Despite a 2 year hiatus on offline events due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Techniche – IIT Guwahati, in association with UNICEF Assam, successfully conducted the 12th edition on 24 April 2022.
The event witnessed the participation of over 1500 people from different walks of life to come and spread their cognizance and sense of concern for a better society.
Over the years, many prominent personalities have endorsed the event, including the illustrious Milkha Singh, Shimit Amin, and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
[1] This is a 21 kilometre half marathon, the first of its kind in North-East India and the flagship event of the day.
Participants compete in the Spirit Run, and the institute that garners the most points takes home the General Championship.
The theme aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition worldwide.
The Guwahati Half Marathon 2023 highlighted the urgent need to address the issue of hunger and malnutrition, which affects millions of people in the region.