The 11th edition of Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz - a knowledge initiative by the Tata Group witnessed an enthralling battle of wits. Sneha Ranjan and Srijan Das from Tata Steel emerged victorious and successfully made it to the zonal finals to be held in Kolkata after competing with and challenging some of the sharpest minds of their city.
Giving the winners a tough competition, Bhawna Thakur and Dr Amitabh Thakur from Tata Motors bagged the runners-up position. Chief guest for the event, Anand Sen, president, TQM & Steel Business, Tata Steel gave away a prize of Rs 100,000 to the winning team and Rs 50,000 to the runners-up team.
The winners of the national final will receive a grand prize of Rs 700,000 along with the coveted Tata Crucible Trophy. The Tata group in its endeavors to give back to the society and harness a culture of giving, amongst the participants had introduced a charitable component to the quiz last year. The same will be followed this year where in Rs 2 lakhs from National Winning team’s prize and Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 from the Regional Winners and Runners up prize respectively will be contributed directly to a charity of the team’s choice fulfilling specified conditions.
Sen while congratulating the teams said, “The Tata Crucible journey through the last decade has been an exciting one as it grew from 9 cities to 25 cities. We are very pleased that numerous young minds from the corporate world have been able to showcase their talent in this exciting competition”.