On 26th March 2022 Forum Koramangala Mall in association with Being Social – Ek Nayi Shuruaat is organizing Road Safety programme, Pledging to Road Safety, Road Traffic Accidents, Deaths caused etc.
The Volunteers will be dressed as Lord Ganesha,Yamraj,Chitragupta,Traffic Cops, Traffic Signals and in various other role play to spread awareness on Road Safety Awareness. The topics will include Drunk and Drive, No Helmet, Using mobile phones while driving, Disobeying Traffic Rules, Seat Belt.
The topics will be shown in a very creative way, so that public understand the importance of Road Safety and how we can take care of the Traffic rules for the safety measures, This Road Safety Pledge will conclude with a Flash Mob.
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Venue: Forum Koramangala MallDate: 26th March, 2022Time: 4.30 PM
A community run that the city of Bengaluru plans to commemorate as a Running Festival.
18 March 2022 saw the launch of a new city event that goes by the name of ‘Bengaluru Runners Jatre’. As the name suggests, it is envisioned as a running carnival (jatre in Kannada) with primary focus on getting people across Bengaluru on to the roads and getting them to run. The launch of the first edition was pompously done at the Century Club, Cubbon Park Bangalore at 4pm.
The launch event witnessed the presence of Ms. Nisha Millet: An international Olympic level swimmer from India and an Arjuna Awardee and Ms. Malathi Holla: An international para athlete from India who is proud recipient of the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award.
The event is mentored by Bengaluru’s Former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bhaskar Rao and is heavily supported by the MLA of Bommanahalli, Mr. Satish Reddy and sincerely encouraged by the MLC of Bangalore Mr. Gopinath Reddy.
The other delegates for the event included running coaches from prominent running clubs across the city, many passionate runners, and HSR Layout RWA members. These delegates will also play an important role as influencers and ambassadors for the event.
The Bengaluru Runners Jatre event is scheduled on the First Sunday in June every year. This year it is on June 05, 2022. With the whole purpose of bringing in as many existing, new and to-be runners to the event, it has been launched with 5 race categories – 10Kms Express, 10Kms Open, 5Kms Express, 5Kms Open and a 3Kms for Kids. This run will call out to over 1500 runners who could be – homemakers , mothers, fathers, kids, grandparents, working professionals, house keepers, home helps, cooks etc. The first edition of Bengaluru Runners Jatre will be held in one of the popular residential localities of Bengaluru – HSR Layout. People who have lived or visited the happening suburb in South Bengaluru will vouch for its wide clean roads surrounded by immense greenery and countless parks.
Runners’ timing will be tracked using RFID based tracking of timing and all finishers will be provided with finisher medals. The event will have podiums and prizes across various age categories within the 5 race categories.
We spoke to the team behind ‘Bengaluru Runners Jatre’; they are an enthusiastic bunch of working professionals who were brought together by running and volunteer to bring together the rest of Bengaluru! They first came together to execute one of their passion projects of a 50Kms Ultra Run – ‘Beyond42.195’, which had its second edition in October 2021. After seeing the immense success and raving feedback from the runners who participated, those who volunteered, the sponsors and vendors, they decided to extend a similar experience to a wider audience and this time they wanted to do it bigger and didn’t want to restrict to just runners, thus ‘Bengaluru Runners Jatre’ was born.
Both Beyond42.195 and Bengaluru Runners Jatre come under the umbrella of Bengaluru Sports Foundation (BSF) – a Not-for-Profit organization that was institutionalized by a few runners from the running fraternity in Bengaluru.
BSF’s motto, as we hear from a few members is two fold: Drive fitness across the city with running as a preferred choice for fitness because it can literally be started with zero investment. It is a sport accessible to all without conditions Help upcoming athletes in various ways in their journey to soar up to national and international levels
We touched base with a few of the team members of the Bengaluru Sports Foundation, present at the event and here is what they had to say about their ‘Bengaluru Runners Jatre’. “With Bengaluru Runners Jatre Our Vision is that, the already popular running hub of India- Bengaluru, also becomes a city where running is the first and go-to choice of fitness for everyone. ” – Vijay A M, Trustee of BSF. “We visualize running to become everyone’s lifestyle” – age no bar, gender no bar, occupation/profession no bar” – Darshan Jain, Member of BSF. “We are viewing this event as an opportunity to have as many local institutions like schools, colleges, hospitals, diagnostic centers, fitness facilities, NGOs, local businesses and more be engaged and promoted in various capacities. The point of view is to have everyone come out and support this event as a festival of running. We would love for people to be excited and wait for this event every year and proactively own up and contribute in ways they can.” – Kavita Nair, Trustee of BSF.
When asked about what motivated the conception of this type of an event, Sridhar Reddy, Trustee of BSF mentioned that “In the past half a decade, Bengaluru has become the running capital of India – Thanks to Bengaluru’s weather, countless parks, its numerous lakes and a favorable altitude. Bengaluru has also produced many national and international level athletes in the short, middle, long and ultra running distances. With such a strong running flavored background of Bengaluru, we wanted to build a fitness ecosystem with ‘FIT BENGALURU’ (in alignment with FIT INDIA). And to top it all, with the Covid Pandemic hitting us so hard for over two years, many businesses have been brought to dust, many have adjusted themselves to a siloed-stay-within lifestyle which could be quite detrimental to their health – physically and mentally. That is when the whole concept of running festival / running jatre came into being.” Bengaluru Runners Jatre have already partnered with Big FM Kannada as their exclusive Radio partner, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Bangalore by Brigade Gateway as their Hospitality Partner, Black Tulip Flowers International as their Happiness Partners and Home Brew as their Mindspace Partners. They are in talks with several other organizations for the Title Sponsorship for the event and many other sponsors to support them and raise money to run the event as also support the cause of building a FIT Bengaluru and support upcoming athletes to reach their career pinnacles. As promising and fun as the event of ‘Bengaluru Runners Jatre’ sounds, we wish the team all the best for their upcoming plans and executing the promising event.
First of its kind initiative in India bringing wearable technology for post-surgery care.
Bengaluru, 17th March 2022 : Manipal Hospitals, the second-largest healthcare services provider in India, today announced a strategic partnership with ConnectedLife built with Google Cloud to use Fitbit’s wearable technology with ConnectedLife’s virtual platform to monitor patient progress and empower ‘Continuity of Care Post-High-Risk Surgeries’.
Through this virtual platform, the clinical teams at Manipal Hospitals will gain a holistic view of the patient post-discharge, tailor their intervention precisely to the patient’s needs, and monitor them in their journey towards a healthy post-surgery recovery. This digital initiative aims to use wearable technology to stay connected with patients post surgeries like total knee replacement, angioplasty, cardiac bypass surgery, and other high-risk surgeries.
(L-R)Dr Ranjan Shetty, HOD & Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Manipal Hospitals, Mr Dilip Jose, MD&CEO, Manipal Hospitals, Mr Alok Shankar, Country General Manager, Fitbit at Google, Dr Hemant K Kalyan, HOD & Consultant – Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Manipal Hospitals
The advanced digital solution can remotely capture heart rate, oxygen saturation level, and activity metrics (sleep quality, steps taken, and pain score) both pre and post-operatively. The technology optimizes patient care via triggering reminders to take medications or participate in physiotherapy and triggering warnings if there are significant deviations outside normal physiological parameters.
Early data indicates patients on the programme have seen improved adherence to medication and exercise schedules with associated improvements in physical activity. Within this programme we are able to give patients in post-operative care a better view of their activity, sleep, and other health metrics that can help empower them in managing their day-to-day wellbeing.
“This is the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Manipal Hospitals and in the Indian healthcare ecosystem. Today, we have an excellent opportunity to develop a cohesive program for the continuity of care after hospitalization. Through this partnership, we are expecting post-surgery care to become seamless, as wearable technology will help us monitor certain critical parameters of patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgery, angioplasty, cardiac bypass surgery, and other high-risk surgeries,” said Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals.
“In the long run, it will help facilitate Manipal Hospitals to determine if the post-operative data collected from the ConnectedLife with Fitbit dashboard match with functional outcomes and improved patient satisfaction post-surgery. This data will allow us to understand and develop new methods in cost-effectiveness, compliance, comfort, and ease of use, all while giving us accurate data on the vitals,” said Mr. Dilip Jose, MD & CEO, Manipal Hospitals.
“The intuitive, user-centric platform will help every person, from at-risk patients to chronic sufferers. We will be able to better understand their condition and then collaborate with care teams to achieve better health outcomes. Through its patient-centric platform, we will be able to replace lengthy manual processes with 24/7 insight-based care and monitoring, and thus enabling recovery outside of hospitals,” Mr. Jose added.
Alok Shankar, Country Manager for Fitbit India said, “We continue to work with ConnectedLife to facilitate engagement with strategic partners like Manipal Hospitals to develop and implement solutions that play a key role in building the digital health ecosystem in India. This programme gives people a better view of their health metrics, which can help empower them to better manage their recovery.”
“We are honoured to partner with Manipal Hospitals and Fitbit in bringing about a digital transformation within the Indian health eco-system to continuity of care post-high-risk surgeries. For ConnectedLife this is an incredible opportunity to deliver at scale and further advance the application of easy-to-use smartphone and wearable technology, and novel data analytics and AI, and population health management tools. With our trusted, secure, and scalable enterprise infrastructure, ConnectedLife will deploy new features and capabilities based on patient and clinician feedback every two to four weeks, and maintain the strictest accountability for data acquisition, privacy and protection,” said Mr. Daryl Arnold, Founder & CEO, ConnectedLife.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗಿರುವ ವಿನೂತನ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಓಟಕ್ಕೆ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆ ಮಾರ್ಚ್18, 2022 ರಂದು ನಡೆಯಿತು. ಹೆಸರೇ ಸೂಚಿಸುವಂತೆ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಸಂಭ್ರಮವಿರುವ ಈ ಓಟದ ಸಮಾರಂಭಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಬಡಾವಣೆಗಳಿಂದ ಓಟದ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲ ಹಂತದ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನಾ ಸಮಾರಂಭ ಕಬ್ಬನ್ ಪಾರ್ಕಿನ ಸೆಂಚುರಿ ಕ್ಲಬ್ಬಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜರುಗಿತು.
ಈ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಲಂಪಿಕ್ ಈಜು ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸಿದ ಅರ್ಜುನ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತ ನಿಶಾ ಮಿಲ್ಲೆಟ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಪ್ಯಾರಾ ಅಥ್ಲೀಟ್ ಅರ್ಜುನ- ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ ಮಾಲತಿ ಹೊಳ್ಳ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಜರಿದ್ದ ಮಾಜಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಕಮೀಷನರ್ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಾಸ್ಕರ ರಾವ್,ಬೊಮ್ಮನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಶಾಸಕ ಶ್ರೀ ಸತೀಶ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ,ಎಂಎಲ್ಸಿ ಗೋಪಿನಾಥ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯವರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಪೋಷಕರಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.
ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರದ ವಿವಿಧ ಬಡಾವಣೆಗಳ ರನ್ನಿಂಗ್ ಕ್ಲಬ್ಗಳ ತರಬೇತುದಾರರು,ಓಟದ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳು ,HSR ಲೇ ಔಟಿನ RWA ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಜರಿದ್ದು ತಮ್ಮ ಓಟದ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದರು. ಇವರೆಲ್ಲ ಮುಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ event ನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯುವಲಗಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಪಾತ್ರ ವಹಿಸಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಜೂನ್ ತಿಂಗಳ ಮೊದಲ ಭಾನುವಾರದಂದು ಈ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಜೂನ್ 5,2022_ರಂದು ಆಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ದಿನಾ ಓಡುವ ಹವ್ಯಾಸ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಹೊಸಬರು ,ವಯಸ್ಸಾದವರು ,ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡ ಈ ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಓಟಕ್ಕೆ ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುವುದು ಮುಖ್ಯ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈವೆಂಟನ್ನು 5 ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 10 kms ಎಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ,10 ಕಿಮೀ ಓಪನ್ ; 5 ಕಿಮೀ ಎಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ,5 ಕಿಮೀ ಓಪನ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ 3 ಕಿಮೀ ಓಟದ ವಿಭಾಗಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಗೃಹಿಣಿ ಯರು, ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕರು, ಮಕ್ಕಳು ,ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳು,ತರುಣರು ಹೀಗೆ ಸಮಾಜದ ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ಸ್ತರದವರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಿರುವ ಈ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಗೆ 1500 ಜನ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದೆಂಬ ಅಂದಾಜು ಇದೆ. ಈ ಓಟದ ಮೊದಲ ಹಂತವನ್ನು ನಗರದ ಸ್ವಚ್ಛ – ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಬಡಾವಣೆ H SR ಲೇ ಔಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುವುದು
ಪ್ರತಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಯ ಟೈಮಿಂಗನ್ನು RFID ಎಂಬ ವಿಶೇಷ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಗಮನಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಪೂರೈಸುವ ಪ್ರತಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಗೂ ಪದಕಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ಐದು ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ವಯೋಮಾನದವರಿಗೆ ಬೇರೆ ವೇದಿಕೆ, ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳಿರುತ್ತವೆ. -2-
ಈ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಹಿಂದಿರುವವರು ಉದ್ಯೋಗದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಓಟದ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಭಾಗಗಳ ರನ್ನಿಂಗ್ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ನೆಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಉದ್ದೇಶವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕರು 50 ಕಿಮೀ ಗಳ ultra run- Beyond 42.195 ನ ಎರಡೂ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.ಕಳೆದ ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 2021 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಎರಡನೇ ಹಂತದ ಈ ಓಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಗಳು , ಪ್ರಾಯೋಜಕರು, ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸೇವಕರ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಯಿಂದಾಗಿಯೆ ಈ ನೂತನ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಆರಂಭವಾಯಿತು.ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿರುವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸ್ಪೋರ್ಟ್ಸ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ಓಟದ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳೇ ಒಂದಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿರುವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳು ಹೀಗಿವೆ:ನಗರದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಜನರನ್ನು ಓಡುವತ್ತ ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸಿ ,ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಕಡೆ ಸೆಳೆಯುವುದಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಖರ್ಚು ತಗುಲದಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಯಾರು ಬೇಕಾದರೂ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದು. 2. ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಓಟಗಾರರನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ,ತರಬೇತಿ ನೀಡಿ ,ಅವರನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ- ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಳೆಯುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು.
ನಗರದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಜನರನ್ನು ಓಡುವತ್ತ ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸಿ ,ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಕಡೆ ಸೆಳೆಯುವುದಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಖರ್ಚು ತಗುಲದಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಯಾರು ಬೇಕಾದರೂ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬಹುದು. 2. ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಓಟಗಾರರನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ,ತರಬೇತಿ ನೀಡಿ ,ಅವರನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ- ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಳೆಯುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸ್ಪೋರ್ಟ್ಸ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಷನ್ ನ ಕೆಲವು ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಈ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಕುರಿತು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.
” ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಓಟದ ನಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಗಳಿಸಿರುವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ನ್ನು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕಿದೆ.” – ವಿಜಯ್ ಎ .ಎಂ ,ಟ್ತಸ್ಟಿ ಬಿ ಎಸ್ ಎಫ್ ” ವಯಸ್ಸು ,ಲಿಂಗಭೇದ ,ಉದ್ಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ ಓಡುವುದು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಜೀವನಶೈಲಿಯಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದಾಗಿದೆ.”
ದರ್ಶನ್ ಜೈನ್ ,ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಬಿಎಸ್ಎಫ್ ” ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಶಾಲೆ, ಕಾಲೇಜು,ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ,ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳ ಜನರೇ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಆತ್ಮೀಯತೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವರೆಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಬರುವ ಊರ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯಂತೆ ಈ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆಗೆ ಹಂಬಲಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಗುರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ.” – ಕವಿತಾ ನಾಯರ್ ,ಟ್ರಸ್ಟೀ ಬಿಎಸ್ಎಫ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಹವಾಮಾನದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಫಿಟ್ನೆಸ್ ಗಾಗಿ ಓಡುವುದನ್ನೇ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವುದು ಸುಲಭ. ಈಗ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರನ್ನಿಂಗ್ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ, ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಓಟಗಾರರು ಕೂಡ ಇಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ರನ್ನಿಂಗ್ ಮೂಲಕ ‘ ಫಿಟ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು’ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆಯನ್ನು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು ನಮ್ಮ ಉದ್ದೇಶ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಈ event ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ ಬಿಎಸ್ಎಫ್ ಟ್ರಸ್ಟೀ ಶ್ರೀಧರ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ.
ಕಳೆದ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋವಿಡ್ ನಿಂದಾಗಿ ಜನರು ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ದೈಹಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳ ಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಲಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಅವರ ದೈಹಿಕ- ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ ಮೇಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಸರಿದೂಗಿಸುವತ್ತ ರನ್ನರ್ಸ್ ಜಾತ್ರೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಲಿದೆ.
ಬಿಗ್ ಎಫ್ ಎಂ ಕನ್ನಡ ರೇಡಿಯೋ ಚಾನಲ್ ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಈವೆಂಟ್ ಗೆ ಶೆರಟಾನ್ ಗ್ರಾಂಡ್ ಹೊಟೆಲ್, Black Tulip flowers international ,Home brew ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಕೂಡ ಪ್ರಾಯೋಜಕತ್ವ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗೆ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಹಾಯ, ಪ್ರತಿಭಾಶಾಲಿ ಓಟಗಾರ ರಿಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ, ಫಂಡ್ ರೈಸಿಂಗ್ ಕುರಿತಂತೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೆಲವು ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ರನ್ನರ್ಸ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರು ಉತ್ಸಾಹದಿಂದ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ,ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಜನರು ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷವೂ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದೇ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ.
*First pan-India basketball competitions take the sport to the countrys grassroots
Bengaluru, March 17, 2022: The Basketball Federation of India – the governing body for the Olympic sport of Basketball in India, on Thursday, announced the inaugural season of The Indian National Basketball League 3X3 -2022, to be held from March 18 to May 29, 2022. The highly-anticipated Indian National Basketball League is to be conducted across 20 cities across India. The 20 cities are Aizawl; Bengaluru; Bhavnagar; Bhilai; Chandigarh; Chennai; Cuttack; Delhi; Guwahati; Hyderabad; Indore; Jaipur; Kangra; Kochi; Kolkata; Ludhiana; Lucknow; Mumbai; Panjim; Puducherry simultaneously. FIBA 3×3 competitions will be held across four categories Men, Women, U18 Men and U18 Women. The champions from each city will qualify to play the National Finals scheduled to be held at Bengaluru from May 27-29, 2022.The competitions in Men and Women are open to any player to form a team and participate and will comprise players above the age of 18. The Under 18 competitions will feature players born on or after 01.01.2004.
The inaugural weekend of March 18-20 will see action in the BFI-INBL 3×3 Season 1 at Bengaluru (Sree Kanteerava Stadium (Outdoors) and the West Bengal Basketball Association courts in Kolkata. More than 200 teams will be seen in action 120 teams in Bengaluru and more than 90 teams in Kolkata. There will be action every weekend in at least two cities and in three cities on certain weekends till the National Finals. The Season takes a break for the weekends of April3 and April due to the 71st Senior National Championships being conducted in Chennai. There is rich and unprecedented prize money for the top four teams in each category at the city level as the National Finals. City competitions
Category Men & Women (for each category) U18 Men & U18 Women (for each category)
Champions Rs. 30,000/- Rs. 20,000/-
Runners-Up Rs. 20,000/- Rs. 15,000/-
3rd Place Rs. 15,000/- Rs. 10,000/-
4th Place Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 5,000/-
National Finals
Category Men & Women (for each category) U18 Men & U18 Women (for each category)
Champions Rs. 150,000/- Rs. 75,000/-
Runners-Up Rs. 100,000/- Rs. 50,000/-
3rd Place Rs. 75,000/- Rs. 25,000/-
4th Place Rs. 50,000/- Rs. 15,000/-
Speaking at an exclusive press conference to announce tournament today in Bangalore, Dr. K Govindaraj, MLC, President, Basketball Federation of India said, “The Indian National Basketball League was formed in November last year by the BFI, to build awareness and popularity and to identify and develop thousands of promising basketball talent in the country. The unique competition format that we have put together takes basketball to the grassroots. We are playing in 20 cities providing an opportunity for players in those cities to play right at their doorsteps and yet be a part of the FIBA 3×3 World Ranking system. This is our first step and we are hoping it will take us all the way for India to qualify to the 2024 Olympics.” Chander Mukhi Sharma, Secretary General, Basketball Federation of India, added, “We are delighted to get rolling that too at this scale and with such active participation. From our initial interactions with the teams from across cities, this promises to be exciting for every sport and basketball lover in the country. “
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