Noida, 24th January 2020: Delhi NCR-based 

Asian Education Group (AEG) organized its

much-awaited 8  edition of the mega annual inter-college sports event – ATHLEEMA
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2020 – on 21 -23  January 2020 at the imposing Netaji Subhash Sports Complex,
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Jasola, New Delhi along with a generous punch of excitement and grandeur, much
accentuated by the glorious presence of the Indian football legend, Mr. Baichung Bhutia
as the chief guest for the occasion.
The competition, like earlier years, was open to all similar colleges & institutes located
in the Delhi NCR region. In all, 50 top colleges of the metropolitan capital city
enthusiastically participated in this sports spectacle. As far as Asian Education Group
was concerned, all its three constituent group colleges – namely, Asian Business School
(ABS), Asian School of Business (ASB) & Asian Law College (ALC) – actively participated
in this high-pitched athletics’ meet.
The inaugural function on 21 January 2020 started with the auspicious torch-lighting
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ceremony, ignited by the chief guest, Mr. Baichung Bhutia; Dr. Sandeep Marwah,
President-AEG; and Directors AEG, namely Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava, Mr. Saurabh
Sharma, and Mr. Gurdeep Singh Raina. After this, the distinguished dignitaries on the
dais inspired the participating students with some zestful speeches.
While Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava (Director, AEG) inspired the participants with his
encouraging welcome speech, Mr. Saurabh Sharma (Director, AEG) motivated the
participants to inculcate sportsmanship not just on the ground but also in their personal
lives. Then, Mr. Gurdeep Singh Raina (Director, AEG) motivated the participants and
evoked the students to be true and honest in their actions.

Addressing the energetic young audience, Dr. Sandeep Marwah, President-AEG, a highly
acclaimed international media personality, charged the ambiance of the occasion with
his customary inspiring speech delivered in his inimitable style laced with the rendition
of a few motivational couplets. Talking about the ever-increasing participation of
colleges and students in AEG’s Annual Sports Meet, ATHLEELMA, Dr. Marwah disclosed
his “wish to make it a truly National Event in the coming years.”

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest, Mr. Baichung Bhutia said that it felt
especially great to be at AEG’s ATHLEELMA 2020 because he had never attended a
college or school annual sports meet where thousands of students from 50 colleges
had come to participate in the event. Encouraging the students for their enthusiastic
presence, Mr. Bhutia also lamented that “students show active interest in sports &
games while at school and they normally stop playing once they complete their
schooling, which is not the way it should be and students should not stop playing but
they should pursue their interests and skills and continue to take their games to the next
level of achievement.”

Games in which competition was held included Cricket, Volleyball (Boys/ Girls), Football,
Table Tennis, Tug-O-War, Badminton, Chess, Carrom, Athletics (Shot Put & 100m Race),
Kabaddi (Boys/ Girls), Kho-Kho (Boys/ Girls), and Pool.

After two days of intense competitions at Netaji Subhash Sports Complex, Jasola, New
Delhi on 21  & 22   January 2020, the grand Valedictory function for ATHLEEMA-Season
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8 was held on Thursday, 23   January 2020 at the AEG campus in Noida to felicitate
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students for their exemplary performance and zealous participation at the games. The
distinguished guests for the function included Dr. Suniel Parashar, well-known Film
Producer & Film Director and Mr. Ram Avatar, President-Football Federation of India.
. Prizes were given away by these distinguished guests along with AEG President, Dr.
Sandeep Marwah; the Directors of AEG, namely Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava, Mr. Saurabh
Sharma, and Mr. Gurdeep Singh Raina; and Dr. Saleem Akhtar, Director-ALC – who aptly
complimented and applauded the winners.

The “Golden Boot Award” in Football went to Roshan Sing of PGDAV and the “Man of
the Series Award” in Cricket went to Karamvir, also from PGDAV. The ‘AEG
Sportsperson of the Year Award’ for boys and girls went to Leesan Ul Nabi of ASB in the
male category and Nilu Prasad of ABS in the female category
One very important highlight of the valedictory function was the Poster Release of the
“FIT INDIA” initiative by the Prime Minister of India, where all three constituent group
colleges of AEG – viz. ABS, ASB & ALC – are proactively active in this program.
The valedictory function came to a close with the customary ‘Vote of Thanks’ delivered
by Mr. Ravi Sharma, Dean-CRC, Asian Business School.

All in all, the 8  annual sports meet ATHLEEMA 2020 turned out to be a huge success
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and left behind a trail of great memories and achievements for students to cherish for a
long time.

Noida, 16th March 2019: Delhi NCR-based one of the largest centers for management, IT,
law and media education in Asia, Asian Education Group (AEG) organized its much-
awaited 7th edition of the mega annual inter-college sports event – ATHLEEMA 2019 – on
13th-15th March 2019 at the imposing Jasola Sports Complex, New Delhi along with a
generous punch of excitement and grandeur.

The competition, like earlier years, sought participation from colleges, institutes and
universities from across the country. In all, 35 top colleges and universities enthusiastically
participated in this sports spectacle. As far as Asian Education Group was concerned, all its
three constituent group colleges – namely, Asian Business School (ABS), Asian School
of Business (ASB) & Asian Law College (ALC) – actively participated in this high-pitch
athletics’ meet.

To begin with, as the ATHLEEMA-Season 7 was dedicated to the martyrs of Pulwama

attack, the meet observed two-minute silence to commemorate the martyrs. Thereafter, the
Inaugural function on 13th March 2019 started with the torch-lighting ceremony, ignited by
the Directors AEG, Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava, Mr. Saurabh Sharma and Mr. Gurdeep Singh
Raina. After this, the directors inspired the team with some zestful speeches.

While Dr. Lalitya Vir Srivastava (Director, AEG) inspired the participants with his
encouraging speech, Mr. Saurabh Sharma (Director, AEG) motivated the participants to
inculcate the sportsmanship not just on the ground but also in their personal lives. Then, Mr.
Gurdeep Singh Raina (Director, AEG) fostered the participants’ energy and Dr. Saleem
Akhtar (Director, ALC) evoked the students to be true and honest in their actions.

Games in which competition was held included Cricket, Volleyball (Boys/ Girls), Basketball
(Boys/ Girls), Football, Table Tennis, Tug-O-War, Badminton, Chess, Carrom, Athletics
(Shot Put & 100m Race), Kabaddi (Boys/ Girls), Kho-Kho (Boys/ Girls), and Pool.

After two days of intense competitions at Jasola Sports Complex on 13th & 14th March 2019,

the grand Valedictory function for ATHLEEMA-Season 7 was held on Friday, 15th
March 2019 at the AEG campus in Noida to felicitate the students for their exemplary
performance and zealous participation at the games. Prizes were given away by the well-
known international media personality and AEG President, Dr Sandeep Marwah who aptly
complimented and applauded the winners.

A very special award – ‘Sportsperson of the Year Award’ for boys and girls separately – was
initiated this year to galvanize students into adopting sports earnestly. This coveted award
carried the prestige of being given to a student who was exceptionally active in all quarters
of events and activities throughout the year and worked towards team building and
motivation. The proud recipients of this prestigious award for this opening year were  Kritika
Pagrotra  of ABS and Pranshu Tanwar of ALC in the female and male category
respectively.  The valedictory function came to a close with the vote of thanks delivered by

Mr. Ravi Sharma, Dean-Corporate Resource Cell, Asian Business Sc

All in all, the 7th annual sports meet ATHLEEMA 2019 turned out to be a huge success and

left behind a trail of great memories and achievements for students to cherish for a long
time.

Athleema 2016 season 5, started with great pomp and show at Jasola Stadium on 22 nd Nov 2016.  It was
graced by the well known dignitaries and celebrities like Mr Sushil Kumar, two times Olympic Medal
Winner; Mr. Bharat Sharma, General Secretary, Karate Association of India; Dr Satyapal Singh Prajapati,
youngest Dronacharya Awardee,Mr Manesh Sharma : Vice President of Women football federation of
India and Mr Satnam Prajapati. Mr. Sandeep Marwah, President, Asian Education Group, motivated the
young participants with his magical words. Dr. Lalithya Vir Srivastava, Director, Asian Education Group
instilled words of wisdom, Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Director Branding and Planning, Asian Education Group,
motivated the students to participate in sports and Mr. Gurdeep Singh Raina, Director- Admissions and
Marketing spoke about the importance of sports for mental and physical wellbeing.

There were participants from more than 40 schools and colleges across Delhi NCR.The colourful March
past was full of enthusiasm. This was followed by the formal inauguration of the various sports categories.
All the participants looked forward to a healthy competition.

All the Best!!!