Amritsar: President
Droupadi Murmu presented the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy to Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) for its all-round best performance in sports for 2021-22 in an investiture ceremony held at Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday evening. GNDU received this for a record 24th time.
GNDU vice-chancellor Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu and sports department in-charge Kanwar Mandeep Singh received the trophy.
The replica of trophy and award money of Rs 15 lakh were also presented to the GNDU by the President for the promotion and development of sports.
In the field of sports, GNDU was rated as the top university amongst 609 universities in the country, he said. TNN