A republic day cycle ride will be held at Gachibowli stadium to raise funds for the education of poor children.

The Atlanta Foundation, along with industry forums NASSCOM, ITsAP, TiE, FICCI and SAAP, are set to conduct the biggest corporate cycling event of the country on January 26, on the occasion of Republic Day. It is being conducted in association with the District Cycling Association of Hyderabad.The event will be held at the Gachibowli Stadium from 6.30am.

The ride, which is in its fourth year, comprises of different distances – 100kms, 75kms, 50kms and 25kms – from which the participants can choose what they like. While the above mentioned distance would see the ride begin at the stadium and also conclude at the same place, the shorter distances of 2kms, 5kms and 10kms will be held within the stadium premises. The route map for this event is available on www.atlantafoundation.org/cycling/eventdetails.php.

Participants taking part in the cycling event will have to pay an entry fee of `1,250, while those who will be competing in the criterium event will have to pay `500. Those who intend to participate in the latter event will have to bring their own cycles and the distance to cover would be 24kms (2kms x 12 laps).

The ride, which is being conducted to raise funds to support the education of underprivileged students, has participants including people from ADP, GE, Deloitte, Broadridge, Invesco, DuPont, CA, Infosys, TCS, Wells Fargo, Franklin Templeton and many other well known organisations.

The event also includes the screening of an award winning short film, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ followed by a program in which a cycling team, comprising 100-women, will take part to spread the message of ‘Strong Woman, Strong Nation’.

This will be followed by the Aero Skippers, which has four-time national award winning young children from Bhimavaram, performing energetic rope skipping acts.

For more details one can visit atlantafoundation.org.

source: http://www.postnoon.com / Home> City / January 24th, 2013