The football inter hostel general championship, the most celebrated football event in the Institute. It's a professional 11-a side inter hostel football tournament wherein the various hostels battle it out for GC glory!
With football being the most followed sport in the Institute, the Institute Football League includes everyone from students to research scholars and even the professors participating as team managers and players!
The Government of India, through its National Sports Organization, provides a scheme in all IITs, where all incoming, i.e. first year students, must sign up for a particular sport, and undergo training. This scheme, popularly called NSO, is available to IIT students for training in various sports, such as swimming, hockey, basketball, squash, badminton, tennis, athletics, table tennis, football, etc. Every year many players get motivated from this event and go on to join Inter IIT training.
It starts around the second week of January.There are no prerequisites it is a beginner camp.
Practice sessions will depend on the availability of the trainees.
Gaming enthusiasts do cherish this one!! It is an open FIFA tournament, one of its kind in the insti!
The first of its kind and the most recent addition to the pack of events, the Fantasy League conducted on the FPL Platform has a huge participation in the institute!