Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University announced the men’s and women’s Yoga teams, that would participate in the West Zone inter-university competition to be held at Chennai.
Last year the Men’s Team won the gold medal, while the Women’s Team bagged silver in the Khelo India contest. The competition was hosted by Jain University, Bengaluru. In the national-level Inter-University competition held at Bhuvaneshwar last year the men and women’s teams stood at fourth and fifth places. Director of Sports and Physical Education Dr Sharad Suryavanshi expressed hope that the teams would win medals in the contest.
The teams are – Men: Vaibahv Shrirame, Pranay Kangale, Vanch Khinchi (all S B City College), Harshal Chute (Priyadarshini College of Engineering), Om Rakhade (DNC). Reserves – Akash Burde, Aniket Kharpuria, Kshitij Bhandwalkar (all Nabira Mahavidyalaya, Katol; Ashish Murkute (AD College).
Women – Kalyani Chute, Suhani Giripunje (both S B City College), Chhakuli Selokar, Rachana Ambulkar (Priyadarshini College of Engineering), Alisha Gaimukhe (Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya), Shreya Dhamde (Nabira Mahavidyalaya). Reserve – Shrawani Golait (Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya), Aditi Chaudhari (IDCP), Rutuja Dongre (Nabira Mahavidyalaya), Yamini Gavai (Nagarjuna Institute).