Udghosh is the annual sports festival of IIT Kanpur, held each year in October. Over the years Udghosh has evolved and expanded to become the biggest inter-collegiate sports extravaganza in India. Being one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year, it is a national platform where the youth of the nation get together, interact and indulge in a fair play. Udghosh witnesses participation from students from over 200 colleges from all over India. Students from all fields – humanities, engineering, science, commerce, law and medicine participate in the event with great gusto. A footfall of over 30,000 is witnessed during the festival.

Udghosh has come up as a classic example of the fact that it’s the endeavour that counts. Our efforts have always aimed to bring about rise in competition level among the youth, empowering the masses with the torch of social awareness, keeping the grandeur of entertainment and professional shows alive. Udghosh brings to the masses a plethora of events, comprising of all major sports, workshops and informal events.

Inferno is the Inter-Hall Sports Festival of IIT Kanpur. It serves as a platform to bring forward the sporting talent in the campus where students play hard to fight for the glory of their respective halls. ‘Inferno’ comes as a confluence of spectacular performances put up by the participating pools. Hostels leave no stone unturned to fight it out till the very end, and gain the vital ‘General Championship’ points at stake.

Freshers’ Inferno, the Inter Hall Sports Competition exclusively for freshers, is also conducted to scout new talent and bring out enthusiasm in freshmen. This is the first competition of the GC, a chance to give one’s pool a head-start or outperforming individuals a prospective place in the Institute Teams as well!

Josh is the annual sports festival, organized for the students of IITK. Since its inception in 2004, it has become one of the most popular events in the campus. With no restriction on the number of participants in any of the events, the aim of the festival is to bring out the sports person in each and every individual in the campus.

Josh '19 was held from 24th to 29th of January 2019. It brings you more than 20 different events including sporting events and informal events. This year Josh is organising 8 institute leagues on the demand of the students community. Register here in any number of events here :-

Enthusia is the PG Sports League of IIT Kanpur. It is conducted in the even semester with the aim of encouraging PG participation in sports activities on campus. PGs from different halls are seen competing and cheering on various fields and courts. The enthusiasm, finesse and competition is a feast to the eyes.

Inter-IIT Sports Meet is the most eagerly looked after sports event amongst campus teams, wherein all IITs compete for glory. It comprises of two meets, Inter IIT Main Meet in December and Inter IIT Aquatics Meet. Aquatics Meet is held separately (generally in the first week of October) as part of Inter IIT each year preceding the main meet. Inter IIT is hosted by IITs turn by turn. General Championship is awarded to the teams based on their combined performance in Inter IIT Main Meet and Inter IIT Aquatics meet. IIT Kanpur hosted the Inter IIT 2016 edition. The grandness of the event can be judged by the fact that the teams practice throughout the year to give their best shot in a 10 day tournament.

  Format: Each sport carries 10 points for the winners, 6 for the runners up, 4 for the 3rd place and 2 for the 4th place. Total points for a particular IIT are summed up and the total is known as their GC tally. The IIT with maximum GC tally wins the Inter IIT Sports meet, and gets to lift the prestigious GC trophy. The dream of every member of the contingent is to perform to their best of abilities at the prestigious Inter IIT tournament and contribute to bringing the GC home. IIT Kanpur has been winning the overall General Championship for the past three years. We are looking up to #MissionMadras.

Summer Camp is the backbone of competitive sporting at IIT Kanpur. As the name vividly suggests, Summer Camp is a 35-40 day camp organized by the Games and Sports Council during the three month summer break, wherein players from all the teams hone their skills in a particular sport. Teams attend 2-3 practice sessions a day. Summer Camp majorly focuses on capturing and refining new talent.

This is the time when players experience a noticeable transformation in the game, parallelly sowing seeds for exceptional team bonding. Consequently, a whopping fraction of our Inter IIT Contingent is a product of Summer Camps every year. Appetizing Summer Camp messing and combined team stays in one hall are a few other exciting experiences of the camp.

Tournaments open to only women were conducted across 8 sports for the first time from 18th-19th August 2018. The motive being to increase women participation in sports in our campus.
The sports are - Athletics (100m, 400m, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Long Jump), Badminton, Basketball, Swimming, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming. The participation was only for Non- Inter IIT probable players. We witnessed the participation of more than 150 girls, which is a pretty decent number. SSF was used for this purpose and we are very thankful to all the senators for the same.