Guwahati: The 49th Inter-IIT Sports Meet -- the annual sports competition among all the IITs in the country -- will be held at IIT Guwahati from December 16-21.
London Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom will be the Guest of Honour at the inaugural ceremony, an IIT Guwahati press release said.
About 2300 participants and sports officials from all 16 IITs would take part in a week-long event.
Hosts IIT Guwahati would have a contingent of 145 students, including 110 boys and 35 girls, the release said.
The Inter-IIT Sports Meet will have athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, lawn tennis, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, football, squash, hockey, water polo, weightlifting and body-building.
A General Championship is awarded separately in men's and women's categories to the IIT, which scores the maximum cumulative points across all the sports, the release said.
Last year the Championship was won by IIT Bombay in men's category, and IIT Roorkee in women's category.
For the 49th Sports Meet, IIT Guwahati's sports facilities have been completely revamped with several state-of-the-art facilities and stadia being developed.
IIT-G has designed the first ever Mascot for the Sports Meet. The Mascot 'Bhaiti', inspired from the slender yet strong bamboo, is young, energetic and jovial and is ever ready to play any game and enjoys playing them, the release said.
Bhaiti wears a dhoti, sola (shirt), and gomocha (small scarf) in keeping with the tradition of what Assamese men wear during the Bihu celebrations.
IIT Guwahati had hosted the Inter-IIT Sports Meet in 2006.
