Inter College Nursing Volleyball Tournament

Published on: June 6, 2023

Inter College Nursing Volleyball Tournament begins at SRHU Jollygrant

Swami Ram Himalayan University (SRHU) is organizing Inter College Nursing Volleyball Tournament-2023 at Jollygrant. In this, 22 teams from 13 Nursing Colleges are participating.

The Inter College Nursing Volleyball Tournament-2023 started on Monday. The participating teams include – Himalayan College of Nursing, State College of Nursing, Arihant College of Nursing, Shri Swami Bhumanand Nursing College, Giani Inder Singh Nursing College, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, Graphic Nursing College, SGRR Nursing College, Siddharth Nursing College, Chinmaya Advance Research Institute and Sri Devbhoomi.

22 teams from 13 colleges including AIIMS Nursing College, Sai College of Nursing are participating.

There are 14 teams in the men’s category and 8 in the women’s category in the tournament.

Vice Chancellor Dr. Vijendra Chauhan; Director of Nursing Dr. Renu Dhasmana; Principal Dr. Sanchita Pugajandi jointly inaugurated the three-day volleyball tournament.

The first match of the tournament was played between State College of Nursing and Arihant College of Nursing in the men’s section.

The State College of Nursing won a well fought match.

Apart from this, Shri Swami Bhumanand Nursing College, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, Graphic Nursing College, Chinmaya Advance Research Institute, Sridevbhoomi won their respective matches.

State College of Nursing, AIIMS and SGRR won in the women’s category.

SRHU Sports Committee Chairperson Dr. Vineet Mehrotra said that the title match of the tournament will be played on Wednesday, June 7.

Chancellor Dr. Vijay Dhasmana will honor the winning players by giving them awards.

Kushna Uniyal, Chandan, Sachin, Krishna Mohan, Sachin, Badal, Niyant, Naveen, Shubham, Bipin, Suresh, Akash Thapilyal etc contributed in the conduct of the tournament.

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