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{{Infobox tournament<br />
| name = Inter IIT Sports Meet<br />
| sport = 14 different Inter collegiate sports <br />
| established = 1961<br />
| location = India<br />
| image = <br />
| participants = 3500 athletes<br />
| administrator = [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]<br />
| current_champion = [[IIT Madras]] (2025)<br />
| website=[https://interiitsports.in Official Website]<br />
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}}<br />
'''Inter IIT Sports Meet''' is the annual sports tournament of the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]. It is organized in December, with the [[Aquatic sports|Aquatics]] events held separately in October. It is the longest-running Inter-collegiate meet where all IITs participate, having been held since 1961. In 2024, the event was held at [[IIT Kanpur]] and [[IIT Indore]] jointly and for 2025, it was held at [[IIT Hyderabad]], [[IIT Madras]] and [[IIT Tirupati]].<br />
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== Sports and participating institutes ==<br />
Tournaments are held in 15 different sports, namely:<br />
# [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]<br />
# [[Badminton]]<br />
# [[Basketball]]<br />
# [[Cricket]]<br />
# [[Chess]]<br />
# [[Kho kho]]<br />
# [[Association football|Football]]<br />
# [[Field hockey|Hockey]]<br />
# [[Lawn tennis]]<br />
# [[Squash (sport)|Squash]]<br />
# [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]<br />
# [[Table tennis]]<br />
# [[Volleyball]]<br />
# [[Water polo]]<br />
# [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]<br />
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All the 23 IITs participating in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet:<br />
# [[IIT Bhilai|Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai]]<br />
# [[IIT Bhubaneshwar|Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar]]<br />
# [[Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi]]<br />
#[[IIT Bombay|Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]<br />
# [[IIT Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]]<br />
#[[Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad|Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad]]<br />
#[[Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad]]<br />
# [[IIT Gandhinagar|Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]]<br />
#[[Indian Institute of Technology Goa]]<br />
# [[IIT Guwahati|Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati]]<br />
#[[IIT Hyderabad|Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad]]<br />
#[[IIT Indore|Indian Institute of Technology Indore]]<br />
#[[Indian Institute of Technology Jammu]]<br />
#[[IIT Jodhpur|Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur]]<br />
# [[IIT Kanpur|Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]<br />
# [[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]<br />
# [[IIT Madras|Indian Institute of Technology Madras]]<br />
# [[IIT Mandi|Indian Institute of Technology Mandi]]<br />
#[[IIT Palakkad|Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad]]<br />
# [[IIT Patna|Indian Institute of Technology Patna]]<br />
# [[IIT Roorkee|Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]]<br />
# [[IIT Ropar|Indian Institute of Technology Ropar]]<br />
# [[Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati]]<br />
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== History ==<br />
The proposition for an Inter IIT Sports Meet was brought up in 1961, and IIT Bombay hosted the first ever Inter IIT Sports Meet. Only five IITs were in existence then, namely [[IIT Bombay]], [[IIT Madras]], [[IIT Kharagpur]], [[IIT Kanpur]] and [[IIT Delhi]]; who competed in five sports only.<ref>{{cite web | title=IIT B Sports | url=https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/sports/inter-iit }}</ref><br />
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=== History and winners ===<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Edition !! Held at !! Champions !! !! Year !! Edition !! Held at !! Champions!! !! Year !! Edition !! Held at !! Champions <br />
|-<br />
| 1961||1||Bombay||Kharagpur||||1989||26||Kanpur||Kharagpur||||2015||51||Madras|| Cancelled due to flooding in Chennai<br />
|-<br />
| 1963||2||Kharagpur||Kharagpur||||1990||27||Delhi||Delhi||||2016||51||Kanpur|| Kanpur<br />
|-<br />
| 1964||3||Madras||Kharagpur||||1991||28||Kharagpur||Kharagpur||||2017||52||Madras|| Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1966||4||Bombay||Bombay||||1993||29||Bombay||Bombay||||2018||53||Guwahati||Delhi<br />
|-<br />
| 1967||5||Delhi||Kharagpur||||1994||30||Madras||None - last 3 days rained out||||2019||54||Kharagpur and Bhubaneswar|| Kharagpur<br />
|-<br />
| 1968||6||Kanpur||Kharagpur||||1995||31||Kanpur||Bombay||||2020||55||Delhi and Roorkee||Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic <br />
|-<br />
| 1969||7||Kharagpur||Kharagpur||||1996||32||Delhi||Madras||||2021||55||Delhi and Roorkee||Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic <br />
|-<br />
| 1970||8||Madras||Madras||||1997||33||Kharagpur||Kharagpur||||2022||55||Delhi and Roorkee||Roorkee<br />
|-<br />
| 1972||9||Kharagpur||Madras||||1998||34||Bombay||Bombay||||2023||56||Bombay and Gandhinagar||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1973||10||Bombay||Madras||||1999||35||Madras||Madras ||||2024||57||Kanpur and Indore||Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1974||11||Delhi||Madras||||2000||36||Kanpur||Bombay ||||2025||58||Hyderabad, Madras and Tirupati ||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1975||12||Kharagpur||Madras||||2001||37||Kharagpur||Kharagpur ||||2026||59||TBA || TBA<br />
|-<br />
| 1976||13||Kanpur||Madras||||2002||38||Delhi||Delhi<br />
|-<br />
| 1977||14||Madras||Madras||||2003||39||Bombay||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1978||15||Bombay||Madras||||2004||40||Madras||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1979||16||Delhi||Madras||||2005||41||Roorkee||Kharagpur<br />
|-<br />
| 1980||17||Kanpur||Madras||||2006||42||Guwahati||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1981||18||Kharagpur||Bombay||||2007||43||Bombay||Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1982||19||Bombay||Madras||||2008||44||Madras||Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1983||20||Madras||None - last 2 days rained out (Bombay was ahead)|| ||2009||45||Kanpur||Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1984||21||Kanpur||Bombay||||2010||46||Delhi||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1985||22||Delhi||Bombay||||2011||47||Kharagpur||Madras<br />
|-<br />
| 1986||23||Kharagpur||Kharagpur||||2012||48||Roorkee||Bombay<br />
|-<br />
| 1987||24||Bombay||Bombay||||2013||49||Guwahati||Kanpur<br />
|-<br />
| 1988||25||Madras||Madras||||2014||50||Bombay||Kanpur<br />
|}<br />
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Note: Before 1978, the meet numbering was not consistent. For example, IIT Madras annual reports record the 1977 meet as the 13th and the 1975 meet as the 11th <ref>IIT Madras Annual Reports https://www.iitm.ac.in/annual-reports</ref><br />
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=== IITs with most overall wins ===<br />
{| | class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! IIT !! First win !! Last win !! Wins in last 10 editions !! Total wins<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Madras||1970||2025||2||21<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Bombay||1966||2024||2||15<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Kharagpur||1961||2019||1||13<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Kanpur||2013||2016||3||3<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Delhi||1990||2018||1||3<br />
|-<br />
| IIT Roorkee||2022||2022||1||1<br />
|}<br />
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=== Cancellations and Postponements ===<br />
The meets of 1965 and 1971 were cancelled due to the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|India-Pakistan wars]], while the one in 1992 was to be held at IIT Bombay but was cancelled owing to the [[Bombay riots|communal riots in Mumbai]]. <br />
The 2015 meet that was supposed to be held at IIT Madras was washed out due to unpredictable rains. The 2020 and 2021 meets were cancelled due to COVID.<br />
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Unlike the above events which were cancelled / re-scheduled in entirety, the meets of 1983 and 1994, both hosted at IIT Madras, were abandoned after the meet started as scheduled. In both cases, heavy rains made continuation of the meet unviable and the meets were abandoned part way.<br />
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== Recent championships ==<br />
=== 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2013 ===<br />
Source:<ref name="ernet">{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/interiitsports/index_sports.php|title=49th Inter IIT Sports Meet - 2013 - IIT Guwahati|publisher=iitg.ernet.in|accessdate=2014-08-26}}</ref><br />
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The 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Guwahati from 16 to 23 December 2013.<ref name="sikkimfirst">{{cite web|url=http://sikkimfirst.in/2013/12/17/inter-iit-sports-meet-at-iit-guwahati/|title=Inter IIT sports meet at IIT Guwahati &#124; Sikkim First|publisher=sikkimfirst.in|accessdate=2014-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827040821/http://sikkimfirst.in/2013/12/17/inter-iit-sports-meet-at-iit-guwahati/|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[MC Mary Kom]] launched her autobiography ''Unbreakable'' during the ceremony; along with former Miss Universe and Hindi film actress [[Sushmita Sen]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Mary Kom's autobiography released by Sushmita Sen | work=The Times Of India | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-16/off-the-field/45254704_1_autobiography-mc-mary-kom-indian-women | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221084017/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-16/off-the-field/45254704_1_autobiography-mc-mary-kom-indian-women | archive-date=21 December 2013 }}</ref><br />
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The [[mascot]] for the 49th Inter IIT was [http://www.iitg.ernet.in/interiitsports/mascot.htm ''Bhaiti''],<ref name="ernet2">{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/interiitsports/mascot.htm|title=InterIIT Mascot|publisher=iitg.ernet.in|accessdate=2014-08-26}}</ref> a [[bamboo]]. Inspired by the slenderness and strength of its namesake plant, Bhaiti was designed by Thomas G. Manih, a student of IIT Guwahati, under the guidance of [[Udaya Kumar (designer)|Dr. D. Udaya Kumar]], who is credited with designing the [[Indian Rupee sign]].<br />
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IIT Kanpur emerged as the winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament, while IIT Roorkee won the Women's General Championship.<br />
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=== 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2014 ===<br />
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The [[Golden Jubilee]] edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by [[IIT Bombay]] in October and December 2014. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during 1–4 October 2014. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of [[Virdhawal Khade]]. The 50th Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during 12–19 December 2014 at the IIT Bombay campus. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Cricket legend [[Sachin Tendulkar]].<ref name="Sportskeeda">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-inter-iit-bombay-sports-meet|title=The God of cricket' Sachin Tendulkar to call on IIT Bombay this December- Sportskeeda|date=28 October 2014 |publisher=thesportskeeda.com.com|accessdate=2014-10-28}}</ref> The institute has undertaken massive renovations of the play fields in anticipation of the meet.<ref name="asianage">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/iit-b-get-indoor-and-outdoor-sports-complexes-676|title=IIT-B to get indoor and outdoor sports complexes &#124; The Asian Age|publisher=asianage.com|accessdate=2014-08-26}}</ref><br />
Sachin gave the most anticipated address of that day. The last time IIT Bombay hosted an Inter IIT Sports Meet was in 2007, as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the institute.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/iitb-introduces-new-courses/article1873202.ece|title=IIT-B introduces new courses - The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 July 2007 |publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2014-08-26}}</ref><br />
IIT Kanpur declared as the overall champions, winners of the General Championship in the Men's tournament and second in the Women's Championship, while IIT Bombay won the Women's General Championship.<br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interiit.org/FinalTallyTable.pdf|title=IIT-K wins consecutive inter IIT championships|accessdate=2014-12-19}}</ref><br />
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=== 51st Inter IIT Sports Meet 2016 ===<br />
The 51st edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] in October and December 2016. The Opening Ceremony of that was graced by the presence of Paralympic Javelin Thrower [[Devendra Jhajharia]], who won Gold at [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]] and is also the current World Paralympic Record Holder in Javelin Throw under F46 events. [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]] Aquatic Team has won the Overall Championship in the Inter-IIT Aquatic Meet held at IIT Kanpur during 2 to 5 October 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iitm.ac.in/content/iit-madras-wins-gold-inter-iit-aquatic-meet|title=Inter IIT Swimming Meet at IIT Kanpur|date=10 January 2018|website=IITM}}</ref> [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] continued their winning spirit and emerged as overall champions for third consecutive time.<br />
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=== 52nd Inter IIT Sports Meet 2017 ===<br />
The 52nd edition of the Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]] in October and December 2017. The Inter IIT Aquatics Meet took place during October. The 52nd Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place during 15–23 December 2017 at [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]]' lush green campus. The Opening Ceremony was graced by the presence of renowned Indian Field Hockey Team's former Captain [[Viren Rasquinha]], who also is the CEO of [[Olympic Gold Quest]] (OGQ). [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]] were declared the Overall Champions.<br />
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=== 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet 2018 ===<br />
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The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted by [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|IIT Guwahati]]. The 34th Aquatics Meet took place during 3–7 October, while the Main Meet was being hosted in December. This edition held a special significance for [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|IIT Guwahati]] as it is being conducted to celebrate the silver jubilee of the institute. It was also the first time that Para-powerlifting event had been introduced.<br />
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The Aquatics Meet Opening Ceremony was graced by the presence of [[Sajan Prakash]], the man with the highest number of National Records in short course and long course swimming events. The Chief Guest for the Main Meet's opening ceremony was [[Shiny Abraham]], she has represented India in more than eighty international meets and was the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] event. The ceremony also had Rio Paralympics gold medalist, [[Mariyappan Thangavelu]] as its guest of honor.<br />
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53rd Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Delhi with 106 points, 26 points clear of the runner up.<br />
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=== 54th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2019 ===<br />
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The 53rd Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by [[IIT Kharagpur]] and [[IIT Bhubaneswar]]. The 35th Aquatics Meet took place during 29 September to 4 October, while the Main Meet was held from 14 December to 22 December.<br />
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54th Inter IIT sports meet was won by IIT Kharagpur with 123.6 points, 28.4 points clear of the runner up.<br />
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=== 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2022 ===<br />
The 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet was hosted jointly by IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi. This event was held between 14 and 22 December 2022.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!IIT<br />
!Position<br />
|-<br />
|Roorkee<br />
|1st<br />
|-<br />
|Kharagpur<br />
|2nd <br />
|-<br />
|Delhi<br />
|3rd<br />
|}<br />
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=== 56th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2023 ===<br />
IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Bombay jointly hosted the 56th Inter IIT Sports Meet. This event was held between 10 and 15 December 2023 at IIT Bombay and 15–22 December at IIT Gandhinagar.<br />
IIT Madras clinched the general championship in 2023.<br />
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=== 57th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2024 ===<br />
IIT Indore and IIT Kanpur jointly hosted the 57th Inter IIT Sports Meet. This event was held between 10 and 19 December 2024. IIT Kanpur hosted the following sports: basketball, tennis, cricket, hockey, table tennis, and volleyball. While IIT Indore hosted aquatics, athletics, badminton, football, squash, and weightlifting.<br />
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The women's general championship was won by IIT Madras, with IIT Bombay on the second place and IIT Kharagpur, the third. The men's general championship was won by IIT Delhi, with IIT Kanpur on the second place and IIT Bombay, the third. <br />
IIT Bombay was the winner of the overall general championship in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=Concludes 57th Inter IIT Students Sports Meet | url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/concludes-57th-inter-iit-students-sports-meet }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[https://interiitsports.in Inter IIT Sports Meet Website]<br />
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