By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR:Students of SOA have put in a stellar performance in the annual sports festival ‘Sparda 2026’ organised by IIT (BHU) Varanasi. The SOA team emerged champions in both Kabaddi and Basketball in the women’s category.
The women’s kabaddi and basketball teams were champions, the men’s kho kho and kabaddi teams were runners-up, the women’s kho kho team came third, and Soa was awarded the ‘Best Outstation Team’ award for its excellent performance.
Professor (Dr.) Manojaranjan Nayak, the founding president of SOA, congratulated the students on their success and expressed his happiness and wished them a bright future. After returning from Varanasi, the students met the founding president at the university headquarters on Thursday and received his blessings.
SOA Vice Chancellor Professor Pradeep Kumar Nanda, Dean of Students Welfare Professor Jyoti Ranjan Das and Sports Officer Smt. Sunita Verma along with other officials were present on the occasion.
The competition started on October 9 and ended on the 12th. 140 players and 10 staff members from Soa University participated in sports like cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, kho kho, kabaddi and basketball.
