BHUBANESWAR 05-Sep-2014 101
Utkal University, the largest affiliating university of the country with around 267 affiliated colleges under its jurisdiction, has included two new disciplines _ women`s cricket and swimming for men and women _ in its sports calendar for the year 2014-15.
This was decided in the executive meeting of the university sports council, held here at Vani Vihar, under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Kumar Das earlier this week. It was also decided to develop the university stadium and increase the allowance for players and officials.
According to sports council Director Prof Jayanta Kumar Parida, this year, Utkal University will conduct inter-college competitions in 27 disciplines. The season will start with the inter-college chess tournament at Madhu Sudan Law College in Cuttack on September 12 and conclude with the women`s inter-college netball tournament at S B Women`s College in Jagatsinghpur on January13, 2015. The complete sports calendar for the year 2014-15 is available in the university website _ www.utkaluniversity.ac.in
