IILM Annual Fest (ZEAL 2023) Sports Day 1

Bureau chief R L Pandey 

Lucknow। The 15th annual fest of IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Zeal 2023 started with sports events on February 22, 2023. In this mega event more than 45 undergraduate, post graduate and management colleges of the city are participating. 

Dr. Naela Rushdi, Director IILM, Lucknow in her inaugural address said that IILM Academy of Higher Learning is a National Brand having its presence pan India. Our Institute focuses on the overall development of the students. These kinds of events help the budding managers to develop skills like team building, leadership, management, innovation, creativity etc.

In first two days of Zeal 2023 (February 22 & 23), various sports events including Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, Kho-Kho, Races, Chess, Carrom, Archery, Throws etc. are being organized in Vinay Khand, Mini Stadium. In the final two days of Zeal 2023 (February 24 & 25), various academic, cultural and informal events like inQuizitive, Debate, Singing, Fashionista, Rangoli, Dance etc. will be held at IILM Lucknow campus.

The Coordinator of Zeal 2023 Dr. Sheetal Sharma, Dean Academics IILM Lucknow said that the Annual Fest of IILM is a very popular event and every year students wait for it and participate with great enthusiasm and energy. This year students from more than 45 colleges like School of Management Science, BBDEG, Babu Banarasi Das University, GCRG Group of Institutions, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Amity University, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Ayodhya, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial College of Engineering and Management, Lucknow University, Lucknow Christian College, Shri Jai Narain PG College, National PG Degree College, Hind Medical College, Rajat P.G College, Lucknow Public College of Professional Studies, City Law College, Dr RJ Singh Sports and Badminton Academy, Sherwood College of Professional Management, IMRT, ICCMRT etc. are participating in various events. 

Results of Various Events of Day 1 of Zeal 2022:

Events First Second Third

Badminton Single (Girls) Sushmita Sanywal (JNPG) Ifra Fatima (IMRT) Sukriti Shivpuri (Amity Uni.)

Table Tennis Single (Girls) Fatima Zoya (Amity Uni.) Arpita Singh (IILM) Sandhya Singh (IILM)

Table Tennis Single (Boys) Shikha Tripathi (BBDEG) Mohd. Aamash Alvi (Amity Uni.) Aryan Anand (IMRT)

Tug of War (Boys) National PG College IILM

Carrom (Singles) Vijay Pratap Singh (Amity Uni.) Nihal Singh (IILM) Harshit Bhatt (IILM)

Carrom (Doubles) Vijay Pratap Singh & Rohit Srivastava (Amity Uni.) Shivansh Singh & Mohd. Inzemam (GCRG) Naman Mittal & Utkarsh Singh (IILM)

Chess (Singles) Devashish Bhuwan Joshi (Amity) Abhishek Srivastava (SRMCEM) Saurabh Agarwal (IILM)

Relay Race 4 * 100 m(Boys) BBD LPCTS GCRG

100 m Race (Boys) Harsh Choubey (Christian College) Adiya Singh (LU) Mahim Srivastava (SMS)

The first day of Zeal 2023 was full of enthusiasm and energy. All participants showcased their talent with utmost vigor. The students of various colleges appreciated the efficient management of IILM faculty and students. 

On the Second day of Zeal 2023 the Semi Final and Final Rounds of various events Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball, Kho-kho etc will be played. 

This year the main sponsors of Zeal 2023 are Momomia, ApnaCamp, Fuji Film, Tanishq, Magnum, Fabz Production, Novatel, Creater's World, New Avadh Shamiyana Ghar & Caterers etc.