Delhi Public School, Haridwar grabbed the Biz Quiz trophy and a cash prize of Rs 20,000 in the “Biz-Quiz” State level commerce competition held under the aegis of Doon Business School at Survey of India Auditorium in the State capital on Saturday.
The first and second runner up were Doon International School and Kendriya Vidhyalya, Upper Camp respectively. They were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively. The function was inaugurated by SK Aggarwal, Founder of Doon Business School. Addressing the gathering he said that such quizzes are meant to bring out the hidden talents of students and a good way to polish their skills.
As many as 500 students from around 60 known schools of the state participated in the competition. Around 500 students successfully qualified the final round of the competition. Notably, the quiz was held under various rounds and around 15,000 students from total 60 schools, participated in the first round of the quiz competition.
Speaking on the on the occasion, Chairman of DBS, Mohit Aggarwal, said that, “Competition is an important medium for students to enhance their skills. “Biz-Quiz” will play a vital role to build their quest for knowledge”. He added that with the grand success of this first ever Business and Commerce Quiz would surely add a new chapter in the academic field of Uttarakhand.
later he also informed that last year as many as 28 teams from various school participated in the Biz Quiz competition. Doon International, The Asian School and Summer Valley School won the first second and third prizes respectively and they were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 20,000, Rs 10,000, and Rs 6,000 respectively last year. Among those present on the occasion were Dr Suneet Saxena, Navjyoti Singh Negi, lalit Kumar, Dr Monika Suri, Dr GN Pandey, Pushker Saxena, Kunal Pandey, Shivani G Joshi, Rajkishore Negi and others.