Sports Club

Introduction

Sportec encourages students to develop their skills in all kind of sports. The club mainly aims to develop the character of sportsmanship among students. We ensure support ,motivation and facilities students need when it comes to sports. Play well and stay healthy because mental strength alone is not enough for an individual to be perfect. Sports makes you feel excited and brings out the best in you.

Faculty in Charge: Dr. A. Ananth
Physical Education Instructor: Ms Priya Mol K

Tagline

“Sports do not build Character, they Reveal it.”

Events

Sports include all forms of competitive physical activities or games which, through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Sports Club, promote and participate in many sports such as Cricket, Badminton, Football, Table Tennis, Tennikoit , Volleyball and many other indoor games.
Sports Club's motto is "Winners don’t always win; they just don’t give up."
The institute is furnished with cricket and football grounds. And on the weekends, students have access to 2 LNCPE indoor badminton courts. Sports in IIIT Kottayam are well encouraged and the students in the college actively participate in sports with passion and flair. Currently, after classes end, each day, students can practice cricket, football and volleyball in the Don Bosco ground which is near the hostels. Two carrom boards are provided in each hostel. Table tennis boards are also provided.
Sports Club provides equipment to the students for whatever sport they are interested in. Coming to our past events, Sports Club has hosted 3 sports meets till now. One in Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, and two at GIFT, Trivandrum. All the students participated with utmost interest. More importantly, IIIT Kottayam participated in the Inter IIIT Sports Meet 'Twaran' hosted by IIIT Gwalior. The students participated in cricket, badminton, football, table tennis, athletics, chess, carroms, and swimming.
The students made a name for themselves and brought fame to our college. Our players secured 1 Gold medal in chess, 1 gold medal in carroms and 1 silver medal in carroms. The football team reached the semi-final.
College has provided sufficient funds for sports equipment. Students in IIIT Kottayam are well equipped and encouraged with all the facilities. Sports Club is aiming to get as many Gold medals as possible in the sports meets which will be conducted in the future. Sports Club ensures the students of IIIT Kottayam all the support, motivation and facilities they'd ever need when it comes to sports.
Play well and stay healthy, because mental strength alone is not enough for an individual to be perfect. Sports and games make you feel excited and brings out the best in you.

Mentor

Name E-mail
Gajjala Keerthi Reddy gajjala21bcs155@iiitkottayam.ac.in

Achievements in Sports

SL.No. Achievements Name of Students Sport Event
1 Winners, Volleyball(Boys) satyanarayana Murty(2020)Captain
Akhil M Reji (2020), Malineni lakshmi Narayana(2020), Y T karthik (2021), Midde vasu (2021), Murali (2021), Logesh(2021), Ajay Kumar (2021), Ram swaraj naik(2022), Vishnu jha(2022), Balakrishna Saikrishna(2022), Bhanu sankar (2021)
INTER IIIT SPORTS MEET 2024, IIIT Allahabad
2 Gold Medal, Powerlifting above 83 kg. Aadirat Singh
3 Bronze Medal, Powerlifting under 83 kg. Armaan
4 Silver Medal, Shotput(Boys) Ajay Kumar
5 Silver Medal, Women Discuss Throw Laxmi priya Harshitha
6 Fourth Position, Cricket Cricket Team
7 Winners, Carroms (Boys) Sai Kishore (Captain), Sai Teja, Saketh Inter IIIT Sports Meet 2023, IIITDM Kancheepuram.
8 Winner, Power Lifting above 83 kg Aadirath Singh
9 Third Place, Power Lifting Aadirath Singh, Abhishek Anand
10 Gold Medal, Carroms (Boys) Jaisingh, Surya and Venkat Sai of 2016 batch Inter IIIT Sports-meet 2020, IIIT Jabalpur
11 Bronze Medal, Table Tennis (Boys) Ankit (2016 Batch), Somesh (2017 Batch) and Antony (2018 Batch)
12 Bronze Medal, Shotput (Boys) Vishnu. N of 2019 batch
13 Best player, Carroms (Boys) Jaisingh of 2016 batch
14 Gold Medal, Athletics 400m Girls Sangeetha Suresh of 2017 batch Inter IIIT Sports-meet 2019, IIIT Allahabad
15 Gold Medal, Carroms Doubles (Girls) Ramya and Shantha of 2015 batch Inter IIIT Sports-meet 2018, IIIT Gwalior
16 Silver Medal, Carroms Singles (Boys) Prem Nayak of 2015 batch
17 Gold Medal, Chess (Girls) Sangeetha Suresh of 2017 batch