The Friends of Tribals Society‘s youth wing, Ekal Yuva, hosted its annual signature event, the Ekal Run, with 3500+ individuals competing in the 21km, 10km, 5km, and non-timed/traditional 3km categories. The run attracted participants of all ages.

The Ekal Run was inaugurated by Mary Kom, World Champion & Olympian Boxer.

It also saw the presence of eminent personalities like  Brijesh Damani, National Snooker Champion & Asian Games Silver Medalist, Sajan Bansal, MD, Skipper Ltd, and 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 others.

Speaking to the media, Mr. Gaurav Bagla, President Ekal Yuva said “A run’s completion is a fantastic accomplishment for anyone. But adding the chance of altering someone’s life to each stride of your run might make you feel prouder than ever. The Kolkatians find Ekal Run to be more captivating as a result. T-shirts, medals, goodie bags, and food boxes were included in the run. Both the winners and the runners-up received souvenirs. The organization’s YouTube channel (FTSBharat) broadcasted the event live”.

Priyanka Dutta