Khelo India University Games


Khelo India University Games, is a national level multi-sport event held in India, where athletes from universities across the country compete in different sport disciplines. The inaugural edition held in Odisha started on 22 February and concluded on 1 March 2020. It is organised by Sports Authority of India and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports along with Association of Indian Universities, Indian Olympic Association and National Sports Federation. It is the largest university level sports competition in India.
Khelo India University Games was launched after the success of the Khelo India Youth Games, which had completed its third edition in 2020. The Khelo India University Games is intended to identify and train capable athletes in the age group of 18 to 25 years for the Olympics and the Asian Games.

History

On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, inaugurated the first edition of the Khelo India University Games in Cuttack. The inaugural event was held at JNL Indoor Stadium. Coaches and officials believe that the event gives athletes the exposure of multi-disciplinary events and promote sporting talent at the university level.

Editions

2020 edition

The 2020 edition was held from 22 February to 1 March 2020 includes 211 events in 17 sports. The sport events were held at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Bhubaneswar, JNL Indoor Stadium, SAI-Odisha Badminton Academy and SAI International Residential School in Cuttack.
More than 4000 athletes from 176 universities participated in the events. The number of medals include 206 Gold, 206 Silver and 286 Bronze. Fencing and Rugby were included for the first time in a Khelo India competition.
Panjab University finished first with 46 total medals that included 17 gold, 19 silver and 10 bronze medals. Savitribai Phule Pune University and Punjabi University were second and third with 37 and 33 total medals respectively. National record-holding sprinter, Dutee Chand participated representing KIIT. She won two gold medals in 100m and 200m events. Siddhant Sejwal of Panjab University and Sadhvi Dhuri of Pune University were the top performers with five gold medals each.

Teams

UniversityState
Acharya Nagarjuna UniversityAndhra Pradesh
Andhra UniversityAndhra Pradesh
Bangalore UniversityKarnataka
Barkatullah UniversityMadhya Pradesh
Berhampur UniversityOdisha
Chaudhary Bansi Lal UniversityHaryana
Chaudhary Charan Singh UniversityUttar Pradesh
Christ UniversityKarnataka
Cluster University of JammuJammu and Kashmir
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada UniversityMaharashtra
Gujarat UniversityGujarat
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and TechnologyHaryana
Guru Nanak Dev UniversityPunjab
Hemchand Yadav VishwavidyalayaChhattisgarh
Himachal Pradesh UniversityHimachal Pradesh
Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceTamil Nadu
Jadavpur UniversityWest Bengal
Jain UniversityKarnataka
Jamia Millia IslamiaDelhi
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology*Odisha
Kannur UniversityKerala
Kaviyitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra UniversityMaharashtra
Kolhan UniversityJharkhand
Krishna UniversityAndhra Pradesh
Kurukshetra UniversityHaryana
Lovely Professional UniversityPunjab
Maharaja Ganga Singh UniversityRajasthan
Maharashtra University of Health SciencesMaharashtra
Maharshi Dayanand UniversityHaryana
Mahatma Gandhi UniversityKerala
Mangalore UniversityKarnataka
Manipur UniversityManipur
Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityTamil Nadu
Panjab UniversityPunjab
Periyar UniversityTamil Nadu
Punjabi UniversityPunjab
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health SciencesKarnataka
Ranchi UniversityJharkhand
Rani Durgavati VishwavidyalayaMadhya Pradesh
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur UniversityMaharashtra
Sant Baba Bhag Singh UniversityPunjab
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati UniversityMaharashtra
Sardar Patel UniversityGujarat
Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityMaharashtra
Shivaji UniversityMaharashtra
SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyTamil Nadu
University of CalicutKerala
University of DelhiDelhi
University of JammuJammu and Kashmir
University of KeralaKerala
University of MadrasTamil Nadu
University of MumbaiMaharashtra
University of MysoreKarnataka
University of RajasthanRajasthan
Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal UniversityUttar Pradesh
Veer Narmad South Gujarat UniversityGujarat
Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityKarnataka

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