A hockey match was organized on the third day on the occasion of National Sports Day under Fit India Mission Hockey Match under the joint aegis of the Physical Education Department and University Sports Committee in Swami Vivekanand Subharti University. Since 2012, every year 29th August has been celebrated as National Sports Day. In fact, on this day, the legendary player Major Dhyan Chand ji was born. Major Dhyan Chand ji is called the “Magician of Hockey”. The hockey match in the university in the memory of Major Dhyan Chand ji was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. Shalya Raj Chief Executive Officer by penalty shoot. Before the start of the match, the chief guest wished all the players and inspired all the players to play in the spirit of the game and Dr. Mahavir Singh, Directorate of Distance Education, Dr. Anoj Raj, Acting Dean Faculty of Education were also congratulated to students on the occasion of National Sports Day and blessed them with best wishes for their future. and informed all the players about National Sports Day and the ideology of Major Dhyan Chand ji. On the occasion of National Sports Day, a hockey match was played between students and faculty members. Both the teams performed well in this match. The winner in the match was the team of faculty members in Department of Physical Education faculty members Dr. Mohammad Salim Javed scored two goals and two goals were also scored by the students, due to which the result remained tied at 2-2 till the end of the time. After this, a penalty shootout was done in which both the teams got a chance to do 5 penalty shoots. In which the goal was scored by Mr. Kapil Shakya while taking a penalty shoot on behalf of the faculty member’s team, which changed the outcome of the entire match. In this way, in the penalty shootout, the team of faculty members defeated the team of students 1-0. faculty members, Dr. Praveen Kumar (Captain), Dr. Manju Adhikari, Dr. Deepak Raghav, Dr. Atul Tiwari, Dr. Salim Javed, Dr. Ankit Singh Jadaun and Mr. Kapil Shakya performed brilliantly and contributed significantly in making their team victorious. The team of faculty members was also given a tough competition by the students. A lot of enthusiasm was seen among the students and teachers regarding this event and they resolved to participate enthusiastically in such events in future also. On this occasion, University Sports Committee, Secretary Dr. Praveen Kumar along with University Sports Committee members Engineer Mayankeshwar Singh, Engineering College, Dr. Prabhat, Pharmacy College, Dr. Sangeeta Rani, Department of Education and Dr. Neha Singh from the Faculty of Fine Arts and not teaching staff of the faculty of education were actively present and helped to make the event successful. At the end of the program Dr. Manju Adhikari thanked all the participants and all the Deans, Media Incharge, and all the non-teaching staff.
