Panjab University topped the Khelo India University Games 2023 medals tally with 26 gold

Panjab University topped the Khelo India University Games 2023 medals tally with 26 gold

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Category : Sports Published on: June 08 2023

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  • Panjab University (Chandigarh) won the overall championship of the 3rd edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG 2023) held in Uttar Pradesh (UP) from 25th May to 3rd June 2023. 
  • Panjab University topped the medal tally of KIUG 2023 with a total of 69 medals (26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze).
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab – 68 medals (24 gold, 27 silver and 17 bronze) and Jain University, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 32 medals (16 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals) were ranked in 2nd and 3rd place.
  • On 25th May 2023, Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, in the presence of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MoYAS) and Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State (Mos), MoYAS, at Babu Banarasi Das University (BBD University), Lucknow, UP.
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