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21/04/22 08:43 AM IST

Khelo India University Games(KIUG)

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  • Union minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh has said  that the  Khelo India University Games (KIUG) will help in preparing international level sportspersons.
  • KIUG will be held from 24th April to 3rd May 2022.
About KIUG 2021
  • The Khelo India University Games is the largest platform of University-level players.
  • Aims - to provide a national-level launch pad for University students to showcase their talent and catch the eyeballs of the national team selectors for various sports.
  • KIUG 2021 is the  second edition of the Khelo India University Games, which will be hosted in Bengaluru with Jain Deemed-to-be University as the host University for the Games.
  • The competition, which is being organized by the Government of Karnataka, along with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, will be held from 24th April to 3rd May 2022.
  • “KIUG 2021 will witness over 3879 participants from around 190 universities who will battle it out across 20 disciplines and for 257 gold medals, which include indigenous sports like Mallakhamba and yogasana.
Firsts in the game 
  • first Khelo India Green Games.
  • The Games will have recyclable materials and it is being ensured that it will be a zero waste games. 
  • Besides, a  first-of-its-kind mobile application has also been developed for the Games which will have all requisite information about the Games that an athlete can use before and during the Games, thus facilitate the participants with the Digital India approach.
  • It is also for the first time that NADA will use an App to disseminate Information, Education and Communication to participating athletes so that they are educated amply about the menace of doping.
Source-PIB 

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