Strike, hit, toss and kick. Whether it's a mental playground you're interested in battling it out on, or a field where you're breathing in quick gasps of air, IET Lucknow has it all. A plethora of sport teams stand at ready. Being an engineer isn't the only to-do thing in our list, you know. Not only you will love to play with your friends without worrying for homework but also go for tournaments and win. Rather than winning you will enjoy the company and the trip.
Volleyball
"Strength is power when used in control."
From the beach to the field, this game of agility & tact has carved a niche for itself among passionate players. IET Lucknow has a very efficient team of volleyball, consisting of 20 players adept in the sport. The college campus consists of four volleyball courts, one in each of the hostels Aryabhatt, Ramanujam and Apala, & one in the Shauryautsav Ground. Interested candidates are required to go through a selection process to be a part of the team. As far as the past achievements are concerned, our team members were semi-finalists in AKTU Zonals'18, AKTU Zonal'19, & Spardha (IIT BHU’s sports fest). Most recently the team bagged a silver medal at Prabhanjan, BIET Jhansi’s fest. The team is presently headed by Gagan Yadav, the Coordinator, and Apoorva Srivastava, the Captain.
Taekwondo
Taekwondo, a Korean traditional martial arts, is believed to teach more than just physical fighting skills. It is a discipline that shows ways of enhancing our spirit and life through training our body and mind. This famous sport saw a rise in Lucknow with Mr. R. P. Singh's efforts, who coaches our team here in IET. Under the able guidance and mentorship of the one who is known for introducing the sport in the city, and is a 5th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, our team has won a number of laurels for the college and is amongst the best teams of the State. Birthed around 27 years back, the team undergoes rigorous and extensive practices all through the year, perfecting themselves in head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast technique kicks.
The team has proved its mettle not only in intra- and inter-collegiate events, but has also put up an award-winning fight at the state and national level in the past. For the team-members, being a part of such a revered group must definitely be a memory worth cherishing once they depart from the college. Presently, the team consists of around 40 members and is headed by Prakash Rathore, the Coordinator and Shailash Chahal, the Captain.
Athletics
Athletics, as we all know, is a collection of sporting events that include competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. Athletic activities can majorly be divided into three categories: Field (Long jump, high jump & pole vault), track (short run [100m, 200m, 400m & 800m], long run [1500m, 3000m & 5000m], relay race & hurdle race) & throw (discus throw, shot put, hammer throw & javelin). IET boasts of having a very efficient, well-trained & well-groomed team of athletes amongst us. The foundation of the "IET Athletics Team" was laid by Dev Baliyan and Sachin Diwakar in 2017. Then on, the team has been on a never ending, unstoppable journey of bagging victories and awards wherever they go.
The team proved its mettle in IET Lucknow's sports tournament "Shauryotsav 2018" by bagging 15 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals. In IIT Kanpur's sports event "Udghosh 2017", the team won 3 medals. IIT BHU's "Spardha 2017" also witnessed the IET Athletics team winning 17 medals including 7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze and also being the overall runner up in both the girls and boys category of athletics events. In 2019 AKTU Zonals, the team bagged 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 3 bronze medals. Most recently, the team bagged 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at BIET Jhansi’s sports fest Prabhanjhan’19. The team is currently headed by Shrikrishan Baghel, who is the Coordinator of the athletic events.
The aspiring athletes are supposed to undergo a selection process to be the part of this team. Our institute sponsors and encourages our budding athletes by providing them with equipments and innumerable opportunities to prove themselves.
Badminton
This racquet sport is one of the major games which is played by almost all the students. A wonderful culture of the sport prevails on campus. This game is so popular that IET Lucknow has 10 courts (9 in boys hostel & 1 in the girls hostel).
The hostel courts are well lighted and students often utilize them to play badminton, whether it be day or night. This culture has developed further over the past few years due to the hard work and passion shown by the members of the club.The badminton team has constantly been bringing laurels to the Institute and making everyone proud. Every year they participate in sports competitions of IITs, IIMs, AKTU and many prestigious institutes and have given magnificent performances.
In the 2017-18 session they won 2 silvers in AKTU Zonals at GITM, Lucknow. Further, during 2018-19, they bagged a gold in AKTU Zonal level held at SRGI, Lucknow, gold in Men’s singles and a silver in Men’s doubles at JIM, Lucknow. The team regularly participates in many other sports fests including IIT Kanpur’s
‘UDGHOSH’, IIT BHU’s ‘SPARDHA’ and IIT ROORKEE’s ‘SANGRAM’.
At present, the team consists of a team of around 10 (boys and girls combined) enthusiastic players under the guidance of their coordinator, Mr. Abhinav Kumar (3rd year).
Table Tennis
"Smash, spin and chop! It's all a matter of agility and strategy when it comes to turning tables. Play hard, play fast, play smart and beat your competition to the dust."
Table tennis, also known as ping pong is a popular sport of IET Lucknow. Similar to lawn tennis, the beauty is in the fact that it requires more than the former and also a certain delicacy in hitting the ball. As there are many who are interested in the game, the institute has 5 TT tables to ensure good practice for the players. Students have made the college proud by various achievements. The members of the table tennis team of the college were winners in RMNLU annual sports fest Aavahan 2016,first runners up in Lucknow Manifest Varchasva 2016,first runners up in Lucknow Manifest Varchasva 2017. In AKTU Zonals(2019),the boys and girls team each bagged a silver.
Currently the team consists of very able members who play under the leadership of Mr. Prateek ( 3rd year).
Kho-kho
This game is not all it seems to be at first glance. You might think it's relatively easy. We assure you it is not. Kho-kho is a popular tag game of India, with origins as old as Mahabharata. The game fosters many desirable traits such as sportsmanship, teamwork, competitiveness, speed, agility, strategy and quick thinking. In short, it is the recipe to develop one’s personality and is loved greatly by the IETians. The institute's team of Kho-Kho is very skilled and has made the college proud several times in the past few years by winning gold medals in the annual sports fest of the institute, Shauryotsava (2017), beings inners in RGIPT’s annual college fest ENERGIA’17 and also bagging silver medals in Shauryotsava (2018).
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The team continues to portray its passion and keen spirit in the game by participating in several competitions.
Cricket
The love for cricket is an inherently present feeling in all us Indians. As much as we love witnessing the game on our television screens and in the stadiums, the youth of the country has been playing this game in every nook and cranny, village and town, colony and locality, school & college of India for times immemorial. Our very own college too has a cricket team, headed by Vishwajeet Kumar Singh, the Captain. It currently comprises around 16 to 17 members. The team is well-trained in the sport, and undergoes regular practice sessions to hone their skills. The team showcased its efficiency at Shauryautsav’18, where they fared as the Runner-up team. Most recently too, they were the runners-up at BIET Jhansi’s sports fest Prabhanjhan’20.
Chess
Strategy and tactics are one of those attributes which this club helps you learn. The chess club of the college gives you an opportunity to go head-to-head with able players and showcase the power of your mind. The criteria to be the part of this team is to just have a keen interest in playing the game.The practice sessions held on a regular basis and the teachings of pro chess masters combine to gloss-up your skills brilliantly.
The initiation for the idea of this club was undertaken in the year 2014 and since then, the elites of the team continue to bring laurels to the college from different competitions.
The accomplishments of the team are as follow: Second rank in IIT(BHU) in 2014,first rank Lucknow in 2015 Awadh International Rating Tournament, first in many team events in 2015,first position in colleges like BBD and RGIPT in 2016, second position in IIM Lucknow (2017) and first position in BBD in 2017. In AKTU Zonals(2019) in Long- On Clock (Girls) they won a gold medal as well as a silver one.
The success graph continues to intensify in the same manner.
Currently, this team of intelligent individuals is headed by Mr. Shivam Bansal (3rd year).
Football
After cricket, football has to be the second most popular sport here in India. Our college has a team for all the Messi and Ronaldo wannabes where they not only get to learn the sport, but showcase their talent on inter- and intra- collegiate levels. If you ever visit our college in the evening, you will be greeted with our football team’s practice sessions in the garden on-looking the main gate. The team has fared as winners at IET’s Sports fest Shauryautsav for four consecutive years (i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018). They were also the winners in 2017-‘18 & 2018-’19 Zonals. Currently, Ankur Gupta and Pallav Agarwal hold the office of the Coordinators, while Rishabh Singh and Siddharth Agarwal are respectively the Captain & the Vice-Captain of the team.
