Ludhiana, March 2
The first inter-institutional Athletic Meet of PCTE group concluded here today at the ITBP grounds. The meet included 11 different sports events in which around 1400 students from all PCTE Institutions namely PCTE Institute of Pharmacy, PCTE Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology and Punjab College of Technical Education participated. O.P.Yadav, Commandant, ITBP inaugurated the event. Dr. K.N.S.Kang, director general, PCTE Institutions, Dr. O.P.Sahni, dean, PCTE along with directors of other institutes of PCTE were present on the occasion. The meet included 100 meters race, 400 meters race, 800 meters race, 1500 meters race, 4 x 100 meters relay, Long jump, Shot put, Disc throw, Tug of War, Lemon Race and 3 Leg race for all the participants. Around 800 students of PCTE Institutions competed in the various events of athletic meet.
In 800 meters race, Damanveer of B.Sc. (ATHM second year) bagged first postion while Erica of BCA (second year) claimed the top position in girls’ 400 meters race. Sartaj of MBA (final year) claimed the gold medal in boys’ 400 meters race while Manpreet Singh, Trigun Veer, Varinder Singh and Narinder Singh claimed the gold medal in 400 meters relay for boys. Navneet Kuar, Erica, Simranjeet and Ummi (BCA second year) won gold medal in 400 meters relay for girls.
While speaking on the occasion, Dr. K N S Kang, director general, PCTE institutes said this is sixth athletic meet being organised by PCTE.
