Dimapur, March 17 (MExN): Tetso College and Mahindra (Trucks and Bus Division) kicked off the two day “Pow-woW 2017 Inter College Festival” today at the college premises. In a fast paced and energetic first day, nine colleges from Dimapur competed in events like Basketball, Badminton, Counterstrike, among others. Besides sports, the 9 colleges will also engage in literary competitions and entertainment during the inter-college festival which is being organized by Tetso College in association with Mahindra (Trucks and Buses Division) Aimed at uniting the colleges in a non-formal way, to expose talents and give a platform for working out their capacities to their full potential, the two day fest will include elocution events, Paper presentations and a debate competition on the topic “Is 33% Reservation for Women Necessary in Nagaland?” The nine participating colleges are - Cornerstone College, Immanuel College, Unity College, Hindi College, Sakus Mission College, Public College of Commerce, Salesian College, Tetso College and Dimapur Government College. The event also announced the launch of a selfie contest with a Rs 5000/- gift hamper from Party Village Sovima. Debate, Research paper presentation, stand-up comedy and the finals of the sports events will be held on March 18. Entry is free. Host Tetso in three finals At the end of Day 1 of the “Pow-woW 2017 Inter College Festival”, host Tetso College are in the fray to emerge as winners in possibly four sporting events. In Men’s Basketball, Unity College beat Dimapur Government and Sakus Mission College (SMC) to set up a clash with Tetso College in the semifinals to be held on Saturday. Host Tetso managed to get a bye in the first round and then beat Public College of Commerce (PCC) on their way to the semis. In the other group, Salesian College trounced Immanuel College in the first round. In women’s Basketball, Tetso College managed to beat Dimapur Government College while Unity College edged Sakus Mission College. With only four colleges participating, Tetso will face Unity in the final. Online gaming competitions were also held with Tetso, Unity and Cornerstone taking part in an engaging fast paced match of Counterstrike. Tetso and Unity College will be facing each other in the final on day two. In Badminton Doubles (Women), DGC reached the final after getting past Unity, Dimapur College and PCC. They will face SMC who got a bye and then beat Tetso College in the semis. In Men’s Doubles Badminton, Tetso will face Hindi College in the final. Both colleges faced tough semi-final matches against their respective opponents – SMC and Salesian
