Sports Club Events

AARAMBH 2024 – Batch Bonding Through Sports

Celebrating National Sports Day, AARAMBH 25 was conducted to promote faculty-student and inter-batch bonding. The event featured volleyball, squash, swimming and badminton. Seniors emerged as overall champions. AARAMBH successfully blended fun with interaction, setting the tone for a collaborative academic year.

College Team Trials & Inter-College Representation

The Sports Club conducted official trials for various sports. These selections enabled IIM Raipur to send its strongest contingents to top-level inter-college tournaments like Samarth, HNLU, Inter IIM Tournament and SAMAR at NIT Raipur, where our team won in various events like Football, Women Basketball, Throwball (Men and Women), Futsal, Table Tennis, Badminton and Athletics, showcasing the club’s external competitiveness.

Samarth – Inter-College Sports Competition

Samarth 2026 was the flagship inter-college sports event organized by the club. The event brought together over 400 athletes from leading institutes to compete in Cricket, Football, Men’s & Women’s Basketball, Volleyball and Online Chess. It witnessed fierce competition, with stellar performances across disciplines. IIM Raipur proudly secured 1st place in Volleyball and 2nd place in Football, underlining the home team’s excellence. Samarth was sponsored by MYOP and VY Hospital.

Section Wars – Inter-Section Championship

Section Wars was a mega intra-institute event conducted in collaboration with the Cultural Club Rang. The event combined athletic competition with artistic expression, driving participation across all MBA sections. Sports events included Cricket, Futsal, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Throwball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Chess, Carrom, and Weightlifting. Each section fielded teams in multiple disciplines, with Section E emerging as the overall champion. With tremendous enthusiasm and full-batch engagement, the event created a vibrant campus atmosphere. MYOP sponsored this event.

Institute Premier Leagues (IPL Series)

A benchmark of innovation and competitiveness, the Institute Premier Leagues redefined intra-college sporting engagement through professional-style player auctions and team ownership models.

The IPL series included:

• IIM Raipur Cricket Premier League
• Basketball Premier League
• Futsal Premier League
• Volleyball & Throwball Premier League

These leagues gave students a taste of team management, auctions, and high-stakes strategy.

Swachhathon – Fitness for a Cause

The Sports Club organized Swachhathon, a 5 km marathon under the “Swachhata Pakhwada” initiative. The event combined environmental awareness with fitness, emphasizing the importance of personal health and social responsibility.

Winners across men’s and women’s categories were felicitated, and the initiative strengthened IIM Raipur’s commitment to sustainable practices through sport.

Match Screenings

To foster collective sporting enthusiasm, the club organized screening of the T20 World Cup 2026.