IIM Bangalore’s Staff Recreation Club hosts the prize distribution ceremony of the National Sports Week 2023

Weightlifting champion Khudsiya Nazeer delivered a talk on, ‘The Significance of Sport in Life: Glimpses from My Journey’, during the prize distribution ceremony marking the finale of the National Sports Week 2023, held by IIM Bangalore on 31^st August 2023. The activities were conducted in line with the National Sports Day held across the country on 29^th August, as part of the Fit India initiative of the Government of India.

Khudsiya Nazeer is a national and world record holder in weightlifting and is the International Masters Weightlifting Champion. She is the first woman in the world to hold this world record. She has bagged many gold medals in state and national weightlifting championships. In May 2023, she represented India in South Korea in the Asia Pacific Masters Weightlifting Championship where she won three gold medals and made India proud. She has been honored with state, national and international awards for her outstanding achievements.