IIT Delhi inaugurates over 2,000 square meters of indoor sports complex

The complex is a three-story air-conditioned complex built for the students and employees. It houses four badminton courts, two squash courts, two table tennis halls, an open-air theatre, office space, a conference room and a terrace garden.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has got a new world-class indoor sports complex. The complex is over 2,000 square meters and has been named as Mittal Sports Complex. The complex has been named after and built with the support of 1995 batch alumnus Saurabh Mittal (BTec, Electrical Engineering) who contributed Rs 10 crore for the same.

“The indoor sports complex, which has a number of facilities like badminton and squash courts, and table tennis halls, was inaugurated by Saurabh Mittal and his parents Dr S K Mittal and Kusum Mittal in the presence of senior functionaries and students of IIT Delhi,” the IIT Delhi said in a statement.

The complex is a three-story air-conditioned complex built for the students and employees. It houses four badminton courts, two squash courts, two table tennis halls, an open-air theatre, office space, a conference room and a terrace garden. The sports complex has 4 badminton courts.

“The sports amenities at the Mittal Sports Complex will add to the existing infrastructure on the campus and will play a key role in the successful hosting of various sporting events like Inter-IIT Sports Meet and Institute level championships,” the institute added.

Saurabh Mittal is presently the Chairman of Singapore-based Mission Holdings, his private global investment company. “After completing his Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1999, he had partnered with two of his IIT Delhi classmates and co-founded Indiabulls Group,” the institute informed.

 While speaking at the inauguration event, Mittal said: “An IITian is made equally inside the lecture theatre as in extracurricular facilities, like sports, and creative activities. Long-term leaders get honed in a diverse atmosphere of excellence across various fields. I am delighted to help build a community place that will further the development of students and contribute to the leaders of tomorrow.”

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