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GUWAHATI: The 53rd inter-IIT sports meet will be formally inaugurated at IIT-Guwahati on Thursday. The meet now has events based on 13 different sports and 23 IITs from across the country take part. The sports meet is being organized here to celebrate twenty-five years of excellence in research and development. She will be joined by Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won a gold medal in 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and is a Padma Shri and an Arjuna Award winner.The inter-IIT sports meet began at IIT-Bombay way back in 1961. The competition will have a league format,” he added.The event will be inaugurated by Shiny Wilson, an Arjuna award winner and a former national champion in 800 metres..