{"id":4863,"date":"2022-10-29T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T13:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:04:54","slug":"fit-india-marathon-and-cyclothon-the-young-minds-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/fit-india-marathon-and-cyclothon-the-young-minds-behind-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Fit India marathon and cyclothon \u2013 the young minds behind it"},"content":{"rendered":"

An English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote exercise is labor without weariness. <\/em>Gelling well with this quote, a\u00a0 FIT INDIA Run 3.0 <\/em>– Marathon 5 km and Cyclothon 8-9 km was held at the Sukhna Lake under the Fit India movement started by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The event held by\u00a0 a young NGO \u2018For A Cause\u2019 was held in association\u00a0 with the Chandigarh Smart City Limited along with the \u2018The Pursuit Magazine\u2019 and another NGO Sankalp.<\/p>\n

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Date<\/strong>: 30th October, 2022<\/p>\n

Registration<\/strong>: Free
\nAssembly Point<\/strong>: Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh
\nAssembly Time<\/strong>: 6 am onwards<\/p>\n

Route Map Marathon<\/strong> :
\nStarting Point – Sukhna Lake (A), Round About Sector 2&3 (B), End Point Sukhna Lake (A)
\nCyclothon:<\/strong>–
\nStarting Point – Sukhna Lake (A) , Round About Sector 2&3 (B), Round About Sector 11&10 (C), Round About Sector 8&7 (D), End Point Sukhna Lake (A)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fitness run was flagged off by Anindita Mitra IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Smart City Limited. “The mission is to bring about behavioral change and move towards a more physically active lifestyle,” she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team regards these projects as a medium to give back and use these opportunities to make a change, wherever possible by doing our level best. We wish to expand and reach further levels to help more people in need, \u201csays founder director Navroop Shergill.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe rise by lifting others\u201d is what \u2018For A Cause\u2019 Chandigarh believes in. Established in 2019, what\u2019s interesting is it is run by a group of young boys and girls who are working in various areas such as healthcare, environment, arranging livelihoods, hygiene, animal care and disaster response.<\/p>\n

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Young Brigade of \u2018For a Cause\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Navroop Preet Singh Shergill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founder-director of \u00a0\u2018For A Cause\u2019 NGO<\/strong><\/p>\n

An alumnus of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali<\/p>\n

Studying law from Rayat College<\/p>\n

Achievements:<\/strong> National Level Rifle Shooter<\/p>\n

Received several awards from different state governments.<\/p>\n

Father:<\/strong> Harpreet Singh, Politician<\/p>\n

Mother:<\/strong> Kamaljeet Kaur, Homemaker<\/p>\n

Future plans:<\/strong> To appear for UPSC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ibaadat Bains<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Director <\/strong><\/p>\n

Studied from Strawberry Fields High School<\/p>\n

Studying BCom LLB (Hons.) from OP Jindal Global University<\/p>\n

Father:<\/strong> YS Bains President Corporate Affairs Reliance JIO,<\/p>\n

Mother:<\/strong> Anu Bains, Educator<\/p>\n

Future plans:<\/strong> Practice law<\/p>\n

Achievements<\/strong>: Won many awards, like Opportunity Identification award (MIT Launch- X Regional Championship),Crisis Management award,(Business Conclave organized by Sat Paul Mittal School), Best Delegate Award (Young Entrepreneurs Conference organized by Doon School), Special Mention award (JA Company Program, Regional round),Second runner up (Learning Paths School Business Conclave),Organized interschool competition on behalf of school for two consecutive years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n(Left) Sukhmani Dhaliwal, Deputy Project Director; (Right) Khushi Dhanoa, Advisory board member<\/div>\n

Work done <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n