Badminton
ETHOS
“Practice like you have never won, Perform like you have never lost.” – Unknown
Agility, speed, flexibility and muscular endurance are some of the main aspects that make badminton a challenging and a fun sport at the same time. It is all about lobbying the shuttle back and forth with a variety of shorts like powerful smashes or delicate net returns but with precision.
Badminton is very popular among the college junta as someone can always be seen playing in the courts. IIT Gandhinagar houses 2 badminton halls with 3 Polyurethane floored courts in each hall. The hall has a viewing gallery of 40 spectator with echo-proof walls to reduce the noise of hitting shuttles.
RULES & REGULATIONS:
- Timings will be 6 AM to 10 AM & 5 PM to 10 PM on weekdays and 6 AM to 10 PM on weekends.
- Only clean non marking shoes are allowed on the courts
- Proper sports attire (i.e. Tracksuit, shorts & t-shirts) is a must
- Spectators will be allowed only in the viewing gallery.
- Any heavy objects (like table,chair, etc.) should not be brought inside the hall
- Food and beverages will not be allowed inside the hall.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Awards | Sports-person | Year |
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Badminton Open Champion | Harsh Paliwal | 2011-12 |
Best Girls team of the year | Girls team | 2011-12 |
1st position: Badminton championship(Concours DAIICT) | Shruti Jain and Swati Verma | 2011 |
Open badminton championship (Boy's singles) | Ishan Upadhyay | 2013-14 |
Open badminton championship (Girl's singles) | Aishwarya Agarwal | 2013-14 |
Open badminton championship (Boy's Doubles) | Kanak Sharma, Pranshul Saini | 2013-14 |
Open badminton championship (Girl's Doubles) | Aparna Arya, Pratyusha Challa | 2013-14 |
Winner single and doubles(Concours DAIICT) | Vaishnavi Patil, Swasti Medha | 2014 |
Badminton open singles(Annual Sport Award) | Ishan Upadhyay | 2014-15 |
Badminton open Doubles(Annual Sport Award) | Kanak Sharma, Pranshul Ssaini | 2014-15 |
Badminton open singles Girls(Annual Sport Award) | Aishwarya Agarwal | 2014-15 |
Badminton open Doubles Girls(Annual Sport Award) | KAparna Arya, Pratyusha Challa | 2014-15 |
Silver Medal(Concours DAIICT) | Kshitija Anam , Devika Menon | 2019-20 |