Sahyadri holds 19th State level Intercollegiate Power Lifting Competition
Mangaluru: The 19th VTU State level Inter Collegiate Power Lifting competition was organized by Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru on 28th and 29th September 2018.
The programme was inaugurated on 28th September 2018 at the Nethravathi Auditorium. Chief Guest Devdas Hegde, Trustee-Bhandary Foundation inaugurated the programme by unveiling the powerlifting weights and declaring the 19th VTU Power Lifting competition open. Dr R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, Principal delivered the Presidential address after which, events in various categories were conducted.
Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman was the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Ceremony and gave away the prizes to the winners.
In the Girls Section, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management emerged as the Overall Champions. Global Academy of Technology (GAT) Bengaluru were Overall Runner-up & JNNCE, Shivamogga were Overall Third Place.
In Boys Section, the Overall Champions were NMAMIT, Nitte and Overall Runner-up was shared among JNNCE, Shivamogga, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management and St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru.
16 New Meet records were created in this competition. A total of 140 boys & 45 girls participated in this event from various engineering colleges of Karnataka. Sahyadri MBA student Shobith Rai Broke his own VTU powerlifting (squat) record of 212.5 kgs by lifting weights of 217.5 kgs in the same VTU inter college powerlifting competition.