The Prime Minister of India launched the Fit India Movement on August 29. 2019. He Urged the people of the country to make fitness their life style. Today lifestyle diseases are on a rise in India affecting even the young. Cases of diabetes and hypertension are on the rise and even common among children in India. But small lifestyle changes can prevent these lifestyle diseases and help people to live a healthy and prosperous life. 'Fit India Movement" is an effort to bring these small lifestyle changes.
All students and staff of Higher Education Institutions to have physical fitness, mental fitness, along with social, emotional & intellectual well-being.
To inculcate the habit amongst students and staff of HEIs to lead a healthy life by adopting a healthy lifestyle.
At least 50%, of higher educational institutions should have health promoting activities in their Curricular. Extra-Curricular activities by the end of year. Further, the goal is to achieve 70% and 100% of higher educational institutions to have health promoting activities in their Curricular, Extra Curricular activities by the end of 2nd year and 3rd year respectively.
Institutions will undertake activities throughout the year which would fall broadly into the following categories:
Inter Institutions and at national sports events.
Activities to supporting mental health, stress management etc.
Action Plan for Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology for Fit India Campaign
Month |
Activity |
Action Plan |
January 2020 Theme of the month: Physical Activity Key ingredients of fitness |
Preparatory Activity |
1. Formation of Fitness club. 2. Formation of Action Plan 3.Uploading on Institute website. 4. Academic calendar with 45 minutes of fitness hour. 5. Preparation of Sports meet. |
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Meeting of fitness club |
The club will prepare the yearly action plan and an academic calendar considering 45 minutes of fitness hour in every month. |
February 2020 Theme of the month: Healthy Diet for healthy life |
Fitness Campaign Activity and fitness sporting activity |
Banning the junk food sale within the campus premises. The Club will visit all the food stalls and canteen inside the campus and will ensure the same. The fitness club will take an initiative to organize the sports meet. |
March 2020 Theme of the month :Hygiene and Cleanliness |
Fitness Campaign Activity |
The fitness club will prepare placards on hygiene and Cleanliness and mount the same in different places of the campus. |
April 2020 Theme of the month :The Perils of smoking Drug and Alcohol |
Anti-Narcotics campaign |
The fitness club will organize a seminar on the perils of smoking , Drug and Alcohol. |
May 2020 Theme of the month: Sleep Well to stay fit |
Health Check Up |
The fitness club will organize a health check-up camp for faculty, staff and students. |
June 2020 Theme of the month: Yoga and Meditation : Looking Inwards of Mental Peace |
Fitness Regular activity |
The fitness Club will be organizing expert sessions on Yoga and Meditation. |
July 2020 Theme of the month: Life Style Disease |
Fitness Regular activity |
The fitness club will be organizing a postering competition on Life Style Disease |
August 2020 Theme of the month: Stay healthy |
Fitness Regular activity |
The fitness club will be organisning a seminar on the theme Stay Healthy |
September 2020 Theme of the month: Stay Fit |
Fitness Regular activity |
The fitness club will be organisning a 45 minute session on free hand exercise. |
October 2020 Theme of the month: Cleanliness is godliness |
Fitness Regular activity |
A campus cleaning activity will be organized by the fitness club |
November 2020 Theme of the Month : Sports for fitness |
Fitness Regular activity |
Fitness club will be organizing a sports activity for faculty, staff and students. |
December 2020 Theme of the month : Eat light be light |
Fitness Regular activity |
Fitness club will be organizing an expert session of Obesity for faculty, staff and studnts. |
January 2020 Theme of the month: Physical Activity Key ingredients of fitness |
Preparatory Activity |
1. Formation of Fitness club. 2. Formation of Action Plan 3.Uploading on Institute website. 4. Academic calendar with 45 minutes of fitness hour. 5. Preparation of Sports meet. |
Fitness club of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology Employee members
Student Members
Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology Academic Calendar with Monthly fitness Hour
Month |
Date |
Activity |
January |
31.01.2020 |
Free hand exercise |
February |
14.02.2020 |
Sports activity |
March |
11.03.2020 |
Campus Cleaning activity |
April |
14.04.2020 |
Seminar on anti-Narcotics |
May |
12.05.2020 |
Health Check up |
June |
21.06.2020 |
Yoga Day Calibration |
July |
16.07.2020 |
Free hand Exercise |
August |
18.08.2020 |
Expert Talk on “stay healthy” |
September |
17.09.2020 |
Free Hand Exercise Session |
October |
02.10.2020 |
Activity on “Cleanliness is Godliness” |
November |
17.11.2020 |
Sports activity on fitness |
December |
14.12.2020 |
Seminar on Controlling Obesity |
Walkathan Details
A 5 KM walk from GKCIET Main Campus Admin Block to GKCIET Extended Campus by GKCIET faculty and staff on 17th September,2020 at 330pm.
Time schedule of the programme
Time |
Activity |
3:15 PM |
Faculty and staff of GKCIET assemble in front of the GKCIET main campus admin block, Wearing of Chest bands of Fit India movement subsequent to distribution of the same. Distribution of Water bottles to the participants of the walk. |
3:30 PM |
Under the kind permission and lead of hon’ble Director, GKCIET the walk will start from Admin block Main Campus , GKCIET |
3:35 PM |
The bus will start and will slowly follow the walkathan from behind. The bus will carry medical kit and food packets. A banner of the event will be mounted in front of the bus. |
4:15 PM |
The Walkathan Reaches the extended Campus of GKCIET. Address by hon’ble Director, GKCIET at the extended Campus of GKCIET. |
4:25 PM |
Distribution of food packets. |
4:30 PM |
The bus starts from the extended campus to the main campus of GKCIET for the 1st trip with 34 faculty and staff. In the next trip 10 minutes after the bus will accompany the rest of the faculty and staff from the extended campus to main campus. |