Sports vital for academics

Potti Sriramulu Chalavadi Mallikharjuna Rao (PSCMR) College of Engineering and Technology celebrated its Seventh Annual Sports Day in a grand manner on Tuesday. Students participated in the Sports Day celebrations with great enthusiasm.

Participating in the Sports Day celebrations as a chief guest, One Town Circle Inspector R Venkateswarlu exhorted students to actively participate in sports to ensure physical fitness. The CI lauded the college management for giving equal importance to academics and sports to ensure holistic development of students.

“Sports help students to develop sportsmen spirit, which is vital for their personality growth. Academics and sports make them aware of their social responsibility,” he said. College president Ch Mallikharjuna Rao said, “We are encouraging budding sports talent by providing them quality coaching and necessary financial assistance to enable them to excel in the intercollegiate, district and State level tournaments.”

Later, Mallikharjuna Rao along with Venkateswarlu released a sports souvenir. Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Throwball, Tennikoit and other events were held as part of the Sports Day.Prizes were distributed to winners. College secretary Sriram Radhakrishna Murthy, joint secretary G Pavan Kumar, principal K Nageswara Rao, physical education director SM Subhani and other faculty members were present.