As a prelude to the XIMB's annual cultural and business festival "Xpressions 2017", the Xavier Institute of Management-Xavier University, Bhubaneswar organised “X-Athon’17” marathon on Sunday with an aim to promote healthier lifestyles while spreading awareness and raising funds for a social cause.
The X-Athon marathon, a 10 km run, had collaborated with Arrelic, an IoT based deep tech firm, as a part of their campus engagement initiatives. More than 500 people, including college students, corporate employees participated in the run.
In male category, Rohit Kara secured the first position and received a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and Sukhulal Munda was the runner up, winning a cash prize of Rs 10,000. While in female category Ananya Goyal secured the first position, receiving a cash prize of Rs 10,000.
An eight year old, Ritvik Bharadwaj, completed the marathon and was felicitated with a special mention.
later the Social Responsibility Cell (SRC) of Xavier Institute of Management organised ‘X-Enable’17’ in XUB grounds, with a vision of letting the specially-abled ones take flight in the area of sports.
During the programme various sports like Tug-of-War, Badminton, lemon and Spoon Race, Cricket were played and trophies and certificates of the various events were distributed.