre race Priyanka Mahalik of DAV Baleswar bagged 1st prize, while Mansa Mishra of DAV Pokhariput and Arundhati Maharana of DAV, Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar bagged 2 nd and 3rd prize, respectively.
In high jump, Akshita Patel of DAV, Chandrasekharpur, Truptimayee Rout of DAV, Kalinga Nagar, and Bhabna ladhania of DAV, Unit 8 bagged the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.
Similarly in boys’ category, Ashutosh Sahoo of DAV, Kalinga Nagar, Aman Kumar of DAV, CDA, Cuttack, Abdul Mayiz of DAV Pokhariput bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively. Biswajit Pattnayak of DAV, CS Pur, Rakesh Kumar Swain of DAV, NTPC and SauravPaikray of DAV, Pokhariput bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively in high jump. These players have been will take part in national-level meet.