7th mini-marathon was organized by the IIM Rohtak and film star, cricketer, award-winning athletes, a bureaucrat, academicians, management students, along with the citizens of NCR participated in the marathon.
This year the message which the students of IIM-Rohtak wanted to send to the rest of the country was 'PEACE'-- Perseverance, Empathy, Advocacy, Calmness and Equality.
In the marathon more than 2500 people participated and the presence of Mr. Atul Wassan, commentator and former cricketer, Mr. Jass Arora, famous model and actor, Ms. Deepika Patel, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Shooter, Ms. Gurmeet Kaur, Arjuna Award Winner and Mr. Neeraj Kansal, GST commissioner were the highlights of the event.
"Mini - Marathon is flagship event of IIM-Rohtak to connect with the community for raising awareness about peace and unity in our nation," director of IIM Rohtak, Prof. Dheeraj Sharma said.
Talking about the noble initiative of marathon Atul Wassan said, "Marathon is one platform which brings together people from all the strata of the society and helps in connecting with the local community along with understanding their culture better".
Speaking on the increasing awareness of marathon among the youth, Ms Deepika Patel said, "When people participate in sporting events, they leave behind their caste, color, and ethnicity to become one".
Ms Gurmeet kaur thanked the institution for involving athletes from rural areas and emphasized on the importance of women in the athletic success of India. "There is an ardent need for more support for rural women athletes in post sporting life." She thanked IIM-Rohtak for giving rural athletes a platform.
The winner of the Marthon was Mr. Manoj Kumar and runner up was Mr. Sandeep.
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