STUDENTS WELCOME HOCKEY WORLD CUP TROPHY IN SOA CAMPUS

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 25: Hundreds of students of SOA Deemed to be University welcomed the convoy of Men’s Hockey World Cup Trophy with great enthusiasm when it rolled into their campus here with a fusion of dance and songs on Sunday.

The vehicle carrying the World Cup was welcomed with a flurry of fireworks and drumbeats and the trophy was positioned on a nicely decorated podium for more than an hour as students of different institutes under SOA performed presenting a variety of dance and musical numbers.

Earlier in the day, the trophy which was on a nationwide tour, reached the city and was taken to several other venues before being brought to the new SOA stadium where the university’s Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, senior officials, faculty members and students were present to receive it.