The Boys’ Sports Secretary, Sohith Deva’s manifesto aimed at the overall enhancement of the Sports culture on campus along with improvements to Arena. The manifesto spoke of 9 points out of which, 6 are fulfilled, 2 are in progress and 1 has not been fulfilled yet. Click here to view the manifesto on the Election Commission Facebook Page.

Manifesto Point	Status
Sports Organizing Committee	Fulfilled
Professionalism to Sports on Campus	Fulfilled
Arena Curtain-Riser	Fulfilled
Enhancing the Sports Culture on Campus	In Progress
Improving the Athletics Culture	Fulfilled
Unconventional Sports	In Progress
Infrastructure Development	Fulfilled
Welfare and Aid to Sports-persons	Fulfilled
Pro-Am	Not Fulfilled

Sports Organizing Committee (SOC): Fulfilled

A committee consisting of one representative from each sports team has been created to organize intra college fests such as Rixa and Blitzkrieg. As a result of the formation of this committee, the burden of conducting intra college fests has been removed from the team captains who now have more time to focus on their teams. The SOC managed to conduct 7 events this year when compared to 2 events last year in Rixa. They also handled the logistics for the sports contingents who participated in colleges outside.

Professionalism to Sports on Campus: Fulfilled

This point in the manifesto planned to “conduct friendly matches with sports clubs and associations like HCA”. The Sports Secretary said that he has spoken to HCA and they are ready to play with the cricket team of our campus but the main match has been postponed to the next semester. The Sports Secretary stated that the chess teams have participated in a FIDE tournament and that the Basketball team has played matches with the ACDS Club. The manifesto point also talked of organising events in collaboration with RedBull (such as 3v3 Basketball and 5v5 Football – 5v5 football was organised this semester). The manifesto point also talked of conducting Box Cricket matches in collaboration with GroundWaala – the Sports Secretary said that this event happened this semester and posted online notices about the same.

Arena Curtain-Riser: Fulfilled

As a segment of pre-Arena events, a contingent from IIT Hyderabad came to our campus along with a couple of sports matches which were played against CBIT. In the first week of the next semester, there is going to be a contingent from NIFT Hyderabad which is going to be coming in.

Enhancing the Sports Culture on Campus: In Progress

Every team captain was given the chance during the freshmen orientation in the beginning of the semester. The notice boards for every sports room in SAC along with a trophy case hasn’t happened as of yet as they were not included in the budget for this semester.

Improving the Athletics Culture: Fulfilled

The grounds of the Telangana Sports School in Hakimpet have been available to the Athletics team which goes and practises there.

Unconventional Sports: In Progress

This point stated that “workshops for unconventional sports and games such as kho-kho, archery, and skating” would be conducted, with the aim of introducing these sports on campus. The Sports Secretary pointed out that a skating rink is being made in the present location of the Infinity Pool. A CS:GO Event was conducted. For Kho-Kho the ground is currently being levelled which will soon be started as an informal sport. Considering that the equipment for Archery is expensive, the Secretary hopes to take advantage of the campaign for Archery in South India and said that he has also spoken to the Secunderabad Club regarding this.

Infrastructure Development: Fulfilled

This point promised for “a method for providing regular feedback” will be implemented and that “updates to the sports inventory will be made on a regular basis”. The point also went on to promise the availability of coaches for all sports and “maintenance and proper management of grounds”. While most sports now have coaches, some sports like Carrom and Squashdo do not. For every team, 8 coaching sessions have been arranged before Arena and a couple more during the semester. The Sports Secretary also said that a record is maintained at SAC to keep track of the inventory relating to every sport and that the grounds are also being maintained on a regular basis. This year, the Basketball and Tennis courts are also being repaved, an initiative by the administration.

Welfare and Aid to Sportspersons: Fulfilled

This point in the manifesto promised for travel concessions for teams that went to tournaments outside to represent our college and for free health kits for players during Arena. The Sports Secretary said that this year the teams that went to BOSM were given a travel reimbursement of 70% which was possible because the Southern Railway sponsored them. He also mentioned that Free Medical kits would be distributed to team captains during Arena, and that an MoU with Biological E Ltd has already been signed for the same.

Pro-Am: Not Fulfilled

The manifesto stated that Pro-Am would be an “intra college event” where “amateur teams will have a chance to challenge the college team”. Slated as an event that would encourage amateurs to join the team, this event according to the manifesto would conducted before Arena. The sports secretary stated that matches against the sports teams will be held in the beginning of the next semester.

Outside the Manifesto

• Increase in the number of workshops to promote awareness among the students.
• Managed to get Adidas as a sponsor for the Jerseys.
• Conducted a Teacher v. Students sports meet.
• Conducted a cricket match between the Alumni and the current cricket team.