Mohali
Sh. Balbir Singh Senior, Triple Olympic gold medalist today inaugurated 11th Athletic Meet as the Chief Guest of Aryans held at Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh. Students of various courses like B.Tech, MBA, LL.B, BA-LL.B, BBA, BCA, B.Ed, BA, GNM, ANM, B.Sc (Agri), MA (Edu), Diploma etc participated in this Athletic Meet. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the function.

“I am overwhelmed by the untiring efforts from the students, Staff & Management of Aryans Group for their efforts to promote games and sports in the college.” S. Balbir further told them that the only way to succeed is through hard work, determination and discipline.

Balbir Singh further shared about his challenging life moments & opportunities and motivated the students to realize their dreams of representing the country. “Sports plays a huge role in the development of youth and my advice to the youth is to pursue sports with passion and intelligence” Sr. Balbir Singh added.

Dr. Anshu Kataria while speaking on the occasion congratulated all the participating students. Kataria said that sports contribute an important role in development of overall personality of a student. Citing the example of various eminent sports personalities, he encouraged the students to adopt sports as profession too.

The whole event was divided into three parts- Indoor Games, Outdoor Games and Fun Games. The Outdoor Games included 100 m and 200 m Races, Volleyball, Football, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Long Jump, High Jump, Javelin Throw, Discuss Throw etc. The Indoor Games included Chess Carom Board and Badminton. The Fun Games included 3 Legged Race, Tug of War, Sack Race, Eating Noodles, Finding Balls in Mud, Potato Race and Fun Cricket.