VIT conducts Run Fest marathon during Gravitas 2026
The Vellore Institute of Technology hosted a 'Run Fest' marathon as part of its annual Gravitas technology and management festival. The three-day event attracted 40,000 participants and featured hundreds of technical competitions, hackathons, and workshops.
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Large-scale university festivals serve as significant hubs for student innovation, networking, and technical skill development in the Indian education sector.
The Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) organised as a Run Fest marathon within the university premises, as part of the Technology and Management fest Gravitas.
Around 2,000 participants, including students, faculty and staff, took part in the event, with 1,397 men and 588 women among them, the university said.
The marathon was inaugurated by VIT registrar T. Jayabharathi in the presence of Gravitas convenor Sudhakar and physical education director Mangeyrkarasi Arun.
In the men’s category, the winners were Pranay Angada, Salunkhe Tansih Raghul and Aarya Vardhan Sharma, while Ayushi Jain, Zoobiya Tariq and Anagha Neelacantan emerged winners in the women’s category.
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