Saad Ahmed, Ameya Datar and Nishant Chowdhri of IIITDM Jabalpur won the Indore qualifying round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016 held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Indore here on Thursday.
The team of three comprising IIITDM Jabalpur, IIM Indore and Indore Christian College did their college proud by winning the Indore finals where 106 teams had participated.
Emelie Gustavsson from Embassy of Sweden and Seema Chari, Quiz Master handed out the prizes at the Inter-Collegiate quiz competition which saw avid quizzers from across reputed colleges and technical institutes of the city.
Winners of the Indore round will represent the city at the National Finals which will be held at New Delhi on October 7, 2016.Apart from Indore, the Quiz will also be held in Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Guwahati and New Delhi.
The National Champions will win an all-expense paid trip to Sweden where they will visit headquarters of global Swedish companies, Swedish Universities and the Nobel Museum among other things.
The Week is instituted in memory of Swedish innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfred Nobel.
It also celebrates the contribution of Indian Nobel laureates as well. The theme for the tenth edition of The Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week is Swedish contributions ‘Sweden Makes in India’ including sustainability and innovation and will take place across Indore, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Guwahati and New Delhi between August 10 –October 7, 2016.
Partnering companies for the SwedenIndia Nobel Memorial Week 2016 are: ABB, Air France / KlM, Altas Copco, Ericsson, IKEA, SAAB, Scania, SEB, Tetrapack, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group and the SME partners are: Blueair, Camfil and CleanMotion.
The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week is a high-profile, multi-city, multi-activity annual event organised by the Embassy of Sweden in India in cooperation with several Swedish companies.