Mary Kom Inaugurates 4th Edition of Ekal Run organized by Ekal Yuva, the youth wing of Friends of Tribals Society

Report: Debolina Dutta 

Kolkata, 8th January, 2022: Ekal Yuva, the youth wing of Friends of Tribals Society organized its annual flagship event Ekal Run today at Godrej Waterside, Kolkata wherein 3500+ participants ran for their chosen category of timed run - 21km, 10km, 5km and non-timed /traditional run of 3km at this Marathon. People of all age groups participated in the run.

The Ekal Run was inaugurated by: Mary Kom, World Champion & Olympian Boxer and was attended by: Brijesh Damani, National Snooker Champion & Asian Games Silver Medalist; Sajan Bansal, MD, Skipper Ltd.; Sajjan Bhajanka, Chairman, Century Plyboards; Ajay Patodia, CFO, Dollar Industries Ltd.; Pradeep Kumar Todi, MD of Lux Industries Ltd.; Anirudh Modi, Director, Eden Group; Bimal Saraogi, Anmol Industries; Surendra Agarwal, MD, Austin Plywood; Ramesh Saraogi, MD of E-Went; Bijay Kumar Agarwal, MD of Edible Group; Bimal Choudhary, Managing Director at Anmol Biscuits Pvt. Ltd.; Ramesh Bagla, Logical Lamps Pvt. Ltd.; Ishu Hirawat, 2nd runner up, Mrs World International 2022; Karan Kakkad, Founder & CEO at Reverse Factor; Yuvika Dhar, Yog Ratnamani; Shivani Agarwalla, Kettlebell Champion; Ashish Bajaj, Cyclist; Rahul Dev Bose, Actor; Debashish Sen, MD, WBHIDCO Ltd.; Ajit Kr Tete, DIG BSF; Manogya Loiwal, Senior Journalist & Anchor; Adrian Pratt, Acting Consul General USA-Kolkata & many other eminent personalities.

Speaking to the media, Mr. Gaurav Bagla, President Ekal Yuva said “Completing a run is a great achievement for anybody. However, the possibility of changing somebody’s life being added to every step in your run can give you a sense of pride like no other. This makes Ekal Run more enthralling to the Kolkatians. The run included Tshirt, Medals, Goodie Bag and Food boxes. Winners and runners- up were awarded with mementos. The event was streamed live over youtube channel (FTSBharat) of the organization.”