The TCS IT Wiz, India’s biggest inter-school quiz, organised by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), witnessed participation of Class 8-12 students from various schools from across Delhi, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, lucknow, Meerut, Panipat, Saharanpur and Sonipat for the quiz held recently in Delhi’s Indian Institute of Technology. Each institution was allowed to send a maximum of eight teams with each team consisting of two members. There was no entry fee.
TCS IT Wiz this year focused on four areas like automation, contextual knowledge, machine learning, and agile besides an exclusive round on TCS. The top six teams from the written preliminary round were qualified for the regional finals.
After five rounds of quizzing at the Regional finals, Pranava Dhar and Ansh Arora from Delhi Public School, Noida won the title. The regional champions this year walked away with Rs 60,000 worth gift voucher while the runners-up represented by Atul Patel and Ishaan Srivastava from City Montessori School, lucknow were rewarded an Rs 40,000 worth gift voucher along with a specially designed trophy and medals. The winning team along with a teacher/parent will be flown to Mumbai to contest in the in the National Finals.