IIM Shillong’s Golf Cup Season 9 concludes

SHILLONG: With a view to connecting doyens of the industry with the management academia in a leisurely setting, IIM Shillong hosted the 9th season of its flagship event- Golf Cup 2016, which concluded on November 27. As a build up to the event, the institute organised a 6 km marathon – ‘Run for Shillong’ on November 25 which was flagged off by Wansuk Myrthong, the first woman from Meghalaya to scale Mt. Everest. Golf Cup 2016 was officially teed off by AL Hek, MLA, Meghalaya and Chairman MIDC, in presence of the Director of the Institute, Prof. Amitabha De on November 26. Sponsored by Meghalaya Tourism and co-sponsored by the Union Bank of India, Indian Oil Corporation-Bongaigaon Refinery, Mahindra Rise and hospitality partner CPGE, this year’s event was dedicated to celebrating the spirit of sportsmanship. The event saw about 130 golfers from the country, including esteemed guests from various government ministries, armed forces and corporates from leading Industry majors like Goldman Sachs, VMware, Titan Company Ltd., Wipro, Red Hat India and Axis Bank to name a few. The two-day extravaganza concluded with a Valedictory Ceremony in the presence of Zenith M. Sangma, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of the State of Meghalaya. Winners of Golf Cup Season 9 were Somprabh Singh of Titan Company Ltd. in the corporate golfer’s Category and Gaurav Bajaj of Shillong Golf Club in the local golfer’s category. Golf at IIM Shillong is viewed not just as a sport but a way of life that budding managers need to adopt. “Sports is one field wherein there are no divisions based on caste, creed and colour and hence we must encourage it.”said Sangma.