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Option 4 : Both 1 and 2
The correct answer is TC Gehlot and Anurag Singh Thakur.
- Governor of Karnataka Shri TC Gehlot and Union Sports Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launch the logo, jersey, mascot and anthem of Khelo India University Games 2021 in Bengaluru on 01 April 2022.
- Gehlot launched the logo and official mascot of the game Veera.
- While Shri Thakur launched the official jersey of the games as well as the anthem, sung by Chandan Shetty and Nikhil Joshi.
- The logo features the iconic Vidhana Soudha building – the Legislative House in Bengaluru – with two elephants on either side.
- The mascot, Veera, is an elephant.
- The official Khelo India mobile app was launched at the ceremony.
- KIUG 2021, which is the second edition of the meet, will be hosted by Jain University in Bengaluru from April 24 to May 3.
- It was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This year, around 4,500 athletes from across India are expected to participate in the University Games.
- Khelo India University Games is an initiative by the Indian government to identify young talents at the university level and help them turn into professional athletes.
- The first Khelo India University Games was held in 2020 at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Odisha.
- Punjab University won the inaugural edition while Savitribai Phule Pune University finished second.
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