The first qualifying round of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016 will be held at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) on August 28.
The 11-city inter-collegiate quiz competition is a part of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week, which is celebrating its tenth edition. The week is organised by the Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi along with the Swedish companies in India.
It aims to promote bilateral relations especially in the industrial and economic field and showcases Swedish companies' contributions, including knowledge and innovation. These are also values that Nobel stands for. The week also celebrates the spirit and contribution of the Swedish innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfred Nobel.
The quiz brings together quizzers from across reputed colleges and institutes of the city. Participation is open to all under-graduate and post-graduate students in teams of three, representing a college.
Winners of the Bhubaneswar round will represent the city at the National Finals to be held in New Delhi on October 7.
Qualifying rounds will also be held in Indore, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Guwahati and New Delhi.
There will also be daily questions and prizes to be won on Sweden in India Facebook page www.facebook.com/swedenindia.
National winners will get an all-expense paid trip to Sweden, where they will get to visit headquarters of the partnering companies, Swedish universities and the Nobel Museum.
Quiz master Kunal Savarkar, a mastermind semi-finalist and content editor for Kaun Banega Crorepati is the quiz master.
Partnering companies for the event include ABB, Air France / KlM, Altas Copco, Ericsson, IKEA, SAAB, Scania, SEB, Tetrapack, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, Blueair, Camfil and CleanMotion.