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inter-iit-aquatics-meet-1024x459IIT Kharagpur hosts the 35th Inter IIT Aquatics Meet 2019

KGP Chronicle (October 3, 2019)

Water, Water Everywhere!

The water babies of IIT Kharagpur dived in and swam out with medals, leaving Dhanbad and Roorkee behind them. With tough competition from their Madras and Bombay counterparts, the swimmers gave their best performance, proving their nerves of steel, during tense moments.

The inclusion of sports has always been considered to be one of the pillars in the all-round development in the Indian Academic system. The IITs, where the academic acceptance rate is less than 1%, and where students are evaluated on the basis of their studies, the sporting culture has always taken a backseat. However, a little over three decades back, the importance of sports has been recognized by these Institutes and today, IIT Kharagpur hosts its 35th edition of the Inter IIT Aquatics Meet in the campus with 12 IITs across India participating in what is considered to be one of the prime highlights of the IIT circuit. (Read More)