Golden Gladiator Sports Club of Yogananda College of Engineering & Technology ( YCET ), Jammu observed “International Day of Happiness” by organizing “Inter-Departmental Friendly Cricket Match” for faculty members to highlight the importance of happiness in the diurnal lives of people. With the theme “Happiness for All, Forever”, YCET, an employee friendly organization recognizes happiness as the important need in human’s life & links it to the overall well-being of humans. The cricket grounds have been well prepared to mark the occasion & the audience was packed to capacity. The event started with the introduction of the players with Prof. ( Dr. ) A. K. Srivastava, Director, YCET, who then tossed the coin for the toss. The day aims to establish the important role that happiness must play while setting public policy objectives as through the day happiness is intrinsically related to equitable economic growth which will thereby lead to sustainable development and overall well-being of all people.
There were two different teams, Shinning Warriors & Shinning Stars, who were well equipped with the strong spirit & technical expertise to pose a challenge to lift the trophy. The toss was won by the captain of Shinning Stars Er. Dinesh Gupta and he decided to bat first. Shining Stars defeated Shining Warriors and won the match by 26 runs. The captain of the Shining Warriors was Er. Neeraj Pandita. The Trophy was given to the winning team Shinning Stars and to Shivam Sawhney, Man of the Match. The guest team was also given certificates to appreciate their efforts followed by a lunch. Both the teams played exceedingly well and no one was being able to make out till the end that who would win definitely. Er. Vidhi. S. Singh Jamwal, Chairman cum Managing Trustee, Thakur Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal, Vice Chairman cum Managing Trustee, Er. Renu Bangroo, Managing Director cum Trustee congratulated all the teams & organizers for such an event. In making the match successful, immense efforts were put in by Er. Rajnish Magotra, Coordinator, Students Affair & Er. Yuvraj Singh, Coordinator, Sports Club, YCET who are thankful to all for showing great spirits & zeal in participation.