RCERT Chandrapur women's basketball team finishes runners-up at Nagpur divisional meet

Women students of Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology (RCERT), Chandrapur, won second place in basketball and brought honour to the college. The college is run by the Sardar Patel Memorial Society (Trust), Chandrapur.

The Nagpur divisional inter-college sports meet 2026-27 under Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (DBATU) was held at the Bajaj Institute of Technology in Wardha. In the basketball matches of the meet, the RCERT girls' team showed excellent teamwork, determination, dedication and sporting skill, and reached the final.

Throughout the tournament, the players showed confidence, mutual understanding and consistently good performance. As a result, the team finished second, adding significantly to the college's sporting achievements.

The team comprised Tanvi Katkamwar (fourth year, CSE), Dhanashri Ekwankar (fourth year, CSE Data Science), Kaveri Chougule (third year, Mining), Devshri Ambatkar (third year, CSE Data Science), Nikita Nakhate (third year, CSE), Nikita Awghade (third year, CSE), Nandini Tarhewar (fourth year, Electronics) and Pavani Ramteke (fourth year, CSE Data Science).

Sardar Patel Memorial Society president Vinod Dattatreya and college principal Dr Anil Z. Chitade congratulated all the players on the achievement, praised their performance and wished them well in their sporting journey ahead. The college's director of physical education, Prof Aditya Ambatkar, guided the students and encouraged them.

Along with academics, RCERT's women students are proving their ability in sport as well. The success in basketball at the Nagpur divisional meet in Wardha is a matter of pride for the college. It is the result of the students' hard work, determination, discipline and team spirit, and has further raised the college's sporting reputation. The college's faculty, non-teaching staff and students also congratulated the team.