On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Manipal Institute of Technologies (Manipal University, INDIA), as mentor of Human-powered-Endeavors club of MIT, came up with an unique initiative called Tour de Manipal, with an aim to promote the eco-friendly and healthy way of transport i.e. cycling among students, staffs & all others for their daily purposes.
The Manipal Cycling Team (Students, Alumnus & Staff) conducted a Multi-phased, Multiday Cycling Expedition to connect Educational Campuses of Manipal University with other Schools-Colleges on the way, i.e. 4,000 Kms in 30 days spanning over the months of Oct-Dec, 2016, as an attempt for Cycling awareness for Green-&-Healthy India Mission. This was planned to connect Manipal Education campuses in Manipal, Mangalore, Bangalore, and Jaipur through this cycling expedition in Tour-de-Manipal, 2016. In Phase-1 and Phase-2, Manipal Cycling team connected Manipal-Mangalore-Manipal (120km) and Manipal-Bangalore-Manipal (1,000km) distance in 1 and 3 days respectively.
In the phase-3; the MIT, Manipal University team cycled from Manipal@Karnataka to Manipal@Jaipur i.e. 2,500km in 20 days.
The immense support by Manipal Uninversity, and Rotary club was very helpful.
The throughout love and encouragement of our journey-followers, was the big morale booster for successful completion.