KJ SIMSR Horizon Dec - 2014 issue Dec 2014 | Page 65

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phases, 6 days, 12 sports, 18 classes,160
medals at stake, over 270 participants - Elan-eYudh 2014 was not only a highly successful event,
but one that once again proved why sports as a
medium holds paramount importance when it
comes to learning management.

event that turned out to be a monumental success.
Spread over two phases, Elan-e-Yudh comprised
of 12 different sports namely - Ring Football,
Throwball, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton,
Squash, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Athletics,
Chess, Arm Wrestling, Tug of War and Carrom.

“Sports does not build character. They reveal it”,
Heywood Campbell Broun, one of America's
renowned journalists once quoted about sports.
Another famous sports journalist Howard Cowell
described sports as “human life in microcosm”.

A total of 18 classes comprising of both the seniors
and juniors participated with full gusto during the
course of the event. At the end, a consistent run of
performances in multiple disciplines helped
PGDM-A Juniors bag the overall Winners Trophy
along with the tag of “Sports Champions of
SIMSR”. The runners-up Trophy was won by
PGDM-IB Seniors who missed out on the
Championship by a whisker. The third-place went
to PGDM-IB Juniors.

Over the years, the significance of sports as a
medium that teaches essential life skills has grown
in stature. And more so in a place like KJ SIMSR,
which has been a strong proponent of developing
students holistically, the presence of sports in the
academic calendar has remained a prerequisite.
Recently, the Sports Committee of SIMSR closely
aided by the faculty members, kicked off its first
major event in style when they organized Elan-eYudh2014 - the annual Inter-class Sports Meet - an

On the whole, Elan-e-Yudh provided an ideal
platform for SIMSR students to not only showcase
their sporting prowess on the field, but also gave
them an opportunity to develop certain crucial
management skills that no clas