About 2,000 take part in VIT Run Fest marathon
Around 2,000 students, faculty members and staff participated in the Run Fest marathon organised by the Vellore Institute of Technology during its Gravitas technology and management festival. The event formed part of the festival’s 17th edition, which drew nearly 40,000 students across 227 activities.
Around 2,000 students, faculty members and staff took part in a Run Fest marathon organised by the Vellore Institute of Technology within its campus premises. The event was held as part of Gravitas, the university’s technology and management festival. VIT said the participants included 1,397 men and 588 women.
The marathon was inaugurated by the institute’s registrar, T. Jayabharathi, in the presence of Gravitas convenor Sudhakar and physical education director Mangeyrkarasi Arun. The winners in the men’s category were Pranay Angada, Salunkhe Tansih Raghul and Aarya Vardhan Sharma.
Ayushi Jain, Zoobiya Tariq and Anagha Neelacantan emerged as the winners in the women’s category. The race was held during the 17th edition of Gravitas, which took place from September 18 to 20. The university said nearly 40,000 students participated in the three-day festival.
The festival featured about 227 events, including 31 hackathons, 62 workshops, 57 technical competitions, 10 entrepreneurship events and 67 other programmes. VIT said 157 activities were introduced for the first time this year. The programme also included established events such as Robowars, Aerodominator and the Quadcopter challenge.
The festival was organised under the guidance of chancellor G. Viswanathan, vice-presidents Sankar Viswanathan and Sekar Viswanathan, executive director Sandhya Pentareddy and assistant vice-president Kadhambari S. Viswanathan.
The supplied report did not give details of the marathon distance, finishing times or prizes. It described the event as part of the institute’s wider festival programme, which combined sporting participation with technical, entrepreneurial and academic activities.
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