Hundreds participate in Nirbhaya Run to mark International Women’s Day

Hundreds participate in Nirbhaya Run to mark International Women’s Day

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, March 9, 2014: In view of creating awareness among youth regarding issues of women’s safety and to mark the International Women’s Day, the MBA Department of National Institute of Techology – Karnataka and Centre for Integrated Learning in association with youth portal www.youthania.com hosted ‘Gunashree Nirbhaya – The Run’, in the city on March 9, Sunday. The run was flagged off at Mangala Stadium.

Over 700 participants  including students  from NITK Engineering and MBA classes, Srinivas School of Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Forsee, a coaching class among other schools and colleges participated in the run.

 

As the participants completed the run, there was more excitement in the waiting. The Fun Fit Factory had organised a session on Cooling Down Zumba Dance which swayed the hundreds of young crowd. Some magic tricks by famous illusionist Kudroli Ganesh also stole the show. To mark the occasion, Social activist Geetha R Shetty of Sevashrama was felicitated for her contribution towards women empowerment.

 The prizes were distributed by Actor Arjun Kapikad and former Airport Director and presently Director of Srinivas Group of Institutions M R Vasudeva in presence of Executive Director of Centre for Integrated Learning Sachitha Nandagopal, Dean of Student Welfare at NITK Udaykumar among others.

The run covered a distance of  six kilometres starting from and ending at Mangala Stadium. The route that they took was Lalbagh – KSRTC – Bejai – Kadri Kambla road – Mangala Nursing Home – Kudumal Ranga Rao Road – Karangalpady – PVS Circle – MG Road – Ballalbagh – Lalbagh. The run was flagged off by International Athlete Vandana Shanbhogue Pai in presence of NITK Director Prof. Swapan Bhattacharya, Director of Malani Talkies Sandeep Malani and others.