Tournament information | |
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Sport | 14 different Inter collegiate sports |
Location | India |
Established | 1961 |
Administrator | Indian Institutes of Technology |
Participants | 3500 athletes |
Current champion | |
IIT Bombay (2024) |
Inter IIT Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is organized in December, with the Aquatics events held separately in October. It is the longest-running Inter-collegiate meet where all IITs participate, having been held since 1961. This year (2024), the event was held at IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore jointly.
Tournaments are held in 14 different sports, namely:
All the 23 IITs participating in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet:
The proposition for an Inter IIT Sports Meet was brought up in 1961, and IIT Bombay hosted the first ever Inter IIT Sports Meet. Only five IITs were in existence then, namely IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi; who competed in five sports only.[ citation needed ]
Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | Year | Edition | Held at | Champions | ||
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1961 | 1 | Bombay | Kharagpur | 1989 | 26 | Kanpur | Kharagpur | 2015 | 51 | Madras | Cancelled due to flooding in Chennai | ||
1963 | 2 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 1990 | 27 | Delhi | Delhi | 2016 | 51 | Kanpur | Kanpur | ||
1964 | 3 | Madras | Kharagpur | 1991 | 28 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2017 | 52 | Madras | Bombay | ||
1966 | 4 | Bombay | Bombay | 1993 | 29 | Bombay | Bombay | 2018 | 53 | Guwahati | Delhi | ||
1967 | 5 | Delhi | Kharagpur | 1994 | 30 | Washed out | 2019 | 54 | Kharagpur and Bhubaneswar | Kharagpur | |||
1968 | 6 | Kanpur | Kharagpur | 1995 | 31 | Kanpur | Bombay | 2020 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
1969 | 7 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 1996 | 32 | Delhi | Madras | 2021 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
1970 | 8 | Madras | Madras | 1997 | 33 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2022 | 55 | Delhi and Roorkee | Roorkee | ||
1972 | 9 | Kharagpur | Madras | 1998 | 34 | Bombay | Bombay | 2023 | 56 | Bombay and Gandhinagar | Madras | ||
1973 | 10 | Bombay | Madras | 1999 | 35 | Madras | Madras | 2024 | 57 | Kanpur and Indore | |||
1974 | 11 | Delhi | Madras | 2000 | 36 | Kanpur | Madras | ||||||
1975 | 12 | Kharagpur | Madras | 2001 | 37 | Kharagpur | Madras | ||||||
1976 | 13 | Kanpur | Madras | 2002 | 38 | Delhi | Madras | ||||||
1977 | 14 | Madras | Madras | 2003 | 39 | Bombay | Madras | ||||||
1978 | 15 | Bombay | Madras | 2004 | 40 | Madras | Madras | ||||||
1979 | 16 | Delhi | Madras | 2005 | 41 | Roorkee | Kharagpur | ||||||
1980 | 17 | Kanpur | Madras | 2006 | 42 | Guwahati | Madras | ||||||
1981 | 18 | Kharagpur | Bombay | 2007 | 43 | Bombay | Bombay | ||||||
1982 | 19 | Bombay | Madras | 2008 | 44 | Madras | Bombay | ||||||
1983 | 20 | Madras | None - last 2 days rained out (Bombay was ahead) | 2009 | 45 | Kanpur | Madras | ||||||
1984 | 21 | Kanpur | Bombay | 2010 | 46 | Delhi | Madras | ||||||
1985 | 22 | Delhi | Bombay | 2011 | 47 | Kharagpur | Madras | ||||||
1986 | 23 | Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2012 | 48 | Roorkee | Bombay | ||||||
1987 | 24 | Bombay | Bombay | 2013 | 49 | Guwahati | Kanpur | ||||||
1988 | 25 | Madras | Madras | 2014 | 50 | Bombay | Kanpur |
Note: Before 1978, the meet numbering was not consistent. For example, IIT Madras annual reports record the 1977 meet as the 13th and the 1975 meet as the 11th [1]
IIT | First Win | Last Win | Wins in last 10 editions | Total Wins |
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IIT Madras | 1970 | 2023 | 2 | 24 |
IIT Kharagpur | 1961 | 2019 | 1 | 12 |
IIT Bombay | 1966 | 2024 | 2 | 13 |
IIT Kanpur | 2013 | 2016 | 3 | 7 |
IIT Delhi | 1990 | 2018 | 1 | 2 |
IIT Roorkee | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
The Meet in 1971 was cancelled due to the India-Pakistan war, while the one in 1992 was to be held at IIT Bombay but was cancelled owing to the communal riots in Mumbai. The 2015 meet that was supposed to be held at IIT Madras was washed out due to unpredictable rains. The 2020 and 2021 meets were cancelled due to COVID.
Source: [2]
The 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Guwahati from 16 to 23 December 2013. [3] MC Mary Kom launched her autobiography Unbreakable during the ceremony; along with former Miss Universe and Hindi film actress Sushmita Sen.[ citation needed ]
The mascot for the 49th Inter IIT was Bhaiti, [4] a bamboo. Inspired by the slenderness and strength of its namesake plant, Bhaiti was designed by Thomas G. Manih, a student of IIT Guwahati, under the guidance of Dr. D. Udaya Kumar, who is credited with designing the Indian Rupee sign.
IIT Kanpur emerged as the winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament, while IIT Roorkee won the Women's General Championship.
The Golden Jubilee edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Bombay in October and December 2014. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during 1–4 October 2014. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Virdhawal Khade. The 50th Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during 12–19 December 2014 at the IIT Bombay campus. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. [5] The institute has undertaken massive renovations of the play fields in anticipation of the meet. [6] Sachin gave the most anticipated address of that day. The last time IIT Bombay hosted an Inter IIT Sports Meet was in 2007, as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the institute. [7] IIT Kanpur declared as the overall champions, winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament and second in the Women's Championship, while IIT Bombay won the Women's General Championship. [8]
The 51st edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Kanpur in October and December 2016. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Paralympic Javelin Thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won Gold at 2016 Rio Paralympics and is also the current World Paralympic Record Holder in Javelin Throw under F46 events. IIT Madras Aquatic Team has won the Overall Championship in the Inter-IIT Aquatic Meet held at IIT Kanpur during 2 to 5 October 2016 [9] IIT Kanpur continued their winning spirit and emerged as overall champions for third consecutive time.
The 52nd edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Madras in October and December 2017. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during October. The 52nd Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during 15–23 December 2017 at IIT Madras' lush green campus. The Opening Ceremony was graced by the presence of renowned Indian Field Hockey Team's former Captain Viren Rasquinha, who also is the CEO of Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ). IIT Bombay were declared the Overall Champions.
The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by IIT Guwahati. The 34th Aquatics Meet took place during 3-7 October, while the Main Meet was being hosted in December. This edition held a special significance for IIT Guwahati as it is being conducted to celebrate the silver jubilee of the institute. It was also the first time that Para-powerlifting event had been introduced.
The Aquatics Meet Opening Ceremony was graced by the presence of Sajan Prakash, the man with the highest number of National Records in short course and long course swimming events. The Chief Guest for the Main Meet's opening ceremony was Shiny Abraham, she has represented India in more than eighty international meets and was the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. The ceremony also had Rio Paralympics gold medalist, Mariyappan Thangavelu as its guest of honor.
53rd Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Delhi with 106 points, 26 points clear of the runner up.
The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bhubaneswar. The 35th Aquatics Meet took place during 29th September to 4 October, while the Main Meet was held from 14th December to 22nd December.
54th Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Kharagpur with 123.6 points, 28.4 points clear of the runner up.
The 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi. This event was held between 14-22 December 2022.
IIT | Position |
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Roorkee | 1st |
Kharagpur | 2nd |
Delhi | 3rd |
IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Bombay jointly hosted the 56th Inter IIT Sports Meet. This event was held between 10 -15 December 2023 at IIT Bombay and 15-22 December at IIT Gandhinagar. IIT Madras clinched the general championship in 2023.
IIT Indore and IIT Kanpur jointly hosted the 57th Inter IIT Sports Meet. This event was held between 10 -19 December 2024. IIT Kanpur hosted the following sports: basketball, tennis, cricket, hockey, table tennis, and volleyball. While IIT Indore hosted acquatics, athletics, badminton, football, squash, and weightlifting.
The women’s general championship was won by IIT Madras, with IIT Bombay on the second place and IIT Kharagpur, the third. The men’s general championship was won by IIT Delhi, with IIT Kanpur on the second place and IIT Bombay, the third. IIT Bombay was the winner of the overall general championship in 2024.
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