The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Bhubaneswar Chapter organised a Heritage Quiz at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here on Wednesday on the occasion of celebration of the trust’s completion of 30 years.
The quiz was conducted by ace quizzer Kunal Savarkar of Xpress Minds Edutainment, New Delhi. Savarkar, who is conducting such programmes in over 70 cities and towns across the country on the occasion, challenged the young minds of more than 100 students with questions on subjects ranging from ancient and medieval history, monuments, crafts and fine arts.
After preliminary City Round, four teams, including students from Baleswar, Cuttack, Rourkela and Brahmapur, participated in the Zonal Finals. Smrutikant Behera and Saurav Sahu of DAV, Chandrasekharpur emerged as winners and will participate in the Mega Quiz, to be held in New Delhi in October.
On the occasion, INTACH Convener H Balakrishnan invited school managements to come forward and form Heritage Clubs, which has been formed in five schools in the city. INTACH State Advisor Anant Mahapatra also spoke on the occasion.