Every year, the students from various IITs gather round to compete in different events, be it sports, cultural or tech-related, to showcase their talent and the work,blood, and sweat that they have put in behind the scenes to win the trophy. Over 2000 students roaming around sporting jerseys, banners and flags of their IITs, make the event feel no less than the grand Olympics.Contingents including over 100s of students each, represent their IITs in various sports events.Tournaments are held in 13 different sports, namely: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket,Football, Hockey, Lawn Tennis, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo and Weightlifting.Each sports sees a tournament winner and points are awarded according to the standings, thus making an overall points tally, topping which and winning the Trophy is every contingent's aim.
It was for the first time in history that the meet was co-hosted by two IITs, and IIT Bhubaneswar became the first second-generation IIT to co-host the meet. Eight Sports were organised by IIT Kharagpur and 4 by IIT Bhubaneswar. The 54th Inter IIT Sports Main Meet took place from December 15th to 21st, 2019 at the IIT Bhubaneswar campus and from December 14th to 22nd, 2019 at the IIT Kharagpur campus. The four events co-hosted by IIT Bhubaneswar were Badminton, Squash, Table-tennis and Volleyball. The institute had undertaken massive renovations of the playfields in anticipation of the meet. About 800 students from 23 different IITs participated in the Meet at IIT Bhubaneswar.Considering all the events, on and off the field, in the host and co-host campuses of Kharagpur and Bhubaneswar respectively, IIT Kharagpur came first with a total of 122 points, followed by IIT Delhi with 92 points. The 3 rd position was bagged by IIT Madras with 87.1 points.