UGC urges HEIs to celebrate National Sports Day from Aug 21 to Aug 29

UGC requested all higher educational institutions to celebrate “National Sports Day” from August 21 to August 29, 2023.

UGC has urged the higher educational institutions to organize any sporting event like athletics, contemporary sports, indigenous sports etc. as deemed fit as per age groups on any one day between August 21 and August 29, 2023.

Salient features of the event include week long celebration with the organisation being free to choose the actual day of sporting events, based on groups format instead of individual players to bring spirit of bonding, unity and inclusiveness, competition may be based on a term based point system where every member of team earns points for the teams irrespective of position in competition, acknowledging the local sports icons at the event in the celebrations, staff to preferably come to workplace in sports attire. Sample T-shirt designs will be shared along with NSD branding.

The UGC also said to ensure pre-event promotion of the event to be organised from August 18, 2023, onwards followed by post event posts on social media, organisers to register their event on Fit India portal (https://fitindia.gov.in/) or Fit India Mobile App and upload details of participation, pictures and videos of the event.

"Promote National Sports Day on their social media channels with #Sports4Unity and #NationalSportsDay through creatives, videos, write-ups, pictures of the events. Adequate publicity for the program through social media, TV/Newspaper etc," said UGC.

The theme of the event is "sports as an enabler for an inclusive and fit society."

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