Organising committee office opens for the 68th State School Sports Meet in Kozhikode

Kerala Sports Education & Exams Sports

Organising committee office opens for the 68th State School Sports Meet in Kozhikode

25 September 2026

Sports Minister O. J. Janeesh inaugurated the organising committee office of the 68th State School Sports Meet at Chinmaya Auditorium near the NIT campus, Kozhikode.
The meet will be held on the synthetic track at the NIT campus.
The minister said a proposal for a National Kalaripayattu Academy has been sent to the Union Sports Ministry; if approved it would be set up in the Malabar region.
The Sports Department has recommended a government job for shooting silver medallist Vidarsha Vinod of Thiruvambady.
A Sports Award Night honouring athletes who won medals for Kerala will be held in Thiruvananthapuram on October 31, in connection with G. V. Raja's birth anniversary.
Olympian P. R. Sreejesh spoke at the function.

Edition: 68th Venue: NIT campus, Kozhikode Sports Award Night: October 31, Thiruvananthapuram

Why it matters for exams: Venues and editions of State meets, the Kalaripayattu academy proposal and G. V. Raja, after whom Kerala's sports honours are linked, are standard Kerala PSC sports questions.

Kerala PSC

25 September 2026 Source: Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala

In plain words

NIT National Institute of Technology — A centrally funded engineering institute; Kerala's is at Chathamangalam, Kozhikode.

Kalaripayattu — Kerala's traditional martial art.