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Guwahati, Apr 20 : A daylong seminar will be organized by the Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA) as part of the 2nd Airtel North East Media Sports Festival 2010. The programme will start from tomorrow at RG Baruah Sports Complex.
Expected to participate in the seminar on Sports Culture in North East India are several Arjuna awardees from the region, including Bhogeswar Barua, Kamlesh Mehta, Monalisha Baruah Mehta, N. Kunjarani Devi, Thoiba Singh, Meena Bora and Montu Debnath.
Olympian Dipankar Bhattacharjee, cricketers Bimal Bharali and Prabir Hazarika will also be present.
Assam forest minister Rockybul Hussain will be the chief guest during the inaugural ceremony.
“This is our second edition and it is going to be very different and enriching for media persons, sportspersons as well as administrators. We have tried to bring everyone together to debate the issues, suggest a roadmap and act on it. We will be sending the resolutions to all the eight states of the region. We are expecting 250 to 300 participants from the states, plus their sports directors,” S.M. Baruah, president of ASJA, said here today.
Another feature of the festival will be a sports photo exhibition-cum-contest from April 23 to May 1, which the ASJA will organize in collaboration with the Assam Photo Journalists Association.
The DoNER ministry, Oil India Ltd, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, Satyam Group of Companies, Assam Cricket Association, Leo Advertising, Coca Cola, Board of Sports of Assam, among others, have extended a helping hand along with title sponsors Bharti Airtel in organizing the festival.
Altogether five sports disciplines — cricket, football, badminton, chess and table tennis — will be part of the festival.
The women’s badminton and table tennis events, introduced in the first edition, has gained immense popularity and women shuttlers and paddlers from different states have confirmed participation this time too.
The events will start with football (April 20 to 23), followed by table tennis (from April 24), chess and badminton (simultaneously on April 25 and 26) and cricket (April 27 to May 2).
[ via Telegraph India ]
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