Inter IISER Sports Meet
Inter IISER Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the 7 IISERs, NISER, IISc Bengalore and . It is organized in December. It is the Inter-collegiate meet where research institutes participate, having been held since 2012. Last year, the event was held at NISER Bhubaneswar.
Sports and participating institutes
Tournaments are held in 15 different sports, namely:- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Chess
- Carrom
- Kho kho
- Kabaddi
- Football
- Lawn tennis
- Table tennis
- Volleyball
- IISc
- IISER Bhopal
- IISER Pune
- IISER Kolkata
- IISER Mohali
- IISER Thiruvananthapuram
- IISER Tirupati
- IISER Berhampur
- NISER Bhubaneswar
History
The first IISM was conducted in 2012 and was hosted by IISER Kolkata and included teams from IISER Kolkata, IISER Pune, IISER Bhopal, IISER TVM and IISER Mohali. Over the years, IISER Tirupati and IISER Berhampur, have joined the team. IISM has expanded further to include NISER, IISc and CEBS. The privilege to host the IISM comes on a rotation basis and is usually conducted in December each year. The excitement, frenzy, adrenalin rush and the sense of belonging and team spirit that this sporting event evokes is truly overwhelming.Teams from 10 national institutes compete in 12 sporting events – Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Carrom and Volleyball for the Championship Trophy. The team that gets the maximum number of medals walks home with the prized Trophy