An inter-college table tennis tournament was organized jointly by Pune City Zone and Kaveri College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune. The opening ceremony of the tournament was done at the auspicious hands of Mr. Kushal Hegde, President of the Kannada Sangha Pune and Chief Guest Mr. Rohit Chaudhary-the winner of the Shiv Chhatrapati Award (Table Tennis). Speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of the competition, the chief guest Mr. Kushal Hegde, President of the program, wished the students success in the competition and mentioned that sports is a global language. Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal encouraged all the students to participate in competitions like Khelo India as well. Vice-Principal Dr. Muckta Karmarkar fondly encouraged the students on this occasion.
The chief guest of the program Mr. Rohit Chaudhary motivated the students to achieve great success in the field of sports. He advised that while looking at sports, every student should be mentally prepared to accept both win and lose situations. He said that through sports, students’ morale and their overall development gets enhanced. He added that table tennis is an indoor game and should not be viewed only competitively. On this occasion, M.Com. second year student C.A. Mallika Karmarkar was honored with special appreciation for her remarkable contribution in the field of sports. Mr. Ankit Singh, Mr. Sanket Joshi and Mr. Mayur Srivastava contributed as technical inspectors for the competition. Dr. Dipali More and Prof. Aditya Girme assisted as team managers. Selection committee member Prof. Madhukar Pandkar, Prof. Dr. Dushyant Rajenimbalkar and distance college secretary Prof. Anirudh Sharma were present at the inauguration of the competition.
Symbiosis College men’s team won the game with first position, while in the women’s category, the team from Modern College, Shivajinagar emerged as the winner. In the men’s category, the team of P. Jog college was the runner-up, while in the women’s category, the Engineering College of Marathwada Mitra Mandal was the runner-up. Whereas V.I.T. College in men’s category and Post Graduate Gymkhana of Savitribai Phule Pune University bagged the third position prizes.
Organizing Secretary Prof. Rohit Tambe did the compering for the occasion and also presented the Vote of Thanks.
